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Member Mayor Theis introduced the following resolution and moved its
adoption:
RESOLUTION NO. 93-69
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 RESOLVED By the City Council [TilliaMarill of the City
[MAii] of Medina , as follows:
The Mayor and City Manager [change to meet your community's requirements for signing
contracts] 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.
Dated: October 5 , 1993
Anne E. Theis, Mayor
ATTEST:
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f . - E. . rlson, itClerk-Treasurer
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by
member Ann Thies , and upon vote being taken thereon, the following
voted in favor thereof: Councilmembers John Ferris, James Johnson, Thies,
Philip Zietlow and Mayor Theis.
Whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted.