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engages in outreach and education through its website, an e-newsletter, Waterfest—an annual family event, and outreach in the schools and local communities. The district constantly monitors its programs for effectiveness in its annual Signs of Success document. The district is involved in a Best Management Practices (BMP) cost share program— similar but on a larger scale than the BMP cost share in GLWMO. They also undertake much bigger capital projects, for example the stormwater volume reduction project at Maplewood Mall, and maintain the Beltway Interceptor stormwater system. Vadnais Lake Area Watershed Management Organization The Vadnais Lake Area Watershed is a 25 square mile watershed that includes eleven major lakes. Among them is Vadnais Lake, which is a drinking water reservoir for St. Paul Regional Water Services. VLAWMO has a staff of three full time employees with an average tenure of six years, and they are in the process of hiring a full time education coordinator. The board consists of six members, each a member of one of the six city councils that are signatories to the VLAWMO Joint Powers Agreement. The average board tenure is greater than four years. The organization is funded with a utility fee and its budget is about $430,000 yearly. This utility fee would amount to a roughly $25 average increase in fees paid by GLWMO residents if a merger were pursued. Part of the organization's budget comes from grants: the organization has received several grants in recent years ranging from $6,000 to $50,000. The organization is highly involved in monitoring its waters and makes water quality measurements of the eleven lakes and six locations on Lambert Creek twice monthly through the open water months. VLAWMO engages in outreach and education through its website, three major workshops a year,joint classes with GLWMO and participation in Blue Thumb. The organization pursues projects in line with its watershed management plan. These projects are of a smaller scale than some of those pursued in RWMWD, with their budgets indicating that none exceed $150,000 per year. These projects focus on shoreline and creek restoration—similar in nature to the projects traditionally undertaken by GLWMO. Grass Lake Watershed Management Organization The Grass Lake Watershed is a nine square mile watershed that includes seven major lakes and many smaller wetlands and ponds. Among them are Owasso and Snail Lakes, which significant regional recreational lakes. GLWMO currently has a staff of one part time administrator, though the organization intends on retaining or hiring two full time employees following state approval of the Third Generation Watershed Management Plan. The board consists of five members appointed by the city councils of Roseville and Shoreview. The average board tenure is two years. The organization is funded with stormwater utility fees from Roseville and Shoreview, and its budget is about $150,000 yearly. To fund projects necessary to meet state mandates, GLWMO is asking to implement a utility fee specific to residents of the Grass Lake Watershed. This utility fee would amount to a roughly $25 average increase in fees paid by GLWMO residents. The organization has received one $32,000 Legacy Fund grant to construct a stormwater bio-infiltration project as part of a road maintenance project on Roseville's Aladdin Street. The organization's involvement in water quality monitoring is inconsistent, and monitoring has been done by the cities or county in the past. As an improved organization, GLWMO will take a greater role in monitoring its waters, monitoring five lakes once per month during open water and reporting on eight lakes (the three largest lakes still being monitored by the county). GLWMO conducts two workshops per year and three joint classes with VLAWMO. As education will be a priority for an improved GLWMO, the organization intends to hold eight education programs yearly in the future, improve its website, and pursue