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): 2557 876 4744.  Meeting password: djJjJP3Pm62 (35555737 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
   May 21, 2025 Agenda
   • Additions, Corrections, and Deletions to Agenda
4. Public Hearings & Presentations
   1. Presentation of 2024 monitoring results by Dakota County SWCD
   2. 2025 Legislative Report from Park Street Public
   3. May 2025 Administrator Report
   4. 2025 Workplan progress 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 March 19, 2025 and April 16, 2025  Regular Meeting
   2. Receive and file April 2025 Financial Report​
   3. Presentation of invoices for payment
      1. Clifton Larson Allen (CLA) – Financial Services for April 2025
      2. Rinke Noonan, Attorneys at Law - March 2025 general legal services & Area #3
      3. Daniel Hron - June 2025 office rent
      4. US Bank Equipment Finance – May 2025 copier lease payment
      5. Young Environmental Consulting Group, LLC – April 2025 technical, and Education & Outreach services
      6. Naiad Consulting, LLC - April 2025 Administrative services, expenses and mileage
      7. Bolton & Menk, Inc. – Engineering services related to Area #3
      8. Bolton & Menk, Inc. – Engineering services & Project managment related to Vernon Avenue through April 14, 2025
      9. Bolton & Menk, Inc. – Engineering services & Project managment related to Vernon Avenue through May 14, 2025
      10. Braun Intertec Corp. – Soil testing services for Vernon Avenue
      11. I & S Group, Inc. - March engineering services related to Spring Creek
      12. Park Street Public - May 2025 Government Relations services
      13. Redpath and Company - progress payment on FY 2022 financial audit
      14. Scott County Soil & Water Conservation District – Q1 2025 invoice
      15. First American Title Insurance Company – title investigation for purchase of Area #3 property
      16. HDR Engineering, Inc. – Website maintenance service through May 3, 2025
      17. 4M Fund - March 2025 fund service charges
   4. Citizen Advisory Committee Report
   5. Authorize reimbursement of Educator Mini-grant for Pilot Knob STEM Magnet School
   6. Modifying Authorized Signers on Depositories for the Lower Minnesota River Watershed District
   7. Authorize Pay App #1 for Vernon Avenue
   8. Minutes of Board Committees
   • Personnel Committee - May 14
6. Permits 
   1. LMRWD Permit Renewals
7. Action Items
   1. 2025 Cost Share Incentive and Water Quality Restoration Program
   2. Administrative Services Succession Update
   3. Fen Invasive Species Mapping Project
   4. Authorize Next Generation Management Plan
   5. Education & Outreach
      • Award Educator Mini-Grant
      • Public Relations Firm Subcontract and Public Listening Session Next Steps
8. Board Discussion Items
   1. SkyWater Technology
   2. LMRWD 65^th Anniversary
9. For Information Only
   1. Study Area #3 Update
   2. Vernon Avenue Update
   3. Distribution of Managers
   4. LMRWD Permit Program Summary
10. Communications
    1. Supplemental Work 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, June 18, 2025.