Date: 
Thursday, January 10, 2013

6:45 PM
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Board Meeting
Minnehaha Creek Watershed District Office
Lower Level Meeting Room
18202 Minnetonka Boulevard
Deephaven, MN 55391
www.minnehahacreek.org

Board of Managers:

Jim Calkins, President; Brian Shekleton, Vice President; Richard Miller, Treasurer; Sherry White, Secretary; Pam Blixt, Manager; Jeff Casale, Manager; William Olson, Manager

Note:  Individuals with items on the agenda or who wish to speak to the Board are encouraged to be in attendance when the meeting is called to order.

4:00 – 6:00 pm         1.         Committee Meeting:  None

6:45 pm                     2.         Board Meeting Call to Order and Roll Call

6:45 pm                     3.         Election of Officers (All Board members must be present)

6:50 pm                     4.         Matters from the Floor

Anyone wishing to address the Board of Managers on an item not on the agenda or on the consent agenda may come forward at this time.  Comments are limited  to two minutes.

5.         Approval of Agenda (Additions/Corrections/Deletions)                   

6.         Information Items/Correspondence (Items listed under the Information/Correspondence section of the agenda will be considered as one item of business. It consists of routine administrative items or items not requiring discussion. Items can be removed and discussed at the request of a Board member, staff member, or a member of the audience.)

6.1       Draft December 20, 2012 CAC Minutes – Barten

6.2       Changes to CAC Bylaws – Barten

6.3       Gleason Lake Aquatic Vegetation Report – Christianson

6.4       2012 Summary of the 3rd Year of the Lake Nokomis Bio-manipulation Study – Dooley

6.5       2012 Watercraft Inspection Summary for Report Christmas Lake – Fieldseth

6.6       2012 Communications Department Annual Report – Mamayek

6.7       2012 Education Department Annual Report – Yetka

6:50-6:55pm             CONSENT AGENDA

(The consent agenda is considered as one item of business. It consists of routine administrative items or items not requiring discussion. Items can be removed from the consent agenda at the request of a Board member, staff member, or a member of the audience.)

7.         Approval of Minutes

7.1       None

8.         Consent Items

8.1       Resolution 13-XXX, Authorization to Solicit Requests for Proposals for Professional Services (Accounting, Attorney, Engineering, Government Relations) – Evenson

8.2       Resolution 13-XXX, Request for NEMO Project Support – Yetka

8.3       Resolution 13-XXX, Request for International Low Impact Development Symposium Sponsorship – Yetka

6:55-10:00pm           REGULAR AGENDA

9.         Committee and Task Force Reports

9.1       Board Updates:

–     Executive Committee – Calkins

–     Finance Committee – Miller

9.2       Upcoming Meeting and Event Schedule:
–     5:30 pm, January 15, 2013, Personnel Committee, Aquila Room, St. Louis Park City Hall
–     6:30 pm, January 17, 2013, CAC Meeting MCWD Offices – (White)

9.3       To Be Scheduled:
–     Legislative Committee Meeting                                                                                

10.       Permits Requiring a Variance or Discussion

10.1     None

11.       Action Items

11.1     Appointment of 2013 CAC Members ? Barten

12.       Board Discussion Items:        

12.1     Citizens for the Minnehaha Creek Corridor (CMCC), Minnehaha Creek Signage Proposal ? Gothberg, Balcom, Yetka

12.2     Reach 20 Construction Update – Clark

13.       Staff Updates

13.1     None

14.       Adjournment

Upcoming Meeting/Event Schedule

Wednesday, January 9, 2013, AIS Plan Task Force – MCWD Lower Level Meeting Room 5:00 p.m.

Thursday, January 10, 2013, Financial Committee Meeting – MCWD Conference Room 5:30 p.m.

Thursday, January 10, 2013, Board of Managers Meeting – MCWD Lower Level Meeting Room 6:45 pm

Wednesday, January 16, 2013, Public Meeting ?Review of Preliminary Design for the Six Mile Marsh Prairie           Restoration, Gillespie Center, Mound 6:30 pm-8:00 pm

Thursday, January 17, 2013,  CAC Meeting – MCWD Lower Level Meeting Room 6:30 pm

Tuesday, January 22, 2013, NOAA Study work group session, Eisenhower Community Center, Hopkins, 6:00-9:00 pm

Thursday, January 24, 2013, Board of Managers Meeting – MCWD Lower Level Meeting Room 6:45 pm

Thursday, January 31, 2013, Clean Water Conversation, Minnetonka Community Center, 3:00-6:00pm.

Saturday, March 2, 2013  MCWD Board Planning Retreat –  Location TBA  8:30am to 5:30pm