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REVISED AGENDA
LOWER PLATTE SOUTH NATURAL RESOURCES DISTRICT
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
MARCH 19 26, 2025, 5:30 PM
LOWER PLATTE SOUTH NRD, LINCOLN, NEBRASKA

Call Meeting to Order
Welcome
Pledge of Allegiance
Public Meeting Law Poster, Silence Cell Phones and Prohibition of Concealed Weapons
Public Comments on Non-Agenda Items

1.            Roll Call of Directors.

2.           Publication of Legal Notice of Meeting.

3.           Consideration of Directors’ absences. [ACTION]

4.           Adopt Agenda [ACTION] (Click to View Printable Agenda)

5.           Approval of Board of Directors Meeting Minutes. (Click to View)
              a.            February 19, 2025 Board of Directors Meeting Minutes. [ACTION]

6.           Report of the Finance and Planning Subcommittee and consideration of recommendations: (Lewis) (Click to View Financials) (Click to View Minutes)
              a.            Financial Report, July 1, 2024 through February 28, 2025 and publication of expenditures for February 2025. [ACTION]
              b.            Schedule of Long Range Implementation Plan and Preparation of FY2026 Budget. [ACTION]

 7.           Report of the Executive Subcommittee and consideration of recommendations: (Andersen) (Click to View)
              a.            Consideration of modification to Board meeting times. [ACTION]

8.           Report of the Urban Subcommittee and consideration of recommendations: (Landis) (Click to View)
              a.            Consideration of an Agreement for Professional Services with Houston Engineering for Oak Creek Drainage Structure Rehabilitation. [ACTION]
              b.            Consideration of Bids for Antelope Valley Sediment Pile Removal. [ACTION]

9.            Report of the Recreation, Forestry & Wildlife Subcommittee and consideration of recommendations: (Hawkins) (Click to View)
              a.            Consideration of an agreement with the Nebraska Environmental Trust to accept grant funds. [ACTION]

10.          Report of the Water Resources Subcommittee and consideration of recommendations: (Jacobson) (Click to View Minutes) (Click to View Report)
              a.            2024 Groundwater Management Plan Annual Review. [NO ACTION]        

11.          Report of the Platte River Subcommittee and consideration of recommendations: (Hellerich) (Click to View)
              a.            Omaha Fish & Wildlife’s US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) PL84-99 Agreement for USACE Assistance restoring the damaged Cedar Creek Levee. [ACTION]
              b.            USGS Supplemental Joint Funding Agreement with Lower Platte South NRD for Lower Platte River Corridor Alliance Continuous Water Quality Monitoring in Platte River Corridor at Louisville in the Platte, at Ashland in Salt Creek, and at Waterloo in the Elkhorn River. [ACTION]
              c.             Joint Funding Agreement with Papio-Missouri River NRD and Lower Platte South NRD for Lower Platte River Corridor Alliance Water Quality Monitoring in the Platte River Corridor at Louisville in the Platte, at Ashland in Salt Creek, and at Waterloo in the Elkhorn River. [ACTION]
              d.            USGS Supplemental Joint Funding Agreement with Lower Platte South NRD for Lower Platte River Corridor Alliance Continuous Water Quality Monitoring in Platte River at Leshara. [ACTION]
              e.            Joint Funding Agreements with Metropolitan Utilities District (MUD), Lincoln Water System (LWS), Lower Platte North NRD, Papio-Missouri River NRD and Lower Platte South NRD for Lower Platte River Corridor Alliance Continuous Water Quality Monitoring in Platte River at Leshara. [ACTION]

12.          Items requiring Closed Session. (Andersen)
              a.            Strategy Session with respect to litigation Barry v. Lower Platte South NRD. [ACTION] Lohmeier v. Lower Platte South NRD litigation. [NO ACTION]   
              b.            Strategy session with respect to personnel matter. [NO ACTION]  Strategy Session with respect to litigation Mark Meyer v. Cass County, Nebraska and Lower Platte South NRD. [NO ACTION]
              c.            Strategy Session with respect to litigation Mark Meyer v. Cass County, Nebraska and Lower Platte South NRD. [NO ACTION] Strategy session with respect to personnel matter. [NO ACTION]
              d.            Report regarding Lohmeier v. Lower Platte South NRD litigation. [NO ACTION]

13.          Nebraska Association of Resources Districts (NARD) Report. (Yoakum) [NO ACTION]

14.          Permit and Program Approvals. [NO ACTION] (Click to View)

15.          Schedule of Upcoming Events and Activities. [NO ACTION] (Click to View)

16.          For Information Only. [NO ACTION] (Click to View)

Adjourn            

**Revisions shown in bold italic**