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LOWER RUM RIVER WATERSHED MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION ANDOVER - ANOKA - COON RAPIDS - RAMSEY 2015 First Avenue • Anoka, MN 55303 July 6, 1994 Mr. Bob Hutchinson Director of Environmental Services Anoka County Human Services Division Government Center 2100 3rd Avenue, Room 360 Anoka, MN 55303 -2264 Dear Mr. Hutchinson: The purpose of this correspondence is to formally request the assistance of Anoka County with application to the Board of Water and Soil Resources for a 1994 Local Water Planning Challenge Grant Program on behalf of Lower Rum River Watershed Management Organization ( LRRWMO). The total grant amount will be $5,200. I have enclosed the portion of the most recent LRRWMO meeting minutes which authorized Barr Engineering Company to pursue the grant application on behalf of the LRRWMO. The purpose of the grant application is to implement portions of the February 1991, Final Water Management Plan for LRRWMO. The LRRWMO Final Water Management Plan outlined nine goals for the organization. The pursuit of the grant application assists in satisfying three of these goals. They are as follows: Goal #1. Plan for future development and growth so as to minimiz problems with water and related land resources and to optimize the quality of living for residents in the watershed. Goal #6. Preserve wildlife habitat areas of significant value. Goal #9. Maintain a current inventory of water resources and water quality data. The work tasks which will be funded by the grant monies will include the following: PHASE 1: DATA COLLECTION la) Land and Water Resources Inventory lb) Contact Regulatory Agencies for Goals and Policies PHASE 2: DATA ASSESSMENT 2a) Assess Data Against Environmental Standards to Determine Whether There are Apparent Problems 2b) Review Regulatory Goals and Policies and Prepare Draft LRRWMO Goals and Policies PHASE 3: BOARD REVIEW OF DATA ASSESSMENT AND DRAFT LRRWMO POLICIES