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III. The district should consider using additional engineering firms or the Hennepin <br />Conservation District on capital improvement project design, as presented under the <br />“Financial Accountability” section on pages 4 and 5. <br />rv. The district should consider using city engineers as project managers, as presented in the <br />“Financial Accountability” section on pages 4 and 5. <br />V. Hennepin County should establish “guiding principles and standards” for selecting <br />managers and judging performance. <br />VI. Cities that have not already done so should designate a technical and policy <br />representative to act as liaison with the district. <br />CONCLUSION <br />Managing water resources in a responsible and effective manner is extremely challenging. In <br />today’s urban setting this challenge is made even more complex by the many political boundaries <br />that are crossed. The large population center of the Minneapolis area, the wealth of water <br />resources, including such regionally significant ones as the Chain of Lakes, Minnehaha Creek, <br />and Lake Minnetonka, coupled with the primarily agricultural nature of the upper reaches of the <br />watershed combine to make the district’s job very complicated and yet extremely important. The <br />district has shown innovative leadership. While the Board of Water and Soil Resources hais made <br />some recommended changes, the overall job the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District has done <br />in the management of such important waters has been, for all purposes, quite satisfactory. <br />In conclusion, the Board of Water and Soil Resources offers assistance to work with Hermepin <br />County, the district, and the cities towards establishing a strong framework for watershed <br />management within the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District. <br />------rk’*