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153 Motion 11- 1111-08 154 Member Von De Linde moved, and Member Westerberg seconded deferral of FOR Invoice #7 to the 155 December 15, 2011 regular GLWMO Board meeting. 156 157 Ayes: 4 Nays: 0 Motion carried. 158 159 E.2) Revised Joint Powers Agreement (JPA) Update 160 Chair Eckman provided an update on her meeting with Shoreview City Manager Terry Schwerm; 161 Shoreview staff representative, Public Works Director Mark Maloney; and Roseville staff 162 representative, Public Works Director Dwayne Schwartz, noting that Roseville City Manager Bill 163 Malinen was unable to attend the meeting due to a last - minute scheduling conflict. 164 165 Chair Eckman advised that the purpose of the meeting was to discuss the timing of the Third 166 Generation Plan process and JPA Update, with the result of that discussion being that Mr. 167 Schwartz offered to include the JPA update issue as a formal action item on the Roseville City 168 Council's November 28, 2011 meeting agenda; and Mr. Schwerm and Mr. Maloney proceeding 169 to include it as an action item on the Shoreview City Council's December 19, 2011 meeting, 170 whether the City of Roseville proceeds with revising the JPA or not. Chair Eckman noted that the 171 revised JPA may prove unacceptable to the respective member City Councils; and further noted 172 that those member cities would be unable to operate separately due to the shared jurisdiction of 173 Lake Owasso. 174 175 Member Von De Linde noted that the presentation by Member Miller to both City Councils 176 would proceed as proposed on November 21, 2011; with Mr. Petersen confirming that the 177 presentation would proceed and that presentation materials as prepared by Member Miller and 178 reviewed by GLWMO Board members, as well as supplemental staff report from Mr. Schwartz 179 and Mr. Maloney, had already been submitted for dissemination in City Council agenda packets. 180 181 Discussion ensued regarding proposed options shown for the first three (3) years of the Plan 182 budget, followed by a Major Plan Amendment in 2014 and additional costs anticipated; and how 183 this impacted EOR's remaining work until the member cites made a decision on the Revised JPA 184 and whether the GLWMO remained independent or merged with another WD or WMO. 185 186 Additional Item: Ms. Correll/EOR E -mail to Mr. Petersen dated November 17, 2011 187 Chair Eckman referenced the FOR e -mail entitled " GLWMO Plan Follow -up;" attached hereto and 188 made a part hereof, and summarized the e -mail related to timing consequences and FOR questioning 189 whether the work remaining would be worth the extra time and effort if the member cities decided not to 190 approve the revised JPA so that the Grass lake remains a WMO for at least the next three (3) years. 191 192 Discussion ensued regarding JPA consideration by member cities and their concerns that the JPA 193 language would assume the cities responsible for actions taken by the GLWMO Board related to member 194 cities collecting individual storm water utility fees without the cities retaining the say in how those fees 195 were utilized and allocated by the GLWMO Board, similar to the member cities writing a blank check for 196 the GLWMO Board while the member City Councils were held accountable to their constituencies; how 197 the GLWMO Board could pursue an option, similar to that used by the VLAWMO by implementing their 198 own utility fee to be included — at an annual cost per statement— to GLWMO property owners on their 199 Ramsey County property tax statements rather than from municipal fees billed on utility bills, while 200 recognizing that this option would require special legislative approval. 201 202 Further discussion included making it mandatory that a City Council member from each member City 203 serve on the GLWMO Board; concerns with prioritizing cost versus benefit; service of City 4