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DRAFT 11-7-55-�-24 particular need or issue identified by a Member or the Board. The Board shall not order a CIP Project, and no engineer shall be authorized by the Board to prepare plans and specifications, before the Board has adopted a resolution ordering the CIP Proj ect. (b) Feasibility Study. If requested by the Board, the Commission Engineer shall study the feasibility of a proposed CIP Project and report its findings to the Board. The report shall include an opinion of probable cost and how the project would be funded. The Board shall consider the feasibility study and decide whether to proceed with the proposed project. (c) Plan Amendments. Proposed CIP Projects are amended into and made part of the Watershed Management Plan. The process the Commission must undertake to amend a CIP Project into the Watershed Management Plan depends on whether it constitutes a minor plan amendment or a major plan amendment as described below. (1) Minor Plan Amendment. The addition of a proposed CIP Project to the Watershed Management Plan typically constitutes a minor plan amendment that can be accomplished following the process set out in the Watershed Management Plan and Minn. R., part 8410.0140, subpart 2. A public hearing is not required for a minor plan amendment. (2) Major Plan Amendment. If a proposed amendment does not qualify as a minor amendment, the Commission must undertake the major plan amendment process to add the CIP project to the Watershed Management Plan. The major plan amendment process is set out in the amendment section of the Watershed Management Plan, Minn. Stat. § 103B.231, subd. 11, and Minn. R., part 8410.0140. The public hearing required under Minn. Stat. § 103B.231, subds. 11 & 7(c) for a major plan amendment may be held in conjunction with the public hearing required to request the County to levy funds for the project under Minn. Stat. § 103B.251, subds. 3 & 4, provided the requirements of both procedures can be satisfied at the single hearing. (d) Public Hearin. If the Board proposes to pay any portion of a CIP Proj ect with funds to be raised through a County levy under Minn. Stat. § 103B.251, the Board must call and conduct a public hearing as provided in the statute and this paragraph. A public hearing is not required if the CIP Project is funded entirely from funds on hand, grants, or a combination thereof, and does not require the Board to certify any project costs to the County to be levied under Minn. Stat. § 103B.251. When a public hearing is required, it shall be conducted in accordance with the following. (1) Calling. The Board must act by motion or resolution to call a public hearing on the proposed CIP Project. The Board shall set the date, time, and place for the public hearing. 13 LW