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