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• FINAL —11 /6/06 (11/14/06) tnw "Agreement" This Agreement pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Section 471.59 creating the Vadnais Lake Area Water Management Organization (VLAWMO). "Area" — The boundaries of the Vadnais Lake Area Watershed as set forth in the attached map and hereafter referred to as the "Area ". "Board of Directors" — The governing board of VLAWMO consisting of one elected official from each of the Members which are parties to this Agreement. "Capital Improvement Program" or "capital improvement program" or "Works of Improvement" — A multi-year itemized program, described in the approved VLAWMO Water management Plan and any amendments to it, setting forth the schedule, timing, and details of specific contemplated capital improvements by year_ "City Council or Town Board" — The governing body of a governmental unit which is a Member to this Agreement. "City Staff' — Persons hired by units of local government whether as an employee or an independent contractor. "Commissioner" — A person appointed by each Member to the Technical Commission. "Comprehensive Plan" or "comprehensive plan" — The meaning given it in M.S. Section 473.852, Subdivision 5. "Director" — An elected official appointed by each Member as a representative to the Board of Directors. . "Governmental Unit" — Any city, town, township, county, school district, or other political subdivision or an "instrumentality of a governmental unit "as cited in M.S. Section 471.59, Subdivision 1. "Local Government Unit" — Cities, counties and towns, not including school districts, as given in M.S. Section 473.8532, Subd. 7. "Local Water Management Plan" - A plan adopted by the each of the governmental units in this Agreement pursuant to M.S. Section 103B.235. "Member" — Each_local governmental unit that is a party to this Agreement. "Technical Commission" — A commission composed of technically skilled persons appointed by each Member. "Vadnais Lake Area Watershed" — The area contained within a line drawn around the extremities of all terrain whose surface drainage is tributary to Vadnais Lake. — Th _"VLAWMO" The abbreviated name of the organization created by the Agreement, the full name of which is the "Vadnais Lake Area Water Management Organization ". "Watershed Management Plan" - A plan adopted by VLAWMO pursuant to M.S. Section 103B.231 and its approved amendments. • SECTION IV ORGANIZATION OF VLAWMO; RESPONSIBILITIES OF MEMBERS Subdivision 1. Board of Directors. The governing body of the Vadnais Lake Area Water Management Organization (VLAWMO) shall be its Board of Directors.