6:45 PM
Thursday, May 8, 2014
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; Jeff Casale, 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.
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. Summary of April 24, 2014 Closed Session
4.1 Performance evaluation, notice of termination, and severance for Eric Evenson-Marden – Smith
5. 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.)
5.1 Reach 20 Landscape Vegetation Plan – Forner
5.2 Report from Curlyleaf Pondweed Harvesting Case Study – Fieldseth
5.3 E-Coli Monitoring/Modeling Memo – Dooley
5.4 Update on filling Education Manager position – Mamayek
5.5 Website Request for Proposals ? Mamayek/Mandt
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.)
6. Approval of Minutes
6.1 Approval of the April 24, 2014 Board minutes.
7. Consent Items
7.1 Resolution 14-042 Approval of Continuing MCWD and USGS Agreement for Joint Funding of Operations and Maintenance of a Year-Round Gauging Station near Minnehaha – Christianson
7.2 Resolution 14-043 Authorization to extend agreement with Blackstad Consulting under terms of original contract – Hayman
7.3 Resolution 14-044 Authorize 2014 AIS Watercraft Inspection Contract with Three Rivers Park District for Roaming Inspectors – Fieldseth
7.4 Resolution 14-045 Authorization to award contract for 2014 stormwater pond sediment surveys – Domyancich
6:55-10:00pm REGULAR AGENDA
8. Board, Committee, and Task Force Report
8.1 Board Updates:
– President’s Report – President – White
A. April 30, 2014 Planning & Policy Committee – Shekleton
Resolution 14-XXX Identifying the Six Mile Creek Subwatershed as a District Priority
B. May 1, 2014 Executive Committee – White
8.2 Upcoming Meeting and Event Schedule:
– 6:45 pm, May 15: Policy and Planning Committee, MCWD Offices
– 5:45 pm, May 22: Executive Committee MCWD District Offices (tentative)
– 6:45 pm, May 22: MCWD Board Meeting, Board Room, MCWD Offices
– 6:30 pm, May 28: CAC Meeting, Board Room, MCWD Offices
– 5:30 pm, May 29: MCWD Board Retreat, Lafayette Club
– 6:45 pm, June 5: Operations and Programs Committee, MCWD Offices
– 6:45 pm, June 12: MCWD Board Workshop, MCWD Offices
– 6:45 pm, June 19: Policy and Planning Committee, MCWD Offices
9. Public Hearings & Presentations
None
10. Permits Requiring a Variance or Discussion
None
11. Action Items
11.1 Items removed from the consent agenda
11.2 Resolution 14-XXX Authorization to Distribute Capital Improvement Plan for Annual Review and Comment – Houdek
11.3 Resolution14-XXX Award design contract for Long Lake Wastewater Treatment Pond Restoration Project – Houdek
12. Board Discussion Items:
12.1 District-wide and Minnehaha Creek signs and landing conceptual plan update ?Mamayek/Thompson
13. Closed Session
13.1 Possible acquisition of stormwater utility easement on property located at 8090 Excelsior Blvd. Hopkins, and 8050 Powell Road, St. Louis Park- Clark
14 Staff Updates*
14.1 Administrator’s Report ? Mandt
15. Adjournment
MCWD SPONSORED OR HOSTED EVENTS
May 8 – ?Linking Land Use to Clean Water? NEMO workshop for elected & appointed officials, 5-8:30pm, Barr Engineering, 4700 W 77th St., Edina
May 14 – ?Linking Land Use to Clean Water? NEMO workshop for elected & appointed officials, 5-8:30pm, Bayview Event Center, Excelsior
June 29 – Minnehaha Creek Cleanup, 9a-12pm, Lake Hiawatha Park, Minneapolis