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TENTATIVE AGENDA
LOWER PLATTE SOUTH NATURAL RESOURCES DISTRICT
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
JUNE 20, 2024, 6:00 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.            May 15, 2024 Board of Directors Meeting Minutes. [ACTION]

6.            Report of the Finance and Planning Subcommittee and consideration of recommendations: (Johnson) (Click to View Financials) (Click to View Budget) (Click to View Minutes)
               a.            Financial Report, July 1, 2023 through May 31, 2024 and publication of expenditures for May 2024. [ACTION]
               b.            Presentation of Draft #1.1 of the Fiscal Year 2025 Budget and Public Comments. [NO ACTION]

7.            Report of the Executive Subcommittee and consideration of recommendations: (Landis) (Click to View Minutes 6-11) (Click to View Minutes 6-14)
               a.            Consideration of recommendation to appoint vacancy for Subdistrict #5. [ACTION]

8              Report of the Recreation, Forestry & Wildlife Subcommittee and consideration of recommendations: (Lamberty) (Click to View)
               a.            Consideration of Oak Creek Trail License Agreement for trail crossings. [ACTION]
               b.            Consideration of the submission of an Active Transportation Infrastructure Investment Program (ATIIP) Grant and Cooperative Agreement with Nebraska Trails Foundation for a “rail-with-trail” feasibility study from Lincoln to Valparaiso. [ACTION]
               c.             Consideration of funding assistance request for the Village of Cedar Creek recreational trail project. [ACTION]

9.            Report of the Water Resources Subcommittee and consideration of recommendations: (Ruth) (Click to View)
                a.            Consideration of Bids for Harshman Road Structure Rehabilitation. [ACTION]
                b.            Consideration to initiate update of the Lower Platte South NRD Integrated Management Plan. [ACTION]

10.          Report of the Urban Subcommittee and consideration of recommendations: (Yoakum) (Click to View)
               a.            Update on Deadmans Run Flood Reduction Project.  [NO ACTION]

11.          Report of the Land Resources Subcommittee and consideration of recommendations: (Jacobson) (Click to View)
               a.            Consideration of Agreement between Cass County and Lower Platte South NRD to obtain digital map products for the areas of Cass County within LPSNRD. [ACTION]
               b.            Consideration of Agreement between Seward County and Lower Platte South NRD to obtain digital map products for the areas of Seward County within LPSNRD. [ACTION]
               c.             Consideration of Agreement between the City of Lincoln and Lower Platte South NRD to obtain digital map products for the areas of Lancaster County within LPSNRD. [ACTION]
               d.            Consideration of Surface Water Quality Best Management Practices (BMP) cost-share applications for Summer work. [ACTION]

12.          Report of the Platte River Subcommittee and consideration of recommendations: (Vogel) (Click to View)
               a.            Consideration of a Cooperative Assistant Agreement with the Nebraska Land Trust. [ACTION]
               b.            Consideration of the USGS Joint Funding Agreement for Water Resource Investigations (Trend Analysis) with LPSNRD on behalf of the Lower Platte River Corridor Alliance. [ACTION]
               c.             Consideration of the Inter-governmental Agreement between the Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy and the LPSNRD on behalf of the Lower Platte River Corridor Alliance regarding the implementation of the project titled Trend Analysis of Continuous Water Quality in the Lower Platte River. [ACTION]
               d.            Consideration of the Joint Funding Agreement for the USGS Streamgage Trend Analysis between LPSNRD on behalf of the LPRCA and LPNNRD, PMRNRD, NeDNR, NGP, UNL, MUD, and Lincoln Water. [ACTION]

13.          Nebraska Association of Resources Districts (NARD) Report. (Green) [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