HomeMy WebLinkAbout99-79 - ADMIN Resolution - City Council - 1999/06/21RESOLUTION NO.9 9 m 7 9
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING
AMENDMENTS TO THE JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT FOR
THE BASSET CREEK WATERSHED MANAGEMENT COMMISSION
WHEREAS, the City is a party to the joint powers agreement which formed the Bassett Creek
Watershed Management Commission (the "Agreement"); and
WHEREAS, the Bassett Creek Watershed Management Commission (the "Commission") is
the joint powers organization created pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Section 471.59 to act as the
watershed management organization pursuant to Minnesota Statutes Sections 103B.205 to 103B.255
for the Bassett Creek Watershed; and
WHEREAS, the Bassett Creek Watershed is defined in Section 111, Subdivision 6 of the
Agreements as "... the area continued within a line drawn around the extremities of all terrain whose
surface drainage is tributary to Bassett Creek and within the mapped areas delineated on the map filed
with the Board of Water and Soil Resources originally filed pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, 473.877,
subd. 2 and as now amended by Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 103B."; and
WHEREAS, a portion of the City of Minneapolis lies within the Bassett Creek Watershed; and
WHEREAS, the City of Minneapolis is a party to the Agreement and a member of the
Commission; and
WHEREAS, a portion of the boundary of the Bassett Creek Watershed abuts the boundary of
the Middle Mississippi River Watershed Management Organization (the "Middle Mississippi WMO");
and
WHEREAS, the City of Minneapolis, which is also a member of the Middle Mississippi
WMO, has requested that the boundary line be changed between the Bassett Creek Watershed and the
Middle Mississippi Watershed to relocate an area of the City of Minneapolis from the jurisdiction of
the Bassett Creek Watershed Commission to the jurisdiction of the Middle Mississippi WMO; and
WHEREAS, the requested boundary change requires the approval of all of the members of
both the Commission and the Middle Mississippi WMO and the amendment of the joint powers
agreements creating each organization; and
WHEREAS, the Commission has recommended the approval of the requested boundary
change pursuant to and in accordance with a proposed agreement entitled Joint and Cooperative
Agreement for Boundary Change, between the Commission, the Middle Mississippi WMO, and the
City of Minneapolis (the `Boundary Change Agreement"), a copy of which has been provided to and
reviewed by the City Council; and
WHEREAS, the Council has determined that the proposed boundary change, on the terms and
conditions hereinafter set forth, is reasonable, prudent and in the best interest of the public;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of St Louis
Park, Minnesota, that the Agreement is amended to change the boundary of the Bassett Creek
Watershed on the following conditions:
a) that the commission determines after consideration of the comments on the
boundary change by the Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources, that the
boundary change should proceed; and
b) that the Boundary Change Agreement is approved and executed in substantially
the form submitted to the City by the Commission; and
c)
d)
that the change in boundary is substantially as shown on the map attached to
the Boundary Change Agreement; and
that certified copies of resolutions approving the boundary change adopted by
the city council of all cities in the Commission have been filed with the Chair of the
Commission; and
e) that effective approval of the boundary change by the city councils of all
members of the Middle Mississippi WMO has been secured and evidence of such
approval has been filed with the Chair of the Commission; and
f) that following the occurrence of all of the foregoing, an amended map of the
Bassett Creek Watershed and of the Middle Mississippi Watershed is jointly filed with
the Minnesota Board of Soil and Water Resources, whereupon the boundary change
will be effective.
Reviewed for Administration:
Attest:
City lerk
Adop by the Ci Council June 21, 1999
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