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BWSR Meeting Minutes September 23, 9998 Page Three Grant. Motion to amend passed on a voice vote. The motion to accept the recommendation to approve the FY99 BWSR Challenge Grants as amended. Motion passed on a voice vote. Capitol Region Watershed District Establishment -Jim Haertel explained that BWSR received a valid and proper citizen petition for establishment of the Capitol Region Watershed District. The Metro Water Planning Subcommittee presided over a public hearing. The record was held open after the hearing for three weeks. The record contains very strong support for establishing a watershed district, however, opinions varied on the boundary and the number of managers. The Metro Water Planning Subcommittee met and, based on the record for the matter, decided: (1) the watershed district should be established with the boundary being the same as the boundaries of the Central and Southwest Ramsey Joint Power Agreement Watershed Management Organizations, (2) the name should be the Capitol Region Watershed District, (3) the principal place of business should be the Ramsey SWCD, (4) the district should be managed by a board of five managers with areas based on the subwatersheds recommended by the City of St. Paul, (5) the deadline for cities to submit manager nominees, (6) the interview panel members, and (7) the issues identified in the establishment petition should be recommended for addressing by the district. The cities brought forward a sufficient number of manager nominees and 19 interviews were conducted. The interview pane! consisted of two Ramsey County Commissioners, the chair of the Ramsey SWCD, one board member from the Metro Water Planning Subcommittee, and one BWSR staff person. Manager nominees being recommended for the first board of managers are Jay Riggs, Marylyn Deneen, Mike Thienes, Jim Leuthner, and Pat Byrne. The Ramsey County Surveyor is in the process of providing the legal description for the watershed district from their county GIS system where the district is dei'ined. A large scale map shcwing the district boundary was Exhibit 22 at the public hearing. The Metro Water Planning Subcommittee recommends establishment of the Capitol Region Watershed District. Moved by Dwain Otte, 98-~~ seconded by Barb Cobb, to approve the proposed establishment of the Capitol Region Watershed District. Motion passed on a voice vote. Jim announced that the first meeting of the Capitol Region Watershed District will be held on October 1st, at 6:30 p.m. at the Ramsey SWCD office. Ron Harnack gave an overview of the publication "Crosscurrents." Presentations were made regarding "Watershed Management -Governance at the Local Level." - Bob D~ppelt, Institute for Watershed and Community Health, Springfield, Oregon, presented "New Approaches to Managing Valuable Human, Fiscal and Watershed Resources."