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City Council Minutes February 25, 1998 • Page 2 ~'~ ``" Matt Moore, representing BWSR, stated that the petition requesting the BWSR form a watershed district for Central Ramsey required prompt action by the agency. A public hearing is scheduled for April 6, 1998. He said that if BWSR determines that a watershed district is the best water quality management tool for the Central Ramsey watershed, BWSR would consider four options: 1 ~ making Central Ramsey a stand alone watershed district, 2) making Central Ramsey and Southwest Ramsey a combined watershed district, 3) adding the Central Ramsey watershed to the existing Ramsey Washington Watershed District, or 4) adding Central Ramsey and Southwest Ramsey to the Ramsey Washington Watershed District. Susan Schmidt, a citizen member of the Central Ramsey WMO and a member of the District 10 Environmental Committee, explained that the goal of the petition to BWSR was to address water quality issues, especially those affecting Lake Como. She said that after research, the committee believed that a watershed district provided the best opportunity to do this. Tom Peterson, staff to the Ramsey County Board of Soil and Water Conservation . said that a watershed district probably made the most sense to handle water management issues for this area. He said that it would be important to pay attention to whether or not the best way to handle these water issues was combining with Ramsey Washington, which has more development issues than the fully developed Central and Southwest Ramsey watersheds. Robert Vogel, elected supervisor to the Ramsey County Board of Soil and Water Conservation, stated that the Board favors the combination of Central Ramsey and Southwest Ramsey into the "Capital Region Watershed District". Mr. Vogel offered his office's assistance for administrative and technical assistance to the new entity. The council discussed the most cost efficient and representative way to provide water quality to the Central Ramsey and Southwest Ramsey watersheds. County Commissioner Janice Rettman said that having direct access to the appointed managers on the watershed district was important to citizens in these areas, especially because they will be taxed for maintaining water quality. APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION 98-05, DETERMINING COST TO BE ASSESSED AND ORDERING PREPARATION OF THE ASSESSMENT ROLL FOR THE 1998 LARPENTEUR AVENUE STREET IMPROVEMENTS • A motion was made by Councilmember Jacobs to approve Resolution 98-05, determining cost to be assessed and ordering preparation of the assessment roll for the 1998 Larpenteur Avenue street improvements. The motion passed unanimously.