The Bassett Creek Watershed Management Commission meeting starts at 8:30 a.m. and will be held in person in the Council Conference Room at Golden Valley City Hall (7800 Golden Valley Rd.). Remote access to the meeting is not available this month.
Most meeting materials are available in one document: FULL PACKET. But it does not include the invoices in 4C or the "information only" items in Section 7. The complete meeting materials are available below as PDFs for each individual agenda item.
1. CALL TO ORDER and ROLL CALL
2. PUBLIC FORUM ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS - Members of the public may address the Commission about any item not on the agenda. A maximum of 15 minutes is allowed for the Forum. If the full 15 minutes are not needed for the Forum, the Commission will continue with the agenda. The Commission will take no official action on the items discussed at the Forum, with the exception of referral to staff or a Committee for a recommendation to be brought back to the Commission for discussion/action.
3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
4. CONSENT AGENDA
A. Approval of Minutes - July 16, 2026 Commission Meeting
B. Acceptance of August Financial Report
C. Approval of Payment of Invoices - specific invoices available upon request
i. Keystone Waters, LLC – July 2026 Administrator Invoice
ii. Keystone Waters, LLC – July 2026 Administrative Expenses
iii. Barr Engineering – July 2026 Engineering Services
iv. Triple D Espresso – August Meeting Catering
v. City of Plymouth – July 2026 Accounting Services & Audit Assistance
vi. Kennedy & Graven – June 2026 Legal Services
vii. LB Carlson – 2025 Financial Audit
viii. Strategic Consulting & Coaching – Organizational Assessment Project
ix. Bolton & Menk – Parkers Lake Chloride Reduction Project
x. Stantec – WOMP Monitoring Activities (2)
xi. Kaitlyn Egan - Communications & Outreach
D. Approval of Resolution of Appreciation for Joan Hauer
5. BUSINESS
A. Elect New Commission Secretary
B. Consider Approval of 2027 Operating Budget
C. Review Updates from West Metro Watershed Alliance and Consider Approval of Updated Agreement
D. Receive Update on Communication & Administrative Assistant Activities and Recommendations
6. Communications
i. Organizational Assessment Project and Survey Responses
ii. Medicine Lake Task Force and Starry Stonewort Treatments
iii. Ȟaȟá Wakpádaŋ Water Blessing Ceremony
iv. Sochacki Park Water Quality Improvement Project Open House
B. Engineer
i. Report on Bassett Creek Restoration Project
ii. Report on Theodore Wirth Hydrology Study
C. Legal Counsel
D. Chair
E. Minnesota Watersheds
i. Summer Tour - Confirming Attendance
F. Commissioners
G. TAC Members
H. Committees
i. Report on August 18th Education Committee Meeting
7. INFORMATION ONLY
C. Grant Tracking Summary and Spreadsheet
D. July Minnesota Watersheds Newsletter
9. ADJOURNMENT