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Subdivision.2. Watershed Management Plan (Plan). The.Board shall adopt a water management plan, as required by the Act. The Plan shall be subject to the appropriate governmental unit review as required by the Act. Subdivision 3. Data. The Board., in order to. give effect to the purposes of the Act may: 1) Acquire and record appropriate. data within the Area; and 2) Establish and maintain devices for acquiring and recording hydrological or other data. within the Vadnais Lake Area Watershed. Subdivision 4. Local Studies. Each. Member reserves the right to conduct separate or concurrent studies on any matter under study by VLAWMO. The Member shall matte every effort to coordinate..its studies with the VLAWMO in order to maximize the. use of resources. Subdivision S. Transfer of Drainage System. VLAWMO shall have the authority of a watershed district under Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 103B; Chapter 103E, and other applicable law to accept the. transfer of drainage systems in the watershed, to repair, improve, and maintain the transferred drainage systems, and to construct all`new drainage systems and improvements of: existing drainage systems 'in the watershed. All such activities and projects shall be carved out in accordance with the powers and procedures set forth in Minnesota Statutes, Chapters 103B and other applicable. law, and must be in. conformance with the Watershed Management Plan adopted pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Chapters 103A throughl03H. Subdivision 6. Capital Improvement. Each Member agrees to contribute its proportionate share of all approved capital improvement expenditures, which includes engineering, planning, legal and administrative .costs, based on the benefit to be received by each Member or other entity from the improvement or management project. The Board. shallsubmit, in writing; a statement to. each Member or other entity, setting forth in detail. the expenses incurred by VLAWMO for each project. Capital improvement projects. maybe initiated either by: (l) recommendation of the. VLAWMC Board to the governmental unit(s) affected, or (2) petition to the Board by the affected governmental unit. In either case, and after study and approval by two-thirds. (2/3) of The Directors, the .Board shall provide. the affected governmental units with estimated costs and a description of the benefits to be realized by those affected and the costs to be borne based on benefit. Subdivision 7, Water Conveyances, The Board may order any local governmental unit to construct, clean,. repair, alter, abandon, consolidate, reclaim or change the course of terminus of any ditch, drain, storm. sewer, water course; natural or artificial, that affects the Vadnais Lakes Area Watershed in accordance with. -its adopted plans. 476792v6 YR14 VA2454 6