Minutes from 1994 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home

LRRWMO Meeting Minutes December 15, 1994 Page 3 Obermeyer advised that his responsbility is to provide overall quality control and assure proper staffing to meet the needs of the LRRWMO and deal with any contractual obligations between the LRRWMO and Barr Engineering to provide personnel. He reported he has worked with two other WMOs and recently completed a second generation plan for both of these districts which were submitted to BWSR and aze going through their review process. Obermeyer stated he wants to re-confirm Barr Engineering's commitment to the LRRWMO to assure they will provide a quality product and not dictate what their needs should be, but rather to present options and alternatives so the LRRWMO can determine what is best for the LRRWMO. Beduhn provided a detail review of their proposal, commenting on their expertise, goals as outlined in the LRRWMO Water Resource Management Plan, and proposed work scope. He commented that he understands, from conversations with member cities, the desire for a Plan that meets the legal requirements of the law. He reviewed that member cities have always played an active roll in erosion and sedimentation control and Barr Engineering has provided the project review. He noted that if the Plan update is too vague, it will cost each city more to prepaze and/or update their local plan. In review of the proposed work scope, Beduhn advised that these steps were taken directly from the Minnesota Rules and are the basic components of what the Plan must contain. He emphasized that one of the main components is how the LRRWMO will implement the Plan to assure everyone is in compliance with it. He explained that after the first of the year he meets with each City engineer to talk about what they expect for development in the coming yeaz and how Barr Engineering can serve them better. He cited several examples of issues that would be of concern for member cities. Beduhn explained that it would be easy to take a Plan from another watershed and use it as a "boiler plate" but it is likely that this type of Plan will not address each city sepazately based on their specific needs. He agreed this would be a cheaper way to do the update but that may require some cities to conduct things like storm water modeling which isn't really necessary for them, etc. Beduhn advised their proposal is to put extra effort into goals and objectives, setting implementation priorities, looking at rules, including them in the plan -exactly what is being expected from each member city. He explained this may require several extra meetings and may involve negotiations about what each city wants, but it will be more workable and will result in lower costs overall. Obermeyer added that the Plan update should provide a framework for member cities while providing cities with enough flexibility to tailor their individual plan to meet their specific needs.