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RESOLUTION NO. 1734 CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW COUNTY OF RAMSEY STATE OF MINNESOTA RESOLUTION SUPPORTING AN INDEPENDENT MANAGEMENT STUDY OF THE METROPOLITAN WASTE CONTROL COMMISSION WHEREAS, many municipal officials, businessmen and other persons throughout the metropolitan area have expressed grave concern about the operations of the Metropolitan Waste Control Commission; and WHEREAS, in recognition of such concerns , Governor Rudy Perpich commendably appointed an able and representative Governor's Citizens Commission to review the MWCC; and WHEREAS, such commission conducted an extensive investigation of the operations of the MWCC and of public perceptions of it; and WHEREAS, such commission, on December 29, 1983, reported its findings and recommendations to the Governor of the State of Minnesota; and WHEREAS, such recommendations included a recommendation for the conduct of an independent management study of MWCC; and WHEREAS, the Association of Metropolitan Municipalities, the Metropolitan Area Management Association, the Suburban Rate Authority, and others concurred in the recommendation that such an independent management study be conducted; and WHEREAS, it appears that the State Planning Agency has undertaken initial steps towards obtaining such an indendent study; and WHEREAS, the aforesaid organizations have expressed their interest in providing representation on a committee which would help to formulate the work program for such study, to monitor its progress and to evaluate its conclusions; and WHEREAS, it is critical to the credibility and acceptability of any such management study that it be an independent study, rather than a study done under the supervision and control of the MWCC; and WHEREAS, such commission recommended a number of measures requiring legislative action, but it now appears that the Governor's office has chosen not to support any such legislative action at this time; and