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A Comparison of a Watershed District to a Joint Powers Watershed Management <br />Organization <br />Governance Issues <br />[1] A JPA WMO must identifiy a procedure for establishing citizen and technical advisory committees. (8410.0030, Subp. 1 G) <br />[2] May be assessed on a subwatershed basis by a local unit of government within a WD/WMO <br />M= Mandatory <br />D= Discretionary <br />Metro Area <br />Joint <br />Watershed <br />Watershed <br />Powers <br />Duties and Responsibilities <br />District <br />District <br />WMO <br />Adopt a Watershed Management Plan <br />M <br />M <br />M <br />Prepare an annual report <br />M <br />M <br />M <br />Appoint an advisory committee <br />M <br />M <br />M [1] <br />Manage transferred drainage system <br />M <br />M <br />D <br />Receive drainage system improvement and establishment petitions <br />M <br />M <br />D <br />Adopt water management rules <br />M <br />M <br />D <br />Receive petitions for projects <br />M <br />M <br />D <br />Conduct hearing on annual budget <br />M <br />M <br />D <br />Hire employees <br />D <br />D <br />D <br />Enter into contracts and agreements <br />D <br />D <br />D <br />Regulate development <br />D <br />D <br />D <br />Initiate projects <br />D <br />D <br />D <br />Approve local water plans <br />D <br />M <br />M <br />Financing authority <br />D <br />D <br />D <br />Ad valorem tax <br />D <br />D <br />D <br />Special assessments [2] <br />D <br />D <br />D <br />Stormwater utilities [2] <br />D <br />D <br />D <br />Fees [2] <br />D <br />D <br />D <br />[1] A JPA WMO must identifiy a procedure for establishing citizen and technical advisory committees. (8410.0030, Subp. 1 G) <br />[2] May be assessed on a subwatershed basis by a local unit of government within a WD/WMO <br />M= Mandatory <br />D= Discretionary <br />