Upper Elkhorn NRD

Board of Directors Monthly Meeting

8:00 PM, Monday May 19, 2008

UENRD Meeting Room

301 N. Harrison, O’Neill, NE

AGENDA

1.      Call Meeting to Order, Statement of Advertisement of Meeting and Open Meeting Law Posting

2. Approve Agenda

3. Review April Board Meeting Minutes

4.      Review April Treasurers Report

5.      Public Forum-Input

6.      Agency & Staff Reports

a)      NARD Report – Ted Hughes

1.  Loup River Basin Tour June 16-17

b)      DNR Report – Garry Anderson, LENRD

c)      NRCS Report – Jerry Kovarik, DC

1.  FSA Records Update

d)      RC & D Reports – North Central, Loup Basin and Northeast

e)      Information and Education Report – Beth Walsh

f)        Water Resources Report – Tylr Naprstek

g)      EBVC Update

h)      ELM Update

7. Excused Absences

8.      Committee Reports & Recommendations:

a)         Legislative, Finance and Planning Committee Report & Recommendations:

1.      Action on Current Bills and Cost-share Request

2.      Other

b)   Water Resources & Watershed Committee & Recommendations:

1.      GWMP Update (Meeting with DNR, Tina Kurtz)

2.      Nebraska Water Resources Quality Fund

3.      ELM Model-Steve Peterson’s Presentation Discussion

4.      Other

9. Coalition/Task Force Updates

            a)   Nebraska Habitat Conservation Coalition (Piping Plover)

b)      Nebraska Ground Water Management Coalition

c)      Lower Platte Basin Coalition Water Policy Task Force Meetings

11.  Niobrara River Basin Fully Appropriated Designation – Action

12.  GMDA Summer Conference—El Paso, Texas June 11-13, 2008

13.  Administrative Report

14.  June Board Meeting (June 23rdth, 2008?)

15.  Adjournment