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Sent- /v efeGiCd o'FFici`ct / 0 Lino /- ai/ 'S COUNTY OF ANOKA OFFICE OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATION GOVERNMENT CENTER 2100 3RD AVENUE • ANOKA, MINNESOTA 55303 -2265 (763) 323 -5700 October 11, 2006 JOHN "JAY" McLINDEN County Administrator The Honorable John J. Bergeson Mayor, City of Lino Lakes 600 Town Center Parkway Lino Lakes, MN 55014 RE: Rice Creek Watershed District Appointment Dear Mayor Bergeson: In accordance with the provisions of Minn. Stat. §103B.227, Anoka County in late October 2006 will publish notice of a future vacancy due to the expiration of a term on the Rice Creek Watershed District Board of Managers. The notice publication requirement applies because Rice Creek Watershed District is considered to be a watershed management organization. The published notice must state that persons interested in being appointed may submit their names to the appointing authority which is the county board for a watershed district appointment. For your information, a copy of the notice which is to be published is attached. In appointing a manager to the Rice Creek Watershed District, Minn. Stat. §103D.311 is also applicable. This statute requires a county board, upon the expiration of a term, to appoint managers for a watershed district from a list of persons nominated jointly or severally by the towns and municipalities within the district if a list(s) is submitted 60 days before the manager's term of office expires or to appoint a manager who resides in a city or town that fails to submit a list. If there is a desire to jointly submit a list for the manager appointment, you may wish to confer with affected cities and town and jointly submit the list. The cities with territory located in the Rice Creek Watershed District are Blaine, Centerville, Circle Pines, Columbia Heights, Columbus, Fridley, Lexington, Lino Lakes, and Spring Lake Park. In order for names submitted to the county to be considered a list under the statutory definition, the list must contain the names of at least three nominees eligible to be appointed. To be eligible for an appointment, a nominee must reside within the watershed district boundaries, be eligible to vote in the district, and not be a public officer of the county, state, or federal government (except that a soil and water conservation supervisor can be appointed). In making watershed appointments, there is an additional factor which is to be considered by a county board. Minn. Stat. §103D.311 requires watershed district managers to be appointed to fairly represent the various hydrologic areas within the watershed district by residence of the manager appointed. FAX: 763 - 323 -5682 Affirmative Action / Equal Opportunity Employer TDD /TTY: 763 - 323 -5289