HomeMy WebLinkAbout25-042 - ADMIN Resolution - City Council - 2025/03/17
Resolution No. 25-042
Approve Wellhead Protection Plan Part 1 and continued work with
the Multi-Community Wellhead Protection Plan Pilot study group
work for of the Part 2
Whereas, the City of St. Louis Park recognizes the importance of its groundwater supply
as a natural resource used for drinking water; and
Whereas, the City of St. Louis Park also recognizes the importance of protecting
groundwater and drinking water on a sub-regional scale, especially in areas like the west Twin
Cities metropolitan area where many communities utilize the same water supply aquifer and
have drinking water supply management areas previously approved by the Minnesota
Department of Health that overlap one another.
Whereas, it is within the responsibility of the City of St. Louis Park, as a public water
supplier, to consider the health, safety, and welfare of its customers; and
Whereas, the city has been presented the locations of the wellhead protection areas
and drinking water supply management area, as well as the vulnerability assessments for the
city’s wells, neighboring cities’ wells, and the sub-regional water supply aquifer. This
information encompasses Part 1 of the West Metro Multi-Community Wellhead Protection
Plan.
Now therefore be it resolved, by the city council of the City of St. Louis Park as follows:
1. The City of St. Louis Park does hereby agree to take action to protect their wells and the
area within their jurisdiction of the drinking water supply management area that has
been approved by the Minnesota Department of Health.
2. The City of St. Louis Park does hereby approve the wellhead protection area, drinking
water supply management area, and vulnerability assessments for the city’s wells and
water supply aquifer.
3. The City of St. Louis Park does hereby agree to continue the wellhead protection
planning process by completing and implementing a multi-community Part 2 plan with
the other communities that participated in the Part 1 plan.
Reviewed for administration: Adopted by the city council March 17, 2025:
Kim Keller, city manager Nadia Mohamed, mayor
Attest:
Melissa Kennedy, city clerk
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