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R-73-1 <br />RESOLUTION <br />VILLAGE OF LAKE ELMO <br />WASHINGTON COUNTY, MINNESOTA <br />WHEREAS, a number of residents of the Village of Lake Elmo <br />have prepared and proposed to the Village Council a Petition to the <br />Valley Branch watershed District praying that said Watershed District <br />proceed with a project; and <br />WHEREAS, the purpose of said project would be to prevent flood <br />damage to certain land within the Village of Lake Elmo; and <br />WHEREAS, it appears from the representations of said citizens <br />that there is a potential flood problem affecting land exclusively <br />within the Village of Lake Elmo; and <br />WHEREAS, said Watershed District is required by the provisions <br />of Chapter 112 of the Minnesota Statutes to proceed with a hearing <br />to determine whether a proposed improvement is in the public interest <br />and welfare and is practicable and in conformity with the Overall <br />Plan of the District when a Petition for a project is filed by the <br />governing body of a village, in such cases; and <br />WHEREAS, the said residents have agreed to bear any costs for <br />which the Village of Lake Elmo may become liable in the event the <br />proceedings on the proposed Petition are dismissed or for any reason <br />no contract is entered into for the construction of the improvements <br />petitioned for; and <br />WHEREAS, the Village Council has determined it is proper and <br />in the public interest for the Village of Lake Elmo to file such a <br />Petition with the Watershed District in order to have the Board of <br />Managers thereof determine the necessity, practicality, and pro- <br />priety of such a project; <br />NOW, 'THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that a Petition substantially <br />in the form of the proposed Petition filed by the said residents <br />with the Village Council on January 2, 1973, be prepared by the <br />Village Attorney, executed by the Mayor and Clerk and filed with the <br />Valley Branch Watershed District prior to the meeting of its Board <br />of Managers on January 11, 1973. <br />Adopted by the Village Council this 2nd day of January, 1973. <br />U f) <br />Calvin J�Brookman, Mayor <br />Attest: <br />Donald Mehsikomer, Clerk <br />