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August 17, 2011 To: Members of the GLWMO Board of Commissioners From: Tom Petersen Administrator SUBJECT: BWSR Clean Water Legacy (CWL) Grant Funding I am seeking, through Board motion, approval to work with both the cities of Shoreview and Roseville to submit two CWL Grants requesting funds to supplement our current shoreline and riparian buffer restoration cost -share program and to implement an abandoned /unused well sealing cost -share program. The cities will be the Grant(s) applicants and through a Memo of Agreement, the GLWMO will be responsible for and perform all required and necessary administrative functions (except that payments to either of the cost -share program recipients will be managed through the City of Roseville). Background Information At the July 21" GLWMO Board meeting, FOR and I submitted a joint document seeking direction from the GLWMO Board regarding whether the Board wanted to seek FY -2012 BWSR CWL Grant funding. Our proposal listed six potential projects that seemed to quality for anticipated grant programs. Since that meeting, we have learned that BWSR has adopted a policy requiring that a WMO's Watershed Management Plan must be in effect as of October 1, 2011 to qualify for any and all of the CWL grant programs offered by BWSR. The GLWMO Plan expired on July 25, 2011. BWSR staff have determined that we do not qualify to apply for FY -2012 Grants. Pursuant to this policy, I met with Mark Maloney and Duane Schwartz to discuss the possibility and feasibility of GLWMO working through /with the cities to seek grant funding. Mark and Duane have agreed that they would be willing to work with GLWMO to seek funds for two of the six proposed grant projects (Well sealing cost -share and Shoreline restoration).