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BSR Meeting Minutes July 25, 2001 Page Two Chair Coe called the meeting to order at 9:00 a.m. He introduced Debbie Anderson taking minutes today for Mary Jo Anderson, and Doug Thomas reporting for Ron Harnack who was out with a back injury. ** Adopt Agenda -Moved by Jerome Deal, seconded by Victor Ormsby, to accept the 01-51 agenda as presented. Motion passed on a voice vote. ~'`~ Minutes of June 27, 2001 -Moved by Jack Frost, seconded by Darrell Bruggman, to 01-52 approve the minutes of June 27, 2001 as circulated. Motion passed on a voice vote. Reports Chair's Report -Chair Coe reported that the EQB did not meet last month. Chair Coe attended the NACD North Central Region Meeting on July 16th in Bloomington. Executive Director's Report -Doug Thomas reported on behalf of Ron Harnack and said that Ron Harnack has a back injury, is at home, answering his phone and e-mail if you need to correspond with him. Doug reported that LCMR met yesterday and they are doing one of their summer tours today. This afternoon at 1:00 p.m. they will be visiting three sites that were funded through LCMR money and funneled through the local water planning challenge grant program. This past year, the LCMR bill funded two of our projects, the Continuation of the Soil Survey Update in southeastern Minnesota, which was funded $500,000. That is actually half of what was needed to finish southeast and begin updating five counties in southwestern Minnesota. Senator Vickerman from the southwest is supporting this issue, so we are hopeful that we will be able to keep this program. We also received an additional $1.3 million for local water planning challenge grants which actually this Board acted on in June, in anticipation of the bill being passed. Later this summer, LCMR will be having a planning retreat that will be held in northern Minnesota at Lake Itasca. They will start to set their agenda for the next go around for LCMR funding. Applications for funding will start in February of 2002. Doug reported that the Minnesota River Basin Joint Powers Board summer conference will be held August 2-3 in Montevideo. There will be a celebration Thursday evening recognizing those who played an important role in getting the CREP bill funded this session. If you are interested in attending, contact Mary Jo Anderson or Doug Thomas for more details. Doug reported that there is currently a water study being conducted that is looking into how agencies are organized to address water management issues in the state. Representative Wagenius is organizing this study and $75,000 was appropriated to