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Scott Watershed Management Organization 200 Fourth Avenue West Shakopee, MN 55379-1220 0 952-496-8054 Fax 952-496-8496 www.co.scott.mn.us AGENDA Scott WMO – Watershed Planning Commission May 24, 2021 4:00 p.m. Watershed Planning Commission Meeting Video Conference I. Call to Order Action II. Approval of Agenda and Meeting Minutes a. April 26, 2021 Minutes Action III. Staff Reports a. Scott SWCD - TK Information b. Scott WMO - VS Information IV. Ongoing Business a. Project Updates - RH Information b. Program Updates – MBE Information c. Wake Boats Information V. New Business a. Public Hearing: 2020 MS4/SWPPP – Megan Tasca Action b. Kevin Koepp Grade Stabilization Application - RH Action VI. Adjourn Action Scott Watershed Management Organization 200 Fourth Avenue West Shakopee, MN 55379-1220 952-496-8054 Fax 952-496-8496 www.scottcountymn.gov/wmo Scott WMO – Watershed Planning Commission Meeting Minutes April 26th, 2021 I. Call to order Commissioner Weaver called to order the regular meeting of the Watershed Planning Commission meeting at 4:01 PM on April 26th, 2021 at Virtual Conference via Zoom. Specific details and video of the entire April 26th, 2021 Scott WMO Watershed Planning Commission Meeting is available for viewing on the Scott County Website. The video link can be viewed at: Scott WMO Planning Commission: February 22, 2021 - YouTube II. Roll call Members Present: Members Absent: Staff Present: Others Present: Pam Caselius Vanessa Strong Troy Kuphal Virgil Pint Melissa Bokman- Bruce Loney Rita Weaver Ermer Tom Wolf Brian Schmidt Ryan Holzer Mark Vierling Domi Archiebald Kevin Shea Joe Thill III. Approval of Agenda Motion by Commissioner Shea; Seconded by Commissioner Pint to approve the April 26th, 2021 Meeting agenda as amended. The Motion carried unanimously for the Agenda to be approved as amended. IV. Approval of minutes from last meeting – February 22nd, 2021. Motion by Commissioner Vierling; Seconded by Commissioner Caselius to approve the February 22nd, 2021 Meeting Minutes as written and presented. The Motion carried unanimously for the Meeting Minutes to be approved as written. V. Public Comment Vanessa Strong read the letter received by Maxine Hughes to the Commissioners during the meeting. Letter: Wake Boats Submitted by: Maxine Hughes 1259 Maxine Cir. Shakopee, MN 55379 Commissioner Pint asked several questions regarding the issues presented in the letter. Staff was directed to bring additional information to the May meeting. VI. Staff Reports SCOTT SWCD: Updates from Troy Kuphal ▪ Soil Health/Cover Crop Initiative – o Published 4 social media posts o Updated the cover crop strategic plan for 2021 o Provided Technical assistance to 1 landowner ▪ Clean Water Education Program (SCWEP) – o Held the annual SCWEP partnership meeting (Feb 10); finishing draft 2021 SCWEP annual work plan o Developed and launched marketing campaign for the 2021 SWCD raingarden webinar (was Apr 7) o Created native grass seeding fact sheet for landowners o Created and purchased materials for a homeowner chloride pollution kit o Purchased customized materials for proper pet waste outreach o Created and mailed postcards on SWCD ag services to 190 producers o Designed targeted postcard for PLSL and Sand Creek producers promoting CWF cost share availability o Created and launched a post-workshop survey for chloride workshop series for maintenance professionals ▪ Inventory and Assessment/Planning o Continued work on the Roberts Creek Sub-Watershed Assessment (SWA) o Identified and ranked best BMP applications produced by the Prioritize, Target and Measure Application (PTMApp) model o Created loading and source reduction maps for the final report o Zoning Support – County o Provided Dave Woestehoff with historical CUP information and guidance in conjunction with Scott County staff regarding procedures for transfer o Conducted a productive acreage determination and MinnFARM evaluation for 4 Winds Stables in coordination with CUP application review and letter of recommendation for a private riding arena ▪ Livestock Operation Assistance o Continued assistance for Dave Woestehoff NPDES permit application including Manure Management Planning o Water Quality, Groundwater and rainfall Monitoring o Please see presentation graph in WPC packet. o Tree Program o 33,500 Trees and 100 Native Seed Mixes sold o Approximately 1,400 trees still available for sale o Preparing for Native Plant Sale launch on May 1 o Cooperative Weed Management (CWM) Program o Closed out 2020 MDA Noxious Weed Grant o Awarded $2,000 for 2021 MDA Noxious Weed SCOTT WMO: Updates from Vanessa Strong ▪ The staff has officially moved out of the East Government Center building. We have temporary workspaces in the new location until our area is finished. We will continue to telework for the remainder of the year. Once the building is completed, we will be moved to the third floor – this should take place in December 2021. ▪ One Watershed One Plan o The Board is very supportive: they were very supportive of our efforts with One Watershed One Plan and would like to move forward with that. They requested that we bring a resolution to the consent agenda in May. ▪ Unified Watershed Management Planning o The Board really hadn't had a chance to really discuss the strategy or goals. And so, we're working through all of that right now, as of this point in time. There is no one path forward that anybody's agreed upon for sure everything's open to how we might manage the different watersheds and how we might manage watershed in the county. Some key things are that we have kind of an official steering committee now, which are two members of the County/ WMO board, two members of the Prior Lake Spring Lake Watershed District Board and two members of the Soil and Water Conservation District Board that are kind of help helping to steer this and lead it and then make decisions and bring them back to their boards. And then there's also a technical or project management team, which is made up of myself and Troy Kuphal, SWCD and the new administrator for Prior Lake Spring Lake Watershed District. VII. Ongoing Business Project Updates: Updates from Ryan Holzer ▪ Project Maintenance – Ryan met with our Public Works department on site. Our phase one streambank stabilization site had some erosion where one of the vertical logs snapped off. Today's visit was just to see if the Public Works Department could handle this maintenance activity as access is a little bit tricky. What we're proposing is rock down there to fill in the void in the structure. We looked at it today and showed them a path that we could use and they did not see an issue with doing that. We are getting so close to the planting season that it just doesn't make sense to do the maintenance now. It would also causes some compaction issues for the renter, that they won't be able to till the field before they plant it. So, we're thinking fall at this point. I'll confirm that with the landowner and the renter to make sure, but that will likely happen. I would think the worked would be done in the November/December 2021 timeframe. ▪ EPA Grant – the EPA grant is coming to an end. We are making sure that projects are being completed and funds are being used. So right now, I'm going through just seeing if there's any slippage in various tasks that we have in the grant, I believe we do have some amount, probably in the neighborhood of 5,000 to 10,000. Program Updates: Updates from Melissa Bokman-Ermer • AIS Program – DNR announced its AIS Control Grant application period is open. This year it’s not a first come first served process as in the past. There are 11 days to submit applications (March 1). They indicate that applications that come in will be randomly ordered and selected by this order until all funds are spent. $400,000 available state-wide for treatment of CLP, EWM, flowering rush. It's a competitive grant. They didn't go into detail on how that random process worked, but I applied for all four lakes that we work on, Cedar, McMahon, O’Dowd and Thole. We were awarded the control grant for three of the lakes. McMahon was $2,475, O’Dowd was $3,247, Thole was $2,250. We've already gotten those contracts executed. • We're ready to go whenever I can start working on the pretreatment surveys. Secondly, for the last several years, when I would go out and do an aquatic plant survey, I would have to take paper forms. At every point I use a GPS and at every point I'd have to write down all the data, then I'd have to come back to the office or my desk, and I'd have to reenter in all this data into a spreadsheet to look at the data and create maps and send to the DNR. Well. Finally, this year ESRI, has come out with a new tool. I've been working with our GIS department who has put together now this application for me that I can use right on my smartphone. It's actually ArcGIS based. So, when I'm out on the lake, my map shows up, I can turn on tracking. I just go to every point and we throw the rake and I can enter in all the data right on my phone. Then when I come back to the office, I can look at that all immediately on GIS. VIII. New Business – Annual Report and Newsletter Updates from Vanessa Strong ▪ Staff worked very hard to complete the annual report and newsletter. This is an annual requirement for the WMO that we must submit to BWSR to show progress on how we are achieving our goals.