1961-2407r
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RESOLUTION No, ~ 240'
RESOLUTION SUPPORTING PROPOSED LEGISLATION FOR STATE WIDE
WATER RESOURCES STUDY ANB METROPOLITAN WATER SUPPLY AATD
DISTRIBUTION STUDY 0 ~ ,~.
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WHEREAS, an adequate supply of healthful, uncontaminated water
is a matter of primary importance to the entire state,
AND WHEREAS, information on quantity, locations availabilit~re
degree of pollution' as well an other basic characteristics of our
water resources, is needed on a continuing basis for the formulation
of a statewide water policy9 ~ ~.
AND WHEREAS, the problem of water supply and distribution in
the Twin City metropolitan area in particular has come under intense
study by many concerned organ izations and municipalities as a result
of reports of water contamination9;
AND WHEREAS, the questions of whether adequate water resources.
exist in the metropolitan area, how they can best be developed and
managed, and what are the most economic a1 and practical means of
distributing these resources cannot be satisfactorily answered with
data now available'
AND WHEREAS,
to development of
arm=:nd the stat
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AND WHEREAS,
studies now being
ously completed,
information on these basic questions is essential
a souYid water policy for both the metropolitan
e as a whole9 ..
there is a need to coordinate the various independent
made and to utilise the data of other studies prev~.®
AND WHEREAS,. the League of Minnesota Municipalities has considered
no specific approach to the metropolitan water supply and distribution
problem but is of the opinion that, in the best interests of the state
as a whole, any solution should be grounded in a thorough study of
statewide water resources combined with an engineering feasibility
study of the metropolitan area in particular0
RESOLVED t That the Village of Richf ie`d. requests that the 1961
legislature authorize the appropriate agencies to conduct a statewide
water resources study and an engineering feasibility study of alter®
native methods of meeting the Twin Cit ies metropolitan water supply and
distribution problem0 .
Passed by the Village Council .of
13th day of February, 19610
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Edward J0 M fine, Clerk
the Villag i f field this
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Irving Ro Ke dsen, Mayor
0 Ra r ve en s anager~