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<br />5 e n T ft:; el7jc/r'd 0 -F#~1 aJs <br />orF l''t?h kr vi//e... <br /> <br /> <br />COUNTY OF ANOKA <br /> <br />OFFICE OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATION <br /> <br />GOVERNMENT CEN1ER <br />2100 3RD AVENUE. ANOKA, MINNESOTA 55303-2265 <br />(763) 323-5700 <br /> <br />RECEIVED <br /> <br />OCT 1 3 2006 <br /> <br />October 11, 2006 <br /> <br />JOHN "JAY" McLINDEN <br />County Administrator <br /> <br />CENTERVILLE, MN <br /> <br />The Honorable Mary Capra <br />Mayor, City of Centerville <br />1880 Main Street <br />Centerville, MN 55038 <br /> <br />RE: Rice Creek Watershed District Appointment <br /> <br />Dear Mayor Capra: <br /> <br />In accordance with the provisions of Minn. Stat. 9103B.227, Anoka County in late October 2006 will <br />publish notice of a future vacancy due to the expiration of a term on the Rice Creek Watershed <br />District Board of Managers. The notice publication requirement applies because Rice Creek <br />Watershed District is considered to be a watershed management organization. The published notice <br />must state that persons interested in being appointed may submit their names to the appointing <br />authority which is the county board for a watershed district appointment. For your information, a <br />copy of the notice which is to be published is attached. <br /> <br />In appointing a manager to the Rice Creek Watershed District, Minn. Stat. 9103D.311 is also <br />applicable. This statute requires a county board, upon the expiration of a term, to appoint managers <br />for a watershed district from a list of persons nominated jointly or severally by the towns and <br />municipalities within the district if a list(s) is submitted 60 days before the manager's term of office <br />expires or to appoint a manager who resides in a city or town that fails to submit a list. If there is a <br />desire to jointly submit a list for the manager appointment, you may wish to confer with affected <br />cities and town and jointly submit the list. The cities with territory located in the Rice Creek <br />Watershed District are Blaine, Centerville, Circle Pines, Columbia Heights, Columbus, Fridley, <br />Lexington, Lino Lakes, and Spring Lake Park. <br /> <br />In order for names submitted to the county to be considered a list under the statutory definition, the <br />list must contain the names of at least three nominees eligible to be appointed. To be eligible for an <br />appointment, a nominee must reside within the watershed district boundaries, be eligible to vote in <br />the district, and not be a public officer of the county, state, or federal government (except that a soil <br />and water conservation supervisor can be appointed). <br /> <br />In making watershed appointments, there is an additional factor which is to be considered by a <br />county board. Minn. Stat. 9103D.311 requires watershed district managers to be appointed to fairly <br />represent the various hydrologic areas within the watershed district by residence of the manager <br />appointed. <br /> <br />M~l <br /> <br />TDDI1TY: 763-323-5289 1 \ <br /> <br />FAX: 763-323-5682 <br /> <br />Affirmative Action I Equal Opportunity Employer <br />