HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Resolution 1993-436CITY OF PLYMOUTH
RESOLUTION NO. 93-436
A RESOLUTION APPROVING AN AMENDED JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT FOR
THE ELM 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 seven communities with lands in the Elm Creek watershed adopted a
Joint Powers Agreement in 1973 creating the Elm Creek Watershed Management
Organization and the seven communities 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 Water and 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 Elm 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 community approve the
new Joint Powers Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLYMOUTH,
MINNESOTA, AS FOLLOWSa
The Mayor and City Clerk are hereby authorized and directed to execute the
attached Amended Joint Powers Agreement which will continue the Elm Creek
Watershed Management Organization with powers and duties as 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 compa ed the foregoing resolution adopted at
a meeting of the Plymouth City Council on �Au9ust 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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