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357 358 The makers of the motion amended their motion to make changes on lines 9 and 13 as proposed. 359 360 Additional discussion included funds for educating Board members as well, such as sending one 361 (1) Board member annually to meetings of MAD (MN Association of Watershed Districts); 362 involvement of Board members in agencies sharing similar concerns; identifying the intent of the 363 CIP category for various municipal projects and for leveraging grants toward total project costs 364 (line 16) and how it varies from cost -share for BMP's for private /corporate projects versus public 365 infrastructure projects depending on the scale of specific projects. 366 367 Action Steu 368 Mr. Petersen advised that he would revise the budget and submit a copy to Mr. Miller 369 immediately to have available prior to his presentation on November 21, 2011. 370 371 Member Miller questioned if this budget, if approved going forward, accurately reflected further 372 costs or if it underestimated realities, opining that the Board couldn't politically request more 373 than the $300,000 annually due to political constraints, but expressing concern that it was still an 374 inadequate budget. 375 376 Chair Eckman opined that her response to such a question from City Councilmembers would be 377 that the annual projected budget would suffice until the WRAPP was completed, and that after the 378 first three (3) years leading up to completion, it most likely would not be sufficient. 379 380 Member Barrett shared similar concerns; however, he noted that at this time the budget remained 381 a best -guess estimate, but that it still represented a significant increase over current budgets; and 382 until an improved GLWMO had more experience, it served to move forward to achieve 383 implementation goals of the Third Generation Plan. 384 385 Mr. Petersen noted that he had addressed this in his cover letter, that $300,000, while speculative, 386 would be a sufficient annual budget until the WRAPP was completed and identified BMP's for 387 prioritization and timing. 388 389 Ayes: 5 Nays: 0 Motion carried. 390 391 E) Updates: 392 1) Special Governance and Finance Committee (Westerberg and Miller) 393 Member Miller summarized his "Report of the Governance and Financing Task Force for 394 the Grass Lake Watershed Management Organization" dated November 15, 2011, to be 395 presented to member City Councils on November 21, 2011. 396 397 Member Miller opined that while his presentation attempted to be objective and present 398 the majority position determined at the November 4, 2011 Special GLWMO Board 399 meeting at which Vice Chair Chuck Westerberg and Members Jonathan Miller, Mary 400 Kaye Von De Linde, and Steve Barrett were in attendance; he anticipated presentation by 401 Task Force member Jim DeBenedet of a Minority Report supporting merger of the 402 GLWMO with the Ramsey/Washington Area WSD and voting against the GLWMO 403 remaining independent, even as an "Improved GLWMO." 404 405 Member Miller anticipated several other Task Force members would be signing on; and 406 advised that it also represented his minority position and rationale in voting against 407 remaining an independent WMO, and was planning to add his signature to the minority 8