HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Resolution 1984-207CITY OF PLYMOM
Pursuant to dve call arad notice thereof, a regular meeting of the City
Council of the City of Plymouth, Minnesota, was held on t end day of
April 19_QL. The following members were present:Mavor Davenport_
The owing members were sent: none
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Councilmember Schneider introduced the following Resolution and moved
its tion:
RESOLUTION NO. 84-207
A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE
CITY OF PLYMOUTH
EXECUTING A JOINT AND COOPERATIVE AG,',EEMENT FOR
THF ESTABLISHMENT OF AN ELM CREEK WATERSHED MP.NAGEMENT COMMISSION TO
PLAN, PROTECT AND MANAGE THE DEVELOPMENT OF
ELM CREEK AND ADJACENT MINOR WATERSHEDS
WHEREAS, the City of Plymouth, Minnesota, was one of the original founders
and has been a member of the Elm Creek Conservation Commission since 1973, and
WHEREAS, the City of ?lymouth, Minnesota, is aware of the need to adopt
a surface water management program to preserve and use natural water storage
and retention syste.is 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 Elm Creek Conservation 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 July 1, 1984,
and it is deemed advisable to continue the work of the Elm Creek Conservation
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 Plymouth,
Minnesota, as follows:
Resolution No. 84- 207
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1. The Mayor is hereby authorized and directed to execute on behalf of the
City of Plymouth, Minnesota, the attached Joint and Cooperative Agreement for
the establishment of a Elm Creek Watershed Management Commission to plan, protect,
and manage for the development of Elm Creek and adjacent minor watersheds.
2. The City Clerk is hereby directed to file a certified copy of this
resolution with the Executive Secretary of the existing Elm Creek Conservation
Commission and to carry out any and al: 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 Elm Creek. The
approval of the agreement atteched is conditioned upon the approval of the same
document by the other eight muni:ipalities which are presently partially or entirely
within the Elm Creek watershed.
3. That Fred Moore, Director of Public work4 be appointed as the
representative and Vern Petersen, the alternative representative, with terms
expiring January 31, 1985.
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing Resolution was duly seconded
by Councilmember Neils , and upon vote being taken thereon, the
following voted in favor thereof: Mavnr na vpnp rt. rnijarilmAmharr. Mnan _
Neils Schneider and Crain
e following voted against or abstained: none
Whereupon the Resolution was declared duly passed and adopted.
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