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CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM 1J STAFF ORIGINATOR: Sarah Cotton, City Administrator MEETING DATE: November 14, 2022 TOPIC: Consider Resolution No. 22-134, Submitting a List of Eligible Nominees to Anoka County for the Open Manager Position on the Rice Creek Watershed District Board of Managers VOTE REQUIRED: 3/5 INTRODUCTION The City Council is being asked to consider Resolution No. 22-134, Submitting a List of Eligible Nominees to Anoka County for the Open Manager Position on the Rice Creek Watershed District Board of Managers. BACKGROUND The City Council reviewed the Rice Creek Watershed District appointment process at the November 7t' Work Session. Pursuant to Minnesota Statute § 103B.227, Anoka County has published a notice detailing a vacancy will occur on the Rice Creek Watershed District Board of Managers due to the expiration on January 17, 2023, of the term of Patricia Preiner, City of Columbus. Persons interested in being appointed to serve on the Board of Managers may submit their names for consideration to the Anoka County Board of Commissioners, the appointing authority. In appointing a manager to the Rice Creek Watershed District, Minnesota Statute § 103D.31 I is also applicable. This statute requires a county board, upon the expiration of a term, to appoint managers for a watershed district from an aggregate list of three or more persons nominated jointly or severally by the towns and municipalities within the district if a list(s) is submitted 60 days before the mangers term expires. In absence of a valid list of nominees, the Anoka County Board may appoint any voting resident of the RCWD who is not a public officer of the county, state or federal government and who otherwise complies with the requirements and terms of Minnesota Statute § 103D.311. In order for the county to accept nominations for the expiring term, they must be received by November 18, 2022. Lino Lakes resident, Scott Robinson (8179 4th Avenue), has expressed interested in serving on the Rice Creek Watershed District Board of Managers and has been informed of the Anoka County application process. Based on discussions with other municipalities who wish to have representation on the Rice Creek Watershed Board of Managers, the cities of Circle Pines, Blaine, and Fridley will also be nominating an individual.