HomeMy WebLinkAbout93-92 - ADMIN Resolution - City Council - 1993/07/06RESOLUTION NO.
93-92
RESOLUTION APPROVING AN AMENDED JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT
FOR THE BASSETT CREEK WATERSHED MANAGEMENT COMMISSION
WHEREAS, Minnesota Laws of 1982, Chapter 509, requires all metropolitan
watersheds to organize, either as a joint powers group or as a watershed
district, and
WHEREAS, the nine cities with lands in the Bassett Creek watershed adopt
a joint powers agreement in 1968 creating the Bassett Creek Watershed
Management Organization, and the nine cities have worked cooperatively since
said time to manage surface and groundwater concerns in the watershed, and
WHEREAS, the Minnesota legislature has over the years adopted many new
laws mandating the Organization to perform additional duties and to be
responsible for public concerns relating to surface and groundwater, and in
1990 adopted major changes in legislation known as the "Metropolitan Surface
Water Management Act", renumbered state statutes, and directed the Board of
Water and Soil Resources to promulgate new rules regarding water management
organizations, and
WHEREAS, the new state rules became effective August 1, 1992, and
directed all joint powers water management organizations to amend their joint
powers agreements to be consistent with the new state laws and Board of Water
and Soil Resources rules, and
WHEREAS, the Bassett Creek Watershed Management Organization has
prepared a revised joint powers agreement to comply with state mandates and
state law, and the Organization has reviewed and recommended that each member
City approve the new joint powers agreement,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of St.
Louis Park, as follows:
The Mayor and City Manager are hereby authorized and
directed to execute the amended joint powers agreement which
will continue the Bassett Creek Watershed Management
Organization with powers and duties as expressed therein and
consistent with state statutes and rules of the Board of
Water and Soil Resources.
Adopted by the City Council July 6, 1993
Reviewed for administration:
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Approved as to form and execution:
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