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LRRWMO Meeting Minutes July 15, 1993 Page 6 hardship for a municipality. Weaver concurred that language requiring municipalities to conduct the best management practices possible was logical. Page 12, Subdivision 9: Weaver felt this portion of the agreement contained pretty strong language. He suggested this language be amended to address the best management practices also. Pearson explained the whole purpose is to implement the overall plan. He confirmed that this organiza- tion has the power to direct cities to acquire property for water quality purposes if necessary. He stated these four municipalities must realize and accept that this watershed jurisdiction will be administered by either a Joint Powers Agreement organization by by a watershed district. Discussion continued on the powers of this- organization to order its municipalities to comply with certain rules and regulations if it is not doing so on its own. Schultz asked what happens if a city can not afford to do a capital im- provements program. Pearson stated if the local (municipal) water management plans have not been completed, those cities are already mandated by the rule. In response to the board's query of its Consulting Engineer on the estimated cost of updating the LRRWMO Water Management Plan, Beduhn noted other WMO's who have spent approximately $50,000 over a two-year period updating their plans. He further stated those WMO's are doing property taxes speci- fically for plan updates. Beduhn went on to state that a lot of information is being required in these updated plans; however, he indicated he would do everything he could to find the least expensive way to update the LRRWMO plan. Pearson confirmed there are a lot of "make work" requirements of which he does not necessarily approve, but to which the LRRWMO must comply. Upon discussion of how the other three member cities re- sponded to the proposed Joint Powers Agreement Respluti9n,_..: Haas reported that Andover approved it; Ferguson indicated Coon Rapids has not approved it; and Jankowski reported that Ramsey will first discuss the proposed document at an upcoming finance meeting, no formal action taken. Jankowski stated a major concern of Ramsey's will be the amount of money being spent on updating the Joint Powers Agreement. He felt it important to relay to City Council some alternatives and the impact of same. Pearson informed the board that this Joint Powers Agreement will not cost the cities any more than the other did. The state rules may require you to spend-more money, but this board still has control over its own destiny.