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Each year approximately $6,000 is budgeted for lake water quality testing by Ramsey County. This service is to be billed annually to GLWMO. Currently, Ramsey _County continues to provide this service but. is four years behind in its billing. No money has been spent in 1994 or 1995 on public education or in the "other" category. In 1994 the "other" category was to include a portion of the cost of the lake water quality planning effort. Since this item is project related, it has been included in the capital improvement portion of the 1995 budget and proposed 1996 budget and will no longer be a line item in the operating budget. PROJECT BUDGET At the October 27, 1994, meeting the following Capital Improvement Program was proposed: 1994 Complete S'JVMM model update and diagnostic study update $35,000 Phase 1 of lake water quality planning 18,000 $53,000 1995 Capital project (American Legion Park ponds) $78,600 GLWMO plan update 30,000 Phase 1 of lake water quality planning (continued from 1994) 7,000 $115,600 1996 Phase 2 of lake water quality planning $30,600 Phase 1 of lake water quality planning consists of the preparation of lake status reports for each of the three lakes within the watershed. These reports .are to be reviewed by a technical committee consisting of representatives from Roseville, Shoreview, the Metropolitan Council, the DNR, and Ramsey County. Based on input from this technical. committee, in-lake phosphorous level goals are to be set and Best Management Projects within the watershed are to be reviewed. A technical committee meeting will be held on July 17, 1995, to review the completed lake documents and, hopefully, complete Phase 1 of the lake water quality planning effort. The scope of Phase 2 of lake water quality planning will, to some degree, be determined by the outcome of Phase 1. Phase 2 is expected to include additional water quality sampling, the development of more specific goals and objectives, and the development of an action plan to improve water quality. This action plan would be included in the upcoming update to the GLWMO watershed plan. The 1995 approved budget included $30,000 to update the GLWMO watershed plan. This update, required by the Board of Water and Soil Resources (BWSR), is technically due January 1, 1996. However, BWSR will not impose penalties if this deadline is not met. In fact, there are numerous watershed planning organizations that have not completed their original plans-ten.