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Council Resolution
Presented By
Referre o � Committee: Date
Out of Committee By Date
WHEREAS, the problems of surface water management and stormwater disposal have
long plagued St. Paul 's lakes, streams and sewer system; and
WHEREAS, the City of St. Paul has had a long standing and substantial commitment
to alleviating surface water disposal through the separation of sewers; and
WHEREAS, the City of St. Paul does not have sufficient vacant land to dispose of
most stormwater and therefore must use storm sewers; and
WHEREAS, the City of St. Paul has long endeavored to relieve the property tax
burden on St. Paul residents; and
WHEP.EAS, the City of St. Paul endorses proportional representation related to
Watershed Districts and watershed management organizations; and
WNEREAS, the Metropolitan Council is in the latter stages of a major study on
stormwater management issues in the metropolitan area,
fdOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the St. Paul City Council does hereby support
efforts of the Metropolitan Council to plan for regional stormwater management;
and
BE IT RESOLUED, that the City of St. Paul will support a regional stormwater
management program which realistically allows for sewer separation as an acceptable
method of stormwater disposal , that does not rely upon the property tax as the
primary capital improvement funding source, and that employs a system of propor-
tional representation; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City of St. Paul requests that the 1982 Minnesota
State Legislature postpone consideration of stormwater management legislation
until the Metropolitan Council completes their planning and evaluation process
and until revenue alternatives to a property tax can be evaluated.
COU[VC[LMEN Requestgd by Department of:
Yeas Nays
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Levine [n Favor
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McMahon
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Tedesco
Wilson
Adopted by Council: Date `LD � � 'g82 Form Approved by City Attorney
Certified P•_ •e y Council et BY
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