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Missouri River Authority to discuss Flood Control Act
Posted: June 9, 2009

DES MOINES - An interagency group that makes recommendations on policies affecting the Missouri River will discuss recent developments at a June 12 meeting in Des Moines.

The Missouri River Authority will meet from 9 to 11 a.m. in the DNR's fourth floor east conference room in the Wallace Building at 502 East Ninth St. The meeting is open to the public.

The group will discuss a newly authorized study on uses of the Missouri River. Budgets and ecosystem restoration are also on the agenda.

The complete agenda is available below and on the state public meetings calendar at http://www.iowa.gov/state/main/pmc/pmc.php under Department of Natural Resources.

• Review Minutes from Nov 24, 2008 and March 20, 2009 Meetings
  
  
• Review MoRAST Agenda for June 16-17, 2009, Bismarck, ND
  • Minutes (action)
  • Treasurer's Report (action)
  • Executive Director (David Pope)
    • Draft Work Plan (action)
    • Contract (action)
  • Budget for 2010 (action)
  • Nebraska Community Foundation Proposal for representing MoRAST Foundation (action)
  • Corps of Engineers New 108 Study on Uses of Missouri River (possible action)
  • Missouri River Restoration Implementation Committee Progress
  • Missouri River Ecosystem Restoration Plan
  
  
• Iowa and Missouri River Issues
  • Funding Iowa's MoRAST Dues
  • Funding MRRIC Activities
  • Continued Iowa Participation in MoRAST
  
  
• Discusssion on How Iowa Can Develop a Vision for the Missouri River Area
  
  
• Proposed Reservoir Sedimentation Studies on Lewis & Clark Reservoir
  
  
• Sharing for Better Missouri River Communications
  • Agency Sharing
  • Public Participation
  
  
• Select Date for August SIMR Authority Meeting in Sioux City
  • August 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 27

Five Iowa agencies are represented on the Missouri River Authority. They include the Governor's office; the Secretary of Agriculture: the Chair of the Utilities Board; and the Directors of the departments of natural resources, transportation and economic development or their designees.