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its adoption:
Member Kathleen Carmody introduced the following resolution and moved
RESOLUTION NO. 97 19
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING APPLICATION TO THE METROPOLITAN
COUNCIL FOR MNRRA PLAN FUNDING ASSISTANCE
WHEREAS, the City of Brooklyn Center includes areas within the Mississippi
National River and Recreation Area (MNRRA), established by Public Law 100 -696 and within
the state Mississippi River Critical Area, originally designated in 1976 by Executive Order
pursuant to the Minnesota Critical Areas Act of 1973, as amended in 1991 to include MNRRA;
and
WHEREAS, the Critical Areas Act requires that local governments within the
critical area adopt and implement plans and ordinances that meet standards and guidelines that are
approved by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources; and
WHEREAS, the MNRRA Comprehensive Management Plan (the Plan), effective
May 22, 1995, incorporates the existing state law and standards for the Mississippi River Critical
Area as well as other existing state, local and regional land use authorities in order to implement
the Plan; and
WHEREAS, full implementation of the MNRRA Comprehensive Management Plan
also depends on local governments updating their plans and ordinances to voluntarily incorporate
the additional resource protection goals in the MNRRA plan, as tailored to local needs; and
WHEREAS, the National Park Service has entered into a cooperative agreement
with the Metropolitan Council to provide financial and technical assistance to local governments
for implementation of the MNRRA Comprehensive Management Plan and has authorized the
Metropolitan Council to provide funding assistance to local governments for the review and
assessment of Critical Area and all other relevant local plans, ordinances and enforcement systems
to determine if they conform to the MNRRA Plan.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
Brooklyn Center that the City Manager is hereby authorized to submit an application for MNRRA
Plan Funding Assistance to the Metropolitan Council in an amount not to exceed $10,000.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the City Council that the City of Brooklyn
Center provide at least a 50% match for the project costs and will use the MNRRA funding
assistance to review and assess existing plans and ordinances in order to determine how to update
such plans and ordinances for compliance with state law and/or voluntary conformance with the
MNRRA Comprehensive Management Plan.
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RESOLUTION NO. 97
January 27, 1997
Date
ATTEST: 01444FYL- 14/tx±.6
Clerk
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by member
Robert Peppe and upon vote being taken thereon, the following voted in
favor thereof:
Myrna Kragness, Kathleen Carmody, Debra Hilstrom, Kay Lasman, and Robert Peppe;
and the following voted against the same: none,
whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted.