Date:
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Thursday, October 9, 2014

6:45 PM
Thursday, October 9, 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 limitedto 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 Lake Data Statistical Analysis Report – Part II – Hatch/Dooley 
4.2 Ecosystem Evaluation Program Update – Christianson/Dooley
4.3 2013 Macroinvertebrate Assessment of Minnehaha Creek and Upper Watershed Streams – Christianson/Dooley
4.4 Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) Audit Report – Houdek 

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 September 25, 2014 Board minutes.

6. Consent Items
6.1 None 

6:55-10:00pm

REGULAR AGENDA

7. Board, Committee, and Task Force Reports
7.1 Board Updates: 
President’s Report – White
7.2 Upcoming Meeting and Event Schedule:
October 21, 2014, 7:00 pm, Metro MAWD Capital Regions Office, Roseville – (Blixt, Olson, White)
October 22, 2014, 6:30 pm, CAC Meeting, Board Room, MCWD Offices
October 23, 2014, 6:45 pm, MCWD Board Meeting, Board Room, MCWD Offices
October 30, 2014, 6:45pm, MCWD Board Retreat, Location TBD
November 6, 2014, 6:45 pm, Joint Meeting of the Operations and Programs Committee and the Planning and Policy Committee, MCWD Offices 
– November 12, 2014, 6:30 pm, CAC Meeting, Board Room, MCWD Offices
November 13, 2014, 6:45 pm, MCWD Board Workshop, MCWD Offices
November 20, 2014, 6:45 pm, MCWD Board Meeting, Board Room, MCWD Offices
December 10, 2014, 6:30 pm, CAC Meeting, Board Room, MCWD Offices
December 11, 2014, 6:45pm, MCWD Board Workshop, Board Room, MCWD Offices
December 18, 2014, 6:45pm, MCWD Board Meeting, Board Room, MCWD Offices

8. Public Hearings & Presentations
8.1 None

9. Permits Requiring a Variance or Discussion
9.1 None

10. Action Items
10.1 Items removed from the consent agenda
10.2 Resolution 14-082 Approve Record of Decision for Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) – Long Lake Creek Phase II Restoration Project – Hayman
10.3 Resolution 14-078 Cottageville Park: Authorization to Amend Project Design Contracts with Hart Howerton and Wenck Associates for Design Modifications to the Design, Phase 1, and Approve a Second Amendment to the Cooperative Agreement between Hopkins and MCWD – Clark
10.4 Resolution 14-083 Minnehaha Creek Reach 20 Community Trails Initiative – Meadowbrook Entry Overlook – Hayman 

11. Board Discussion Items:
11.1 Review Preliminary Design for Long Lake Creek Phase II Restoration Project – Hayman

12. Staff Updates*
Administrator’s Report – Spartz

13. Adjournment

MCWD SPONSORED OR HOSTED EVENTS
October 16, 2014, Watershed Heroes Awards, 6:30pm, Bayview Event Center, Excelsior
December 4th-6th, 2014, MAWD Annual Meeting and Trade Show, Alexandria