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LRRWMO Joint Meeting Minutes APRIL 11 Page 3 Pearson reported a 509 Task Force, on which Schrantz is a member, has been created to advise the Board of Water and Soil Resources about WMO related activities. Pearson indicated the Cities of Ramsey and Andover have an advantage over the older, established communities in that they are still developing and can require the developers to institute these mandates at their own expense, rather than at the expense of the tax payers when the established areas are required to meet certain standards. Upon discussion of actual environmental activities, Pearson indicated it is better to sample one lake ten times a year than to sample many lakes once a year. He urged the LRRWMO and cities to utilize citizen volunteers for monitoring various environmental situations. Pearson indicated Anoka's Public Works Director reported at the last LRRWMO monthly meeting that the City of Anoka sweeps its downtown streets once a week and others six times a year. He was unaware of any other city anywhere who that frequently improves the water quality. Pearson urged the cities to educate themselves, the developers and their citizens on the importance of water quality. Pearson stated the LRRWMO is financially operating very frugally. The LRR! ;j`M0 will need to be more effective, more involved. He reported he previously advised the board they did not need additional liability insurance. However, with the mandates coming down, he now feels the LRRWMO is suscep- tible to being sued and should protect itself from that possibility with the proper insurance coverage. WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN AND THE PERMITTING PROCESS Skallman presented an overview of the LRRWMO Water Management Plan and the permitting process. Goals were addressed. Skallman reported the LRRWMO is concentrating on development and redevelopment, operating in such a way to get the most from its money. He reported it was the decision of the board to utilize the cities' departments as much as possible. Water quality management is being left, to a large extent, with the cities. The classifications of water bodies A, B, and C within the LRRWM0 were defined and discussed. Skallman reported the board decided the cities may want to decide if there are additional water bodies they want to protect and which ones you want to use to protect other water bodies. This con-