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Boar members recognized the serious need to block leakage and agreed with Chair Ferrington of the need to place another plate on the lake -side and secure it laterally to the wing walls. Member Eckman moved, and Member Manzara seconded approval of Chair Ferrington's October 4, 2010 letter response to Craig Wills, regarding DNR Permit Request 1971 -1269 (Request for repair of outlet to Wabasso Lake) as the opinion of the Board of the GLWMO, with Chair Ferrington serving as the authorized representative of the GLWMO. Chair Ferrington moved, and Member Von De Linde seconded a friendly amendment to substitute "the GLWMO Board," and "the Board" for all references to "I," in the letter as applicable; and authorizing Chair Ferrington to make those modifications and submit the letter as a PDF file by Friday, October 29, 2010 on the Board's letterhead. Ayes: 5 Nays: 0 Motion carried. Request for Board review of Draft Groundwater Management Plan Mr. Petersen reviewed the sixteen (16) initiatives of the revised Ramsey County Groundwater Protection Plan 2009, and while not having those questions available for tonight's meeting, offered to e -mail copies to individual board members for their input on those initiatives. Mr. Petersen noted that board members may have contributed to the original plan as stakeholders. The County is now seeking input on whether they want participate in the revision of the plan or not, as a party in the Joint Powers Agreement. Discussion included the need to have the plan available on the website; background on the County's process for review and comment, and the hold put on the plan by the County Manager for further review to determine optional rather than mandatory participation. The Board discussed anticipated future and major changes in water management and the need for an up -to- date Groundwater Plan to acquire Clean Water Legacy Grant funding. Other topics briefly mentioned included: water management jurisdiction of individual cities; need for definition of funding for groundwater management; pending legislative changes regarding funding mechanisms; inclusion of the possibility of a County Groundwater Plan as part of the GLWMO Third Generation Plan RFP; and use by Ramsey County of this survey input to determine whether to proceed with a Plan or not. Member Manzara opined that, as a GLWMO Board member, she was supportive of a Ramsey County Groundwater Management Plan. Chair Ferrington opined that the agreement seemed conservative and substantially underfunded. He stated that he supported the plan in concept and the initiatives outlined in the most current version. However, he expressed hesitation with mechanisms for funding and stated it appeared that all necessary coordination was not yet not fully developed. In some cases, the draft report simply highlighted the funding mechanism as "to be determined. The Chair opined that it still needed to be determined if a county -by- county approach or a regional approach would be a more feasible and reasonable way to manage groundwater resources. 13