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354 Mr. Petersen updated the GLWMO Board on his ongoing work in providing information to and 355 coordinating with Ms. Mattie Jacobson who was working on her Girl Scout Gold Award on Snail 356 Lake. 357 358 GLWMO Standing Advisory Committee 359 Given the remaining work yet to be done on the potential activity list for this Committee, and pending 360 input from member cities, Chair Eckman suggested that this item be deferred to a future meeting. Chair 361 Eckman updated the Board on feedback she had received to -date from Melissa Lewis of BWSR: that the 362 list of potential activities was still too long; preference for a City representative on the Committee; 363 inclusion of and identification of those state agencies serving as members; and refining and reducing the 364 scope of the Committee's charge. 365 366 Chair Eckman suggested that a Board Subcommittee, consisting of Member Westerberg, along with Mr. 367 Petersen, and another Board member volunteer to work on the project; and recommended Member 368 Barrett. 369 370 Member Barrett offered to continue working on the Committee charge and make -up in an effort to get 371 something ready to recruit members to that Advisory Committee to the GLWMO Board. 372 373 Action Item: 374 Chair Eckman thanked them for their willingness to do so; and asked that if possible they have something 375 available to show the full Board at the next regular meeting (October 20th). 376 377 Special Governance/Finance Task Force 378 Chair Eckman noted that this initiative has moved up in the list as a critical issue, since the Roseville City 379 Council didn't want to take any action until the GLWMO Board had completed their research on the 380 Finance /Governance options. Chair Eckman advised that it was not a given that both cities would be in 381 agreement with past discussions and preferences on future financing and governance options, such as 382 creation of a Special Taxing Rate or storm water utility fee for those living within the GLWMO, without 383 the GLWMO Board completing their due diligence for submission and recommendation to the member 384 City Councils, especially Roseville. 385 386 Chair Eckman advised that to -date, she had recruited four (4) of the proposed five (5) people to serve on 387 the Task Force: 388 • Jim DeBenedet (Roseville) recommended by City of Roseville Mayor Dan Roe 389 • JoAnna LeBresche (Roseville), resident of Lake Owasso, a scientist, recommended by Mayor Roe 390 • Steve Solomonson (Shoreview) recommended by City of Shoreview Mayor Sandy Martin 391 • John Moriarity, (Shoreview ?), resident of Lake Judy, a volunteer in assisting with research, but not 392 wearing his County hat on this Task Force 393 394 Chair Eckman advised that she and Mr. Petersen had actively pursued a number of companies in both 395 member cities, with those contacts being enthusiastic about the purpose of the Task Force, but unable to 396 justify time away from their businesses at this time. 397 398 Chair Eckman sought comment from the Board on whether previous action identifying a Task Force of 399 five (5) could be revised to consist of those four (4) volunteers already recruited in order to get the Task 400 Force operating immediately. 401 402 Motion 11 -09 -06