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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,November 21,2011 Page 8 Councilmember Johnson congratulated the HRA and Ms. Kelsey for this wonder- ful product; and commended them for again putting Roseville on the cutting edge and creating a healthy attitude to promote energy efficiencies in Roseville. Ms. Kelsey recognized the work of George Hornick and his group for their work with staff as the design work contractor; opining that the City had really benefited from that relationship and his firm's expertise. b. Grass Lakes Water Management Organization (GLWMO) Board Presenta- tion GLWMO Board members attending for presentation or in the audience included Chair Karen Eckman, Vice Chair Chuck Westerberg, Members Jonathan Miller, Mary Kay Von De Linde, and Steve Barrett. The Board's Tech- nical/Administration Consultant Tom Petersen was also present. Staff provided their recommendation as detailed in the RCA dated November 21, 2011. GLWMO Board Member Jonathan Miller Mr. Miller John Miller presented "A Report of the Governance and Financing Task Force for the Grass Lakes Watershed Management Organization" (Attach- ment A), and dated November 15, 2011; detailing the majority recommendation of the GLWMO Board. Mr. Miller advised that this majority recommendation had not been unanimous among GLWMO Board members, adopted on a 3/1 vote of the five (5) GLWMO Board members, with four (4) of those members in at- tendance at the November 4, 2011 Special GLWMO Board meeting at which time the vote was taken. While the report is intended to be objective and present the majority recommendation, Mr. Miller advised that there was a minority opinion, with Mr. Jim DeBenedet a member of the GLWMO Finance/Governance Task Force in attendance at tonight's meeting to present that minority opinion. On behalf of the GLWMO Board, Mr. Miller proceeded to present the findings of the Government/Finance Task Force; with the meeting packet also including a re- vised three(3) year proposed implementation budget (Attachment B); an amended Joint Powers Agreement with member cities Shoreview and Roseville (Attach- ment C) and a copy of the existing Joint Powers Agreement(Attachment D). Mr. Miller's presentation included cost per parcel comparisons, through tax as- sessment, among the three (3) option: an Improved GLWMO, merger with the Ramsey/Washington Metropolitan Area Watershed District (WSD), or merger with the Vadnais Lakes Area Water Management Organization (WMO). Mr. Miller noted that major discussion among the GLWMO Board in their deci- sion-making process included impacts of losing local control if no longer an inde- pendent WMO; funds being used for projects benefitting the overall district out-