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Minnesota Water Resources Board 555 Wabasha Street Room 206 St. Paul, Minnesota 55102 In the Matter of Restructuring the Board of Managers of the Rice Creek Watershed District (M.S. Section 112.42, Subd. 3a) FINDINGS OF FACT, CONCLUSIONS OF LAW, AND ORDER Section 16 of Chapter 509, Laws of 1982 directed the Water Resources Board (Board) to restructure the boards of managers of the ten existing watershed districts located wholly within the metropolitan area. At the time Chapter 509 was enacted, each of the ten metropolitan watershed districts had a five -member board of managers, including the Rice Creek Watershed District (District). Restructuring would allow the Board to increase the size of metropolitan watershed district ' boards up to a maximum of nine managers. Section 16 further directed the Board to request recommendations from the districts and the affected local governmental units, and provided that "Additional managers, if any, shall be appointed by the county designated by the Board, to terms designated by the Board, at the time of and in the manner provided for the next regular appointment of successors to managers of the district." Having requested recommendations from the District and all of the affected local governmental units: and having fully considered all of the recommendations received; the Board makes the following FINDINGS OF FACT, CONCLUSIONS OF LAW, AND ORDER: FINDINGS OF FACT I. The District was established by Board Order dated January 18, 1972. The establishment Order directed that the District would be governed by a five -member board of managers. The District includes portions of Anoka, Hennepin, Ramsey, and Washington Counties. The area of the District is roughly 200 square miles distributed among the counties as follows: Anoka - 76 square miles; Hennepin - less than 0.1 square mile; Ramsey - 48 square miles; and Washington - 77 square miles.