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Lower Minnesota River Watershed District Lower Minnesota River Watershed District Third Generation Watershed Management Plan 2011 - 2020 November 2011 (June 2015) Prepared by and Amended by Watershed Management Plan for the Lower Minnesota River Watershed District 2011 - 2020 Approved December 14, 2011 (Amended June 2015) Board of Managers Mgr. Kent Francis, Carver County Mgr. Yvonne Shirk, Dakota County Mgr. Len Kremer, Hennepin County Mgr. Edward Schlampp, Hennepin County* Mgr. Carla Shutrop, Scott County* Staff Terry Schwalbe, Administrator * Joan Ellis, Assistant Administrator* Linda Loomis, Administrator Plan Consultants Della N. S. Young, Hydrologist and Facilitator, HDR Engineering, Inc. Daniel Murphy, P.E., HDR Engineering, Inc. Plan Amendment Consultant Della N. S. Young, PMP, CPESC, Burns & McDonnell Inc. Lower Minnesota River Watershed District 112 East Fifth Street, Suite 102 Chaska, MN 55318 Telephone: 952-856-5880 Fax: 952-856-6067 www.watersheddistrict.org *No longer with the LMRWD LOWER MINNESOTA RIVER WATERSHED DISTRICT Foreword The following Third Generation Watershed Management Plan (Plan) of the Lower Minnesota River Watershed District (District) is a comprehensive account of the body of work that began in 1960 when the District was formed, and continues today. Over the 50 year history of the District, the Plan had been updated four times. In December 2008, the District managers embarked on the fifth update of the plan. This foreword provides an overview of the planning process used to review and update District goals, policies, and strategies, and to set the direction of the District for the next decade. The District’s approach to this Plan update was to invite members of their advisory committees (Technical and Citizen) to participate in its development, specifically through visioning workshops. The District’s process, shown below in Figure F-1, was adapted from Using Visioning in Comprehensive Planning Process (Haines, 2001). The visioning process contains three phases: 1) What do we have? 2) What do we want? 3) How do we get there? The advisory committees focused on phases 2 and 3 during four workshops. The decision to focus on those two phases was based on the premise that the District already has a good understanding of phase 1, the resources they are responsible for managing. Figure F-1: Lower Minnesota River Watershed District – Watershed Management Planning Process WATERSHED MANAGEMENT PLAN i NOVEMBER 2011 LOWER MINNESOTA RIVER WATERSHED DISTRICT On January 28, 2009, the District hosted its first Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) visioning workshop at the Chaska Community Center. The workshop focused on tackling Phase 2, through addressing the question: What issues/items should the District address over the next 10 years? The following overarching issues/items emerged: • Partnering and coordination • Resource management • Protection and restoration of water quality • Channel maintenance • Education and outreach • Overarching programming • Assessment inventory and monitoring • Rules and regulations Subsequent to this meeting it was decided not to address the issue of rules and regulations as a standalone item, but as a component of each of the other seven issues, since during prioritization it received no votes (See Appendix A f or documentation). Addressing the education and outreach component was then delegated to the assistant District administrator and the Citizen Advisory Committee (CAC), while the administrator and the TAC addressed the other six issues. These issues/items form the foundation on which this Plan is built. After the first workshop, the District created and distributed a survey to the TAC. The survey captured specific actions the District could take over the next 10 years to address the overarching issues. Three additional TAC meetings were held (February 25, March 17, and April 8, 2009) focused on gathering information about the issues list and using the knowledge of the group to identify strategies for addressing each of them. April 8, 2009 was the last time the TAC convened formally as part of the planning process. However, TAC members were contacted on two occasions to solicit projects for the District to include a part of their capital improvements projects and to review a draft of the Plan. As mentioned the education and outreach component was delegated to the CAC. At the time, the District did not have a CAC. The District placed articles in local newspapers read by residents in the watershed soliciting their participation in the CAC and inviting them to a CAC Town Hall meeting to learn about the District and meet the managers. As a result of those actions, the CAC was established. A series of meetings were held to educate the CAC on the District and the Plan writing process, and to develop education and outreach goals, policies, and strategies the District could implement. As a part of their activities, the CAC contacted municipalities within the District to learn how the District could partner with them on educational initiatives. The work of the CAC is on-going and the official launch of the education and outreach program will occur at the time of adoption of this Plan. NOVEMBER 2011 ii WATERSHED MANAGEMENT PLAN LOWER MINNESOTA RIVER WATERSHED DISTRICT The District would like to thank the following individuals for their participation in the Plan development process as part of the TAC and CAC. Technical Advisory Committee • Allen Dye, Metropolitan Airport Commission • Bryan Gruidl, City of Bloomington • Bill Monk, City of Chaska • Mark Nemeth, Tamara Simonich, Molly Shodeen and Mark Cleveland, MN Dept of Natural Resources • Brad Wozney, Board of Soil and Water • Melissa Bokman, Scott WMO Resources • Brooke Asleson, MN Pollution Control • Mike Kinney and Stacy Sass, Prior Lake – Spring Lake Agency WD • Daryl Jacobson, City of Burnsville • Nick Tiedeken, Wesley Saunders-Pierce, and Beth Neuendorf, Mn Dept of Transportation; • Ellen Sones, Hennepin County • Paul Nelson, Scott WMO • Greg Genz, Upper Mississippi. Waterway • Peter Beckius, Scott SWCD Association. • Eric Macbeth, City of Eagan • Sam Lucido, City of Savage • Jack Frost and Judy Sventek, Metropolitan • Steve Sodeman, MN Corn Growers Association Council • James Fallon, US Geological Survey • Susie Carlin, MN River Board • Jim Bodensteiner, Xcel Energy • Terry Jeffery, City of Chanhassen • Kevin Bigalke, Nine Mile Creek WD • Tim Sundby and Greg Arndt, Carver County • Laura Jester, Dakota SWCD • Charles Blair US Fish and Wildlife Service • Leslie Stovring, City of Eden Prairie • Warren Formo, MN Ag Water Resources Coalition • Lisa Lund and Paul Machajewski, US Army • Lawrence Samstad Corps of Engineers • Steve Christopher, BWSR • Jessica Van Der Werff, Dakota SWCD • Joe Mulcahy, Metropolitan Council • Jennie Skancke, MN DNR • Troy Kuphal, Scott SWCD • Randy Anhorn, Hennepin County • Paul Moline, Carver WMO • Mike Wanous, Carver SWCD • Charlie Sawdey, Carver WMO • Bruce Loney, Shakopee Citizen Advisory Committee Dan Boyum – Carver County Glenda Spiotta – Dakota County Jerry Hennen and Lawrence Samstad – Scott County Bruce Kopruki – Hennepin County WATERSHED MANAGEMENT PLAN iii NOVEMBER 2011 LOWER MINNESOTA RIVER WATERSHED DISTRICT Table of Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .................................................................................................. 1 E1. Plan Organization ...................................................................................................................... 1 E2. Watershed Issues ........................................................................................................................ 2 E3. Watershed Management Framework ...................................................................................... 2 E3.1. Mission ........................................................................................................................................ 2 E3.2. Watershed Purpose .................................................................................................................... 3 E3.3. Goals ............................................................................................................................................ 4 E3.4. Plan Implementation ................................................................................................................. 4 E3.5. Measurable Outcomes ............................................................................................................... 6 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................. 1 I1. History ......................................................................................................................................... 1 I2. Location and Boundaries .......................................................................................................... 1 I3. District Characteristics .............................................................................................................. 2 I4. District Management ................................................................................................................. 2 I5. 1999 to 2010 Accomplishments .............................................................................................. 4 1.0 LAND AND WATER RESOURCES INVENTORY ........................................ 1-1 1.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................. 1-1 1.2 Climate and Precipitation......................................................................................................
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