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Date: 04/22/04 Prepared by: Mark Maloney Item: D-3 Other Business Item Description: Amended Joint Powers Agreement The :Grass Lake Water Management Organization was initially established and empowered through a Joint Powers Agreement (JPA) between the .Cities of Shoreview and Roseville in 1983. That agreement reflected then current State Statutes and agency rules, and identified various operating parameters for the WMO. The 2001 Surface Water Management Plan for GLWMO :identified an update of the original JPA as a fairly high priority; staff has reviewed the JPA with Shoreview's legal counsel and identified a number of areas requiring review. The attached draft agreement contains detailed amendments in the following areas: Statutory References There have been considerable changes in the laws concerning. Water Management Organizations since 1983. All of the State Statutes referred to in the original JPA have been repealed, reorganized and rewritten in Minnesota Statutes Chapter 103B. Minnesota Rules Chapter 8410 .The Board of Soil and Water Resources has specific rules concerning the content of joint powers agreements for the creation and operation of water management organizations. The JPA has .been revised to reflect the organization and requirements of MN Rules 8410. OperationaUMiscellaneous Issues There are numerous relatively minor revisions that reflect the way the Board has conducted its business since the early 1990's, for example, .the election of officers, voting requirements, meeting schedule (quarterly instead of monthly), and budgeting. Staff has prepared a draft of the amended joint powers agreement that attempts to meet the minimum requirements of the applicable-State laws and rules, and incorporates the GLWMO operational practices that have evolved since it's creation in 1983. The Board should review and comment on the proposed draft agreement, and request that it be forwarded on to Roseville, Shoreview, and the Board of Soil and Water Resources for review and comment. It is a realistic goal to have the amended JPA executed and in effect within 90 days.