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51 Administrative and Technical Services (Payable to Tom Petersen) 52 o Invoice dated January 8, 2012 for the period of January 1 — 14, 2012 in the amount of 53 $1,732.50* 54 *While presented at the January 19, 2012 GLWMO Board meeting, the motion did not 55 specifically include payment of this invoice 56 o Invoice dated February 12, 2012 for the period of January 15 — February 11, 2012 in the 57 amount of $2,947.50 58 Recording Secretary Services (Payable to Sheila Stowell) 59 o Invoice # GLWMO 01 -19 -12 dated January 27, 2012 in the amount of $137.08 60 61 Ayes: 3 Nays: 0 Motion carried. 62 63 Public Comment Period 64 No one appeared to speak at this time. 65 66 Chair Miller and Mr. Petersen's meetings with VLWMO staff and RWMWD staff 67 Chair Miller updated Board members of the receipt of certified letters and resolutions from both member 68 cities as adopted by their respective City Councils and formally rejecting proposed GLWMO language 69 revisions to the Joint Powers Agreement (JPA) and petition dissolution of the organization. Chair Miller 70 briefly summarized future action tonight for the GLWMO Board to direct Mr. Petersen to notify City 71 Clerks at least 30 days in advance of our next meeting of the GLWMO Board's intent to vote on 72 dissolution, in accordance with Section VI of the current JPA. Chair Miller noted the attendance of 73 Melissa Lewis of BWSR who would provide additional detail and timing subsequent to action by member 74 Cities. 75 76 Chair Miller noted that it appeared, from his conversations with city staff, that both cities were leaning 77 toward merger of the GLWMO with the Ramsey - Washington Metro Watershed District ( RWMWD); and 78 if that process is initiated, final dissolution should be pursued and in place by June 30, 2012 in order for 79 that RWMWD to collect taxes from residents in the GLWMO area in 2013. This action step is necessary 80 if the RWMWD is to undertake any projects within the GLWMO in 2013. 81 82 Review of Process with BWSR staff 83 At the request of Chair Miller, Ms. Lewis advised that the June 30, 2012 deadline was for filing 84 paperwork and processing through the Secretary of State's (SOS) Office to notify Ramsey County in 85 order to meet property tax deadlines, without which the RWMWD would be unable to access funds in the 86 2013 calendar year and would be required to wait until the 2014 calendar year to do so. 87 88 At the request of Member Von De Linde as to whether the timeframe was manageable, Ms. Lewis 89 responded that it was doable, provided things happened on schedule. 90 91 At the request of Chair Miller, City of Roseville Public Works Director Duane Schwartz advised that by 92 not meeting this filing deadline, the RWMWD administrator had indicated that the RWMWD would not 93 expend a lot of their resources in terms of major studies, etc. until they began to realize revenue from the 94 GLWMO area citizens 95 96 Ms. Lewis detailed the steps for inclusion into the RWMWD in accordance with State Statute 103D 97 requirements and options available to the GLWMO Board at this point: 98 1) Member Cities petition BWSR to enlarge the Ramsey Washington Metro Watershed District 99 ( RWMWD); however, Ms. Lewis noted that BWSR couldn't act on enlarging that District until 100 the GLWMO was no longer in existence. 101 2) Once BWSR received the petition from the cities, a 3 -4 month sequence would be initiated: 2