1. Subcommittee on Minnesota Water Policy
August 20, 2019
9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Senator Bill Weber *
Representative Peter Fischer
Jim Stark, Director

2. Introductions Representative jeff brand dfl district 19A st. peter
Senator rich draheim gop district 20 Madison lake
Senator chris eaton dfl district 40 Brooklyn center
Senator kent eken dfl district 4 twin valley
Representative peter fischer dfl district 43a Maplewood
Senator Michael Goggin gop district 21 red wing
Representative josh Heintzeman gop district 10a Nisswa
Representative todd Lippert dfl district 20B northfield
Representative john poston gop district 9a lake shore
Representative paul Torkelson gop district 16b hanska
Senator bill weber gop district 22 luverne
Senator chuck wiger dfl district 43 Maplewood

3. Agenda Approval of Minutes – July 17, 2019
McKnight Foundation – Mississippi River – Stephanie Devitt
Minnesota River Update – Katrina Kessler, Assistant Commissioner, MPCA
The Importance of Long-Term Sediment Data: Jeff Ziegweid, USGS
Session Summary Water Legislation: 2019
Discussion: Subcommittee and Legislative Priorities
Summer Field Tour with CWC: Paul Gardner, MPCA
Adjourn

4. Presentations:
Minnesota River TMDL Report: Total suspended Solids – Katrina Kessler, Assistant Commissioner
The importance of long-term data sediment record at Mankato – Jeff Ziegweid, USGS
Field Tour with the Clean Water Council*September – Paul Gardner, MPCA

5. Proposed Legislative Water Policy Issues for 2020
Stakeholder meeting goal:
Prioritize issues and receive comments
Seven issue categories for consideration
Several draft issues within each category
Explanatory paper for each issue

6. Proposed Legislative Water Policy: Issue Categories
Regulation and Permitting
Resources/Funding
Planning
Effective Best Management Practices
Policy and Management
Infrastructure
Governance

7. Proposed Legislative Water Policy Issues for 2020 Stakeholder Meeting Process
1st Hour: Divide into groups (Categories 1-3)
Review issues within each issue category
Select a spokesperson and a recorder
Add missing issues. Issues should relate to a need for legislation or a topic that can inform discussion on an introduced bill
Rank the issues and prioritize issue comments, as time allows
2nd Hour: Repeat process for categories 4 – 7
Last half hour: Report out by groups and ask for input on issues that may have been missing

8. Closing thoughts
Thanks!