December 28, 2023 at 8:30 AM - Operations Committee Meeting

Rationale:  There's nothing to consider as unfinished business.

Rationale:  We have established fire breaks for the Wetland Renovation area to burn off the cattails in the work zone. The burn team would like the District staff to burn existing tree piles beforehand. We'll work on that immediately.
The dirt contractor, Pruss, has a tentative start date some time in January/February, weather permitting.
 

Rationale:  The O & M staff continues to cut trees on project areas at Rawhide Ditch, Clear Creek Levee & Wanahoo area. Also, vehicle and equipment maintenance.

Rationale:  Find attached the 30% Progress meeting notes and a Alternatives Screening Matrix from HDR. These are being reviewed by NRCS and NRD staff. Directors are also welcome to read and comment on the progress.

Rationale:  Rieschick Drilling has accomplished the first flow test on the eleven wells that will be cleaned. We don't know the schedule now because of the holidays and recent weather change. 

Rationale:  There are utilities to deal with in the new Round-About area on the Wanahoo dam. These utilities need to be removed, sealed/filtered, diaphragmed to prevent seepage and material movement in the event of a flood event. NDOT is dealing with water, sanitary & storm water utilities that are in the footprint of the construction. The City of Wahoo will deal with electrical & gas. JEO is working with the City of Wahoo. The staff met with John Petersen of JEO to discuss a contract for the remaining utilities. That contract proposal of $33,560 is attached. John Petersen met with DNR Dam Safety to get more clarity on what should be done. He has not spoken to NDOT. Windstream says the District can do design and construction of a diaphragm around their lines.
The bidding & contract aspects can get really messy if it's piggybacked on NDOT's bid package. This will take some coordination between all entities and contractors.

Rationale:  The staff is working with M.E. Collins on a contract to clean out the cat paw sediment basins in the wetland area of Wanahoo. Their quote is to excavate 10,000 CYDS and haul the dirt to the borrow pit area. Their estimated price is $90,200 with the proposal to purchase the 10,000 yds back for their use at 0.50/yd (see attached). The staff is negotiating this buy-back price.

Rationale:  We have picked up the F-350 extended cab chassis and now will have the flatbed and running boards put on by Klute Truck Equipment. This truck is being subsidized by a FEMA grant.
We also purchased a 2023 Chevy Colorado Crew Cab from Husker Auto. The Water Dept. staff preferred the midsize truck over the full-size truck. We paid $35,402.

Rationale:  Jason Fiala is asking for assistance in repairing a portion of levee/berm on Skull Creek in Saunders County. See attached photos. No action was taken for the reason that no preventative maintenance was done on this berm in the past.

The City of North Bend has done maintenance on the North Bend Levee on the Platte River. There are two invoices, $2,775 and $6,333.50 for a total of $9,108.50. This invoice is divided equally between the City  Dodge County and the District with each entity paying $3,036.17 (see attached). This site has not been inspected by NRD staff.

 

Rationale:  For the month of November, the District received $0.00 in annual park permit revenue. This closes out the 2023 annual permit sales season.  The year by year break down is listed below. 
 

Month	Monthly Total	YTD
November 2023	$0.00	$73017.50
November 2022	$15.00	$75262.50
November 2021	$25.00	$85681.85
November 2020	$360.00	$96317.50
November 2019	$52.50	$82252.50

Rationale:  For the month of November, the District received $2795.04 in camping revenue. The year by year comparison is listed below.
 

Month	Month Total	YTD
November 2023	$2795.04	$126421.26
November 2022	$1641.37	$127645.88
November 2021	$1074.00	$115714.08
November 2020	$1404.78	$132541.81
November 2019	$1234.20	$92176.80

Rationale:  During the month of December, the building was rented 17 times with two NRD events. Revenue for the month was $1,325.

Rationale:  The KTIC radio ads and Wahoo newspaper e-ads during December featured the water reports deadline for mid-December. The January ads will feature the upcoming nitrogen certification classes.

Rationale:  The LPNNRD Facebook/Twitter pages, and the website are some of the fastest ways to get information out to the public. Tracking analytics are a way to see how many people are seeing the information. Sometimes a decrease in reach or impressions can mean there is an error with the Facebook/Twitter pages or the website. Facebook and Twitter posts range from 10 - 15 posts per month. If you are on Facebook or Twitter, please like, follow, share, or retweet the Lower Platte North NRD posts!

Total reach/impressions show how many people saw the post/tweet. Engagements include likes, comments, shares/retweets and link clicks.
 

FACEBOOK	Total Reach	Engagements	Followers
December 1-26	2,381	135	1,501
November	4,072	138	1,501
October	3,103	137	1,499
September	4,517	215	1,493

Twitter is in the process of updating analytics. Some of this data may not be measured the same as it was in the previous months.

TWITTER	Total impressions	Engagements	Followers
December 1-26	711	51	411
November	682	16	411
October	1,148	54	411
September 2023	1,490	69	406

Top Posts on Facebook and Twitter:
• Coffee, Lakeside flyer
• RFP for tree clearing site viewing
• Docks taken out at Wanahoo
• Wanahoo Permits available
• Upcoming Nitrogen Certification classes

 

WEBSITE	Users	Traffic Channel	Top Pages	Devices
December 1-26	925	Organic -20.26% Direct 3.1% Referral -2.27% Social -81.58%	Home Lake Wanahoo Downloads Staff Czechland	No data
November	1,332	Organic -32.42% Direct -25.96% Referral -42.86% Social -81.58%	Lake Wanahoo Home Czechland Lake Staff Downloads	Desktop -11.03% Mobile -30.91 Tablet -53.13%
October	1,328	Organic -31.36% Direct -0.54% Referral -21.79% Social +245.45%	Lake Wanahoo Home Czechland Lake Staff Downloads	Mobile -33.66% Desktop -8.26% Tablet +3.45%
September	1,726	Organic 75% Direct 20.1% Referral 4.1% Social 0.8%	Lake Wanahoo Home Czechland Lake Outdoor Recreation Staff	Mobile 59.9% Desktop 38.4% Tablet 1.7%

Traffic channels: organic traffic means they use a search engine then choose an option that includes lpnnrd.org, direct traffic means they type in lpnnrd.org directly (or have it bookmarked), and referral traffic is any other traffic not from a search engine or social (such as a link from another site). As of mid-September changes for traffic channels and devices will show increase or decrease for the month.

Top referral clicks from: visitnebraska.com 4, nrdnet.org 19, Wahoo newspaper website (LPNNRD digital ad) 0
Clicks from Facebook: 7.
Clicks from Twitter: 0.
 

Rationale: 

• December 7th: Lindsay Elementary 1st grade classroom visit. 13 students learned about animal adaptations. 
• December 13th: Survival Club met with 14 students to teach them different knot tying techniques. 
• December 14th: Coffee Lakeside hosted 22 attendees and gathered 11 water samples that were sent off to be tested. 
• December 18th: St. Wenceslaus Classroom Visit--28 students went 'ice fishing' in the classroom. Pictures attached.
• December 19th: Wahoo High School Careers Class, interview 1 student for their mock job interview final. 
• December 20th: Science and Scenes Night: Nature Journaling and Phenology. 10 people attended, pictures attached. 

Rationale:  January 11th: Coffee Lakeside, Renewable and Non-renewable Energy Sources. Flyer attached.
January 21st: Ice Fishing Event - flyer attached. 

TBD: Survival Club, St. Wenceslaus, other classroom visits. 

Rationale:  Routine monthly sampling completed, meters read and bills mailed 12/29.

Rationale:  Routine monthly sampling completed, meters read and bills mailed 12/29.