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403 Member Miller moved, and Member Barrett seconded approval of reducing the membership of the 404 Special Governance /Finance Task Force from five (5) to four (4); and for them to officially begin their 405 work at their earliest convenience and as soon as logistically possible for Mr. Petersen to make necessary 406 meeting arrangements. 407 408 Ayes: 5 Nays: 0 Motion carried. 409 410 Chair Eckman and Mr. Petersen advised that, since the Third Generation Plan Public Hearing had 411 originally been scheduled for Thursday, October 6, 2011 from 6:30 — 8:30 p.m. in the Roseville City Hall 412 and in checking with the four (4) initial members of the Task Force and their availability on that date and 413 at that time, she recommended that the kick -off meeting for the Task Force could be held at that time. 414 415 Motion 11 -09 -07 416 Member Miller moved, and Member Westerberg seconded declaring a Special Meeting of the GLWMO 417 Board to be held on Thursday, October 6, 2011 from 6:30 — 8:30 p.m. in the Roseville City Hall's Willow 418 Room (lower level) for the purpose of kicking off the Special Governance /Finance Task Force. Ayes: 5 Nays: 0 Motion carried. 2012 BWSR Clean Water Legacy Grant Requests Mr. Petersen reported to the Board that a Well - Sealing grant requesting funding of up to $40,000 had been submitted by the City of Roseville, on the GLWMO Board's behalf. Mr. Petersen further reported that a Shoreline Restoration grant requesting funding of up to $100,000 had been submitted by the City of Shoreview, on the GLWMO Board's behalf. Mr. Petersen advised that confirmation of the receipt of both grants prior to submittal deadline had been received. Mr. Petersen advised that, since the GLWMO had no active Ten Year Water Management Plan, since the current Plan expired in July of 2011, it was not eligible to receive any grant funding normally obtained through the BWSR. Therefore he advised that the member cities had agreed to take the Board's place in requesting those funds for projects of benefit to all parties. If successful in receiving funds from either or both grants, Mr. Petersen advised that a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) would be drawn up between the respective cities and the GLWMO to spell out the terms, including administrative costs and implementation mechanisms that would be the responsibility of the Board, with reporting and publicizing receipt of grant funds the responsibility of member cities. Watershed Restoration and Protection Program (WRPP), formerly Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Study Chair Eckman advised that the new name for this study was for the purpose of recognizing that it wasn't just about the impaired water bodies and target daily loads of pollution, but included a protection aspect as well. Ms. Correll reported to the Board that FOR had submitted an official Work Plan to Ms. Brooke Asleson of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) in August of 2011; but a response had not yet been received, although it was anticipated in the near future and opined that it had most likely been delayed due to the State of MN shutdown this summer. Chair Eckman noted that one of BWSR's critique points of the Draft Third Generation Plan was its dependence on the future findings of this study. In her review of past reports, Chair Eckman advised that she had found one dated January of 2008 and provided it to Mr. Petersen to disseminate electronically to Board members and as an applicable guide for actionable activities in advance of the WRPP study due to be completed in 2014. From her review of that referenced report, Chair Eckman opined that the one W