Board meetings are held at 2:00 p.m. on the fourth Thursday of each month (unless stated otherwise) at the Central Platte NRD office located at 215 Kaufman Avenue in Grand Island, NE 68803. Contact 308-385-6282 for details.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
2:00 p.m. Thursday, March 28, 2024
Central Platte NRD Office, 215 Kaufman Avenue, Grand Island NE
Nebraska Department of Natural Resources to Update Central Platte NRD Board on Robust Review
The Nebraska Department of Natural Resources will provide an update on Nebraska’s Upper Platte Basin Robust Review to the Central Platte Natural Resources District’s (CPNRD) Board of Directors on March 28, 2024. The Robust Review includes water use activities and management activities aimed at fulfilling the goals and objectives of the Upper Platte Basin-Wide Plan, the Upper Platte Basin individual NRD Integrated Management Plans. The Board will meet at 2:00 p.m. at the Central Platte NRD office located at 215 Kaufman Avenue in Grand Island, NE.
OTHER AGENDA/ACTION ITEMS
Manager’s Report Lyndon Vogt, General Manager, will report.
Variance/Appeals Committee Review and consider an appeal from a landowner in Dawson County.
Programs Committee The committee will consider:
a) Review recommendations for the NRD’s Cost Share Programs and Information/Education budgets for
the 2025 fiscal year.
b) Kearney Visitor Bureau welcome center funding request
Violation Report Luke Zakrzewski, GIS Image Analyst, will request cease and desist orders to be issued on irrigated land that wasn’t certified or approved for irrigation through a transfer in 2023.
Natural Resources Conservation Service Joe Krolikowski, District Conservationist, and Jason Scholz, Resources Conservationist, Grand Island Field Office, will report.
Nebraska Association of Resources District Deb VanMatre, CPNRD Representative, will report.
Nebraska Natural Resources Commission Mick Reynolds, Middle Platte Basin Representative, will report.
Cost-Share Applications through the Nebraska Soil and Water Conservation and the Central Platte NRD cost-share programs will be considered.
2025 FY Budget The Eastern Projects and Western Projects committees will review their 2024 budgets and consider recommendations for the upcoming fiscal year.
Upcoming Board Meetings April 25, May 23, June 27
Central Platte NRD’s Board of Directors meetings are held at 2:00 p.m. at the CPNRD office located at 215 Kaufman Ave in Grand Island.
Board Meetings are held the fourth Thursday of each month unless specified otherwise.
Time: 2:00 p.m.
Location: Central Platte NRD Office - 215 Kaufman Ave, Grand Island, NE 68803
The CPNRD board room will be available for public participation in the meeting. Social distancing guidelines encouraged.