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Amending the Joint and Cooperative Agreement for the Mississippi Watershed Management Organization.
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WHEREAS, the City of Saint Paul is party to a joint powers agreement, effective 2002, entitled "Joint and Cooperative Agreement for the Mississippi Watershed Management Organization"; and
WHEREAS, the joint powers agreement provided for the establishment of the Mississippi Watershed Management Organization, a watershed management organization pursuant to and in accordance with the Metropolitan Surface Water Management Act, Minn. Stat. 103B, and Minn. Stat. 471.59; and
WHEREAS, it has been and is the intent of the City that the Mississippi Watershed Management Organization continue to act as a watershed management organization for the watershed and will continue to do so in the future; and
WHEREAS, the City has been presented with a proposed amendment to the joint powers agreement, which, among other things, extends the term thereof to January 1, 2031.
Now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Saint Paul hereby approves the aforesaid amendment and authorizes the proper City officials to execute, on behalf of the City of Saint Paul, the amended "Joint and Cooperative Agreement for the Mississippi Watershed Management Organization."