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wwko-w SH"L+E <br /> REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION <br /> Date: 11/28/11 <br /> Item No.: 13 . a <br /> Department Approval City Manager Approval <br /> Ak <br /> Item Description: Consider Revised Joint Powers Agreement Regarding Grass Lake Water <br /> Management Organization and Funding Request <br /> BACKGROUND <br /> The Grass Lake Water Management Organization Board met with the City Council on <br /> 3 November 21, 2011 to discuss their Task force findings regarding future governance issues. <br /> 4 They recommended GLWMO remain as a joint powers organization funded equally by the City <br /> 5 of Roseville and the City of Shoreview. They presented a funding request for 2012 through 2014 <br /> 6 for the organization. To remain a joint powers WMO the agreement needs to be revised to limit <br /> "7 the budgetary control of the cities. The revised draft agreement attempts to limit the city <br /> 8 budgetary authority. (Attachment A) <br /> 9 The Grass Lake WMO was created in 1983 through a joint powers agreement between Roseville <br /> '1 0 and Shoreview as a result of legislation requiring watershed management separate from city <br /> 1,1 operations. It was created to manage water resources in the most cost effective and efficient <br /> 1 d"'? manner with city technical staff supporting the Board and carrying out the business of the WMO. <br /> '1 3 Water regulation has changed significantly since the creation of Grass Lake WMO. The Board is <br /> '1 r^ currently working with an engineering consultant on its third generation Water Management <br /> '1 5 Plan. This plan is required to be updated every 10 years to bring it in compliance with current <br /> '1 6 water regulation and to update their goals and policies. The Minnesota Board of Soil and Water <br /> 1��7 Resources (BSWR) has been monitoring watershed organization activity for several years as a <br /> '18 result of a Legislative audit in 2007 and have been communicating with those organizations they <br /> '1 9 feel have not taken an active enough role in protecting water resources. The Grass Lake Board is <br /> 1�20 committed to a more proactive role in to ensure they are improving the resources and meeting <br /> 1,211 water regulation requirements. They have completed studies of water quality in response to <br /> dll�Ydll; action levels triggered by declining water quality in Lake Owasso. The draft Plan has regulatory <br /> R�,����,,,,� standards similar to the surrounding watershed districts. The new draft Plan will also contain a <br /> dll��n <br /> `�2`4 capital improvement plan to help achieve the WMO goals. <br /> `25 The WMO hired part time administrative staff in 2009 to help manage the increased expectations <br /> 26 and activity of the Board as the two city staff s could not absorb the increased workloads. They <br /> are currently meeting at least on a monthly basis. The new draft Plan will require significantly <br /> '28 more administrative and board activity than years past. This has raised the question of <br /> 1�29 governance and whether the cities will respond positively to additional revenue requests. The <br /> 3o Board discussed an alternative financing option with the Council in June that would create a <br /> 31 surcharge on Stormwater fees for those properties in the GLWMO jurisdiction for GLWMO <br /> d? funding. <br /> 33 Grass Lake WMO is the smallest organized watershed in geographic size in the state. This is one <br /> 34 reason it has been managed as a joint powers WMO rather than a watershed district with its own <br /> Pagel of 3 <br />
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