Duluth Urban Watershed Advisory Committee: Protecting Water Quality and Enhancing Resilience to Flooding through Community Collaboration |
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Advisory Committee Meeting Notes |
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| 2019 - 2020 | Meeting Minutes for 2019 - 2020 can be found on this Google Drive folder. Summary of 2019 - 2020 Meetings. | |||
| 7/25/2019 | General: Forest Legacy Program, TMDL Update, Convo on GI Audit Funding & Watershed Storage Research Needs Agenda (PDF) & Meeting Minutes (PDF) |
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| 2/26/2019 | Regulations, Ordinances & Policies: Construction & Post Construction Maintenance Agenda (PDF) & Meeting Minutes (PDF) |
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| 1/17/2019 | General Meeting: New Contract, Project Priorities & Review of Areas of Agreement Agenda (PDF) & Meeting Minutes (PDF) & Meeting Presentation (PDF) Potential Grant Opportunities (PDF) DUWAC Project Priority List (PDF) Regulations, Ordinances & Policies Topic Prioritization List (PDF) |
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| 12/17/2018 | Community Capacity Building: Beavers - engineering marvels and managed rodents: Agenda-Minutes Marty Rye (Forest Hydrologist, USFS) - Role of Beaver in Riverine Management (Presentation PDF) Deserae Hendrickson (Fisheries Supervisor, MnDNR) - MN DNR Beaver Management Martha Minchak (Wildlife Manager, MnDNR) - MN DNR Beaver Management (Handouts: Beaver Control Flow Chart JPEG; LGU Beaver Control Flow Chart JPEG; Drainage Authority Beaver Control Flow Chart JPEG; Beaver Control Resources PDF; DNR Advice on How to Deal with Beavers PDF) Emma Burgeson (WRS Grad Student, UMD), Hannah Behar (WRS Grad Student, UMD) & Karen Gran (Fluvial Geomorphologist, UMD) - Beaver, Trout & the Knife River Watershed (Presentation PDF) LSProject: beavers and their relationship with the Lake Superior Region (WTIP North Shore Community Radio) (exit) Beaver Dam Collapse YouTube Video (exit) Beavers are engineering a new Alaskan tundra (Science News PDF) A Review of Beaver-Salmonid Relationships and History of Management Actions in the Western Great Lakes (USA) Region (Scientific Article PDF) |
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| 11/15/2018 | DNR Culvert Database and Various Group Updates: Agenda-Minutes MN DNR Culvert Inventory Application Suite Website (exit) |
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| 10/31/2018 | Regulations, Ordinances & Policies: Driveways & Shoreland Standards Agenda-Minutes* and PowerPoint (PDF) Driveway Ordinance Guiding Questions PDF *Useful references and websites linked within the minutes* |
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| 9/13/2018 | Prioritize WRAPS Strategies: Agenda-Minutes Revised & Consolidated Summary of Watershed-wide WRAPS Strategies |
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| Aug 2018 | No meeting |
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| 7/30/18 |
MOU & WRAPS Strategies: Agenda-Minutes and PowerPoint |
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| 6/19/18 |
Community Capacity Building: Stormwater Tour |
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| Apr - May 2018 |
Community Meetings: Handout (PDF) and MOU Draft (PDF) |
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| 5/17/18 |
Finalize MOU: Agenda Note: Meeting canceled due to low attendance |
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| 4/19/18 |
Regulations, Ordinances & Policies: Stormwater Ordinance Review Agenda-Minutes Round-Table Convo: What is Working (JPEG), Not Working (JPEG), and Could Improve (JPEG) Community Scoping & Stormwater Management Standards Worksheets |
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| 3/15/18 |
Draft MOU Round 2: Agenda-Minutes and PowerPoint (PDF) 2017 Evaluation Responses: Results (PDF) |
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| 2/15/18 |
Community Capacity Building: Twin Ports Green Infrastructure & Overview Meeting Summary Jesse Schomberg (Coastal Communities and Land Use Planning Extension Educator for MN Sea Grant) - Green Infrastructure Introduction (Presentation PDF) Julia Noordyk (Water Quality Outreach Specialist for WI Sea Grant) - Codes & Ordinances and Their Role in GI Kristy DeVera (Water Resources Program Coordinator for the City of Superior, WI) - City of Superior Approach to GI (Presentation PDF) |
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| 1/18/18 |
Draft MOU Round 1: Agenda-Minutes and PowerPoint (PDF) |
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| 12/14/17 |
Regulations, Oridnances & Policies & Community Capacity Building: Wetlands & Wetland Conservation Meeting Summary & Meeting Questions DUWAC was joined by David Demmer from Board of Soil and Water Resrources (BWSR) and Daryl Wierzbinski from US Army Corpos of Enginners (USACE) for a conversation-style presentation. |
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| Nov 2017 |
Community Newsletters: |
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| 11/16/17 |
WRAPS Follow-Up: Agenda-Minutes |
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| 9/21/17 |
TMDL Follow-Up: Agenda-Minutes and Powerpoint (PDF) |
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| 6/22/17 |
WRAPS and TMDL Introduction: Agenda-Minutes Jesse Schomberg (MN Sea Grant) - WRAPS, where have we been, and where are we headed (Presentation PDF) Jennifer Olson (TetraTech) - WRAPS, TMDLs, HSPF model, and TetraTech's role Members completed a community mapping exercise (PDF) led by TetraTech. |
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| 4/13/17 |
Subcommittee Review: Agenda-Minutes and PowerPoint (PDF) Subcommittee Meeting Notes from March Meetings: PDF Handout |
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| March 2017 |
Subcommittees Met Around the Following Topics: Agency Cooperation & Engagement: Agenda (PDF) Community Training and Capacity Building: Agenda (PDF) Project Identification, Tracking, and Prioritization: Agenda (PDF) (PDF) Regulations, Ordinances & Policies: Agenda (PDF) Restoration/Preservation/Protection: Agenda (PDF) |
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| 2/16/17 |
Moving Forward - New Contract: Agenda-Minutes and PowerPoint (PDF) February 2017 Committee Update: Handout |
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| 12/15/16 |
Wrapping Up the First Two Years: Agenda-Minutes and PowerPoint (PDF) Summary of Community Meetings: Outline (PDF) December 2016 Committee Update: Handout |
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Oct - Nov: Community Meetings |
Presentation to Communities: PowerPoint (PDF) Summary & Voting on Management Models: Overview Handout (PDF) Fall 2016 Committee Update: Handout |
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| 9/29/16 |
Final Review of Managment Models: Agenda-Minutes and PowerPoint (PDF) Fist-to-Five Voting: Results (Excel) September 2016 Committee Update: Handout |
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| 8/4/16 |
Review of Managment Models: Agenda-Minutes Benefits and Drawbacks of Each Model: Summary Results Overview of Management Models: PowerPoint Presentation (PDF) Wetland Conservation Act & Wetland Delineation: PowerPoint Presentation (PDF) August 2016 Committee Update: Handout |
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| 6/2/16 |
Residual Designation Authority & Toronto Living City: Agenda-Minutes Learn more about Toronto Living City here. June 2016 Committee Update: Handout |
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| 4/14/16 |
Joint Powers: Agenda-Minutes Joint Powers Worksheet: Summary Results Vermillion River Watershed Joint Powers Organization: PowerPoint Presentation Miller Creek Joint Powers Board (1998): Joint Powers Agreement April 2016 Committee Update: Handout |
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| 3/10/16 |
Voluntary Cooperation: Agenda-Minutes Voluntary Cooperation Worksheet: Summary Results Presentations: Harbor Technical Advisory Committee: PowerPoint Presentation Regional Stormwater Protection Team: Prezi Presentation National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) & MS4: Prezi Presentation March 2016 Committee Update: Handout |
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1/25/16 Open House |
Did you miss the Duluth WRAPS Open House? Or do you want to see the presentations? Find links here: What has the Duluth WRAPS Committee been up to in 2015? - Handout Duluth WRAPS Overview, Activities, and Goals Pdf Presentation - Jesse Schomberg What's Stressing Our Streams Prezi Presentation - Kate Kubiak How to use the LakeSuperiorStreams DataViewer Tools Pdf Presentation - Andrea Crouse Link to "How To" videos for using the LakeSuperiorStreams DataViewer Tools - YouTube |
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| 3/26/15 |
Fist-To-Five Modified Consensus Learn more about Watershed Managment Organizations, Watershed Districts, and the MN Association of Watershed Districts. Read more about the Toronto Living City |
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| 1/22/15 |
Impaired Streams in Duluth urban area |
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Contact Local Decision Makers |
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Duluth Streams |
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Amity Creek Brewery Creek Buckingham Creek Chester Creek Clarkhouse Creek Coffee Creek Gary Street Creek Greys Creek |
Keene Creek Kingsbury Creek Knowlton Creek Lester River Merritt Creek Miller Creek Mission Creek Morgan Park Creek |
Oregon Creek Sargent Creek St. Louis River Stewart Creek Tischer Creek U.S. Steel Creek 34th Ave E Creek 37th Ave E Creek |
38th Ave E Creek 40th Ave E Creek 43rd Ave E Creek 47th Ave E Creek 50th Ave E Creek 58th Ave E Creek 32nd Ave W Creek 82nd Ave W Creek |
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