2012-01-19_Minutes - Laserfiche WebLink

Home

52 o Reimbursement for Photo copy costs for State Water Plan review agencies in the amount 53 of $83.89 (receipt attached) 54 o Postage for mailing hard copy of responses to Plan review comments to State review 55 agencies in the amount of $20.16 56 o Administrative and Technical Services in the amount of $1,732.50 for the period of 57 January 1, 2012 thru January 14, 2012. 58 o Ramsey Conservation District (RCD) Fourth Quarter 2011 Technical Services for 59 cost -share program costs (Ryan Johnson): Invoice #121411GL in the amount of 60 $1,500.00 61 62 Ayes: 3 Nays: 0 Motion carried. 63 64 Public Comment Period 65 No one was present in the audience to speak at this time. 66 67 Items for Discussion. Information and Possible Action 68 Goals and Benchmarks for 2012 69 Chair Miller advised that, with this being the first meeting of 2012, Board Members may wish to outline 70 their list of things to accomplish in 2012, some of which may have overarching goals. To initiate this 71 discussion, Chair Miller advised that he and Mr. Petersen had new information to share with the Board as 72 a result of meetings held with both FOR and representatives from B WSR and the PCA earlier this week. 73 74 Chair Miller advised that it was BWSR's position that until the GLWMO's future governance has been 75 determined, they would not review and/or approve the Draft GLWMO Third Generation Plan; and Chair 76 Miller advised that, it was unlikely that a formal Plan would be approved before a "merger action" by one 77 or both of the cities occurred, with the Plan remaining in draft form and used along with other studies and 78 documented data as a guide for managing the water resources once merged with and adjacent water 79 management authority. 80 81 City Actions Regarding Future Governance Structure 82 Chair Miller reviewed the schedule for member City Council actions pending, with Mr. Schwartz having 83 drafted a resolution for the Roseville City Council for their January 23, 2012 regular business meeting 84 recommending that they reject the revised Joint Powers Agreement (JPA) language and proceed to 85 petition dissolution of the GLWMO. Chair Miller anticipated that the Shoreview City Council would 86 follow suit shortly thereafter at their first available business meeting; and envisioned both member cities 87 voting in support of the dissolution request of the GLWMO. 88 89 Chair Miller reviewed the process that would follow, based on his understanding, for BWSR and the 90 member cities determination of which merger option to pursue; and anticipated that the existing GLWMO 91 and its Board would sunset at some point in the future during that process, but most likely before year -end 92 2012. Chair Miller advised that during that process, current contracts would need to be terminated or 93 transferred to the cities or the new governing organization. 94 95 Status Update for the WRAPP 96 Mr. Petersen noted the unwillingness of the MPCA to approve the WRAPP work plan and sign a contract 97 with EOR, and thus the need to proceed with a Request for Proposal (RFP) for monitoring services this 98 spring. Mr. Petersen advised that their apparent rationale was that they didn't want to invest funds in the 99 WRAPP without some level of assurance that there would be an implementation plan as an outcome of 100 that WRAPP, particularly based on the past reputation and current status of the GLWMO. Therefore, 101 Mr. Petersen advised that the MPCA was not including the GLWMO's WRAPP in the current funding 102 cycle, but would include the WRAPP in their 2013 fiscal year, beginning in July of 2012, with the 2