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Committee bul did ~not indicate that the City of Ramsey would not seek financial participation from the County in ~..~y other arena proposals for Anoka County. Natalie explained that the funds hop~. to be obtain~ from the Regional Park Board will not happen and this puts the Arena funds in jeopardy. Stu~es indicate that Anoka County can support five arenas and the County Board is concerned th.a.i evary city will be coming forward for financial participation in arenas. Natalie stated that Wi,ou~ a letter from the City of Ramsey indicating that they will not seek financial participation ;f~_r any other arena in the County if funding is awarded to the North Anoka County Arena Committee for the arena in East Bethel, there will be no ice arena and the money will go to the Chain of' ,L,iflcesPark. Mr. Hartley noted that if the City Council chose to amend their support by committing to no request for fuflare financial participation in arena development, it would not be selling any. future rights of fut~Co~ncils because the law states that one Council cannot encumber the acuons of another CoUncil even if the future Council consists of the same membership. Motion ,by Ma~yor:Reimann and seconded by Councilmember Peterson to amend the City of Ramsey s lettg ofl support for the proposal of the North Anoka County Arena Committee to indicate that:file City will not seek financial participation in any other arena to be developed in Anoka COuntYl~ Motion carried. VOting Yes: Mayor Reimann, Couneilmembers DeLuea, Pearson and Peterson. Voting No: NOne. Absent: Couneilmember Cich. ~ Health Insurance for City Couneiimembers Motion by Co~neilmember Peterson and seconded by Councilmember Pearson to table review of health insuranOe fo/' City Couneilmembers until 1991. Motion carried, voting Yes: Mayor Reimann, Councilmembers DeLuca, Pearson and Peterson. Voting No: Nene. Absent: Coun¢ilmember Cich. Case 4t3: Lower Rum River Watershed Management Organization ~ (WMQ) Permit Procedure Mr. JankowSk~stated that Ramsey is a member of the Lower Rum River Watershed Management Organizati°rl and legislation has required that a plan protecting the basin be developed and implemented. ~ draft plan has been developed and sent to the Board of Soil and Water Resources for review andl~apprloval. Approval is being withheld until a procedure for implementing the plan guideline is adopted by the WMO. In the spring of this year, there were two proposed implementafioh plans to the member communities of the WMO. One was for a city directed permitting pr0~eedure for development in the WMO and the second was a WMO permitting procedure for &velopment in the WMO. The member communities voted on the two draft plans for pemitfing ~rocedures and the result was a fie vote. To break the deadlock, an alternative permitting pro~edtire was proposed. Basically, the alternative permitting procedure consists of dividing development reviews between the City and the WMO. The WMO would be responsible for reviewing larger developments of an industrial or commercial nature and the cities would review all de,~eloPments of a residential or small, commercial and industrial nature. This alternative p~x'r~ 't~g procedure was submitted to the Planning and Zoning Commission in October ~nd on a split decision, they voted against the proposed permitting procedure and favored retaining the city direct~ permitting procedure. Mr. Jankowski stated that City staff's recommendation varies from th~ of the Planning and Zoning Commission. Mr. Jankowski explained that staff feels it is essential to have implementation that all the member cities agree upon and the alternate procedure presented retains local conu'ol for certain types of development, and yet, gives a more uniform revie~ to the larger developments which would have the greatest impact on the watershed. Public Hearing/October 9, 1990 Page 3 of 14