Agenda - Council Work Session - 02/23/2021

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At its inception, the LRRWMO included a portion of the City of Coon Rapids — this area was transferred to the Coon Creek Watershed District via a 2014 revision to the JPA and legal boundary. The most current JPA and legal description are included in Appendix A. The LRRWMO adopted its first watershed management Plan in 1 . Second- and third -generation watershed management plans were adopted in and 2011, respectively. This document, adopted by the LRRWMO in 2021, is the fourth -generation LRRWMO Plan. The Board of Commissioners of the LRRWMO consists of three commissioners and three alternates appointed by the member cities. Each of the three member cities appoints one commissioner and one alternate. Alternate commissioners are voting Board members when the primary commissioner is absent. The JPA gives each member city the responsibility to determine the eligibility or qualifications of its representative (commissioner) on the Board. As identified in the JPA, the Board has the authority to employ persons as it deems necessary, conduct studies, fund improvements, and operate and maintain improvements constructed by the Board. Procedures have been established to finance capital improvement projects in such a manner that costs can be equitably distributed to benefited members for projects of benefit to more than one member. Where only one member community is benefited, that community will be responsible for the entire cost. The powers and duties of the LRRWMO, as enacted by the Board, are listed in Section VI of the JPA and include, briefly: 1. Have the powers and duties set in the JPA and prescribed by law as it relates to flood control, water quality, groundwater recharge, water conservation, construction of facilities, and other duties set forth in Minnesota Statutes 103B 2. Employ persons or contract with consultants as necessary to accomplish its duties and powers (any such persons or consultants shall be considered LRRWMO staff) 3. Contract for space, materials, and supplies to carry on its activities with a member city or elsewhere 4. Acquire necessary personal property to carry out its powers and duties 5. Develop an overall plan (watershed management plan) containing a capital improvement program that shall meet the requirements of Minnesota Statutes 103B 6. Make necessary surveys or use other information and develop projects to accomplish the purposes for which the LRRWMO is organized. 7. Enter into contracts or cooperate with governmental agencies, private/public organizations, or individuals to accomplish the purposes for which the LRRWMO is organized. 8. Order any member city to construct, clean, repair, or otherwise alter any ditch, drain, storm sewer, of watercourse in the LRRWMO as necessary to implement the Plan 1-3