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Thursday, March 21, 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.). The meeting can be accessed online in real time via Zoom. Public participation is currently limited to in person attendance. Join Zoom Meeting at https://plymouthmn-gov.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcodOCvrj8rHtZJzxg6hib82UqHHvF4Ift3#/registration

Most meeting materials are available in one document: FULL PACKET. But it does not include the invoices in 4C 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 - February 15, 2024 Commission Meeting

B. Acceptance of March Financial Report

C. Approval of Payment of Invoices

i. Keystone Waters, LLC - February 2024 Administrator Services

ii. Keystone Waters, LLC – February 2024 Meeting Expenses

iii. Barr Engineering - February 2024 Engineering Services

iv. Triple D Espresso – Meeting Catering

v. City of Plymouth – February Accounting Services

vi. Kennedy & Graven – Legal Services

vii. Shingle Creek WMC – 2024 West Metro Water Alliance

viii. Stantec – WOMP Services

ix. Safeguard – Checks for Banking

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

E. Approval to Amend Watershed Map Design Contract

F. Approval to Appoint Commissioner Hauer to Administrative Committee

5. BUSINESS

A. Receive Update on Sochacki Water Quality Improvement Project

B. Review Draft Revised Joint Powers Agreement

Overview Memo

i. Updated Joint Powers Agreement

ii. Existing Joint Powers Agreement with Changes Noted

C. Consider Funding for Sweeney Lake Eurasian Watermilfoil Survey and Treatment

D. Receive Presentation on Ȟaȟa Wakpadaŋ Oral History Project

E. Consider Adoption of Land and Water Acknowledgement Statement

F. Discuss Study of Creek Co-naming Opportunities

6. Communications

A. Administrator’s Report

i. Report on MN Association of Watershed Administrators Meeting

ii. New Interactive Paddling Map

iii. Audit Conflict of Interest Form

iv. Watershed Based Implementation Funding Convene Meeting

B. Engineer

i. Evaluation of Local Flooding on Plymouth’s Behalf

C. Legal Counsel

D. Chair

E. Commissioners

i. Report on MN Watersheds Legislative Event

F. Technical Advisory Committee

i. Report on March 7th Meeting

ii. Appoint Liaison for April 3rd Meeting

G. Committees

i. Plan Steering Committee

ii. Education

iii. Budget

7. INFORMATION ONLY

A. Administrative Calendar

B. CIP Project Updates

C. Grant Tracking Summary and Spreadsheet

D. Watershed Partners 2023 Annual Report

E. MN Watersheds February Newsletter

F. WCA Application, Minnetonka

G. AIS Detection Training

8. ADJOURNMENT