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LRRWMO Meeting Ivfmutes June 13, 1996 Page 2 Consensus was reached that the LRRWMO does not need to become involved with the issue of County ditch maintenance - it will be handled between individual cities and the County. Ferguson questioned the LRRWMO's involvement in funding for general hydrologic modeling. Haas suggested this be the responsibility of individual cities, especially since Anoka and Coon Rapids would need very little in the way of hydrologic modeling compared to the needs of Andover and Ramsey. Weaver suggested, since the modeling is needed to develop the property, that this cost should be covered by the applicant. Jankowski questioned whether there would be any cost sharing from existing residents whose property would be involved. Haas stated this is not yet known and would depend on the specifics of the situation. Ferguson stated if it is a WMO activity, he would view it as a capital improvement project with costs being paid by the communities involved (Andover and Ramsey in the case of hydrologic modeling). • Schultz raised a scenario where the LRRWMO determines a member City is not doing an adequate job with modeling so they decide to move forwazd with it and charge the costs to the benefiting cities. . He questioned how the actual payment would be accomplished if the LRRWMO is the lead agency but the benefiting City does not agree to payment. Schultz noted the LRRWMO is to establish the criteria to be used in modeling and the member Cities are to assure developers adhere to it. Haas agreed. Discussion was held whether the LRRWMO engineer should review that hydrologic modeling (prepared by City or developer and submitted to LRRWMO) to assure it meets the established criteria. Ferguson stated he would not want to see the LRRWMO involvement go beyond review and suggested the language be revised to establish it is a City project with LRRWMO review. Ferguson asked why the Hazazdous Spill Response Plan is only included in the North Rum River Watershed azea and not the others. He also questioned why it is included at all since it is not part of the Action Plan. Weaver pointed out the County is the first agency involved when a hazardous spill occurs, not the LRRWMO, and asked if the LRRWMO Hazardous Spill Response Plan would be any different than already exists with the Courrty and City. He suggested a reference be made that there are authorities in place that already have those strategies. Ferguson suggested it be removed from the implementation section and addressed more as a general • discussion. Jankowski stated he believes this topic needs to be, at least, mentioned and to list responsible agencies. Weaver expressed a concern that the LRRWMO is being set up to establish another level of government and will end up spending additional funds on projects where other agencies are actually