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Metro Local Water Management Task Force Report December '/5, '/989 <br /> <br />Staff Support <br /> <br />Mel Sinn <br />Bruce Sandstrom <br />Joseph Richter <br />Bill Clapp <br /> <br />Board of Water and Soil Resources <br />Board of Water and Soil Resources <br />Department of Natural Resources <br />Minnesota Attorney General's Office <br /> <br />612-297-2622 <br />612-297-4958 <br />612-296-7523 <br />612-296-0686 <br /> <br />B. The Mission <br /> <br /> The mission of the Task Force was to investigate the overall effectiveness of local <br />water management activities in the seven county metropolitan area. Eight (8) · <br />specific charges were laid out in Article 9 of the 1989 Groundwater Protection Acf. <br />Below is a complete listing of the eight charges as they appear in Article 9. <br /> <br /> l. Ho., to accomplish constructive public participation in and local coordination of <br /> local water management; <br /> 2;: How to avoid excessive public costs associated with the planning and implemen-' <br /> ration of capital improvement projects; ......... '... '-'-.- ' <br /> 3.':' Whether adequate o~ersight exists'°f Iocal water management activities to assure <br /> .:; .adhet~ence to state la,, and approved watershed management plans; . <br /> 4.;..The procedures to be used in Uj'banizing &reas to maintain, repatr, tmproye, con- <br /> .'': struct~ and abandon public drainage systems; "" '~ :'!'- ;.i:'"'. <br /> 5.¥ The appropriate methods for financing capital improvement projects; <br /> 6.':: Whetlie~- local water management levies and bonds shoUld'be.eXemPt frown levy <br />':'i '.. limits attd caps on netindebtedness;.:3::;::7:::~:?i~.;ili?:~::i;. .. ' ' ' ' ' <br /> <br /> ~j."' WTt~th~? the metropolitan wate)' m an'~gement act ha~ me? its: ~rlginal expecta;. :-' <br /> ' tions; and ......... ;ii,:.:..?.~:~'.:?!-..i..:;?,';..::::; ..-¥7:-..') <br /> 8::.': Whaichanges are'n;eded' in' s~ate"~aW°r the-structure of io~i ~va;ersh;d'm a~;ge <br />-.:.!.:::.= 'ment organizations to achieve greater consistency and stability in metropolitan':... <br /> :' WaterShed management organizations. -..'. '- · · ' <br /> <br />Page 5 <br /> <br /> <br />