Shoreview resident Paul Gardner joined our meeting today.  Gardner was a state legislator in 2008, when Minnesota's voters passed the Clean Water, Land and Legacy Amendment to the Minnesota Constitution to protect the state's water and park resources and to preserve our arts and cultural heritage.  He has now become the administrator of the Minnesota Clean Water Council, which was formed to oversee the water related activities funded by the Legacy Amendment.  As we have learned from prior presenters at our meetings, there are many layers of water governance in MN.  This council has 17 members representing the many bodies working to protect our water sources from pollution.  Only 15% of pollution entering our waters are due to point sources like industrial dumping.  85% of pollution is the accumulated result of many small sources of sediment, nitrogen, and phosphorus, which makes the work very challenging.  Cleaning up water involves testing, training and working with landowners to act.  The Council's goals are stated in simple terms:  67% of state waters should be "fishable" by 2034 and 64% of waters should be "swimmable" by that date.  We currently stand at 61% fishable and 70% swimmable, so progress has been impressive.