BCWMC Logo

Thursday, October 21, 2021

The Bassett Creek Watershed Management Commission meeting starts at 8:30 a.m. and will be conducted via Zoom in accordance with MN Statute 13D.021. Join the meeting HERE.

Or join by phone +1-312-626-6799; Meeting number 820 8614 2061.

Most meeting materials are available in one document: FULL PACKET. But it does not include the invoices in 4C, the complete report in 4D, the complete EAW in 4E, the graphs for 5C, or the "information only" items in Section 7. The meeting materials are also available below as PDFs of the individual agenda items:

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 - September 16, 2021 Commission Meeting

B. Acceptance of October Financial Report

C. Approval of Payment of Invoices

i. Keystone Waters, LLC - September 2021 Administrator Services

ii. Keystone Waters, LLC - September 2021 Expenses

iii. Barr Engineering - September 2021 Engineering Services

iv. Kennedy & Graven – August 2021 Legal Services

v. Redpath – September Accounting Services

vi. We All Need Food and Water - September 2021 Education Services

vii. Stantec – Aug/Sept WOMP Services

viii. Finance & Commerce – Public Hearing Notice

ix. ECM Publishers – Public Hearing Notice

x. Metro Blooms – Lawns to Legumes Grant Project

xi. Metro Blooms – Local Contribution to Pollinator Project

D. Approval to Direct Commission Engineer to Submit Flood Control Inspection Report to Cities, Minnesota DNR, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

E. Approval to Submit the Draft Environmental Assessment Worksheet for the Main Stem Lagoon Dredging Project to the City of Golden Valley (Responsible Government Unit, RGU) for Review and Approval

5. BUSINESS

A. Receive Information on Proposed North Green Loop Development, Minneapolis

B. Receive Information on Chloride Reduction Projects

C. Review Data on Sweeney Lake Chloride Sources

D. Update on Planning for 2025 Watershed Plan Development

E. Review Status of 2021 Operating Budget (See Item 4B)

F. Consider Administrator Attendance at Joint SWCD-WD Meeting

6. COMMUNICATIONS

A. Administrator’s Report

i. Reminder of WEDNESDAY Meeting in November

ii. Update on BCWMC Bicycle Tour

B. Chair

C. Commissioners

i. Updates on Bryn Mawr Open House, SEA School Walk for Water Event, Buckthorn Bust Event in Bassett’s Creek Park

D. TAC Members

i. Parkers Lake and Mt. Olivet CIP Project Bids

E. Committees

F. Education Consultant

G. Legal Counsel

H. Engineer

i. Environmental Work for MPRB

7. INFORMATION ONLY

A. Administrative Calendar

B. CIP Project Updates

C. Grant Tracking Summary and Spreadsheet

D. Northside Lawns to Legumes Update

E. WCA Notices, Plymouth

F. WCA Notices, Golden Valley

8. ADJOURNMENT