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DRAFT <br />11-7-24 <br />The report shall include an opinion of probable cost and how the project would be <br />funded. The Board shall consider the feasibility study and decide whether to <br />proceed with the proposed project. <br />(c) Plan Amendments. Proposed CIP Projects are amended into and made part of the <br />Watershed Management Plan. The process the Commission must undertake to <br />amend a CIP Project into the Watershed Management Plan depends on whether it <br />constitutes a minor plan amendment or a major plan amendment as described <br />below. <br />(1) Minor Plan Amendment. The addition of a proposed CIP Project to the <br />Watershed Management Plan typically constitutes a minor plan amendment <br />that can be accomplished following the process set out in the Watershed <br />Management Plan and Minn. R., part 8410.0140, subpart 2. A public hearing <br />is not required for a minor plan amendment. <br />(2) Major Plan Amendment. If a proposed amendment does not qualify as a <br />minor amendment, the Commission must undertake the major plan <br />amendment process to add the CIP project to the Watershed Management <br />Plan. The major plan amendment process is set out in the amendment section <br />of the Watershed Management Plan, Minn. Stat. § 103B.231, subd. 11, and <br />Minn. R., part 8410.0140. The public hearing required under Minn. Stat. § <br />103B.231, subds. 11 & 7(c) for a major plan amendment maybe held in <br />conjunction with the public hearing required to request the County to levy <br />funds for the project under Minn. Stat. § 103B.251, subds. 3 & 4, provided the <br />requirements of both procedures can be satisfied at the single hearing. <br />(d) Public Hearing. If the Board proposes to pay any portion of a CIP Project with <br />funds to be raised through a County levy under Minn. Stat. § 103B.251, the Board <br />must call and conduct a public hearing as provided in the statute and this <br />paragraph. A public hearing is not required if the CIP Project is funded entirely <br />from funds on hand, grants, or a combination thereof, and does not require the <br />Board to certify any project costs to the County to be levied under Minn. Stat. § <br />103B.251. When a public hearing is required, it shall be conducted in <br />accordance with the following. <br />(1) Calling. The Board must act by motion or resolution to call a public hearing <br />on the proposed CIP Project. The Board shall set the date, time, and place <br />for the public hearing. <br />(2) Notice. The Board shall provide notice of the public hearing in accordance <br />with Minn. Stat. § 103B.251, subd. 3. <br />(3) Conducting. The Board shall conduct the public hearing at the scheduled <br />date, time, and place to hear from the public and to consider the proposed <br />CIP Project. Prior to taking public comment, the Commission Engineer <br />13 <br />