November 11, 2024 at 4:30 PM - Regular Board of Directors Meeting

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NOTE: The agenda is on file at the LPNNRD office and may be changed up to 24 hours prior to the meeting as scheduled.

 

Rationale:  Are there any additions or corrections to the agenda?

Rationale:  Are there any additions or corrections to the Minutes? If not they will be approved on the consent agenda.

Rationale:  Attached find Legislative Conference agenda and registration details. Please let Breunig know if you are interested in attending. 

Rationale:  Since the resignation of Director Thompson at last month's board meeting, it is recommended to declare the vacancy and report to the State of Nebraska. 

Rationale:  As we continue construction on our new office building, it is now time to begin planning for the sale of our current office building and property.  Staff is requesting committee input on how to proceed with this process.

Rationale:  LPNNRD, Olsson, & NRCS are finalizing construction contract details.  Plans are to have contract finalized by Jovan and all parties involved and ready for approval at the November 11th LPNNRD board meeting.

Rationale:  This month's education program will be the Shell Creek Students' presentation on their ongoing Shell Creek sampling.

Please share any education ideas for our December meeting you may have.

Rationale:  The monthly construction meeting was held on Wednesday, October 30th. Exterior and interior walls are going up and should be complete by early next week.  Installation of trusses will wait until stairs are delivered as stair assembly will be dropped in from above with crane. 
Discussion on storage building pricing is requested with potential action at November board meeting.

Rationale:  4:30 p.m. - Shell Creek Group Presentation
5:00 p.m. - Meal
5:30 p.m. - Board Meeting 

Rationale:  Gottschalk will update the committee on the current status of the Assistant Water Department position hire.

Rationale:  Resumes are due on November 14th for this position. This position is responsible for the Source Water Protection program district wide and the National Water Quality Initiative program for the Wahoo Creek watershed. 

Rationale:  Oaklund's last day of employment was November 1st. Our policy states the NRD will pay employees unused annual leave time and any hours over 360 for sick leave. 

A motion will be needed at Board Meeting - To pay Russell Oaklund $22,555.67 of unused leave time less deductions of retirement, taxes and any supplemental insurance.

Rationale:  With Russell's retirement, a staffing need was created within the Water Department and an opportunity to move qualified and interested staff to other LPN positions. Kaitlyn Bargen will be moving from Wanahoo Recreation into the Water Department 100% and Jon Speichinger will be moving from Operations and Maintenance to Wanahoo Recreation at a 75/25 Wanahoo/Recreation split. Jon's experience and education will allow us to proceed with plans to create a District-wide Recreation Department consolidating all the district's recreation responsibilities under one individual. This position of District Recreation Department Head will be responsible for all recreation facilities and staffing at Wanahoo, Czechland and Homestead Lake recreation areas.
 

Rationale:  Grant will be available to reveiw the September Financial Statement.

The final July, August and September financial statements will be attached and ready for approval on Monday, November 11th. 

A motion will be needed at Board Meeting to approve the final July, August and September Financial Statements as attached. 

Rationale:  We have nothing to consider for unfinished business.

Rationale:  Nothing to report.

Rationale:  O & M staff finished the mowing circuit, assisted the Big Game Conservation group to erect a third deer blind on the Wanahoo property, cleared and made a path to the Wanahoo wetland weir to remove trees and tree debris, finalizing firebreaks on the Wanahoo area, and other dam maintenance such as the need to replace a rubber seal on the drawdown slide gate at Sand/Duck Dam 13.

Rationale:  HDR completed their cultural resource's investigation. They sent their 90% study report to NRCS for review and asked for availability for meeting dates to discuss the 90% report in the next 3 weeks.

Rationale:  Staff and Mike Sotak met with FEMA and NEMA personnel on Tuesday, October 29. Staff and Sotak described in detail the damage sustained from the spring rains. FEMA went over their program and policies in assisting the NRD to repair our damaged property.
The staff is recommending that the District sole source the engineering to Houston because of the past experience in repairing the previous damage to the stilling basin of the Wanahoo Dam. See the attached three-phase proposal by Houston Engineering for the repair and potential mitigation of the Stilling Basin and Breakwater structure.
Sotak will have a fully executable contract for Phase I services at the Board meeting.

Rationale:  During staff's meeting with FEMA we were given approval to proceed with breakwater damage repairs. Due to safety issues and the need to get this portion of the repairs completed as soon as possible, staff is recommending M.E. Collins be contacted to complete only breakwater repairs.  Collins was the firm who repaired the breakwater after the 2019 damage and is very familiar with all components associated with the structure.  Once complete, our plans are to bid out damage repairs to Wanahoo trail system and fishing jetties.
FEMA also reported to us, mitigation improvements will be available to the breakwater as we proceed with potential future plans for the structure.

Rationale:  The staff met with Mr. Sousek, AWS and Tim Gokie of DNR Dam Safety on site at Cottonwood 6-B on Thursday, October 17th. The options for Mr. Sousek's water line was discussed in detail. Because of the cost to bore under a deep creek bed and the slim chance of that cost recurring if the water line fails in that area, it was decided to allow the water line to go over the outlet pipe of the dam (attached location) with engineering specifications (attached) from DNR Dam Safety.
Specifications for the 2–2" water lines and the French Drain (perforated pipe) are that they are encased in 47B sand as a filter and the French Drain daylights downstream. Monument markers will be used as locators of the water line in the area of the dam. These drawings are filed with the easement.
Mr. Sousek is in need of a new water system before winter.

Rationale:  Staff would like to purchase an 84" snow blade from Bobcat for our Bobcat Toolcat for snow removal. The cost of the snow blade is $3,306.94.

Rationale:  As previously mentioned in August, a head cut developed on Bellwood Ditch 4 cutting into Todd Yindricks property. Heimann is obtaining bids from 2–3 contractors in hopes of having them by the Board meeting. Pictures attached.
We are proposing using a 36" CMP to drain the field in a flood event.
We received two bids as listed, F & S Trenching - $15,850 and Krivanek Construction - $14,075. The bids are to use a 50' x 36" CMP w/ a flared end inlet, an estimated 600 yards of earthfill & readjust drain tile in the field.
We would like to accept a bid at the Board meeting.
 

Rationale:  We have not received any applications or requests for payment.

Rationale:   For the month of September, the District received $4,552.50 in annual park permit revenue. The year by year break down is listed below. 
 

Month	Monthly Total	YTD
September 2024	$4,552.50	$73,171.50
September 2023	$2,060.00	$71,240.00
September 2022	$2,602.50	$74,050.00
September 2021	$2,496.85	$82,534.35
September 2020	$2,937.50	$95,560.00
September 2019	$2,014.00	$77,041.50

Rationale:   For the month of September, the District received $12,631.98 in camping revenue. The year by year comparison is below. 
 

September 2024	$12,631.98	$103,903.55
September 2023	$13,989.38	$111,866.44
September 2022	$19,008.27	$113,053.01
September 2021	$16,007.74	$109,926.11
September 2020	$15,057.66	$120,901.01
September 2019	$11,151.60	$86,577.24

Rationale:  The Clint Johannes Education Building at Lake Wanahoo was rented 15 times in October. Revenue for the month was $1,150.

Rationale:  As discussed at prior Operations Committee meetings, Lonny Hansen is interested in building a public amphitheater on our Wanahoo property.  The location is in our long-range plan and the structure would be built and maintained by a trust fund set up by Mr. Hansen.  At this point in the process Mr. Hansen's attorney is requesting some form of official recognition from the LPNNRD board stating the NRD's willingness to work with him to come to an agreement on site location and land lease.  If granted, Mr. Hansen will continue to develop design concepts for the amphitheater and bring plans back to the board.  DIscussion and possible recommendation is requested.

Rationale:  The owners of Set Your Sites (Stacy and Dustin Dam) approached LPNNRD to assist financially in the production of a storytelling video featuring Lake Wanahoo and Czechland Lake Recreation Areas to help in promoting the lakes and their business through social media. The video will feature the use of Set Your Sites at both locations. They have contracted Loudr to create the video. The total cost is $2,000 for the video with LPNNRD providing $1,000.

Rationale:  The KTIC radio ads for October featured the water reports reminder for producers (not too early for the December deadline!) and will continue through November. The Wahoo newspaper e-ads for October featured the availability of grass drill rentals. November’s Wahoo newspaper e-ads will feature the water use report deadline. The ads are attached. 

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The LPNNRD Facebook and X pages, along with the website are some of the fastest ways to get information out to the public. Facebook and X posts range from 12 -18 posts per month. If you are on Facebook or X, 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.

Rationale:  Last year, we worked with Nebraska Public Media and shared the I&E video for 12 weeks on Wednesdays during the kids’ educational programming. This was a great new addition to the marketing of LPNNRD. We would like to do something similar again with the Operations and Maintenance video that discusses projects and structures. Attached is the proposal Nebraska Public Media has provided. This would be for 11 weeks during December 15, 2024 - March 2, 2025.

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• October 4th: Ag literacy festival at the fairgrounds (Daryl), Ashland-Greenwood middle school pm. Close to 40 students learned about the Owls of Nebraska. 
• October 9th: Survival Club initial meeting; close to 30 students attended.
• October 10th: Coffee Lakeside: Bird Eggs. 13 people attended. 
• October 14th: Wahoo 3rd grade field trip AM. Over 80 students came out for a morning at Lake Wanahoo playing disc golf, going on a nature hike, reading the story walk, and playing on the play ground. 
• October 16th: Students from Yutan High school came out to play disc golf and go on a nature walk.
• October 17th: St. Wenceslaus Pre-K visit 27 students learned about spiders.

Rationale:  November 6th: Owl's of Nebraska Night - flyer attached. 
November 7th: Coffee Lakeside - flyer attached.
November 8th: Wahoo Kindergarten am.
November 12th: Senior Citizen Center Presentation.
November 14th: Science and Scenes Night - flyer attached.
November 15th: St. Wenceslaus Pre-K visit.
November 18th: Yutan High School visit.
November 19th: David City Aquinas Middle school visits.
November 20th: Survival club - Knot Tying.
 

Rationale:  The snake was put into brumation, so he offered me some baby snapping turtles. Pip and Squeak are about a month old; check them out in my cubicle. They will be used in classrooms for education and outreach. 

Rationale:  The lead service line inventories (LSLI) for both RWDs were submitted to NDEE on 10/11.  These inventories are a will be updated on a regular basis as required by EPA guidelines.
We have been working with Julian Delley, formerly of PWG, in assisting with data transfer from our old WaterWorks software to our new Neptune system.
A new residential customer within the Bruno RWD was tapped the week of 10/14.

Rationale:  Routine monthly sampling completed, meters read, and bills to be mailed 11/1.

Rationale:  Routine monthly sampling completed, meters read, and bills to be mailed 11/1.

Rationale:  The District would like to purchase three memorial park benches for Lake Wanahoo to keep on hand for future memorial requests. 

 

Rationale:  At the October Board Meeting, variances were approved that scored 333 or higher.  It was discovered that 3 applications were not included in the spreadsheet.  
Dan Jarecki scored 494.26 with a depletion of 0.24 AF (S14-19-3W. Platte)
Dan Jarecki scored 427.62 with a depletion of 7.51 AF (S2-19N-2W, Platte)
John & Rose Wiese scored 376.95 with a depletion of 0.48 AF (S35-21-4W, Madison)
In the past, applications that fell in the red area but were within 1 mile were scored with the HCA applications.  Two applications that were approved, TMV Farms and Larry Rassmussen, were in this situation with their total depletion being 24.08 AF.  These applications would not be included in the depletion numbers for the HCA area, so approving the 3 applications that were overlooked would make the total depletion in the HCA area 183.63 acre feet,  

Rationale:  Phil Buhman is requesting a supplemental well permit for NW NE S4-18N-1W, Platte County, which is located in SQS #2.  The staff have been working with Phil and Grosch Irrigation to determine why this well might not be producing enough water to keep all the nozzles working when the pivot is not on level ground.  Staff have taken water samples to determine if iron or manganese is causing the screens to become plugged.  The sample analysis is attached, which shows levels as ND or fairly low.  Phil is requesting a supplemental well to assist in providing enough water.  Katie Cameron from ENWRA has evaluated this area and made recommendations for areas in the field where a new well might produce more water.  If a new location for the well does produce enough water, then this well would become a replacement well.  
The Committee recommends that prior to drilling the supplemental well, Phil Buhman should drill test holes for verification. 

Rationale:  Paul Kettelson representing Four L Farms Inc, is requesting a well permit for NW1/4 NW1/4 S7-21-5W, Boone County.  Presently, he utilizes 1 well to irrigate 245 acres.  He wants to put an additional well in the NW1/4 to irrigate 127 acres while the other well will continue to irrigate the 118 acres in the NE1/4.  
Information is attached.  
The committee commented that this should improve the efficiency of both irrigation systems.  

Rationale:  Last year the Board approved a 30 acre inch 3-year rolling allocation for 1-year in the Coflax-Platte Special Water Quantity Sub-Area (SQS #2), with an option to extend to another year until Groundwater Rules and Regulations are updated.  New allocations need to be established annually by December 15. 
The Committee is planning on holding a vote on allocation at the next meeting with the intention of implementing the allocation policy by updating the Groundwater Rules and Regulation within 1 year. 

Rationale:  All sample kits have been received and analyzed.  

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2024 is the twenty-second year for this Phase 2 Area. 

Year	Nitrate-nitrogen Range	Percent Nitrate-nitrogen 0 to 8.0 ppm	Percent Nitrate-nitrogen 8.01 to 10.00 ppm	Percent Nitrate-nitrogen 10.01 to 15 ppm	Percent Nitrate-nitrogen greater than 15 ppm
2004	0 to 25 ppm	46.3% (44 of 95)	8.4% (8 of 95)	45.3% (43 of 95)
2005	0 to 25 ppm	47% (44 of 94)	15% (14 of 94)	38% (36 of 94)
2006	0 to 24 ppm	41% (29 of 71)	14% (10 of 71)	45% (32 of 71)
2007	0 to 31 ppm	48% (48 of 100)	9% (9 of 100)	43% (43 of 100)
2008	0 to 28 ppm	53.75% (43 of 80)	7.5% (6 of 80)	38.75% (31 of 80)
2009	0 to 22 ppm	45.5% (41 of 90)	15.5% (14 of 90)	39% (35 of 90)
2010	0 to 35.7 ppm	48.65% (54 of 111)	11.71% (13 of 111)	39.64% (44 of 111)
2011	0 to 26.6 ppm	51% (56 of 110)	6% (7 of 110)	43% (47 of 110)
2012	0 to 28.9 ppm	57% (61 of 107)	9% (10 of 107)	34% (36 of 107)
2013	0 to 25.8 ppm	50% (53 of 107)	9% (10 of 107)	14% (44 of 107)	26%
2014	0 to 22.3 ppm	51% (55 of 108)	13% (14 of 108)	18% (39 of 108)	20%
2015	0 to 32.3 ppm	43% (31 of 72)	8% (6 of 72)	14% (35 of 72)	33%
2016	0 to 35.1 ppm	34% (25 of 74)	11% (8 of 74)	26% (41 of 74)	26%
2017	0 to 23.5 ppm	36% (27 of 74)	15% (11 of 74)	19% (36 of 74)	22%
2018	0 to 30.9 ppm	40% (25 of 63)	11% (7 of 63)	22% (31 of 63)	28%
2019	0 to 24.5 ppm	46% (22 of 48)	10% (5 of 48)	28% (21 of 48)	22%
2020	0 to 20.5 ppm	33.33% (20 of 60)	13.33% (8 of 60)	35% (21 of 60)	18.33% (11 of 60)
2021	0.12 to 27.7 ppm	40.6% (26 of 64)	15.6% (10 of 64)	25% (16 of 64)	18.8% (12 of 64)
2022	0.13 to 23.0 ppm	43.75% (28 of 64)	12.50% (8 pf 64)	26.56% (17 of 64)	17.19% (11 of 64)
2023	0 to 19.8 ppm	50.8% (32 of 63)	15.9% (10 of 63)	20.6% (13 of 63)	12.7% (8 of 63)
2024	0.09 to 20.3 ppm	48% (28 ot 58)	12% (7 of 58)	29%  (17 of 58)	10% (6 of 58)

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Attached are graphs showing the 2 water quality areas for review.  
  
2024 is the ninth year of this Phase 3 Area.  This Phase 3 area went into effect September 1, 2015.  The 55 sections of this area first went into a Phase 2 Area in 2004.  The ten sections that were in Phase 2 are now in Phase 3.  As such, the 2020, 2021 and 2022 numbers (at bottom of table) are for 65 sections.

Year	Nitrate-nitrogen Range	Percent Nitrate-nitrogen 0 to 8.0 ppm	Percent Nitrate-nitrogen 8.01 to 10.00 ppm	Percent Nitrate-nitrogen 10.01 to 15 ppm	Percent Nitrate-nitrogen greater than 15 ppm
2004	0 to 47 ppm	30% (42 of 139)	10% (14 of 139)	60% (83 of 139)
2005	0 to 120 ppm	31.3% (74 of 236)	10.2% (24 of 236)	58.5% (138 of 236)
2006	0 to 53 ppm	28% (50 of 181)	14% (26 of 181)	58% (105 of 181)
2007	0 to 99 ppm	32% (75 of 231)	10% (22 of 231)	58% (134 of 227)
2008	0 to 46 ppm	28% (53 of 190)	12% (23 of 190)	60% (114 of 190)
2009	0 to 57 ppm	33% (72 of 216)	6% (13 of 216)	61% (131 of 216)
2010	0 to 57.5 ppm	31% (70 of 229)	7% (15 of 229)	62% (142 of 229)
2011	0 to 65.8 ppm	28% (67 of 241)	9% (21 of 241)	63% (153 of 241)
2012	0 to 52.6 ppm	29% (70 of 241)	9% (21 of 241)	30% (150 of 241)	31%
2013	0 to 94.0 ppm	25% (63 of 252)	9% (23 of 252)	31% (166 of 252)	36%
2014	0 to 101.0 ppm	27% (68 of 251)	9% (22 of 251)	27% (161 of 251)	37%
2015	0 to 53.3 ppm	23% (55 of 238)	12% (29 of 238)	25% (154 of 238)	41%
2016	0 to 50.5 ppm	25% (58 of 228)	10% (22 of 228)	26% (148 of 228)	40%
2017	0 to 53.4 ppm	25% (60 of 238)	6% (14 of 238)	29% (164 of 238)	41%
2018	0 to 56.9 ppm	26.5% (50 of 189)	6.3% (12 of 189)	25% (127 of 189)	42%
2019	0 to 39.4 ppm	25% (53 of 209)	11% (22 of 209)	23% (134 of 209)	42%
2020	0 to 50.8 ppm	26% (69 of 261)	6% (15 of 261)	26% (66 of 257)	43% (110 of 257)
2021	0 to 43.0 ppm	25.5% (67 of 263)	8.4% (22 of 263)	24.3% (64 o 263)	41.8% (109 of 263)
2022	0 to 58.5 ppm	23.0% (57 of 248)	6.45% (16 of 248)	29.43% (73 of 248)	41.12% (102 of 248)
2023	0 to 46.5 ppm	26% (68 of 263)	6% (17 of 263)	24% (63 of 263)	44% (115 of 263)
2024	0 to  60.4 ppm	24% (62 of 256)	8% (20 of 256)	27% (70 of 256)	41% (106 of 256)

 

Rationale:  Staff and UNL have set up nitrogen/irrigation certification classes for 2025:

Tuesday, January 21 - David City at Highway 92 building from 10 to 12 pm
Wednesday, January 22 - Columbus at the Library from 6 to 8 pm
Thursday, February 6 - Ithaca at ENREEC from 1 to 3 pm
Thursday, February 13 - Lindsay at Community Center from 10 to 12 pm 
Tuesday, February 18 - Fremont at Extension Office from 6 to 8 pm
Tuesday, March 18 - Ithaca at ENREEC from 7 - 9 pm

Online tests will also be available.  
 

Rationale:  Attached is an invoice from LRE for $12,009.26 for updating the Groundwater Management Plan.  The staff have received some preliminary draft documents that they are reviewing.  

Rationale:  An invoice is attached for $1,486 for's LPN share of the joint project with Newman Grove and Platte Center.  

Rationale:  Information is attached for the hearing on November 14 at the Cobblestone Inn & Suites in Schuyler.  The hearing will be held at 7:00 pm with staff available prior to the hearing.  
Supporting documents are attached.  
Cost share has been offered for the following with dollar amounts spent or committed.  
Water Flow Meters - $150,000 with $170,000 budgeted
Gravity to Pivot Conversions - $90,000 with $100,000 budgeted
Cover Crops - $1,000 with $24,000 budgeted
Iron Chlorosis - $3,000 with $36,000 budgeted
Fertigation Equipment - $2,000 with $5,000 budgeted
Variable Rate Nitrogen Programs - $0 with $20,000 budgeted
Grid Soil Sampling - $0 with $20,000 budgeted
Soil Moisture Sensors - $3,750 with $7,500 budgeted
The cost share deadline for flow meters were April 1. 2024 to receive $1,000. Staff would like to continue offering $1,000 until March 1, 2025, as other cost share items were not utilized.  Staff will also keep prioritizing gravity to pivot conversion to producers who receive NRCS funding.
The Committee reviewed procedures and suggested some wording changes with 8-36 being acceptable with pre-approval.  

Rationale:  Attached is a draft application for NiRIA along with information on how they will be evaluated. This information was posted statewide last week.  The NRD has received the contract from NeDNR to move forward as approved at the October Board Meeting.   
Staff have started promoting this project throughout the District.  

Rationale:  Staff are working on fall water levels. 

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One new well has been reviewed and approved for decommissioning since the last Committee meeting. This well is in the Shell Creek area so it will receive funding from the Shell Creek Grant for the additional cost listed below.

 

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No new wells have been plugged, reviewed, and ready for cost share payment approval this month.

Well Owner	Type of Well	Cost Share Estimate	County

 

Rationale:  The group met on October 23 to discuss a 5-year inter-local agreement between all parties.  The group has been meeting regularly to discuss drought conditions in the Lower Platte River Basin.  A drought plan was developed in 2019 which included projects to supplement water supply in the Platte River.  These initial projects have been discussed and evaluated by the group.  The group conducted a workshop to consider different alternatives which are included in the updated 5-year plan.  Attached is the 5-year inter-local agreement to continue participating with the group.  The budget is $0 for the upcoming year.  If a project is brought forward in the future, each participating partner would have to approve and consider the dollar amount at that time.  
A press release is planned to be released by the group, which is attached. 

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24-P-1

JAMES WEMHOFF

$                       1,350.00

Windbreak renovation/establishment

Rationale: 

Dodge County received feedback from FEMA on the E. Drainage Project.  JEO and DCMC looked over the review as well.  DCMC, the subcontractor hired for their BRIC application expertise, believes the price tag is the reason the project was not approved and offered insight into FEMA’s federal budget woes and the importance of our representatives in getting funding for project.  If we wish to continue the project the alternative may be to hire JEO to reduce project budget costs, JEO’s expenses would not be grant funded.  

Rationale:  The Notice of Interest was submitted on October 7th.
City of Fremont, in cooperation with several partners, has undertaken multiple initiatives to evaluate flood recovery as well as future flood risk reduction and resilience for the community. Through these efforts the City identified a need to continue to improve resilience to flooding through flood risk awareness outreach and adoption of improved floodplain management ordinances to support mitigation of future flooding damages. The goal of the proposed project is to update the current floodplain administration policies, procedures and ordinances to guide future development of Fremont.

Rationale:  There is a delay in the State submitting the plan to National due to the requirement that if the page count exceeds 75 pages, it needs a separate Environmental Assessment document to meet the NEPA page limits.  NRCS is working on writing the EA and plans to submit it the week of October 28th.

Rationale:  JEO visited the site with NRD and Diking District staff.  JEO will provide a preliminary planning and design cost estimate for the Drainage District and County to submit to NEMA for a scoping grant request.

Rationale:  Bill Bos submitted two applications for BMPs within the Shell Creek w/s, costs shown are 75% of estimated total:

Don Marking

Grass waterway

$7,398

 

Sharon Barjenbruch

Grade stab/seeding

$18,564

Next SCWIG meeting is November 14th, 10:00am, Columbus NRCS office.

Rationale:  Staff met with NRCS on 10/28 to discuss contract status and planning for next phase of Wahoo Creek; items highlighted were contract details from the WFPO agreement, and permitting/environmental stipulations needing acknowledgment in our construction contract. 
Timeline for applying for construction funds for next phase was discussed and will start in the first quarter of '25 with anticipation of going to bids for next set of dams by end of '25.
Permitting application will start beginning of '25 and Olsson will be doing the Biological Assessment (BA) for this phase unlike first BA which was completed by NRCS.
Contract with Thompson Construction.

                          

Rationale:  Appraisals for the next set of easement acquisitions are set to begin this month.  The next set of appraisals and offers are expected by the Dec/Jan Board meeting.

Rationale:  A motion will be needed at Board meeting to sign the construction contract (attached).

Rationale:  Our new NWQI / SWP position is posted and closes November 14th.

Rationale:  The next bi-annual Lower Platte River Cooridor Alliance meeting is scheduled for November 8th, 10:00am, at the Lower Platte South NRD office in Lincoln.  This meeting is advertised and open to the public.  A draft agenda is attached along with draft minutes from the May 29th meeting.

Rationale:  JEO continued mapping and plan writing work.  The draft THRA was also sent to County Emergency Managers for final review.  Coordination meeting for the Drought Plan began and information is being compiled.

Invoice and Summary Report Attached.

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NOTE: The agenda is on file at the LPNNRD office and may be changed up to 24 hours prior to the meeting as scheduled.