HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Resolution 1991-728CITY OF PLYMOUTH
RESOLUTION NO. 91-728
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF PLYMOUTH
RELATING TO THE BASSETT CREEK FLOOD CONTROL
PROJECT AND AUTHORIZING THE BASSETT CREEK WATER
MANAGEMENT COMMISSION TO CONTRACT WITH THE CITIES
OF GOLDEN VALLEY, MINNEAPOLIS, AND PLYMOUTH
TO CONSTRUCT CERTAIN RELOCATION PROJECTS
WHEREAS, the City of Plymouth is a member of a joint powers water management
organization known as the Bassett Creek Water Management Commission, and
WHEREAS, the Bassett Creek Water Management Commission and the City of Minneapolis as
the local sponsors are in the process of completing a joint project with the United
States Army Corps of Engineers which will assist in providing flood control protection
for the entire watershed and the cost is approximately 38 million dollars, and
WHEREAS, the Bassett Creek Management Organization adopted Resolution No. 2-1991 on
October 17, 1991, which relates to three parts of the overall project which are
classified as relocation and the total responsibility for the cost of constructing
these relocations falls upon the nine member Cities, and
WHEREAS, this Council has reviewed Resolution No. 2-1991, a copy of which is attached
and made a part of this resolution, and agrees that the Bassett Creek WMO should
contract with the Cities of Golden Valley, Minneapolis, and Plymouth to construct these
projects as local projects rather than to have them constructed by the United States
Army Corps of Engineers,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLYMOUTH,
MINNESOTA as follows:
1. It is hereby determined that the local construction and relocation
projects at Westbrook Road in the City of Golden Valley, Medicine
Lake Outlet in the City of Plymouth, and Penn Avenue in the City of
Minneapolis would be best handled at a local level since they are a
local responsibility and are to be paid for entirely by local funds.
2. The City is advised that Golden Valley, Plymouth, and the City of
Minneapolis are willing to contract pursuant to the law for the
necessary labor and materials to make said relocations and to handle
said construction projects. Agreements between the Bassett Creek
Water Management Commission and the Cities of Golden Valley,
Plymouth, and Minneapolis are approved, and the funds for these
three projects shall be provided by the Bassett Creek Water
Management Commission on the same proportionate basis as other
projects being constructed by the Corps or under the Local
Cooperative Agreement between the City of Minneapolis and the United
States government.
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3. The City agrees that the method chosen by the Bassett Creek Water
Management Commission for proceeding is in the best interest of all
members of the Bassett Creek Water Management Organization because
it is estimated that local construction can save approximately
$200,000. The purpose of this Resolution is to assure the Bassett
Creek Water Management Commission that it has the authority to
disperse the funds collected for the over-all project to member
Cities who will contract for said work rather than to have the funds
spent by the Corps of Engineers.
4. A certified copy of this resolution shall be sent to the Bassett
Creek Water Management Organization authorizing them to proceed as
outlined in the Bassett Creek Water Management Organization
Resolution No. 2-1991.
Adopted by the City Council of L -e City of Plymouth the 18th day of November, 1991.
STATE OF MINNESOTA )
COUNTY OF HENNEPIN ) SS.
The undersigned, being the duly qualified and appointed City Clerk of the City of
Plymouth, Minnesota, certifies that I compared the foregoing resolution adopted at the
meeting of the Plymouth City Council on November 18. 1991 , with the original
thereof on file in my office, and the same is a correct transcription thereof.
WITNESS my hand officially as such City Clerk and the corporate seal of the City this
25, day of November. 1991
City Clerk