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0 T91" • I bepartmen rovial o. Manager Reviewed Agenda Section: Reports and recommendations ItemDescriptione. Joint powers agreement for Central Ramsey WMO The cities of Flalc,on, Hel"ights, Maplewood, St. Paul, and Roseville have been workinfp for over, a year to dievelop a, joint powiersi agreement which would create a water si management organization known as the Central Ramsey Water Management Organization. Tholsei discussions are now complete, and the sitaffs of each of the communities are 4SI bringing to their, clouncils, copies of this agreement for consideration, For, the, first year,, the agreement stipulates that the administrative expenses shall not exceed, $20,000�. These are to be split between the voting parties as follows. Yalcon He, iLghts Maplewood, 4.87a Sto Paul 78,7% Roseville 14 * 7P, si This diviLsion of adm, gin, IlLsitrative costs is based ion the land area and runoff from eac of the citiesil. Assuming -I makes priogress towards its management #1 "'kely that, An addition to-thi,s administrative fee, a consulting firm plans,, it, is II I I si 4i will, be retained at additional, costs to do the overall management plan. The City, of St. Paul would provide the eneral staffing and housing g for the orgianization with costs to be charged back to the organizatlLon itself, The actual site, of meetings is yet, to be determined., and, can be decided by the Board of Comm issio-ters, As you, are aware, recent state, legislation requires the establishment of such 'WMO's or the establishment of watershed districts 'in the event that a joint powers a,greemie,nt cannot be, reached. The deadline for the establishment of the Joint powe- agreement is June 310th of this year. All, of the cities involved are expected to th" si 0 dereld bil is conii Y early to mid March, so the deadline can be met.