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EXHIBIT A August 2, 1990 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS RELATED TO THE WATER PLAN IMPLEMENTATION LEVY To who does this levy apply? Counties that have a comprehensive local water plan covering all or part of the county. The plan (or plans) must be approved by the Board of Water and Soil Resources (BWSR) and be locally adopted by the deadline for certifying final property tax levies. For the levy to be available in 1991, plan approval and local adoption must be completed by late December, 1990. (More specific deadlines are discussed later.] To summarize if your county will not have an What is the authorization for this special levy? The 1990 tax bill, Chapter 604 Art 3 s 1 and 2; and s 30 subd 5(z) For what is the levy intended? Provide new revenue for counties to implement approved comprehensive local water plans and complement BWSR water plan implementation grants. What is an approved comprehensive local water plan? A 11 110B 11 , 11 509 11 , " Twin Cities metro groundwater plan ", or a "watershed district overall plan ". To qualify, these plans must be approved by BWSR and be adopted by local planning authority such as the county board of commissioners in the case of 11 110B" plans or a water management organization in the case of 11 509" plans. How is this levy affected by levy limits? This is a special levy which may be levied in excess of levy limits. When is the levy effective? For taxes payable 1991 Will the levy appear as a specific line item on a property tax statement? Yes Are the proceeds of the levy retained by the county where collected? Yes How is the levy for a particular county determined? 1.5 million dollars is divided by the total equalized taxable net tax capacity for ALL counties. The result, a tax rate factor, is then multiplied times the equalized taxable net tax capacity for each county. (Additional information regarding this process is contained in the instructions for Form 280]