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PHALEN CHAIN OF LAKES WATERSHED PROJECT ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE The organizational structure for this project includes four teams or committees, and a project coordinator. The structure is complex because a large number of organizations and interests are involved in the project, and a variety of tasks and expertise are needed to complete the Comprehensive Watershed Management Project. The coordinator serves to connect the groups and provide direction for their activities. The groups communicate with each other through the coordinator, through common members, and through written and verbal communications. Coordination among the teams is facilitated by appointing some participants to be members of more than one team. For example, one or more members of the DNR Interdisciplinary Team will also serve on the Project Technical Advisory Committee. The functions and membership of each group in the organizational structure are as follows: PROJECT MANAGEMENT TEAM This team functions to provide overall management for the project by managing budgets and timelines, enlisting appropriate participation by partnership agencies, providing direction to the Coordinator and similar tasks. The membership of the Project Management Team includes the cooperating partners in the grant proposal funded by the McKnight Foundation that supports the Phalen Chain of Lakes Project: ❑ Ramsey - Washington Metro Watershed District ❑ City of St. Paul ❑ Minnesota Department of Natural Resources ❑ University of Minnesota —Dept. of Landscape Architecture THE PROJECT STEERING COMMITTEE The Project Steering Committee includes representation from agencies, organizations, and private citizens in the watershed. Its tasks include understanding the historic and current conditions in the watershed, developing a vision for desired future conditions for land use and natural resources and sharing this vision with others, developing a set of action steps for reaching the desired future conditions, and advocating for the implementation of the action steps and Watershed Project. These activities will lead to the development of a comprehensive management plan for the Chain of Lakes Watershed. The Project Steering Committee includes membership from the following groups: ❑ Local governments in the Watershed ❑ The private development community ❑ Environmental organizations and lake management organizations ❑ Watershed residents ❑ Minnesota Department of Natural Resources ❑ Ramsey- Washington Metro Watershed District THE PROJECT TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE The Project Technical Advisory Committee includes members from the natural resource management agencies working in the watershed. The Committee assembles and analyzes data on land, water, and other natural resources in the watershed, and helps to present this information to the Project Steering Committee. The Technical Advisory Committee also provides ongoing technical assistance to the Steering Committee by answering their technical questions, and by reviewing and providing comments on proposals and recommendations developed by the Steering Committee. Members of the Project Technical Advisory