Date:
Time:

6:45 PM
Thursday August 13, 2015
Minnehaha Creek Watershed District Offices
Board Room
15320 Minnetonka Boulevard
Minnetonka, MN 55345
www.minnehahacreek.org

Board of Managers:Sherry White, President; Brian Shekleton, Vice President; Richard Miller, Treasurer;  Kurt Rogness, Secretary; Pam Blixt, Manager; Jim Calkins, 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.

5:00 pm Executive Committee Meeting

6:45 pm

1. Board Meeting Call to Order and Roll Call

6:50 pm

2. 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.

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

4. 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.)
4.1 Resolutions Update – Smith
4.2 2015 Mid-Year Highlights Report – MCWD Staff

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.)

5. Approval of Minutes
5.1 Approval of the July 30, 2015 Board Minutes.

6.Consent Items
6.1 Resolution 15-067 Authorization to Execute Contract with WSB and Associates, Inc. to Conduct Stream Data Statistical Analysis – Dooley/Christianson
6.2 Resolution 15-068 Authorization to Apply for Grant Funding Through BWSR Clean Water Fund and Hennepin County Natural Resources – Wisker

6:55-10:00pm

REGULAR AGENDA

7. Board, Committee, and Task Force Reports
7.1 Board Updates: 
– President’s Report ? White
– Joint OPC & PPC Meeting – White/Olson/Calkins

7.2 Upcoming Meeting and Event Schedule:
6:45 pm, August 20, 2015, Policy and Planning Committee, Big Island Room, MCWD Offices
6:45 pm, August 27, 2015, Board Meeting, Board Room, MCWD Offices
6:45 pm, September 3, 2015, Public Hearing and Combined meeting of the Operations and Programs Committee and the Policy and Planning Committee, Board Room, MCWD Offices
6:30 pm, September 9, 2015, CAC Meeting, Board Room, MCWD Offices (Board Liaison: Shekleton)
6:45 pm, September 10, 2015 Board Workshop, Board Room, MCWD Offices
6:45 pm, September 17, 2015, Policy and Planning Committee, Big Island Room, MCWD Offices
6:45 pm, September 24, 2015, Board Meeting, Board Room, MCWD Offices

7.3 To be Scheduled:

8. Public Hearings & Presentations
8.1 AIS Volunteer Early Detector Program Update Presentation – Fieldseth/Bjorklund
8.2 Cost Share Interactive Map Presentation ? Eidem/Quinn

9. Permits Requiring a Variance or Discussion
9.1 15-332 Edina Community Lutheran Church – Dietrich

10. Action Items
10.1 Items removed from the consent agenda
10.2 Resolution 15-XXX Authorization to Enter into a Stormwater Management Agreement with Japs Olson Company and the City of St. Louis Park, and Approval of Permit 15-413 with Conditions – Hayman/Wisker
10.3 Resolution 15-XXX Homeowner Cost Share Projects Approval – Eidem
10.4 Resolution 15-XXX Authorization to enter into an agreement with Waterfront Restoration for Flowering Rush Hand Removal – Fieldseth
10.5 Resolution 15-XXX Authorization to enter into an agreement with the Initiative Foundation for Aquatic Invasive Species Grant Award – Fieldseth
10.6 Resolution 15-XXX Authorization to Execute Contract with Himle Rapp to Update MCWD Crisis Communications Plan – Mamayek 

11. Board Discussion Items:
11.1 None

12. Staff Updates*
– Administrator’s Report – Erdahl

13. Adjournment

MCWD SPONSORED OR HOSTED EVENTS
September 15 – 8:30am-4:30pm, Clean Water Summit, MN Landscape Arboretum
October 1 – 6:30-9pm, Watershed Heroes Awards Ceremony, Bayview Event Center