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DRAFT <br />11-7-24 <br />(6) It shall make necessary surveys or utilize other reliable surveys and data <br />and develop projects to accomplish the purposes for which the <br />Commission is organized. <br />(7) <br />It may cooperate or contract with the State of Minnesota, any political <br />subdivision thereof, federal agency, or private or public organization to <br />accomplish the purposes for which it is organized. <br />(8) It may, if necessary to implement the plan, order a Member or Members to <br />construct, clean, repair, alter, abandon, consolidate, reclaim or change the <br />course or terminus of any ditch, drain, storm sewer, or water course, <br />natural or artificial, within the Watershed. The Members further <br />understand and agree that the Board in reviewing, ordering, or authorizing <br />these projects will use the best management practices required to meet <br />state and federal statutes and regulations. The Board will also consider the <br />ability of the Members to fund the enforcement of local controls and any <br />ordered capital improvements. The Board shall incorporate financial <br />review and anticipated sources of revenue as a part of the overall <br />management plan and as a part of local water management plans. <br />(9) <br />It may order any Member or Members to acquire, operate, construct, or <br />maintain dams, dikes, reservoirs, and appurtenant works or other <br />improvements necessary to implement the overall plan. The Members <br />further understand and agree that the Board in reviewing, ordering, or <br />authorizing these projects will use the best management practices required <br />to meet state and federal statutes and regulations. The Board will also <br />consider the ability of the Members to fund the enforcement of local <br />controls and any ordered capital improvements. The Board shall <br />incorporate financial review and anticipated sources of revenue as a part <br />of the overall management plan and as a part of local water management <br />plans. This section shall not apply to the Anoka Dam as the City of Anoka <br />is solely responsible for the ongoing operations, maintenance, and <br />replacement of the Dam as maybe needed <br />(10) It shall regulate, conserve, and control the use of storm and surface water <br />and groundwater within the Watershed necessary to implement the <br />Watershed Management Plan. <br />(11) It may contract for or purchase such insurance as the Board deems <br />necessary for the protection of the Commission. <br />(12) It may establish and maintain devices acquiring and recording <br />hydrological and water quality data within the Watershed. <br />(13) It may enter upon lands within or without the watershed to make surveys <br />and investigations to accomplish the purposes of the Commission. The <br />