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RESOLUTION NO. 8539
RESOLUTION ENDORSING CANDIDATES FOR APPOINTMENT TO
MINNEHAHA CREEK WATERSHED DISTRICT
WHEREAS, the City Councils of many of the cities lying wholly or partly within
the boundaries of the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District (the District) have adopted
resolutions expressing concerns about the governance and conduct of activities of the
District and resolving to work cooperatively with other cities in the District to monitor and
oversee the activities of the District; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Richfield has determined that it would
be in the best interests of the public to appoint new members to the District who will
provide a fresh perspective, who will work in reasonable cooperation with the public and
affected governmental units, and who will restore the faith and confidence of the public
and the cities in the District, while still accomplishing the objectives of the District; and
WHEREAS, Minnesota Statutes, Section 1030.311, Subd. 3 provides that
watershed district managers are to be selected from a list of persons nominated by one
or more of the cities and towns affected; and
WHEREAS, a number of the cities lying within the District, acting through a
Steering Committee, have solicited nominations from affected cities and have
interviewed candidates for appointment to the District; and the Steering Committee has
found a number of well qualified candidates who are capable of providing leadership in
establishing prudent, consistent, reasonable and fiscally responsible governance of the
District;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
Richfield that the Council endorses the following candidates for appointment to the
Minnehaha Creek Watershed District and urges the County Boards of Hennepin and
Carver Counties to make appointments from the following list of candidates giving due
regard to representation of the various hydrological areas within the District as required
by Minnesota Statutes, Section 1030, sub. 3(C):
Hennepin County candidates:
Upper Watershed:
1. Patrick Maloney (top ranked candidate in Upper Watershed)
2. Warren McNeil
Lower Watershed:
1. Jim Calkins (top ranked candidate in Lower Watershed)
2. Ron Baumbach
Carver County candidate:
1. Jerome Keehr (top ranked candidate in Carver County)
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Richfield, Minnesota this 22nd day of
December, 1997. M?;:z,~
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Thomas P. Ferber, City Clerk