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R-74-17 6.That in order for a proposed watershed district to be effective all affected municipalities must endorse the creation of such a dis- trict, that to date only the City of St. Paul, the Ramsey County Board of Commissioners,and a small group of property owners have endorsed the proposeddistrict. Without the complete cooperation of the various units of government, the proposed watershed district will be unable to perform a useful function. 7.That under the present taxing procedures of the current Minnesota Watershed Act, individual communities would be generally assessed for improvements totally outside the boundaries of said community. 8.That the present water control problem of the present hydrolog- ically defined Battle Creek Watershed District, which includes only municipalities of Woodbury, Lake Elmo, Oakdale, Maplewood and St. Paul, are those of control of present conditions and not of planning so as to prevent future conditions; that said water control problems could best be resolved by either a Joint Powers Agreement or in the alternative a watershed district of said affected communities. NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED between the City Council of the City of Lake Elmo, Washington County, Minnesota, that the Minnesota -Water Resources Board dismiss the nominating petition for the establishment of the Battle Creek Watershed District by reason of the above set .forth paragraphs 1 through 8, and by reason of the fact that -the proposed district is not in the interest of public health; in that it will not tend to improve the general sanitary conditions of the proposed district as a whole; that it is not in the interest of public welfare; in that it will not tend toimprove, benefit, or contribute to the safety or well-being of the general public or benefit its inhabitants of the City of Lake Elmo; and that it will not serve the purpose of the Minnesota Watershed Act. Passed by the City Council of the City of Lake Elmo this 4th day of June, 1974. Attest: �._ The motion for the adoption of the forgoing Resoluti,on:.was- seconded by member Francis Pott and upon a vote being taken all voted in favor thereof.