RES 2011-30 - 14817RESOLUTION NO. 2011 - 30
AUTHORIZING THE FRIDLEY CITY MANAGER TO JOIN WITH FORMER SIX
CITIES WMO CITIES IN INITIATING A JOINT PETITION TO THE BOARD OF
WATER AND SOIL RESOURCES TO EXPAND THE BOUNDARIES OF THE COON
CREEK WATERSHED DISTRICT TO INCLUDE A PORTION OF THOSE CITIES
WHEREAS on February 7, 2011, the Fridley City Council enacted Resolution No. 2011 -10
requesting the Coon Creek Watershed District to expand its boundaries to include the part of
Fridley that was in the Six Cities WMO lying north of the boundaries of the Rice Creek
Watershed District and further requesting the Coon Creek Watershed District to then petition the
Board of Water and Sail Resources to approve that boundary expansion, and
WHEREAS on March 14, 2011, the Fridley City Council enacted Resolution No. 2011 -15
authorizing the dissolution of the Six Cities WMO Joint Powers Agreement and that organization
did pass a resolution to dissolve on March 17, 2011, and
WHEREAS the Coon Creek Watershed District has subsequently withdrawn the petition they
made to the Board of Water and Sail Resources to expand their boundaries to include parts of the
farmer Six Cities WMO, and
WHEREAS the Fridley City Council reaffirms that the residents and the resources in that part of
Fridley formerly in the Six Cities WMO and lying north of the boundaries of the Rice Creek
Watershed District will be best served by being in the Coon Creek Watershed District,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Fridley hereby
authorizes the Fridley City Manager to join with farmer Six Cities WMO cities in initiating a
joint petition to the Board of Water and Sail Resources to expand the boundaries of the Coon
Creek Watershed District to include a portion of those cities previously requested in City of
Fridley Resolution No. 2011 -10.
PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FRIDLEY THIS
27TH DAY OF JUNE, 2011.
SCOTT J. LUND — MAYOR
ATTEST:
DEBRA A. SKOGEN — CYTY CLERK