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LRRWMO Meeting Minutes April 21, 1994 Page 3 NEW BUSINESS Proposal for WMO Plan Update - Beduhn Bob Beduhn, Barr Engineering, presented a ten phase Project Outline and cost estimates for the LRRWMO Water Management Plan Revision. He explained that phases 1-4 involve data collection, data assessment, Board review of data and draft policies, final data assessment, and goals and policies. He reviewed estimated staff hours and costs for phases 1-4. Beduhn next reviewed phases 5-10 which involved preparing the draft plan, implementation program, impact on local government, implementation priorities, plan amendment process, outline content of local plan, Board and community review of the draft plan, revision of draft plan and submission to regulatory agencies, review of comments from regulatory agencies and preparation of final draft of Plan, submittal of final draft to LRRWMO Board for review, comment and revision, and submitting the Plan to BWSR for approval. He explained the estimated staff hours and costs for phases 5-10 aze somewhat tentative and depend on type of input received during the community review phase. Beduhn reported that some updates aze costing up to $100,000 because of water quality issues, but he does not see those types of conflicts happening with the LRRWMO plan. He added that he would like to see the total cost below $30,000 by working hazd in phases'1-5 to better understand issues before writing the main body of the Plan. Weaver asked if the LRRWMO doesn't already have much of the data included for collection in Phase 1. Beduhn answered affirmatively but explained that it may need to be updated regarding land use changes. over the last eight yeazs. Also, more information is required under the new rules and the maps will have to be revised. Weaver pointed out that the Met Council may have many of the maps. He explained that he does not want to "reinvent the wheel" and feels 65 hours to contact regulatory agencies and collect data may be too high. Jankowski agreed that ]and use changes in Ramsey over the last eight years are considerable and they are undertaking a modification of the Comprehensive Plan. Beduhn commented that he does not feel 40 hours of time (1 week) is excessive to do soil maps, revise land use maps, obtain wetland information and put into a format that fits into the Plan. He stated he will use any information available from agencies but noted it needs to be included in a format so they can analyze the data. Beduhn reported that other WMOs have to spend more money to update their plans because they don't have the advantage of going to the County and getting data on computer disk which can be spliced into mapping. The Board encouraged the use of existing resources.