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• Groundwater Management Area planning process has not been complete and has not reached this conclusion. The agreement predetermines the outcome of the process and requires implementation of a plan without supporting facts or data or input from stakeholders. The stated water conservation goals are arbitrary. A protective elevation will be established for White Bear Lake that may impact appropriations and future appropriations of groundwater. • The settlement grants Plaintiffs a role in reviewing appropriation permits. Plaintiffs have already suggested that the remedy they demand includes placing restrictions on municipal drinking water wells and increasing the cost therefor. The boundaries used to select the 13 communities that are impacted by the settlement were set arbitrarily without any basis in science or fact. Some of the wells serving municipal water supplies within the Phase 2 communities are located in aquifers other than the Prairie du Chien/Jordan aquifers, but they are still impacted by the settlement. Forest Lake's municipal water supply is currently drawn from the Mount Simon Aquifer. There has been no indication that utilization of the Mount Simon Aquifer has had any negative impact on any surface waters. • The Prairie du Chien/Jordan aquifer does not exist under all 13 cominunities that are subject to the agreement. Many other communities impact the aquifer but are not made part of the communities subject to regionalization or restriction under the settlement agreement. • The economic impact of the settlement is profound as it will negatively impact the region's growth, economic development potential, and will add significant financial burden to residential and commercial water users in the north and northeast metro. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of Lino Lakes supports the unification of all Northeast Metro Cities in active opposition to the implementation of the terms of the settlement agreement. Adopted by the City Council of the City of Lino Lakes this 13th day of April, 2015. The motion of the adoption of the foregoing resolution was introduced by Council Member Kusterman and was duly seconded by Council Member Roeser and upon vote being taken thereon, the following voted in favor thereof: Kusterman, Roeser, Rafferty, Stoesz, Reinert The following voted against same: none ATTI ST: ne Bartell, Ci Cie Jeff Reinert, Mayor