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35 duplication of another administrative staff and associated costs. Under this scenario the 36 water management organization which absorbed the Grass Lake watershed area would 37 utilize existing plans and studies previously completed to amend their watershed 38 management plan to include the GLWMO resources. They would also collect revenue 39 from the Grass Lake area to fund their annual budget for plan implementation. 4o The Shoreview City Council met with the Grass Lake Board on December 12, 2011. City staff 41 followed up with their staff regarding the direction from their Council. Mayor Roe, Mayor 42 Martin, the two City Managers, and the Public Works Directors met in early January to discuss 43 the two city's concerns and to suggest actions for each to take at subsequent meetings. The 44 meeting participants agreed it may be the right time to change direction in who manages these 45 important water resources. The Joint Powers organization has met the needs in this watershed 46 for nearly 30 years but changes in water regulation and watershed management mandates require 47 a level of professional management and technical resources that might be more efficiently 48 provided by an adjacent water management organization that has these resources in place. 49 The direction agreed to at the meeting was to bring resolutions to the City Councils for adoption 5o rejecting the Board proposed JPA language changes and petitioning the Board to dissolve the 51 Organization pursuant to Section VI and Section VII of the current joint powers agreement. The 52 sections read as follows: 53 54 SECTION VI 55 DURATION 56 57 Subdivision 1. The Joint Powers Agreement shall continue until terminated by the Cities 58 as herein provided. 59 Subdivision 2. Reserved so Subdivision 3. Any City may petition the Board to dissolve the Organization. The Board 61 shall hold a meeting preceded by thirty (30) days' written notice to the Clerks of each City. 62 Upon a favorable vote of a majority of the entire Board, the Board may recommend that the 63 Organization be dissolved. Such recommendation shall be submitted to each City and, if ratified 64 by each City Council within sixty (60) days, the Organization shall be dissolved following 65 expiration of a reasonable time to complete the work in progress and following compliance with 66 the provisions of M.S. 103B.221 and M.S. 103B. 225. 67 ss SECTION VII 69 DISSOLUTION 70 71 Upon dissolution of the Organization, all property of the Organization shall be sold and 72 the proceeds hereof, together with the monies on hand, shall be distributed to the Cities in 73 proportion to the contributions made by the Cities to the Organization in its last annual budget. 74 The Board may choose to take a proactive role in the process to guide the future management of 75 the watershed resources by working through statutory requirements with the State Board of 76 Water and Soil Resources. Staff has drafted a resolution which will be reviewed by the City 77 Attorney for consistency with the JPA Agreement and state statute. Staff is recommending the 78 Council adopt the resolution beginning the dissolution process. Page 2 of 3