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1 DRAFT of 6/14/06 • • • b_A governmental unit shall have 30 days from the determination date by the Board of Commissioners to submit a dispute to arbitrate; c; The arbitration process shall be initiated by service to a Notice of Arbitration upon a Commissioner officer; d The dispute shall, thereupon, be submitted to a Board of Arbitration; e. The Board of Arbitration shall constitute three members, one appointed by the governmental unit initiating the arbitration, one appointed by the VLAWMO Board of Commissioners and one appointed by the Chief Administrative Law Judge of the State of Minnesota, who shall preside at the arbitration hearing; f The arbitration cost, of the neutral arbitrator shall be divided equally between the Organization and the government unit initiating the arbitration; and .Arbitration shall be conducted in accordance with the Uniform Arbitration Act. M. S. 572, except as modified above. Subdivision 13. Governmental Unit Financing. Each JPA governmental unit may establish a watershed management tax district in the area within the WMO, for the purpose of paying costs of the engineering and planning required to develop a watershed management plan for the Area. After the plan is adopted and approved, a tax district may be established for the purpose of paying capital costs of projects described in the plan (including normal and routine maintenance of projects),If required, the tax district shall be established by ordinance adopted after a hearing by a local government unit, following provisions of M.S. chapter B. Subdivision 14. Transfer of Drainage System. The Organization (VLAWMO) shall have the authority of a watershed district under section M.S. chapter 103B to accept the transfer of drainage systems in the watershed, to repair, improve, and maintain the transferred drainage systems, and to construct all new drainage systems and improvements of existing drainage systems in the watershed, provided that projects may be carried out under the powers granted in M.S. chapter 103B and that proceedings of the Board with respect to the systems must be in conformance with the watershed plan adopted under M.S. chapters 103A — 103H. Subdivision 15. Works of Improvement. Each governmental unit in this JPA agrees to contribute its proportionate share of all approved capital improvement,expenditures, which includes engineering, planning, legal and administrative cost, as determined by the benefit to be received by each from the improvement or management project. The VLAWMO Board shall submit in writing a statement to each governmental unit, setting forth in detail the expenses incurred by the Organization for each project. pital improvement projects that may be needed under the Act may be initiated either by; (1) recommendation of the VLAWMO Board to the governmental unit(s) affected or, (2) petition to the Board by the affected governmental unit. Version:6- 14 -0f, (f Formatted: Bullets and Numbering Deleted: and management _ -- Celeted: Management or c { Deleted: 5 J