RCWD Request for Proposals-Legal Services

Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Section 103B.227, Subd. 5, the Rice Creek Watershed District is soliciting proposals for legal services for calendar year 2007 - 2009. Proposals must be submitted to the District Office at 4325 Pheasant Ridge Drive, Suite 611, Blaine, Minnesota 55449-4539, by 4:30 p.m., April 2, 2008. Proposals should include background and profile information on the firm, along with specific information as to expertise in watershed district matters, hourly billing rates for 2007 - 2008, and names and qualifications of water resource personnel that would be assigned to the District along with the amount of time that they are available to work on District matters. Please submit 7 copies of the proposal. The District encompasses over 200 square miles of urban and rural land, in parts of Anoka, Ramsey, and Washington Counties and contains 39 lakes and numerous ditches, marshes, wetlands and wildlife areas. Functional areas of business that the District is involved with include: the Metropolitan Surface Water Management Act (103B), Watershed District Law (103D), Drainage Law (103E), MN Wetland Conservation Act, MN Public Waters Law, MEPA & MERA, and the Federal Clean Water Act. www.ricecreek.org 763-398-3070.