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TENTATIVE AGENDA
LOWER PLATTE SOUTH NATURAL RESOURCES DISTRICT
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
DECEMBER 18, 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 to View Printable Agenda)

5.         Recognition of Staff Anniversaries. [NO ACTION]

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

7.         Report of the Finance and Planning Subcommittee and consideration of recommendations:  (Steinkruger) (Click to View Financials) (Click to View)
            a.         Financial Report, July 1, 2019 through November 30, 2019 and publication of expenditures for November 2019.  [ACTION]
            b.         Consideration of modifications in District financial service providers for specific accounts. [ACTION]
            c.         Consideration of vehicle proposals. [ACTION]

8.           Report of the Executive Subcommittee and consideration of recommendations: (Ruth) (Click to View)
            a.         Consideration of a Memorandum of Agreement with the United States Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service. [ACTION]
            b.         Consideration of modifications to the District Operating and Personnel Policies. [ACTION]
            c.         Consideration of a Professional Services Proposal to update the Wage and Benefits Comparability Study. [ACTION]
            d.         Consideration of the 2020 Renewal Acknowledgement Work Crew Agreement with the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services / Cornhusker State Industries. [ACTION]

9.         Report of Urban Subcommittee and consideration of recommendations: (DeKalb) (Click to View)
            a.         Consideration of a Cooperative Agreement with the Department of the Army, US Corps of Engineers for the PL84-99 Flood Repair Project for the Salt Creek Levee System. [ACTION]
             b.         Consideration of approval of the NRD Rainscaping / Rain-Ready Landscapes Program. [ACTION]
             c.         Consideration of a request from the City of Lincoln to cost-share on the Lincoln Flood Mitigation Master Plan. [ACTION]

10.       Report of the Recreation, Forestry & Wildlife Subcommittee and consideration of recommendations: (Schutz) (Click to View)
            a.         Consider concurrence to approve the Extension of Right of First Refusal for the purchase of the Honvlez Conservation Easement property in the Prairie Corridor on Haines Branch. [ACTION]

11.       Report of the Integrated Management Subcommittee and consideration of recommendations: (Wilson) (Click to View)   
           a.         Consider approval of the October 2019 Lower Platte River Drought Contingency Plan. [ACTION]

12.       Report of the Water Resources Subcommittee and consideration of recommendations: (Andersen) (Click to View)
            a.         Consideration of a Professional Services Agreement for updates to the Groundwater Database. [ACTION]
            b.         Consider contracting with the University of Nebraska – Lincoln for Vadose Zone Sampling and Studies in Wellhead / Community Water System Protection Areas. [ACTION]
            c.         Consideration of the Groundwater Rules and Regulation Modification Order. [ACTION]
            d.         Consideration of a Professional Services Agreement for Engineering Services for Repairs to Plattsmouth 7-C. [ACTION]

13.       Report of the Nominating Subcommittee (Stevens) [NO ACTION]

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

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

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

Adjourn