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Scott and Carver staff recommend joint petition and letter to BWSR to seek boundary change for Lower Minnesota River Watershed District
Summary
County staff recommended a joint petition under state statute to realign the Lower Minnesota River Watershed District boundaries to hydrologic realities and counties directed staff to pursue the filing and draft a letter to the Board of Water and Soil Resources (BWSR). Commissioners highlighted governance, levy and mission-creep concerns.
Scott and Carver county staff presented a detailed review of the Lower Minnesota River Watershed District and recommended pursuing a statutory boundary-change petition and a coordinated letter to the Board of Water and Soil Resources (BWSR).
Brad Davis (director of physical development) outlined the district’s history and primary original purpose — a commercial navigation dredge channel — and noted that the District’s political boundaries do not match hydrologic boundaries. He said the counties have…
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