RES 2011-15 - 14797RESOLUTION NO. 2011 - 15
RESOLUTIONTERMINATING MEMBERSHIP IN AND REQUESTING
DISSOLUTION OF THE SIX CITIES WATERSHED MANAGEMENT
ORGANIZATION
WHEREAS on December 5, 1983, the Fridley City Council enacted Resolution No. 118 -1983 authorizing
execution of a Joint Powers Agreement with the cities of Blaine, Columbia Heights, Coon Rapids,
Hilltop, and Spring Lake Park for the purpose of organizing a watershed management organization to be
known as the Six Cities Watershed Management Organization (SCWMO), and
WHEREAS on July 11, 1994, the Fridley 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 has been a member of the Six Cities Watershed Management Organization
since the adoption of the original Joint Powers Agreement creating that Watershed Management
Organization on December 30, 1983, and
WHEREAS, the City of has now determined that the City will be better served by dissolving the Six
Cities Watershed Management Organization and transferring the territory which was previously in
the Six Cities Watershed Management Organization to a different Watershed Management
Organization or Watershed District.
WHEREAS Resolution Number 2011 -10, approved by the City Council on February 7th, 2011, requests
the Coon Creek Watershed District to expand its boundaries to include the northern portion of the City of
Fridley currently within the SCWMO, and
WHEREAS Resolution Number 2011 -11, approved by the City Council on February 7th, 2011, requests
the Mississippi Watershed Management Organization to expand its boundaries to include the southern
portion of the City of Fridley currently within the SCWMO.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Fridley hereby terminates its membership in
the Six Cities Watershed Management Organization Joint Powers Agreement and requests that
pursuant to that Agreement, the Six Cities Watershed Management Organization be dissolved within
the next ninety (90) days.
PASSSED AND ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRIDLEY THIS 14th DAY
of MARCH, 2011.
SCOTT J. LUND - MAYOR
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DEBRA A. SKOGEN - ITY CLERK