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Regular City Council Meeting <br /> Monday,June 20,2011 <br /> Page 19 <br /> Mr. Miller reviewed some of the projects the WMO addressed as part of that <br /> mandate to address area water quality in conjunction with other agencies and wa- <br /> tershed districts; award to the GLWMO of an MPCA Legacy funding grant of <br /> $109,000 to perform Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) studies and water <br /> monitoring, data collection, and providing best practices approaches to improve <br /> that water quality and eliminate or reduce pollutant loading to area water bodies. <br /> Mr. Miller presented two (2) alternative budget proposals for consideration: one <br /> that would provide minimal expenditures, to meet mandates; and the second to <br /> meet mandates, as well as implementing projects to protect water quality, and ul- <br /> timately property values, over the next ten (10) years of the Third Generation <br /> Plan. Mr. Miller advised that the proposed 2012 GLWMO budget had been cho- <br /> sen at $109,700, with funding from the cities at $80,000 ($40,000 each), and the <br /> remainder funded from fund balances, estimated at $57,000 by the end of 2011. <br /> Mr. Miller advised that there would not be sufficient revenue resources in 2012 to <br /> meet current expenditures. <br /> Mr. Miller advised that the GLWMO was recommending a funding proposal to <br /> implement a specific storm water utility fee, as allowed under state statute, for <br /> those properties located within the GLWMO to address current (2012) and future <br /> budget needs of the WMO. Mr. Miller noted that the only other alternative would <br /> be to dissolve the GLWMO and have the state (BSWR) merge it with another <br /> WMO (Ramsey/Washington Metro Watershed District), which would result in a <br /> utility or tax assessment to property owners in the GLWMO anyway, as well as <br /> causing Roseville to lose their control over projects in the WMO. <br /> In summary, Mr. Miller advised that the GLWMO Fund balances continue to de- <br /> cline, and in the long-term are unsustainable; and in order to meet state mandates, <br /> and to protect property values, the environment, and quality of life, a resolution <br /> was needed. <br /> At the request of some Councilmembers, Mr. Petersen clarified state law related <br /> to WMO's and if in default, Ramsey County's petition to have that WMO become <br /> an independent district or merge; and current BSWR policy was to not create any <br /> new WSD's in the metropolitan area, but to merge them. <br /> Discussion included options and impacts, including significant loss of control for <br /> member cities if the WMO was to merge with another and impacts for testing, <br /> monitoring, and data collection; and advantages and disadvantages of various <br /> funding options. <br /> Councilmember Pust questioned projected costs for staying as a separate govern- <br /> ment entity and restricting their taxing authority to only those households served <br /> by the GLWMO versus current funding through all properties through member ci- <br /> ties' storm water funds. <br />
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