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The schedule of payments by the Members shall be determined by the Board in such a <br />manner as to provide for an orderly collection of the funds needed. <br />Upon notice and hearing, the Board by a favorable vote of a majority of all eligible votes <br />of then existing Commissioners may adopt a supplemental budget requiring additional payments <br />by the Members within 60 days of its adoption but in no event shall the budget require any <br />Member to contribute in excess of one half of one percent of the net tax capacity of all taxable <br />property within the Watershed and within the Member's corporate boundaries in any one <br />calendar year. <br />Members' attention is drawn to Minnesota Statutes, Section 103B.245, which authorizes <br />a Watershed Management Tax District to be created within each member City to pay the costs of <br />planning and for the purpose of paying capital costs and /or normal and routine maintenance of <br />facilities. <br />Subdivision 5. Cost Allocation. General costs of operating the Commission shall be as <br />set forth in Article VIII, Subdivision 2. Costs of capital projects to be paid by Members will be <br />determined and paid in accordance with Articles VII, Subdivisions 4 and 6 and Article VIII, <br />Subdivision 3. If the Members do not agree to the allocation of costs to be paid by Members, <br />costs will be paid pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, Section 103B.251 or secured from other <br />sources. <br />MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS <br />IX. <br />Subdivision 1. The Commission shall not have the power to issue certificates, warrants <br />or bonds. <br />Subdivision 2. The Commission shall not have the power of eminent domain and shall <br />not own any interest in real property. All interests in lands shall be held in the name of the <br />Member wherein said lands are located. <br />Subdivision 3. The Commission shall not have the power to levy a special assessment <br />upon any privately or publicly owned land. All such assessments shall be levied by the Member <br />wherein said lands are located. The Commission shall have the power to require any Member to <br />contribute the costs allocated or assessed according to the other provisions of this agreement. <br />Subdivision 4. Each Member agrees that it will not directly or indirectly collect or divert <br />any additional surface water to the Lower Rum River or the Mississippi River or their tributaries <br />from any subdistrict or subtrunk without a permit from the Board. Permits may be granted by <br />the Board for a Member to proceed with the construction or reconstruction of improvements <br />within the Member's boundaries and at its sole cost upon a finding: <br />438695v3 LW105 -1 <br />(1) that there is an adequate outlet; <br />(2) that said construction is in conformance with the overall plan; <br />15 <br />