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R-74-17 RESOLUTION CITY OF LAKE ELMO WASHINGTON COUNTY, MINNESOTA RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF LAKE ELMO OPPOSING THE CREATION OF THE PROPOSED BATTLE CREEK WATERSHED DISTRICT, ANOKA ,RAMSEY AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES. Member, R.BRuce Abercrombie, introduced the following Resolution and moved its adoption. RESOLUTION WHEREAS, the Division of Waters, Soils and Minerals of the Minnesota Water Resources Board has received two nominatinS-petitions for the establishment of a watershed district to be known as the Battle Creek Watershed District which would include land lying within the City of Lake Elmo, Washington County, Minnesota, and WHEREAS,the Minnesota Water Resources Board, pursuant to due notice, has set a hearing for Thursday June 13,1974 at 10:00a.m. for the purpose of reviewing testimony as to the establishment of said watershed district, and WHEREAS,the City Council of the -City of Lake Elmo is strongly and unanimously opposed to the establishing of the proposed watershed district for the following reasons, to -wit: l.Said petitions were submitted to the Water Resources Board without the knowledge or consent of or consultation with the City of Lake Elmo or apparently a large majority o-fthe-minicipalities lying within the proposed watershed district. 2.Said proposed watershed district includes a vast area extending over three counties, 17 municipalities and consisting of 86.8 sq.miles. 3.Said proposed watershed district includes at least four sep- arate and hydrologically defined watersheds, to -wit Battle Creek,Fish Creek, Phalen Lake and Beaver Lake; each with its own separate and independent water control problems. 4.The procedures set forth in Chapter 112 of Minnesota Statutes, The Minnesota Watershed Act, by definition,.provide the opportunity for affected communities to have a voice in the -fixing -of the bound- aries of a proposed watershed district,in determining the managers of said district, and in resolving water control problems; that by rea- son of the size and number of communities involved in the proposed Battle Creek Watershed District, the opportunity for local input into the organization, control and management of the proposed watershed is non-existant. 5.That because of the vast size and population of the proposed watershed district the procedures required by the Minnesota Watershed Act for the implementation of any project or improvement within the district would be largely unworkable, cumbersome and time consuming; likewise the procedure.de.termination of benefits and damages to each parcel affected by a proposed project would be largely unworkable, cumbersome and time consuming by reason of the vast area and popula- tion of the proposed district.