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REVISED AGENDA
LOWER PLATTE SOUTH NATURAL RESOURCES DISTRICT
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
March 20, 2019, 2:00 PM
LOWER PLATTE SOUTH NRD, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA

Call Meeting to Order
Welcome
Pledge of Allegiance
Public Meeting Law Poster, Silence Cell Phones and Prohibition of Concealed Weapons
Public Comments on Non-Agenda Items

1.            Roll Call of Directors.

2.            Publication of Legal Notice of Meeting.

3.            Consideration of Directors’ absences. [ACTION]

4.            Adopt Agenda. [ACTION] (Click for Printable Agenda)

5.            Recognition of Staff Anniversaries. [NO ACTION]

6.            Approval of Minutes of February 20, 2019 Board of Directors Meeting. [ACTION] (Click to View)

6.1          Report of General Manager on Flooding. [NO ACTION]

7.            Report of Finance and Planning Subcommittee and consideration of recommendations:  (Steinkruger) (Click to View Financials) (Click to View)
                a.            Financial Report, July 1, 2018 through February 28, 2019, publication of expenditures for February 2019.  [ACTION]
                b.            Consideration of budget overruns. [ACTION]  

8.            Report of Executive Subcommittee and consideration of recommendations: (Ruth) (Click to View)
                a.            Consideration of a request by John Rallis to purchase wetland credits from the Blue Heron Wetland Bank.  [ACTION]

9.            Report of Platte River Subcommittee and consideration of recommendations: (Jacobson) (Click to View)
                a.            Consideration of a USGS Stream Gage Operation Agreement for the Lower Platte River Corridor Alliance (LPRCA) stream gages on the Platte River @ Leshara.  [ACTION]
                b.            Consideration of Agreements with Lincoln Water System, Metropolitan Utilities District (MUD), and Lower Platte North NRD for three-year funding assistance for the LPRCA stream gage on the Platte River @ Leshara.  [ACTION]      
                c.             Consideration of a USGS Stream Gage Operation Agreement for the LPRCA stream gages on the Elkhorn @ Waterloo, Salt Creek @ Ashland, and the Platte River @ Louisville.  [ACTION]

10.          Report of Land Resources Subcommittee and consideration of recommendations: (Hellerich) (Click to View)
                a.            Consideration of Surface Water Quality BMP Cost-share applications.  [ACTION]

11.          Report of the Water Resources Subcommittee and consideration of recommendations: (Andersen) (Click to View)
                a.            Report on the 2018 Groundwater Management Plan Annual Review.  [NO ACTION]
                b.            Report on the NRD’s Well Decommissioning Program and 1,000th Well Decommissioned. [NO ACTION]

12.          Report of the Urban Subcommittee and consideration of recommendations: (DeKalb) (Click to View)
                a.            Consideration of a request to the City and NRD to amend the Lincoln Federal Conservation Easement located southwest of 40th & Yankee Hill Road.  [ACTION]
                b.            Consideration of a Community Assistance Program request from the City of Ashland for cost-share assistance on the construction of the Salt Creek Bank Stabilization Project at Silver Street. [ACTION]
                c.             Consideration of a Community Assistance Program request from the City of Ashland for cost-share assistance on the construction of the Drainage Ditch Improvement Project. [ACTION]
                d.            Consider approval of the NRD Rainscaping Program.  [ACTION]
                e.            Consideration of a professional services contract for the design of erosion control measures to protect the Salt Creek Levee weir upstream of the Van Dorn Street Bridge. [ACTION]
                f.             Consideration of a Community Assistance Program request from the Hamann Meadows Townhomes Association for cost-share assistance on the construction of the Hamann Meadows Townhome Association Dam Rehabilitation Project. [ACTION]
                g.            Consideration of an Interlocal Agreement with Lancaster County for the Little Salt Creek Watershed Master Plan Project #2 @ North 14th Street. [ACTION]

13.          Report of the Recreation, Forestry & Wildlife Subcommittee and consideration of recommendations: (Schutz) (Click to View)
              a.            Consideration of a professional services contract for the design, permitting, and bidding for Trail repairs on the MoPac and Homestead Trails.  [ACTION]
              b.            Consideration of a new Saline Wetland Partnership Agreement. [ACTION]
              c.            Consideration of proposals to rebuild the Whitehead Saline Wetland Observation Deck. [ACTION] 
              d.            Prairie Corridor on Haines Branch – Consideration of negotiations to acquire the Samani properties. [ACTION] (moved to item 14a)

14.          Consideration of Agenda Items requiring closed session.  (Ruth)
              a.            RF&W, Prairie Corridor on Haines Branch – Consideration of the appraisal and authorization of negotiations to acquire the Samani properties. (Item #13d) [ACTION]

15.          Permit and program approvals.  [NO ACTION] (Click to View)

16.          Schedule of upcoming events and activities.  [NO ACTION] (Click to View)

17.          For information only.  [NO ACTION] (Click to View)

Adjourn

*** Revisions are shown in bold italic ***