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RESOLUTION 1996-22 A RESOLUTION REQUESTING THAT WASHINGTON COUNTY ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF A STORMWATER CONTROL OUTLET TO CONTROL THE FLOODING OF THE SCHOOL SECTION/GOGGINS LAKE DRAINAGE BASIN. WHEREAS, since the late 1980's, School Section Lake, Plaisted Lake, and Goggins Lake have experienced increased water elevations; and WHEREAS, in the summer of 1995, the surface water level in the basin exceeded the lakes' ordinary high water level by approximately six feet, inundating over 200 acres of land, one County road, one City street, while affecting numerous homes, and WHEREAS, the flood waters have not substantially receded since 1995, causing concern that future spring stormwater runoff will compound already high water levels; and WHEREAS, the Town of May and City of Hugo entered into a Joint Powers Agreement dated January 22, 1996, establishing a storm sewer improvement district for the watershed of School Section Lake, Plaisted Lake, and Goggins Lake; and WHEREAS, a report prepared by the civil engineering firm of Montgomery Watson, dated August 1996, determined the feasibility of establishing an outlet from the basin to Brown's Creek for the purpose of reducing the flood waters; and WHEREAS, a report prepared by Montgomery Watson, dated December 1996, demonstrated that the water elevation of the basin could be controlled through such an outlet without adversely impacting the property owners, or environment, downstream from the outlet; and WHEREAS, construction of the outlet to Brown's Creek will require obtaining drainage easements outside of the municipal boundaries of the Town of May and City of Hugo; and WHEREAS, with the dissolution of the Brown's Creek Water Management Organization the responsibility for surface water management within the watershed rests with Washington County; and