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