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Thursday, February 15, 2024

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.)

Most meeting materials are available in one document: FULL PACKET. But it does not include the invoices in 4C, the complete document in 4E, the complete document in 4G, or the "information only" items in Section 8. 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 - January 18, 2024 Commission Meeting

B. Acceptance of Financial Reports

i. January (2023 Fiscal Year End)

ii. February 2024

C. Approval of Payment of Invoices

i. Keystone Waters, LLC - January 2024 Administrator Services

ii. Keystone Waters, LLC – January 2024 Meeting Expenses

iii. Barr Engineering - January 2024 Engineering Services

iv. Redpath – January 2024 Accounting Services

v. Triple D Espresso – Meeting Catering

vi. Metro Watershed Partners – 2024 Membership

vii. INCase LLC – Watershed Map Contractor

viii. Kennedy & Graven – December 2023 Legal Services

D. Approval of Reimbursement of Channel Maintenance Funds to City of Plymouth

E. Approval of Agreement with MMKR for FY23 Financial Audit

F. Approval to Designate Finance and Commerce as the Official News Publication of the BCWMC

G. Approval to Adopt Data Practices Policy

5. ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING

A. Elect Officers

B. Review Roles and Responsibilities Document and Bylaws

C. Review 2024 Commission Calendar and Areas of Work

D. Appoint Committee Members

i. Administrative Services Committee

ii. Budget Committee

iii. Education Committee

iv. Plan Steering Committee

v. Technical Advisory Committee Liaison

E. Review Open Meeting Law

F. Discuss Hybrid Commission Meeting Options

G. Review Year End Financial Report (Feb 1, 2023 - Jan 31, 2024)

6. BUSINESS

A. Review Plan Steering Committee Recommendations

B. Approval to Appoint Administrator as BCWMC Representative for Watershed Based Implementation Funding Convene Meeting

C. Discuss Commission Review of Wetland Impacts and Buffers

D. Consider Participation in Minnesota Watershed’s Legislative Briefing and Day at the Capitol

7. COMMUNICATIONS

A. Administrator’s Report

i. Discover Plymouth Event

ii. Update on Crane Lake Impaired Waters Listing

iii. Update on Watershed Map Project

B. Engineer

i. Update on Schaper Pond 2023 Monitoring

ii. Update on Medicine Lake TMDL Assessment Project

C. Legal Counsel

D. Chair

E. Commissioners

i. Update on Proposed Medicine Lake No Wake Zone

F. Technical Advisory Committee

i. Report on February 7th Meeting

ii. Appoint Liaison for March 7th Meeting

G. Committees

8. INFORMATION ONLY

A. CIP Project Updates

B. Grant Tracking Summary and Spreadsheet

C. Minnesota Watersheds 2023 Strategic Plan Accomplishments

D. Adopt-a-Drain 2023 Bassett Creek Report

9. ADJOURNMENT