The Bassett Creek Watershed Management Commission meeting starts at 8:30 a.m. and will be held in person in the Council Conference Room at Golden Valley City Hall (7800 Golden Valley Rd.). Remote access to the meeting is not available this month.
Most meeting materials are available in one document: FULL PACKET. But it does not include the invoices in 4C, the complete audit document in 4F, the project designs in 5B, the complete document for 5G, or the "information only" items in Section 7. The complete meeting materials are available below as PDFs for each individual agenda item.
1. CALL TO ORDER and ROLL CALL
2. PUBLIC FORUM ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS - Members of the public may address the Commission about any item not on the agenda. A maximum of 15 minutes is allowed for the Forum. If the full 15 minutes are not needed for the Forum, the Commission will continue with the agenda. The Commission will take no official action on the items discussed at the Forum, with the exception of referral to staff or a Committee for a recommendation to be brought back to the Commission for discussion/action.
3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
4. CONSENT AGENDA
A. Approval of Minutes - June 18, 2026 Commission Meeting
B. Acceptance of July Financial Report
C. Approval of Payment of Invoices - specific invoices available upon request
i. Keystone Waters, LLC – June 2026 Administrator Invoice
ii. Keystone Waters, LLC – June 2026 Administrative Expenses
iii. Barr Engineering – June 2026 Engineering Services
iv. Triple D Espresso – July Meeting Catering
v. City of Plymouth – June 2026 Accounting Services & Audit Assistance
vi. Kennedy & Graven – May 2026 Legal Services
vii. LB Carlson – 2025 Financial Audit
viii. Strategic Consulting & Coaching – Organizational Assessment Project
E. Approval to Set Public Hearing on 2027 Capital Improvement Projects
F. Acceptance of 2025 Financial Audit
G. Approval of Theodore Wirth Golf Drainage Improvements Project
5. BUSINESS
A. Consider Conditional Approval of Graffiti Mill East Building – Phase I Plans
B. Consider Approval of 50% Design Plans for Sochacki Park Water Quality Improvement Project (BC-14)
Presentation of 50% Plans | Design Plan Set
C. Receive Presentation on 2025 Water Quality Monitoring Results (45 min)
i. Crane Lake
ii. Northwood Lake
iii. North Branch of Bassett Creek
iv. Ȟaȟá Wakpádaŋ/Bassett Creek
D. Consider Approval of Scope & Budget for Assistance with Medicine Lake Task Force
E. Consider Approval of Contract for Communications & Administrative Assistant
F. Receive Report on 2026 Operating Budget Status (See Item 4B above)
G. Appoint Delegates to MN Watersheds Resolution Meeting
6. Communications
i. Update on Organizational Assessment Project
ii. Volunteers Needed: Golden Valley Sustainability Day & Fall Native Plant Sale
iii. MN Watersheds Summer Tour
B. Engineer
i. Report on Bassett Creek Restoration Project
ii. Report on Bassett Creek Valley Study Update Project
iii. Report on H&H Model Project
C. Legal Counsel
D. Chair
E. Minnesota Watersheds
i. Metro Watersheds Quarterly Meeting July 21
ii. Summer Tour August 25 - 26, Detroit Lakes
F. Commissioners
G. TAC Members
H. Committees
7. INFORMATION ONLY
C. Grant Tracking Summary and Spreadsheet
D. WCA Notices, Plymouth and Golden Valley
E. Scared Water Shared Future Press Release
9. ADJOURNMENT
