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CITY OF LINO LAKES RESOLUTION NO. 16-26 RESOLUTION ADOPTING AND IMPLEMENTING THE CITY OF LINO LAKES' WELLHEAD PROTECTION PLAN WHEREAS the City of Lino Lakes is a municipal corporation, organized and existing under the laws of the State of Minnesota; and WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Lino Lakes has completed developing its Wellhead Protection Plans pursuant to the requirements of Minnesota Rules 4720.5100 to 4720.5590; and WHEREAS, the goal of the Wellhead Protection Plan is to prevent human -caused contaminants from entering the water supply wells and to protect all who use the water supply from adverse health effects associated with groundwater contamination; and WHEREAS, Part I of the Wellhead Protection Plan is a technical exercise that uses ground water modeling to delineate the wellhead protection area (WHPA), Drinking Water Supply Management Area (DWSMA) and includes a well and aquifer vulnerability assessment; and WHEREAS, Part 1 was developed and approved by the Minnesota Department of Health in August of 2012; and WHEREAS, Part 2 of the Wellhead Protection Plan describes how the results of the Part 1 can be applied to best protect a community's water supply, through the evaluation of several data elements, including physical environment, land use, public utilities, water quantity and water quality, an inventory of potential contaminants, and the preparation of a management portion of the plan; and WHEREAS, a public hearing was held, as required by Minnesota Rules (part 4720.5350, subpart 4) on March 9, 2015 for review of Part 2 prior to submittal to the Minnesota Department of Health for approval; and WHEREAS, the Minnesota Department of Health has found that the plan provides an adequate assessment of the City's source waters and contains goals, objectives and action strategies for the potential sources covered by the plan; and is consistent with Minnesota's wellhead protection rules; and NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Lino Lakes that Part 1 and Part 2 of the Wellhead Protection Plan are formally adopted. Adopted by the Council of the City of Lino Lakes this 11th day of April, 2016.