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SECTION 1 <br />INTRODUCTION <br />Both the Watershed Act (Minnesota Statute M.S. 103D) and the Metropolitan Surface Water <br />Management Act (M.S. 103B) require the Rice Creek Watershed District (District) to revise <br />its Overall Water Management Plan. The District is required to update the plan at least at <br />five year intervals. The plan, which is the subject of this document, is a consolidation and <br />update of the 1974,1986, and 1994 watershed plans. <br />The District's policies, objectives, and historic accomplishments have been directed by the <br />people who have served on the Board of Managers (Table 14). The Managers of the District <br />are appointed by their respective County Commissioners. The Board consists of two <br />representatives from Anoka County, two residents of Ramsey County, and one representative <br />from Washington County. Due to the extremely small percentage of the District within <br />Hennepin County, Hennepin County is not represented on the Board. <br />Combined 103D/103B Plan Development <br />As outlined previously, this plan consolidates the previous planning efforts of the District in <br />accordance with directives of the Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources (BWSR). <br />Portions of the plan which have undergone substantial revisions have been reviewed by <br />Citizen and Technical Advisory Committees compris ed of naem bers from participating <br />communities (or their representatives) who have attended meetings in 1991 and 1995. <br />M.S. 103B required management plans to extend through years evenly divisible by five. This <br />plan extends to 2000 and will include the actual cost associated with plan implementation <br />for 1996. <br />Statutory Authority Under M.S. 103D <br />A watershed district is a special district approximating natural watershed boundaries, <br />established by the BWSR (after a nominating petition has been filed) in accordance with the <br />