September 3, 2020 at 9:00 AM - Operations Committee Meeting

Rationale:  Nothing to consider for unfinished business.

Rationale:  Nothing to consider for Wildlife Programs.

Rationale:  The O & M Crew has been going back over watershed dams to fill holes, spray problem tree areas, pick up debris and spray Phragmites. We also continue to cut & treat trees on areas. We completed our mowing circuit and will double back over some roadsides and mow some of the Clear Creek Levee.

Rationale:  The majority of the punch list items have been addressed, we are waiting on ROW markers which have been fabricated but delayed in shipping, fencing and installing new staff gauges in the Fuse Plug area. These items will be accomplished when the ROW markers arrive. We will have to keep an eye on the seeding as it was done out of the planting window.

Rationale:  FYRA received the signed Construction Observation Contract Addendum, the Notice of Award was presented to Valley Corp.of which they are now gathering required insurance, bonds, etc. to process the contract. Once the District receives this information the Board can approve a Notice to Proceed. The contractor still has mid-November as a starting date.

Rationale:  The District has received 75% funding, $87,850 from FEMA on the Fuse Plug Levee repair at the National Guard Camp.
The District has sent a letter of request for cost-share assistance to Lower Platte South NRD for 50% or $14,641.66 of the local share on this Fuse Plug Levve repair. Their Platte River Subcommittee met on Sept. 2 to discuss and made a motion to pay LPN NRD, now it needs board approval.
The O & M Manual from the Corps of Engineers, for the levee system in the Guard Camp is not finalized. The O & M Manual/Agreement is for LPN, LPS, and National Guard. In the O & M Manual it's proposed that LPN be responsible for the Fuse Plug Levee, LPS responsible for the Salt Creek Flood Way and BNSF RR Berm, and that we share 50/50 on substantial damage repair cost.

Rationale:  Mainelli & Wagner and Saunders County met with Dept. Natural Resources Dam Safety to review two options regarding the renovation of the Emergency Spillway on Cottonwood 21-A. Dam Safety is going to recommend one of the options. It's difficult to make a simple plan because of the County Road Safety Standards.
It looks as though they will establish a berm at the elevation of the dam on the south shoulder of the dam for 400' (see diagram attached). This alternative eliminates cutting a large part of the county road down to the east and relocating a farmstead driveway. We do not have an engineers estimate at this time.
NRCS is hiring a Dam Safety Engineer in October. This Engineer can review and stamp Mainelli's work, with that we may be able to get funding assistance from NRCS on this project because of its High Hazard Class, unless of course it gets strung out for years.

Rationale:  This summer staff sent out inquiries to 6-7 concrete repair companies to get  estimates on repairing the RCC Auxillary Spillway cracks on the Wanahoo Dam. We had three respond, one declined and two inspected the site. The two estimates are attached. The Driveway Co. gave an estimate of $70,000 and Aksarben Concrete $38,493.
 

Rationale:  The District received $804.50 from Rosendahl Farms Seed & Feed for grass drill rental for the first half of 2020.  Seventeen cooperators used the drill.

Schuyler Coop who was a full year behind in revenue sharing finally caught up. The District received $648.75 for the second half of 2019, in which 3 cooperators used the drill. We received $862.07 for the first half of 2020, in which 13 cooperators used the drill.  That total for those two terms in $1,510.82.

Rationale:  We received an application to repair a jetty from Daria Spinger, Joel Engel, and Kyle Engel in Butler County on the Platte River.

Rationale:  In August, the District sold 249 permits and approximately 620 day passes for a total gross revenue of $7,658.59. Annual permits accounted for $4,555 of the total. In August of 2019 the District sold 242 annual permits for a total of $4,302.50.

Rationale:  In August, the District generated $18,831.45 in camping revenue. $7,750 in walk-up camping and $11,081.45 in online reservations. 

Since the opening of the new primitive cabins, the District has received $3,480 in reservation revenue. 

Rationale:  During the month of August the Lake Wanahoo Education building held a total of 17 events. 4 of those events were LPNNRD meetings or events.

Rationale:  During August we featured ads about upcoming variance request deadlines. At the end of August we switched the copy of the ad a bit to accommodate the September deadline and include variances will be reviewed and a limited number of applications may be approved at the October board meeting.
 

Rationale:  Lake Wanahoo continues to remain the top viewed page of our website. Viewing the website on mobile and desktop is nearly the same for August.

LPNNRD Website	# of Users	Top Pages/views	Viewing Device
October 2019	710	Home 543 Lake Wanahoo 355 Staff 121 Czechland Lake 100 Contact 95	Desktop 58.73% Mobile 34.48% Tablet 4.79%
July 2020	1,692	Lake Wanahoo 1,759 Home 842 Czechland Lake 319 Outdoor Recreation 252 Downloads 157	Mobile 52.96% Desktop 41.96% Tablet 5.08%
August 2020	1,583	Lake Wanahoo 1,542 Home 793 Czechland Lake 311 Outdoor Recreation 248 Downloads 208	Mobile 48.11% Desktop 47.35% Tablet 4.55%

Recently, Facebook has made more changes to their news feed algorithm. This means the content being shown on one’s news feed is content most relevant to them based on specific factors such as pages a person likes, posts a person likes, paid content, location and other factors. We currently do not "boost" or pay for any of our posts on Facebook and solely rely on followers to "like" and "share" our content. For these reasons, our Facebook views have dramatically decreased since last month. Our top posts included pictures and content about hosting your next event at the Lake Wanahoo Education Building, NRCS Chief Matt Lohr’s visit to Lake Wanahoo, and promoting camping at Pork Chop Island.

 

Facebook	Total Views	Total Reach	Total Engaged Users	Followers
October 2019	9,446	6,772	1,273	873
July 2020	11,698	9,630	1,515	1,170
August 2020	2,813	2,615	147	1,178

On our Twitter page, the impressions increased since July. Our top posts included: irrigation sample kit requests for Irrigators in Phase 2 and 3 were mailed out, NRCS Chief Matt Lohr’s visit to Lake Wanahoo, and promotion to camp at Pork Chop Island at Lake Wanahoo.

Twitter	Impressions	Engagements	Followers
October 2019	3,707	61	300
July 2020	2,302	103	330
August 2020	3,842	138	331

 

Rationale:  We are almost completed with the first draft of the Long Range Plan. It will be emailed out later today. Please review this and address any changes before September 10^th. A final draft will be prepared by board meeting.
 

Rationale:  LPNNRD will be hosting the East Central Regional Land Judging contest on Tuesday, October 6^th. This contest will be quite a bit different this year. We will be needing volunteers to help. If you are able to help us please let Lacey know.
 

Rationale:  Multiple utility projects have taken place in Colon the past month; OPPD replaced a number of power poles, and Windstream installed a fiber optic line as well.  All installs went smoothly with no interference with our water lines.
Regular monthly sampling completed and bills mailed out 9/1.

Rationale:  We received the second round of lead and copper test results for our Bruno RWD.  All samples were below action limits (AL) and results have been sent to participating residents. Starting in 2021 we will only test once a year for three years, then as long as samples are below AL we will only test once every three years.
Regular monthly sampling completed, bills mailed out 9/1.