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550 At the request of Chair Eckman, Mr. Schwartz confirmed that his perception of the preferences of the 551 respective City Manager's was that the member cities would prefer to keep the GLWMO as an 552 independent WMO, with some level of local control for each member City and to pursue options on how 553 best to achieve the best financial equity issue for the cities, as well as what legal issues were apparent if 554 creation of a new storm water utility fee recognizing that both Capitol Region and Rice Creek Watershed 555 District residents in the city of Roseville pay their own taxes. 556 557 Action Step Ms. Correll asked that the GLWMO Board review the May 26, 2011 memos' before the June 558 7, 2011 meeting preparatory for formal approval, and that any additional comments be completed at the 559 June 7' meeting so changes in the DRAFT Plan could remain on schedule for Board approval and 560 dissemination for the formal 60 -day review process to agencies and the public. 561 562 Additional discussion included whether the Board would be ready at the June 7, 2011 meeting to give 563 their final approval of the DRAFT Plan, or if further delays may be needed., Ms. Correll supported Board 564 approval of a Plan at that meeting, based on the minor revisions as discussed tonight and her notes to 565 incorporate those item in a revised DRAFT Plan to present on June 7b It is her intent to only print those 566 sections (Section 6, 5, 7 and 8) for a more thorough review by the Board before they approved them and 567 other insignificant changes, rather than reprinting the entire DRAFT Plan again for Board review at the 568 June 7th meeting. 569 570 Board members concurred with Ms. Correll's proposed revision process. 571 572 Review, discussion of the 2012 GLWMO Budget 573 Board discussion on the DRAFT 2012 Budget Worksheet (v. 5.24.11 ke) included revising Project 574 EMenses delaying Wetland Management Plan (Item #8) and Rule Making (item #10) until 2013; 575 reducing Education and Research (line #13) to $3,000 from the $5,000 originally discussed at previous 576 meetings; leaving approximately $6,482 currently unallocated that may provide sufficient margin for 577 unexpected expenses until a new funding plan is in place. 578 579 Ms. Correll advised that, based on tonight's discussion and consensus for the GLWMO to assume all 580 monitoring activities, she would provide Mr. Petersen and the Board with revised figures accordingly; and 581 that she would revise the Implementation Plan Budget (Table 33) to reflect an annual GLWMO Budget of 582 $200,000. 583 584 Further discussion included when the respective member cities needed to receive the 2012 Budget 585 Requests for their Council meeting packet materials; with Chair Eckman suggesting that the presentations 586 to the cities include a one page summary of highlights from the Plan and the Budget sheet (not a 587 worksheet), which she would work on with Mr. Petersen. 588 589 By consensus, Board members concurred on Chair Eckman's proposal for presentation to member cities. 590 591 In conclusion, Board members and Mr. Petersen briefly reviewed the purpose of and required action at the 592 June 7, 2011 Special meeting, DRAFT documents and copies to be printed for that meeting to remain 593 cost - effective while the Plan remained in preliminary DRAFT form; and clarification for the public that 594 the June 7, 2011 special GLWMO meeting would be for the GLWMO to review and hopefully approve a 595 DRAFT Third Generation Plan to move forward for public and agency review for a 60 -day period. 596 597 598 599 600 12