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I, .....-.. I I I I., I I I I I I I 'I I, I I I I I / / .' ---. ~._.',. '--~---"---~- ~_...,_... ~ '. 8111 METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT 473.878 (d) other powers necessary to exercise the authority under clauses (a) to (c), including the power to enter into contracts for the performance of functions with governmental units or persons. . Subd. 2. Review of watershed boundaries. Before commencing planning under section 473.878, a watershed management organization established pursuant to section 471.59 and this section shall submit a map delineating the boundaries of the watershed to the water resources board for review and comment on the conformance of the boundaries with the requirements of sections 473.875 to 473.883. The board shall have 60 days to comment. .' . History: 1982 c 509 s 20; 1982 c 642 s 14 473.878 WATERSHED PLANS. . Subdivision 1. Requirement. A watershed management plan is required for watersheds comprising all minor watershed units within the metropolitan area. For the purposes of this section a minor watershed unit shall be consIdered within the metropolitan area if more than 90 percent of its area is within the metropolitan ' area. ,Tbe watershed management plan shall be prepared, adopted, and imple- mented in accordance . with the requirements of sections 473.875 to 473.883. Subd. 2. Responsible units. Where a watershed management organization exists, the plan for tbe watershed shaH be prepared and adopted by the organiza- tion. If a watersbed management organization is not established by December 31, 1983, for any minor watershed unit located wholly outside of Hennepin and Ramsey counties, the county or counties containing the watershed unit shall . prepare and adopt tbe watershed plan and shall have the planning, review, and permitting authority of a watershed management organization specified in section 473.877. If a watershed management organization is not established by December 31, '1983, for any minor watershed unit within the metropolitan area and wholly or partly within Hennepin or Ramsey counties, the county or counties containing the \ watershed unit shaH petition for the establishment of a watershed district under chapter 112, provided, however, that a district established pursuant to such a petition shall not cross a primary river nor a river forming the boundary between a metropolitan county and a county outside the metropolitan area, shall have . . boundaries which are based upon negotiations among ail local government units which may have territory within the district and adjacent watersheds and shaH not. cross county boundaries to include territory whose distinguishing characteristic is ; multiple drainage points into a primary river. A watershed management organiza- tion may request a county to prepare all or part of a plan. A county may delegate the preparation of aH or part of a plan to the county soil and water conservation district. Upon request C?f a statutory or home rule chatter city or to~n, a county. may delegate the preparation of all or part of a plan to the CIty or town. Subd. 3. General standards. The watershed management' plan shall extend through the year 1990 or any year thereafter which is evenly divisible byfive. The plan shall contain the elements required by subdivision 4. Each element shall be set out in the degree of detail and prescription necessary to accomplish the purposes of sections 473.875 to 473.883, considering the character of existing and anticipated physical and hydrogeologic conditions, land use, and development and the severity of existing and anticipated water management problems in the watershed. The plan shall be prepared and submitted for review under subdivi- sion 5 by December 31, 1985. Existin6 phns of a watershed management organization shall remain in force and effect until amended or superseJed by pbns adopted under sections 473.875 to 473.883. Existing or amended plans of a watershed management organization which meet the requirements of scC[iOnll 473.875 to 473.883 may be submitted for review under subdivision 5. S',!h,j, 4. Contents. The pb.n shall: ,":--~ ~-.,:";.._::.f"-: