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103 assumption that a new governance structure for the GLWMO area would be in place. IN summary, Mr. 104 Petersen advised that, essentially, the WRAPP was on hold until July of 2012 at the earliest. 105 106 Mr. Petersen asked for Member Von De Linde's recollection of the meeting held in March of 2011 at 107 former Chair Karen Eckman's home with Mr. Schwartz, himself, Ms. Lewis from BWSR, and Ms. 108 Correll with EOR; and her impression at that time from those discussions that it was advantageous for the 109 GLWMO to continue their planning process regardless of the governance issue in order to allow 110 GLWMO to insure that it's Third Generation Plan would be added into the water management Plan of an 111 agency that may replace GLWMO if it is determined to dissolve GLWMO. However, Mr. Petersen 112 advised that Ms. Lewis's current interpretation was that the BWSR didn't have the power to require a new 113 agency to include GLWMO's Third Generation Plan in the event GLWMO dissolves. 114 115 Chair Miller suggested that under the current circumstances, it was unwise to dwell too much on the past; 116 however the process came about; recognizing that the Plan was not a legally binding document and would 117 provide no leverage in merger discussions, and suggested that it would be unwise to put any more time 118 and effort into the Plan. Chair Miller noted that the work completed on the Plan to -date could serve as an 119 information source only, and that was how the document would be perceived. Chair Miller advised that 120 the problems and issues within the GLWMO, along with work to -date on the UAA and future WRAPP, 121 would become part of future projects under a different agency. 122 123 FOR Status/Meeting 124 Chair Miller advised that the status with FOR was similar, with BWSR not approving the Plan until the 125 governance issue and all regulations pending that governance are in order. Prior to meeting with BWSR, 126 Chair Miller advised that FOR had been asked at a previous GLWMO Board meeting to put more work 127 into addressing comments received to -date on the Plan; however, after his meeting earlier today with 128 BWSR, he had put a hold on any additional work by EOR. 129 130 Member Von De Linde questioned how the governance issue had come apart and what had caused the 131 different opinion now; and whether it was due to the budget increase requested of member cities by the 132 GLWMO to implement more goals, with both member cities reacting negatively. 133 134 Chair Miller opined that the biggest change appeared to be at a higher level, with the State pushing for 135 greater accountability from water management organizations and trying to hold them to a higher level of 136 performance. Chair Miller noted that one of the major themes coming out in comments received from 137 both the public and reviewing agencies was that they didn't see enough capital improvements and 138 structure programs or pollution mitigation programs coming out of the GLWMO Plan. Chair Miller 139 noted that past budgets had hardly been sufficient for the GLWMO to keep up with the necessary studies, 140 without considering their implementation, with circumstances continuing to fluctuate. Chair Miller noted 141 that this became a growing awareness for Board members as well. 142 143 144 Shoreview Appointment(s) to the GLWMO Board of Commissioners 145 At the request of Member Von De Linde, Chair Miller advised that the City of Shoreview intended to 146 appoint an Interim Board Member(s) to be available by the GLWMO Board's February 16, 2012 meeting 147 to assist in decision - making and insure future meeting quorums. 148 149 Goals and Benchmarks for 2012 (continued) 150 Chair Miller advised that there would still be significant work for the Board and staff between now and its 151 dissolution. 152