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Attachment B STATE OF MINNESOTA RICE CREEK WATERSHED DISTRICT The matter of Watershed Basic Water Amended Petition, adding the City Management Project 2013-01(upon the petition ; of Roseville and directing further of the Cities of New Brighton and Saint proceedings Anthony) Petitioners Cities of New Brighton, Roseville and Saint Anthony, for this amended petition to the Board of Managers of the Rice Creek Watershed District state and request the following: 1. On August 19, 2013, the Rice Creek Watershed District (RCWD) Board of Managers received the Joint Petition of the Cities of New Brighton and Saint Anthony for the establishment of a phased basic water management proj ect to develop a comprehensive and integrated strategy for stormwater management, flood damage reduction, and water quality enhancement within the Cities that implements a series of project components to achieve reasonable stormwater management and flood damage reduction objectives. 2. On August 28, 2013, by Resolution 2013-23, the Watershed District Board of Managers initiated the project, assigning Project Number 2013-01, and appointed Houston Engineering as the project engineer to make surveys, maps, analyses and reports for the project as necessary and consistent with the project phasing, coordination and implementation proposals contained within the Petition. 3. The original petition and the terms and processes contained therein remain valid, except to the extent amended herein. 4. Phase 1 of the project phasing, coordination and implementation proposals contained within the original Petition is complete and the project engineer has submitted a draft Phase Report dated March 31, 2014. 5. Staff inembers from the Cities of New Brighton, Roseville and Saint Anthony have participated in the phase 1 process. In addition to the areas previously identified within the City of New Brighton and St. Anthony, the City of Roseville staff has identified areas within the sub- watershed of Ramsey County Ditch 5 in the City where project components could be developed and implemented to provide both local and regional stormwater management and flood damage reduction benefit. 6. The draft Phase 1 Report leaves open the opportunity to develop project components in phases 2 and 3 to address issues within the City of Roseville and conveyance issues downstream of Long Lake. � 16266-0032�1 ��4296�1 �