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102 Correll with EOR; and her impression at that time from those discussions that it was advantageous for the 103 GLWMO to continue their planning process regardless of the governance issue in order to allow 104 GLWMO to insure that it's Third Generation Plan would be added into the water management Plan of an 105 agency that may replace GLWMO if it is determined to dissolve GLWMO. However, Mr. Petersen 106 advised that Ms. Lewis's current interpretation was that the BWSR didn't have the power to require a new 107 agency to include GLWMO's Third Generation Plan in the event GLWMO dissolves. 108 109 Chair Miller suggested that under the current circumstances, it was unwise to dwell too much on the past; 110 however the process came about; recognizing that the Plan was not a legally binding ?tt(,ecC&OUe1,d t and would 111 provide no leverage in merger discussions, and suggested that it would be unwise t y more time 112 and effort into the Plan. Chair Miller noted that the work completed on the Plan t serve as an 113 information source only, and that was how the document would be perceived. Miller advised that 114 the problems and issues within the GLWMO, along with work to -date on future WRAPP, 115 would become part of future projects under a different agency. 116 117 FOR Status/Meeting 118 Chair Miller advised that the status with FOR was similar, with SR t approving e Plan until the 119 governance issue and all regulations pending that governance in orde for to meeting with BWSR, 120 Chair Miller advised that FOR had been asked at a previo card meeting to put more work 121 into addressing comments received to -date on the Plan; howev er his meeting earlier today with 122 BWSR, he had put a hold on any additional work by EOR. 123 124 Member Von De Linde questioned how the go e issue had co e apart and what had caused the 125 different opinion now; and whether it was due t requested of member cities by the 126 GLWMO to implement more goals, with both me er c' ' s g negatively. 127 128 Chair Miller opined that the biggest change appe to be at a higher level, with the State pushing for 129 greater accountability from water management org iza ions and trying to hold them to a higher level of 130 performance. Chair Miller no ne of the r themes coming out in comments received from 131 both the public and revie g ag es was th they didn't see enough capital improvements and 132 structure programs or p on mi ams coming out of the GLWMO Plan. Chair Miller 133 noted that past budget 1 nt for the GLWMO to keep up with the necessary studies, 134 without considering their im tation, with circumstances continuing to fluctuate. Chair Miller noted 135 that this became a r ing aw f Board members as well. 136 137 138 Shorevi Appointmen to the GLWMO Board of Commissioners 139 At uest of Memb on De Linde, Chair Miller advised that the City of Shoreview intended to 140 ap in terim Boar ember(s) to be available by the GLWMO Board's February 16, 2012 meeting 141 to assist i ion- ing and insure future meeting quorums. 142 143 Goals and Ben arks for 2012 (continued) 144 Chair Miller iced that there would still be significant work for the Board and staff between now and its 145 dissolution. 146 147 Member Barrett sought consensus on the Board's consideration or continued work on the Third 148 Generation Plan during the duration. 149 150 Chair Miller recommended that the Plan should remain in limbo at this time, unless member cities 151 unexpectedly voted against a resolution petitioning dissolution and the GLWMO moved forward as an 152 independent organization. Since the WRAPP and the Plan interacted, Chair Miller opined that this