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<br /> <br />Watershed management and regulation have changed significantly <br />Reasons for Change <br />in the nearly 30 years since the agreement that created the Grass <br />Lake Water Management Organization was executed. Significantly <br />more financial and staff resources are necessary to carry out the <br />functions of a watershed organization to be successful today. Cities <br />are challenged with competing priorities for their scarce resources. <br />The cities believe there are existing adjacent watershed <br />organizations that have the necessary expertise and resources to <br />protect the watershed natural resources in an effective and efficient <br />manner. The cities believe the water resources are better protected <br />by combining the Grass Lake WMO areas into an organization with <br />demonstrated success in improving and protecting the resource. <br />The dissolution of the Grass Lake Watershed Management <br />Termination of <br />Organization (GLWMO) on June 21, 2012. <br />GLWMO <br />Transfer 5,647.25 acres from the former Grass Lake Watershed <br />Nature of the Change <br />Management Organization legal boundaries to the Ramsey- <br />Washington Metro Watershed District. The new boundary is <br />proposed to be contiguous with the existing Rice Creek Watershed <br />District boundary <br />Figure 1: Ramsey-Washington Metro Watershed District and <br />Location <br />Grass Lake Watershed Management Organization Location <br />Map <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />2 <br /> <br />