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determined insufficient by the Commission, request written clarification within an additional ten <br />(10) days. <br />METHOD OF PROCEEDING <br />VII. <br />Subdivision 1. The procedures to be followed by the Board in carrying out the powers and <br />duties set forth in Article VI, Subdivisions 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10, shall be as set forth in this article. <br />Subdivision 2. The Board has previously prepared the over all plan as required in Article <br />VI, Subdivision 5. This plan shall be updated as required by state law. The Board shall proceed <br />to implement said plan, and this implementation may be ordered by stages. <br />Subdivision 3. No project which will channel or divert additional waters to subdistrict and <br />subtrunks which cross municipal boundaries shall be commenced by any member governmental <br />unit prior to approval of the Board of the design of an adequate outlet or of adequate storage <br />facilities. <br />Subdivision 4. All construction, reconstruction, extension or maintenance of outlets for the <br />various subdistrict and subtrunks, including outlets, lift stations, dams, reservoirs, or other <br />appurtenances of a surface water or storm sewer system which involve construction by or <br />assessment against any member governmental unit or against privately or publicly owned land <br />within the watershed shall follow the statutory procedures outlined in Chapter 429 of the <br />Minnesota Statutes except as herein modified. <br />The Board shall secure from its engineers or some other competent persona report advising <br />it in a preliminary way as to whether the proposed improvement is feasible and as to whether it <br />shall best be made as proposed or in connection with some other improvement and the estimated <br />cost of the improvement as recommended and the proposed allocation of costs between members. <br />The Commission shall have authority to separate the watershed into subtrunks or <br />subdistricts if the capital improvement project and costs only benefit a subtrunk or subdistrict area. <br />If the Commission determines that a capital improvement and capital cost benefits only a subtrunk <br />or subdistrict area it may so designate that said area shall be responsible for said costs and may <br />allocate the costs to said area or areas rather than to the entire watershed. <br />The Board shall then hold a public hearing on the proposed improvement after mailed <br />notice to the clerk of each member governmental unit within the Watershed. The Commission shall <br />not be required to mail or publish notice except by said notice to the clerk. Said notice shall be <br />mailed not less than 45 days before the hearing, shall state the time and place of the hearing, the <br />general nature of the improvement, the estimated total cost and the estimated cost to each member <br />governmental unit. The Board may adjourn said hearing to obtain further information, may <br />continue said hearing pending action of the member governmental units or may take such other <br />action as it deems necessary to cagy out the purposes of this Commission. <br />To order the improvement, in accordance with the powers and duties established in Article <br />VI, Subdivisions 7, 8 and 9, a resolution setting forth the order for a capital improvement project <br />Page A-9 <br />