2015 Meeting Agendas, Minutes and Information

Council meetings are generally held at the State Office Building, part of the Capitol Complex.

2015 Council Meeting Schedule

Date/Time	Location	Agenda Minutes Audio	Materials
December 3, 2015 8:00 a.m.- 12:00 p.m. Council Meeting	Room 5 State Office Bldg. St. Paul, MN	Agenda Minutes Audio Part I Audio Part II	5. DRAFT 2015/2016 Council Calendar 6. RFP/Call Criteria 7. Outdoor Heritage Fund Statement and Availability 12-3-15 8. Draft Bill
November 5, 2015 12:00-4:00 p.m. Council Meeting and Habitat Tour	Earl B. Olson Addition Prairie Woods Environmental Learning Center 12718 10th Street NE, Spicer, MN 56288	Agenda Minutes Audio	Directions to Prairie Woods ELC Map: LSOHC West Central MN Habitat Tour Habitat Tour Driving Directions Habitat Tour and Council Mtg Itinerary 4. Notice of Minor Conversion, St. Louis Cty 5. RFP/Call Criteria Discussion 6. Rider Language for ML 2016 Discussion 7a. Marsh Lake Phase II Funding 7b. Review & Progress Draft Accomplishment Plans
October 6, 2015 9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. Council Meeting	Room 200 State Office Bldg. St. Paul, MN	Agenda Minutes Audio	4c. Letter from Crow Wing Cty 9/30/15 6a. CPL Amendment Language 6b. Conveyance Amendment Language 7. AP Amendment AIS 8. Trails 9. REVISED 10/3/15 Summary of ML16 FY17 Member Allocations 9. REVISED 10/3/15 ML16 FY17 Allocations, Chair's Proposal 9. Project Manager Comments 9/28/15
September 1, 2015 7:45 a.m.- 7:10 p.m. Hearings for Funding Requests September 2, 2015 8:00 a.m. - 2:20 p.m. Hearings for Funding Requests	Room 5 State Office Bldg. St. Paul, MN	Agenda Minutes Audio - 9/1 Audio - 9/2	Hearings for Funding Requests Schedule Additional Project Information for Members
August 11, 2015 11:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. Council Meeting	Room 5 State Office Bldg. St. Paul, MN	Agenda Minutes Audio	4. Status Update Summary 5. CPL Monitoring and Results Thus Far (PowerPoint) 7. OHF Land Conveyance per MS 97A.056 Subd. 15 8. Overview of Tax Court Finding (Blandin vs. Counties) 9. Advancement of Funds: Sand Hill River Fish Passage 10. Forest Harvest Economics Mike Kilgore Presentation 11. DNR Farming Practices Greg Hoch Presentation 12. DNR Water Retention Project Proposals Roseau Lake Rehabilitation proposal 13. Map of Historic & Potential Outstate Meeting Locations 14. 2015 Completed Member Conflict of Interest forms
June 23, 2015 8:00 a.m. - noon Council Meeting	Room 5 State Office Bldg. St. Paul, MN	Agenda- This agenda has been revised to reflect the addition of item #9B (6/24/15) Minutes Audio	4b. Gift Policy (MS 10A.071) 5. Executive Director's Session Report 6. Restoration Evaluations 7. Amendment to Council Operation Procedures 8. Mississippi Northwoods Habitat Complex Protection 9. New Buffer Policy - A Central Element of the Governor's Buffer Initiative 9B. Accomplishment Plan Amendment ML 2014, Ch. 256, Art. 1, Sec. 2, Subd. 3(f) 10. APA ML14 5(k) Effectiveness of AIS Prevention 11. Pheasant Summit Action Plan Overview Kevin Lines Presentation 12. Land Conveyance ML11 WPA Area Program, Phase III 13. Building Demolition & Hazardous Waste Removal 14. Prairie Restoration Practices Overview Greg Hoch Presentation 15. ML15 Accomplishment Plan approvals
April 24, 2015 CANCELLED Council Meeting	Room 5 State Office Bldg. St. Paul, MN
March 13, 2015 8:00 a.m. - noon Council Meeting	Room 5 State Office Bldg. St. Paul, MN	Agenda Minutes Audio	4b. February Forecast 4c. Status Update Info 5. Council Calendar 6. Update on Legislative Action 7. Critical Shoreland Habitat 8. DNR Aquatic Habitat Program, Phase IV 9. Forest for the Future 10. Mississippi Northwoods Habitat 11. MN Prairie Recovery Project 13. Call for Funding 14. Election of Officers
January 30, 2015 CANCELLED Council Meeting	Room 5 State Office Bldg. St. Paul, MN