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RESOLUTION NO. Date: A RESOLUTION EXTENDING THE EXISTING JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COMMUNITIES, OR PARTS THEREOF, WHICH DRAINS TO THE VADNAIS LAKE WATERSHED BY ONE YEAR AND WILL SUPPORT THE 2006 BUDGET IN ITS CURRENT FORM OR WITH THE CHANGES AS ATTACHED. WHEREAS, VLAWMO was organized in 1983 to be the responsible governmental unit to provide oversight and management to see that the requirements of the Metropolitan Water Management Act were enforced in the Vadnais Lake Watershed area; and WHEREAS, VLAWMO over the years has met the requirements of the Metropolitan Water Management Act; and WHEREAS, the member communities of VLAWMO have enjoyed local control via appointment of a representative to represent their community on the VLAWMO Board; and WHEREAS, the municipal membership of VLAWMO has enjoyed the presence of the Saint Paul Regional Water Services on the VLAWMO Board, from both a technical and financial viewpoint and as the owner of land adjacent to Vadnais Lake and a user of the Vadnais Lake water for drinking water for the City of Saint Paul and several other communities; and WHEREAS, the City/Town of acknowledges that there are areas of VLAWMO's authority that need to be improved and is willing to increase annual contributions to VLAWMO, it is felt that the most efficient means to deliver water management services at this time is through a water management organization; and WHEREAS, the City / Town believes that a formula for funding VLAWMO's activities should be based on land area, population, and tax capacity; now therefore be it RESOLVED, that the City Council / Board of the recommends that the Joint Powers Agreement between member communities be extended for a period of at least one year; that work on updating the VLAWMO Water Management Plan begin immediately; that the appropriate staff or elected officials from the membership propose reasonable amendments to budget for 2006 for the VLAWMO Board to review and ratify at it's September 8th meeting. The foregoing Resolution was offered by and was supported by and was declared adopted based upon the following vote. VOTE ATTEST I, , the duly qualified of , do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution is a true and accurate representation of action taken by the City Council / Town Board of the on the date first written Date Position: