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February <br />TO: See <br />SUBJ: <br />RECEIVED <br />Rice Creek <br />watershe <br />3585 LEXINGTON AVENUE NORTH, SUITE 132 <br />10,19 -pjDEN HILLS, MINNESOTA 55126-8016 <br />TELEPHONE (612) 483-0634 <br />FAX (612) 483-9186 <br />Distribution List <br />Rice Creek Watershed District Management <br />Plan Revisions <br />Board of Managers <br />Regular Meetings: <br />2nd and 4th Wednesdays <br />at Shoreview City Hall <br />KATE DREWRY, District Admin. <br />BONITA TORPE, Admin. Assist. <br />To Whom It May Concern: <br />The Board of Managers of the Rice Creek Watershed District is <br />updating its water management plan. Unlike the minor revisions <br />completed in 1994, it is anticipated that with this update, the <br />current policies of the Board will be heavily scrutinized, <br />particularly in the areas of runoff and ditch management. <br />Additionally, the Board will be considering funding issues <br />related to on-going operations and capital improvement projects <br />for the five-year period ending in 2000. Municipal input is <br />critical because your local water plans will ultimately have to <br />conform to policies adopted by the District, and because funding <br />of programs and projects could impact taxpayers throughout the <br />District. <br />District Managers and staff will be holding a series of technical <br />and citizens advisory committee meetings to encourage greater <br />participation at the municipal level. Through your <br />participation, we feel we can develop a proactive and reasonable <br />plan for the future. The District hopes to have a draft document <br />available by mid -summer with ultimate adoption occurring <br />approximately one year after. Some specific areas in which we <br />are officially requesting your assistance are highlighted below: <br />1. Please provide the name, address, and daytime telephone <br />number for an official representative on the Technical <br />Advisory Committee (TAC). The TAC will be largely <br />composed of public works directors/city engineers and <br />will be the forum for debating the technical merits of <br />potential policies. It is anticipated that <br />approximately four committee meetings will be held in <br />the first half of the year during business hours. <br />A representative for a citizens task force is also <br />requested. This group will meet in conjunction with <br />the District's existing citizens Advisory Committee <br />which meets the first Wednesday of each month at 7:00 <br />A. J. CARDINAL, SR. <br />ANOKA COUNTY <br />CAROLE V. RYDEN <br />RAMSEY COUNTY <br />BOARD OF MANAGERS <br />ROBERT M. HULT <br />WASHINGTON COUNTY <br />BARBARA A. HAAKE <br />RAMSEY COUNTY <br />MONTGOMERY WATSON Consulting Engineers 593-9000 • Co -Counsel: HAROLD H. SHEFF 332-1000, MICHELLE 1. ULRICH 699-9845 <br />EUGENE L. PETERSON <br />ANOKA COUNTY <br />