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413 Ms. Correll advised that EOR would be putting the draft Plan together during April and 414 creating a matrix for each year of the plan and related activities based on stakeholder 415 comments and applying estimated costs for each of those activities. Chair Pro Tem 416 Eckman advised that EOR would be meeting with the Subcommittee (Members Eckman 417 and Von De Linde) in April, and asked that Member Westerberg take her place at that 418 meeting, to which he agreed. Ms. Correll highlighted various components of the Third 419 Generation Plan from comparisons with the 2001 Plan and other watershed district and 420 water management organization plans. Depending on the ultimate decision for the 421 GLWMO's management structure, Ms. Correll noted that it would be advantageous to 422 have the Third Generation Plan comparable to plans of those other groups for easier 423 implementation and operations. Ms. Correll alerted Board Members to intentional 424 repetitiveness of some of the goals, noting that the repetition would not be obvious in the 425 matrix format. Ms. Correll sought any suggestions of individual Board members 426 following their comparison of the 2011 draft with the 2001 Plan. 427 428 Discussion included incorporation of volunteers in the Plan; identification and 429 recognition of current volunteers respective to each lake in the GLWMO area; processing 430 of the draft Plan to Ramsey County (Jim Tolaas) by EOR at the discretion of the Board 431 for their initial review, along with a review by the respective city representatives 432 (Maloney and Schwartz); and current or future participation of the GLWMO in storm 433 water outlet structure and pond maintenance, typically handled by the cities, but needing 434 to be clarified in the Plan related to responsibility and allotted resources. 435 436 Len Ferrington provided a historical context that came up during the City of Roseville's 437 Aladdin Street CIP project and maintenance responsibility assignments, based on 438 interpretation of the existing policy and negotiated agreements with and implementation 439 by member cities. Ms. Correll advised that she would send an email individual Members 440 a copy of the existing policy through Mr. Petersen to allow for their review prior to the 441 March 22, 2011 Stakeholder meeting for identification on the applicable table. Chair Pro 442 Tem Eckman noted the value of these discussions in clarifying elements of the Third 443 Generation Plan, based on past experience, and the need to know who will take 444 responsibility for such maintenance issues. 445 446 c) Discussion of Future Governance Structure/Finance Options for GLWMO 447 Chair Pro Tem Eckman provided a draft matrix showing possible options for "Grass Lake 448 Governance comparing various options to: merge with an existing water management 449 organization or watershed district or remain functioning as an independent water 450 management organization. Comparison factors included retaining local control; 451 knowledge and governance; revenue and budget information, as well as funding sources; 452 hydrological connections; watershed sizes; staff capacities; plan implementation; and 453 transition issues that would need to be considered. Chair Pro Tem Eckman advised that 454 there could be interest on the part of the Vadnais Lakes Area Water Management 455 Organization (VLAWMO) in discussing merge possibilities. 456 457 Discussion included clarification that VLWMO Board members served as members of 458 the City Councils' or as Mayor and were not elected independently. 10