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RESOLUTION NO. 7401
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RESOLUTION APPROVING THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS PARK EXECUTING A
JOINT AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A
BASSETT CREEK WATERSHED MANAGEMENT COMMISSION TO PLAN, CONTROL,
AND PROVIDE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF BASSETT CREEK
WHEREAS, the City of St. Louis Park, Minnesota, was one of the original
founders and has been a member of the Bassett Creek Flood Control Commission since
1969, and
WHEREAS, the City of St. Louis Park, Minnesota, is aware of the need to adopt a
surface water management program to preserve and use natural water storage and
retention systems to accomplish the following purposes mandated by Minnesota
Statutes Section 473.875: (a) to reduce to the greatest practical extent the
public capital expenditures necessary to control excessive volumes and rates of
runoff, (b) to improve water quality, (c) to prevent flooding and erosion from
surface flows, (d) to promote ground water recharge, (e) to protect and enhance fish
and wildlife habitat and water recreational facilities, and (f) to secure the other
benefits associated with the proper management of surface water, and
WHEREAS, the Bassett Creek Flood Control Commission has completed extensive
planning activities and is well along in implementing its overall plan to carry out
the responsibilities assigned to them by a previous Joint and Cooperative
Agreement, and
WHEREAS, Minnesota Statutes Section 473.878, Subd. 2, requires that a
watershed management organization be established on or before December 31, 1983,
and it is deemed advisable to continue the work of the Bassett Creek Flood Control
Commission, and
WHEREAS, a Joint and Cooperative Agreement to carry out these purposes has been
prepared after much study and review,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of St. Louis
Park, Minnesota, as follows:
1. The Mayor and City Manager are hereby autlai zeds and
directed to execute on behalf of the City of St. Louis:Park,
Minnesota, the attached Joint and Cooperative Agreement for
the establishment of a Bassett Creek Watershed Management
Commission to plan, control, and provide for the development
of Bassett Creek.
2. The City Clerk is hereby directed to file a certified copy of
this resolution with the City Manager of the City of Golden
Valley and to carry out any and all other responsibilities
necessary to adopt the Joint Powers Agreement and make it a
legally binding contract with the other eight
municipalities in the watershed for the management of
Bassett Creek. The approval of the agreement attached as
Exhibit A is conditioned upon the approval of the same
document by the other eight municipalities which are
presently partially or entirely within the Bassett Creek
watershed.
Adopted by the City Council J ne 6, 1983
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Reviewed for administration:
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Approv,d as to form and legality:
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