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till- r-11y o1 Culunlbin Ilelt;hm-„ N... Il.u,slnd nerd Mr. Pelrnngelo explained the District'.' <br />I'edlleaA for oppoitIII g 11 1111'1;e1, baud, IIicIuding the added expenses, the greater chance <br />Ihdl the Ilodl'd would bec!Ano uwre pa rot- lilt] l, and that the existing distribution of <br />ml.uwgera 4111101111 Ihv affected counlieb providea fair geogrnphicnl representation. Mr. <br />Welilarg presented a polilfun slgned by fifleen III, Anthony residents in opposition to <br />ally Increase In the Ilunmber of utmaagers. Mr. Solsburli hldlcnted [lint the City of <br />Columbia II¢IIIIdA would prefer that the number of nuutngers remain at five. Neither <br />the Clly of Sprinll Lake Park nor the 'Town of While Ilear appeared at the meeting. <br />9. 'I he recommend.11ions recelvvd by the hoard were overwhelmingly in favor of <br />keeping the sire of the Dlstricl'a board of managers at five members. <br />CONCLUSIONS Oil LAW <br />10. The Board has authority to Increase the number of managers of the District from <br />five to a maximum of nine undor Minnesota Statutes, Section 112,42, Subd. 3a, but <br />there are no persuasive reasons aupliorling an Increase, <br />11. An Increase In the number of mnnngers for the District, at this time, would not <br />be in the public welfnre and public Interest, nor would it better serve the purposes <br />for which the District was eslabllehed, <br />IT 1S'I'llliil1;FOR KORDEREDTHAT <br />12. The number of managers of the Rice, Creek Watershed District shall remain at <br />five. <br />Dated at Saint Paul, Minnesota, this 4th day of October 1983. <br />MINNESOTA WATER RESOURCES BOARD <br />f' tf <br />1 <br />Duane R. Ekman <br />Chairman <br />-3- <br />