HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Resolution 1993-435CITY OF PLYMOUTH
RESOLUTION NO. 93-435
A 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 adopted 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 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 HEREBY RESOLVED by iiil, CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLYMOUTH,
MINNESOTA, AS FOLLOWS:
The Mayor and City Clerk are hereby authorized and directed to execute
the attached Amended Joint Powers Agreement which will continue the
Bassett Creek Watershed Management Organization with power■ and duties
■s expressed therein and consistent with state statutes and rules of
the Board of Water and Soil Resources.
Adopted by the City Council on August 2, 1993
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
a meeting of the Plymouth City Council on August 2, 1993 , with the original
thereof on file in my office, and signed by me, City Clerk, and the same is a
correct transcription thereof.
WITNESS my hand officially as such City Clerk and the corporate seal of the City
this 6th , day of August 1993
City Clerk
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