The Lower Minnesota River Watershed District Board of Managers meeting starts at 7:00pm (CDT) in the  County Board Room of the Carver County Government Center.  The Board will hold this meeting in person. The meeting may be joined virtually by clicking on the link below:

The meeting may be joined by telephone by calling 1-408-418-9388, Meeting number (access code): 2559 921 5519.  Meeting password: B2kZdgd8Rp6 (22593438 when dialing from a phone or video system).

Members of the public with questions about participating in the meeting interactively or presenting comments for the Citizen Input on Non-agenda Items or for the public hearing are asked to contact LMRWD Administrator, Linda Loomis, by email at naiadconsulting@gmail.com.

Contact District Administrator, Linda Loomis, at naiadconsulting@gmail.com if you would like to be placed on the agenda distribution list.

Some Managers may participate from remote locations.  Please be aware if you choose to participate at/from a remote meeting location this meeting begins at 7:00pm Central Daylight Time.  

Most meeting materials are available in one document: FULL PACKET (Because of the size of the file, it may take time to download).  The FULL PACKET does not include the invoices presented for payment or the "information only" portion at the end of the agenda.  The Adminstrator's Report is a separate document.  The meeting materials are also available below as PDFs of individual agenda items.

Members of the public are asked to contact District Administrator, Linda Loomis at 763-568-9522 or by email (preferred) at naiadconsulting@gmail.com, if they want to receive notification of meetings, links to meeting materials or if they have any questions.

1. Call to Order

   • Roll Call

2. Citizen Input on Non-agenda Items:

   Citizens may address the Board of Managers about any item not contained on the regular agenda. A maximum of 15 minutes is allowed for the Forum. If the full 15 minutes are not needed for the Forum, the Board will continue with the agenda. The Board will take no official action on items discussed at the Forum, with the exception of referral to staff or a Board Committee for a recommendation to be brought back to the Board for discussion or action at a future meeting.
3. Approval of the Agenda
   April 16, 2025 Agenda
   • Additions, Corrections, and Deletions to Agenda
4. Public Hearings & Presentations
   1. Presentation by Carver County WMO
   2. 2025 Legislative Report from Park Street Public
   3. Q1 2025 Work Plan Report
5. Consent Agenda
   All items listed under the consent agenda are considered routine by the Board of Managers and will be enacted by one motion and an affirmative vote of a majority of the members present. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Board Member or citizen request, in which event, the items will be removed from the consent agenda and considered as a separate item in its normal sequence on the agenda.
   1. Approve Minutes for February 19, 2025  Regular Meeting
   2. Receive and file March 2025 Financial Report​
   3. Presentation of invoices for payment
      1. Clifton Larson Allen (CLA) – Financial Services for February 2025
      2. Rinke Noonan, Attorneys at Law - February 2025 general legal services & Area #3
      3. TimeSavers Off-site Secretarial – preparation of February 2025 meeting minutes
      4. Daniel Hron - May 2025 office rent
      5. US Bank Equipment Finance – April 2025 copier lease payment
      6. Young Environmental Consulting Group, LLC – March 2025 technical, and Education & Outreach services
      7. Naiad Consulting, LLC - March 2025 Administrative services, expenses and mileage
      8. Bolton & Menk, Inc. – Engineering services related to Vernon Avenue
      9. 106 Group – March 2025 invoice for Area #3 services
      10. I & S Group, Inc. - March engineering services related to Spring Creek
      11. Park Street Public - April 2025 Government Relations services
      12. Dakota County SWCD – Q1 2025 monitoring
      13. 4M Fund - February 2025 fund service charges
   4. Citizen Advisory Committee Report
   5. Authorize Execution of Intergovernmental Agreement Between the Metropolitan Council and the Lower Minnesota River Watershed District for monitoring of Dean Lake under the Community Assisted Monitoring Program
   6. Minutes of Board Committees
      • Personnel Committee – March 19, 2025
      • Personnel Committee – April 9, 2025
6. Permits 
   1. LMRWD Permit Renewals
   2. Metro Pond Maintenance Group A2 Project (LMRWD No. 2024-021)
7. Action Items
   1. Award Water Resource Restoration Fund Grants
   2. Administrative Services Succession Update
   3. State of the Minnesota River Listening Session
   4. Study Area #3 Update
   5. Education & Outreach
      • Award Educator Mini-Grant
8. Board Discussion Items
   1. Distribution of Managers
9. For Information Only
   1. Vernon Avenue Update
   2. LMRWD Permit Program Summary
10. Communications
    1. Administrator Report
    2. President
    3. Managers
    4. Committees
    5. Legal Counsel
    6. Engineer

11. Adjournment - Next meeting of the LMRWD Board of Managers will be Wednesday, April 16, 2025.