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9. Order any member city to acquire, operated, construct, or maintain dikes, dams, and <br />reservoirs as necessary to implement the Plan <br />10. Regulate, conserve and control the use of stormwater, surface water and groundwater within <br />LRRWMO. <br />11. Contract for or purchase insurance, as needed. <br />12. Establish and maintain devices for acquiring and recording hydrological and water quality <br />data within the watershed. <br />13. Enter upon lands to make surveys and investigations to accomplish the LRRWMO's purposes. <br />14. Provide any member city with technical data or other information to assist the city in <br />preparing its local watershed management plan. <br />15. Provide legal and technical assistance in connection with litigation or other proceedings <br />between one or more of its members and any other unit of government relating to drainage <br />or water quality within the LRRWMO. <br />16. Accumulate reserve funds and invest funds not currently needed for LRRWMO operations. <br />17. Collect money from the LRRWMO member cities, Anoka County, and from any other <br />approved by the majority of its Commissioners <br />18. Accept gifts, apply for, and use grants or loans of money or other property. <br />19. Make contracts, employ staff or consultants, incur expenses and make expenditures. <br />20. Obtain an annual audit of the BCWMC books and accounts. <br />21. Make its books, reports, and records available for and open to inspection by its member <br />cities. <br />22. Recommend changes to the joint powers agreement to its member cities. <br />23. Exercise all other powers necessary and incidental to the implementation of the purposes and <br />powers set forth in the joint powers agreement and state law. <br />24. Cooperate with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resource (MDNR) in obtaining <br />protected waters permits and complying with Minnesota law regarding protected waters. <br />25. Member cities may conduct separate or concurrent studies on any matter under study by the <br />LRRWMO. <br />26. Establish a procedure for establishing citizen or technical advisory committees and to provide <br />other means for public participation. <br />1-4 <br />