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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 J Mayo - ry L. Pet rson st: 0 Patricia Mu ov z, it A C ity Clerk