LCCMR Agenda December 20, 2022

LCCMR Meeting Agenda for December 20, 2022

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9:00 a.m.	Approve minutes for August 30, 2022
	Members report potential conflicts of interest regarding today's business - 2023 (FY24) Members COI
	Director’s report a. Final reports 2022 b. LCCMR staffing update
9:10 a.m.	Update on accessibility at the legislature: Michelle Weber, LCC Director
9:35 a.m.	Action: M.L. 2022 Projects added by the Legislature; Presentations and work plan approvals a. M.L. 2022, Chp. 94, Sec. 2, Subd. 10g (2022-301): Rural and Farmstead Ring Levees, Andrew Graham, MN DNR – Ecological and Water Resources Division, $360,000 b. M.L. 2022, Chp. 94, Sec. 2, Subd. 10e (2022-299): Conservation Reserve Program State Incentives, Dusty Van Thuyne, Board of Water and Soil Resources, $750,000
10:05 a.m.	Presentations on projects completed in 2022: a. M.L. 2019, First Special Session, Chp. 4, Art. 2, Sec. 2, Subd. 03i - Den Boxes for Fishers and other Nesting Wildlife, U of MN – Duluth NRRI, Michael Joyce, $190,000 b. M.L. 2018, Chp. 214, Sec. 2, Subd. 04g - Characterize Unregulated Contaminants in Source Water and Drinking Water, Minnesota Department of Health, Stephen Robertson, $1,000,000 c. M.L. 2018, Chp. 214, Sec. 2, Subd. 03k - Conserving Minnesota’s Nine Species of Freshwater Turtles, Minnesota Zoological Garden, Seth Stapleton, $300,000
10:50 a.m.	Action: Amendment to conservation easement to resolve violation, M.L. 2001, First Special Session, Chp. 2, Sec. 14, Subd. 04e3b, Big Woods Heritage Forest, DNR Division of Forestry, Christine Ostern, $500,000
11:10 a.m.	Update: Rights exchange, environmental remediation, and restrictive covenant, Jim Janssen, Town of Crane Lake M.L. 2017, Chp. 96, Sec. 2, Subd. 9i - Land Acquisition for Voyageurs National Park Crane Lake Visitors Center, $950,000 M.L. 2021, First Special Session, Chp. 6, Art. 5, Sec. 2, Subd. 09s - Crane Lake Voyageurs National Park Campground, $3,100,000 M.L. 2021, First Special Session, Chp. 6, Art. 6, Sec. 2, Subd. 09n - Voyageurs National Park Crane Lake Visitors Center Project, $2,700,000
11:30 a.m.	2023 ENRTF Recommendations: Peer review results
11:35 a.m.	Lunch break (box lunches for members)
12:15 p.m.	Retiring Member Recognition and Group Photos
12:45 p.m.	Action: Draft LCCMR Recommendations Bill for the 2023 Legislature a. 2023 ENRTF appropriations b. Specific project contingencies/ issues c. Extensions and technical corrections
1:15 p.m.	Action: Adopt 2023 LCCMR Calendar
	Action: Adopt ENRTF 2024 Request for Proposal
	Action: Adopt Outline of Biennial Report due January 15, 2023
	LCCMR Other Business
3:45 p.m.	Public Testimony The public is asked to keep their comments brief. If you would like to testify, please contact Diana Griffith at diana.griffith@lccmr.mn.gov by 4:00 pm the day before the meeting. Please specify to which agenda item your testimony relates and the form of your testimony (oral or written). The chair will accommodate testimony at the requested agenda item as time allows.
4:00 p.m.	Adjourn

Meeting Details

Tuesday, December 20, 2022
9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Location: In-Person, Room 120, Minnesota State Capitol, 75 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., St. Paul, MN 55155
Co-Chair: Nancy Gibson

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