HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 87-15RESOLUTION 87- ]5
WHEREAS, the Rice Creek Watershed District has prepared a water ressources
management plan as required by Chapter 509 of the Laws of Minnesota of 1982;
and,
WHEREAS, as part of said law such plans are to be sent to any city within
the district for comment as part of the overall review process; and,
WHEREAS, such planning needs to be undertaken in a practical, cost
effective, and achievable manner; and,
WHEREAS, the City of Columbia Heights has reviewed this plan and has
serious reservation regarding the financial impact, overall practicality, and
potentially detrimental affect upon the residents of our City. The major areas
of concern to the City of Columbia Heights are as set forth in Exhibit A
entitled Rice Creek Watershed Water Resources Management Plan, City Comments.
T~EREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Columbia Heights City Council hereby
advises the Rice Creek Watershed District that it finds the Water Resources
Management Plan to be woefully lacking adequate depth for such a study,
ambiguous in terms of its overall recommendations, impractical in the sense of
the goals of the plan being achievable, and the adverse impact of the overall
plan upon residents of Columbia Heights. Listed below are several areas having
a potentially detrimental impact upon our community. Such items are further
described in detail in Exhibit A:
1. Water quantity implementation approach.
2. Water quality protection approach.
3. Overall management of the Rice Creek trunk itself.
4. Duplication of effort with other agencies.
5. High implementation cost.
6. Ditch modification restrictions.
7. Runoff management overall.
8. Stormwater control.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Manager of the City of Columbia
Heights is hereby instructed to forward a copy of this resolution and a letter
expressing the City's serious reservation and objection to the above elements
of the Rice Creek Watershed District Water Resources Management Plan.
Dated this ,?3rdday of Fabr,,sry
Offered by: Petkoff
Seconded by: Carlson
Roll Call: All ayes
-A e Student, Counci~'Secretary
, 1987.
~uce G. Nawrocki, Mayor