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106 NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, The Board of Commissioners of the Grass Lake 107 Watershed Management Organization accepts the "findings" of the cities of Roseville, Shoreview 108 that the Grass Lake WMO be dissolved pursuant to Section VI of the GLWMO Joint Powers 109 Agreement; and 110 111 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, The Board of Commissioners for the GLWMO accepts the 112 recommendation of the cities of Roseville, Shoreview, and the MN Board of Water and Soil 113 Resources that the geographic area currently known as the GLWMO be transferred to the 114 Ramsey - Washington Metro Watershed District; and 115 116 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, the official "sunset' date for the GLWMO shall be Thursday, June 117 21, 2012 at 11:59 pm. END OF Draft RESOLUTION 118 119 Discussion 120 Lines 98 -101 ( Withhart) 121 Member Withhart noted that the City of Shoreview had yet to make a formal decision and 122 recommendation as to the future direction of the WMO at this time. 123 124 Member Huffman concurred, noting that one Shoreview City Councilmember supported merger with the 125 Vadnais Lake Area WMO ( VLWMO), therefore, discussions had not reached a consensus to provide an 126 official position for the City of Shoreview. Member Huffman questioned if the BWSR didn't actually 127 make that final decision. 128 129 Mr. Petersen expressed his understanding that both the Cities of Roseville and Shoreview were prepared 130 to petition the BWSR to enlarge the boundaries of the Ramsey - Washington Metro Watershed District 131 ( RWMWD) and had provided the rationale for the draft language as presented. 132 133 Member Withhart concurred with the comments of Member Huffman; anticipating that this may be the 134 actual recommendation; however, he noted that at this time, there was no "official" position by the City of 135 Shoreview. 136 137 Lines 108 -111 (Lewis) 138 Ms. Lewis noted that the DRAFT resolution indicated that position; however, since there was no formal 139 action for either member city at this time, suggested removal of the entire "WHEREAS" language in lines 140 98 -101. Ms. Lewis also suggested that the second `BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED..." language be 141 revised to remove any references to the member cites, but to only indicate that the GLWMO Board of 142 Commissioners accepts the recommendation to merge with the RWMWD. 143 144 Mr. Maloney advised that the City of Roseville would be taking action on whether or not to accept the 145 finding for dissolution at their Monday, March 27, 2012 regular business meeting; and the Shoreview 146 City Council would be taking similar action at their regular business meeting on Monday, April 2, 2012. 147 Mr. Maloney advised that the structure of the existing Joint Powers Agreement (JPA) did not provide for 148 a linear process that was typical. 149 150 Member Huffman noted that the staffs of both member cities concluded that the water resource initiatives 151 and goals of the WMO would be best met via merger with the RWMWD; and therefore, were making that 152 recommendation to their respective City Councils for decision - making. Member Huffman noted that the 153 sense of urgency for City Council action was created due to the tight timeline for the RWMWD to 154 incorporate the geographical area of the GLWMO on the tax rolls for residents of the GLWMO. With the 155 VLAWMO, their process of approval and merger would be an entirely different process due to their JPA 156 with their multiple partners, with that process estimated to take up to one (1) year. 157