HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 2011-009 RESOLUTION NO. 2011-09
REQUESTING THE MISSISSIPPI WATERSHED MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION TO
CONSIDER AMENDING ITS JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT TO INCLUDE MEMBERSHIP OF
THE CITY OF COLUMBIA HEIGHTS AND EXPAND ITS BOUNDARIES TO INCLUDE A
PORTION OF THE CITY OF COLUMBIA HEIGHTS CURRENTLY IN THE SIX CITIES WATER
MANAGEMENT ORGANIZATION
WHEREAS on December 22, 1983, the Columbia Heights City Council entered into a Joint Powers Agreement
with the cities of Blaine, Coon Rapids, Fridley, Hilltop, and Spring Lake Park for the purpose of organizing a
watershed management organization to be known as the Six Cities Watershed Management Organization, and
WHEREAS on July 25, 1994, the Columbia Heights City Council authorized execution of a Restated Joint
Powers Agreement that revised the original Joint Powers Agreement to bring it into compliance with statutory
changes, and
WHEREAS the City of Columbia Heights is considering the possibility of withdrawing from the Six Cities
Watershed Management Organization (SCWMO) and requesting an existing watershed management
organization to expand its boundaries to include certain property within the City of Columbia Heights legally
described within the SCWMO and lying south of the municipal boundary of with the City of Fridley and shown
on the attached map, and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Columbia Heights, Anoka County, Minnesota,
hereby requests the Mississippi Watershed Management Organization amend its existing Joint Powers
Agreement to include the City of Columbia Heights as a member with representation, and further requests the
Mississippi Watershed Management Organization expand its boundaries to include the portion of the City of
Columbia Heights currently within the SCWMO and lying south of the municipal boundary with the City of
Fridley as described above. It is understood that this request is contingent upon the withdrawal of the City of
Columbia Heights from the SCWMO, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that after approval of the board of the Mississippi Watershed Management
Organization to expand its boundaries to include the above described property within the City of Columbia
Heights, that the City Council of the City of Columbia Heights requests the Mississippi Watershed Management
Organization to petition the board of Water and Soil Resources (BWSR) to approve a change in the boundaries
of the Mississippi Watershed Management Organization to include the area currently within the SCWMO and
lying south of the boundary with the City of Fridley in the Mississippi Watershed Management Organization.
Passed this 14 day of March, 2011
Offered by: Williams
Seconded by: Diehm
Roll Call: Ayes: Peterson, Williams, Nawrocki, Diehm, S hmitt
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