November 26, 2024 at 8:30 AM - Operations Committee Meeting

Rationale:  We do not have any unfinished business.

Rationale:  Nothing to report.

Rationale:  The O & M staff hauled broken concrete and rock to access the wetland weir on Wanahoo, removed tree debris off of the breakwater, vehicle maintenance, checking recreation areas.

Rationale:  HDR is finalizing the Preliminary Draft Supplemental Watershed Plan-EA for Cottonwood 21-A. This complete draft will contain the Watershed Agreement, Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Fact Sheet, Abstract, Table of Contents and all Chapters and Appendices.
HDR plans to complete the Preliminary Draft just after Thanksgiving to have the NRD review and comment before sending it to the NRCS.
 

Rationale:  Houston Engineering has provided their three-phase proposal and fee spreadsheet and an explanation sheet for each of the five tasks. 
The fee sheet is for Phase 1 and 1b to analyze the need for repairs and mitigation on the Wanahoo Dam Stilling Basin and Breakwater, which includes 5 tasks at $139,734.

Rationale:  Rieschick Well Drilling is currently working on cleaning the last 11 Wanahoo relief wells on their contract.

Rationale:  We had three of four hay contractors finalize their hay harvest from our recreation areas.
Ken Cejka - Wanahoo Area "A" - 81 bales at 50.32 T & paid $4,377.95.
Dan Kadavy - Homestead Lake - 29 bales at 16.67 T & paid $2,126.00.
Dan Kadavy - Wanahoo Area "B" - 240 bales at 138 T & paid $12,006.00.
Matt Sillivan - Czechland Lake - 50 bales at 26.56 T & paid $3,691.84.
Skyler Ratkovec - Wanahoo Area "C" has yet to haul and weigh his bales.

Rationale:  We prepared the 2012 Chevy Crew Cab that is stationed at Lake Wanahoo to be sold. It will be replaced with our 2014 Ford F-150. The F-150 will be replaced by a new Ford F-150 that has been ordered and funded through FEMA. The Kelly Blue Book range for the 2012 Chevy is $8,731 - $12,080.
We would also like to replace the 2014 Ford Fusion and replace it with an SUV. There's a lack of space in the car for hauling materials for meetings and educational events. We have funds budgeted for this replacement.

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

Rationale:  For the month of October, the District received $3,280.50 in annual park permit revenue.

Rationale:  For the month of October, the District received $11,907.68 in camping revenue.

Rationale:  A 2024 Wanahoo Recreation season review and 2025 budget is being prepared and will be presented at the December 9th board meeting.

Rationale:  The Clint Johannes Education Building at Lake Wanahoo was rented 17 times in November. Revenue for the month was $1,675.

Rationale:  Speichinger and Sabatka met with 3 companies to upgrade the flooring at the Education Building and shower house at Lake Wanahoo. After reviewing the products and bids, it is recommended to go with Midwest Concrete to upgrade the flooring with a heavy duty concrete coating. 

Rationale:  The KTIC radio ads and Wahoo newspaper e-ads for November featured the water use reports reminder for producers and will continue through mid-December (December 15 is the deadline). December ads for both will feature tree sales. The ads are attached. 

Rationale:  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:  November 6th: Owl's of Nebraska Night (6)
November 7th: Coffee Lakeside (11)
November 8th: Wahoo Kindergarten (90*)
November 11th: Columbus Lakeview am (45)
November 12th: Senior Citizen Center Presentation (8)
November 14th: Science and Scenes Night: Freshwater Mussels of Nebraska. (7)
November 15th: St. Wenceslaus Pre-K visit. (27)
November 19th: David City Aquinas Middle school visits. (96)
November 20th: Yutan High School classroom visit (8) and Survival club - Knot Tying (14).

Rationale:  December 12th: Coffee Lakeside.
December 16th: Turtles of Nebraska Night.
December 17th: St. Wenceslaus Pre-K visit.
December 18th: Survival Club everyday carry kits.

Classroom visits TBD

Rationale:  The proposal I submitted was accepted. Will be presenting my, Creating Unexpected Partnerships, presentation. 

Rationale:  The RWD will be working with Wanahoo staff to abandon a service line to a yard hydrant next to the Wanahoo equipment shed that is impacted by new office construction; excavation over service line reduced ground cover over a portion of the service line to 1.5-2' which isn't sufficient for frost protection.
Elliott completed DOT/DMV requirements for Class A CDL.  DOT requires any combination vehicle (ie truck/trailer) with a combined weight in excess of 26,000 pounds to be operated by properly licensed CDL driver.  This scenario impacts the RWD when needing to haul certain equipment (eg excavator) however the NRD is excepted from certain DOT requirements (DOT number, physicals) due to gov't status and intrastate travel.