October 1, 2020 at 7:30 AM - Projects Committee Meeting

Rationale:  No unfinished business to address.

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20-S-8		Norman Lindgren	$                   6,044.25	TOT

Rationale:  No new information.

Rationale:  LPNNRD, LPNNRD & SCWIG have been assisting Tom Sprunk with selecting a contractor for completing his grade stabilization/wetlands project.  Mr. Sprunk has been working with Wemhoff Construction on a bid for completing the project. Wemhoff has adjusted his bid to lower the total cost to $46,170.77 for completing the project. Jim Reedy, NRCS Project Engineer, has indicated that that price appears reasonable for work being completed at this time so Mr. Sprunk has notified the contractor to proceed.   LPNNRD has approved 75% landowner assistance up to a maximum of $40,000 assistance.  LPNNRD 75% would be $34,628 based on the projected project components. We will also provide 75% assistance for the seed which will be completed by the landowner.  

Rationale:  No new information. 

Rationale:  Matt Bailey has reported that the North Channel (of the U.P. Railroad Bridge near County Road 15) portion of the Shell Creek Channel Improvement/Benching Project has been completed, including seeding.  We anticipate recieving an invoice for payment soon.  Colfax County continues to move toward completing the South Channel work and all landowners appear to be on board with project plan. Matt said that Pruss Construction will complete all of the south work immediately this fall, but  hold off on work on property directly south of the bridge until a 404 permit is obtained.  

The U.P. Railroad has said they will start work on their bridge replacement this November with plans to complete the project within the first quarter of 2021.  The bridge replacement on county road 14 is moving along very well as it is anticipated that the bridge deck will be completed the week of October 5th. 

Rationale: 

Jerry Korte

$4,800.00

Rationale:  NRCS has formally approved our agreement amendment to pay for the additional economics analysis they are requiring for the Wahoo Creek Watershed Plan. As authorized by Board, General Manager Gottschalk has signed the NRCS amendment and the contact amendment with FYRA for completing the work.  Both executed amendments are attached.

Rationale:   The Mike Chvatal dam has been certified by NRCS staff and the contractor has submitted a bill.  The total cost of the project came in at the bid price of $61,808.65.  The Board had previously approved up to 75% cost-share on this project based off of the low bid of $61,808.65 up to total payment of $46,356.49.

Rationale:  No new information. We anticipate an invoice from Olson by the Board Meeting. 

Rationale:  FYRA continues to assist the North Bend Drainage District, Dodge County, Fremont and LPNNRD on the FEMA assistance application. Things have been going favorable so far as it appears the cost benefit ratio will be more that 1:1 that is required for potential assistance.  

Rationale:  The involved partners (Fremont, Dodge County, Fremont Rod & Gun Club & LPNNRD) have been obtaining official approval on the Agreement that was passed by LPNNRD on September 14 (attached). JEO has been selected as the project engineering firm and the next step will be for the partners select a contractor though the bidding process.

We also received the Fremont Rod and Gun Club's signature on the agreement (attached).  The Club is asking that the following be considered as the project moves forward:

John Miyoshi, Club President , sent the following suggestions for a future amendment to be considered by Fremont, Dodge County and LPNNRD.  

"My Board has one request that can be handled by one of the following two suggestions:"
                1.  An amendment to the Agreement on item #2 adding language that would name all four signees as fiscally responsible. (or)
                2.  In each of the two mentioned contracts have all four amendment signees listed.

 

Rationale:  All partners (Fremont, Dodge County, PMRNRD, and LPNNRD) have approved the Interlocal Agreement to establish cameras and water sensors at key locations along the Platte River.  We are planning to install five cameras and two  sensors in October-November after FEMA approves funding for the project which is anticipated soon.  

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Contract Holder	Acres	Annual Payment
Janice Wilke Trust	2.98	$190.16
Mary Theresa Norton Trust	8	$1,757.44
Mary Theresa Norton Trust	13.7	$3,009.62
Mary Theresa Norton Trust	11.2	$2,399.04
Tom Sprunk	2.1	$472.50
Mark Wilke	4.81	$457.91
Ronald Anderson	6.9	$593.61
Ronald Anderson	6	$166.32
Charles Barjenbruch*	9.5	$229.24
James Barjenbruch*	4.8	$126.19
James Barjenbruch*	8.2	$215.58
Hill Valley Farms*	16.5	$3,712.50
Ed Luetkenhaus*	4	$900.00
Francis Shanle*	9.5	$247.00
Tom Sprunk*	0.8	$180.00
Tom Sprunk*	12.5	$2,812.50
Dean Klug Family Trust	6.3	$232.72
Norman Lindgren	2.1	$83.16
Rod Julsen	23.1	$5,197.50
Kaye Lidolph	7.8	$1,381.30
Total	160.79	$24,364.29

*Denotes final contract year.
 
 

Rationale: 

Rezac Farms Inc	4.7	$1,057.50
Rezac Farms Inc	3.6	$786.96
Rezac Farms Inc	1	$218.60
Rezac Farms Inc	1.4	$306.04
Rezac Farms Inc	1.7	$371.62
Rezac Farms Inc	3.5	$787.50
TOTAL	15.9	$3,528.22

Rationale:  As has been reported earlier, our District-wide Hazard Mitigation Plan has received FEMA approval that now allows potential FEMA funding assistance for all entities that have participated in our plan. Related additional tasks associated with the Plan (Fremont & Schuyler Parcel Level Flood Risk Assessments and the Dam Breach Overall work) have been completed or nearly complete.  Attached is JEO's final $4,262.50 invoice for work completed under components approved under our contract totaling $236,100. NEMA will reimburse LPNNRD 75% ($3,196.88), 

Rationale:  Don Cunningham reported that  October 1st, is installation day for the aeration system.  TNT electric is bringing power to the lake shore as well.  He has  Victory Marine contributing the boat to get the aeration system to the center of the lake and two Fremont firemen scuba divers to anchor it to the bottom.  Their playground will also be finished on Thursday.  They have a celebration planned at the Lake on Saturday, October 3rd. 

We may receive a payment request by the October 12th Board Meeting. 

Attached find bills for the fountain electrical totaling $9,411.96 the NRD agreed to pay 50% which is $4,705,98.  A motion will be needed to pay this amount.   


 

Rationale:  Attached is Mark Walkenhorst's (NRCS District Conservationist) report on conservation practices completed in 2020 within the LPNNRD.

Rationale:  As you recall, in 1995, LPNNRD sponsored an eight jetty project on Dan Wolfe property located about four miles south of Richland on the Platte River. This project was completely destroyed by the 2019 flooding. The original total project cost was approximately $110,560 (low bid), with NRCS emergency funds covering 75% of the expense. LPNNRD provided a maximum of $13,820, Dan Wolfe provided up to $8,820 and Colfax County $5,000.  The project was to not only help prevent Platte River floods from destroying landowners property, but also to protect county roads.  One of the biggest concerns at the time was the possibility of a large Platte River flood event flowing north into Lost Creek and eventually flood portions of Schuyler.

Since 2019, we have have numerous discussions with the landowners and Colfax county about pursuing the repair/replacement.  LPNNRD also has worked with FEMA/NEMA to potentially access approximately $800,000, which would represent 75% assistance for projects along the Platte River.
Colfax County has taken the initial lead by attempting to bring Schuyler in as a potential partner and work with Northeast Economic Development District on the possibility for receiving a community block grant to assist with the 25% local share of a potential project.  From recent indications from Colfax County, it appears that Schuyler has not expressed much interest in being a project partner and receiving community block grant funds to assist with the local cost share doesn't look very promising.  We have asked the county to make a final decision very soon about whether or not they want to pursue a project, as the time to move forward with FEMA funding is growing short. There might be a possibility of using the available funds toward another project, but it is unclear what that might be at this point.