HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 2005-077 Adopting Minnehaha Creek Visiona
RESOLUTION NO. 2005-77
A RESOLUTION City of Edina
ADOPTING MINNEHAHA CREEK VISION
Whereas, the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District and City of Edina previously adopted a
resolution to create the Minnehaha Creek Visioning Partnership to provide guidance and
recommendations on policy development, technical issues, and public involvement to create a
common vision and implementation plan for the Minnehaha Creek Corridor;
Whereas, the Partnership's Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC), comprised of 23
representatives from the cities of Minneapolis, Edina, St. Louis Park, Hopkins and Minnetonka,
the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board, Hennepin County, and the Minnehaha Creek
Watershed District, held twelve workshop meetings to develop a recommended creek vision;
Whereas, the Partnership's Technical Advisory Committee also met to review the technical
feasibility of the vision recommendations developed by the CAC, and has concluded that these
recommendations are technically feasible;
Whereas, the CAC also convened a public Open House to gather further public input and review
of the proposed creek vision and the CAC's recommendations;
Whereas, the CAC has now produced a detailed report that sets forth a creek vision as follows:
The Vision for Minnehaha Creek includes both an existing and desired sense of place. With
respect to the existing sense of place, the creek:
Is a corridor with various reaches and destinations,
Serves as a gathering place for people,
Provides recreational opportunities,
Is a contemporary cultural resource, yet it also reflects our history, and
Provides natural and aesthetic experiences unique to its setting.
Within the creek corridor it is also desired to:
Provide balanced opportunities to experience the creek,
Improve the natural environment,
Improve water quality,
Have variation and physical differences, and
Be reflective of our history and a priority for our future.
Whereas, the CAC's creek vision recommendations also include management priorities,
streambank erosion improvements, aquatic habitat management, riparian vegetation
management, woody debris management, study of weir and dam removal, stream flow
management, water quality management, and decision making criteria; and
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Whereas, the CAC's creek vision recommendations will be considered by both the MCWD and
the USACE as they move forward with plans and designs, and it is also intended as guidance for
other organizations, such as cities and the Minneapolis Park Board, which share creek corridor
management responsibilities, with the hope is that all organizations can work together toward a
common vision for the creek;
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Edina hereby adopts the general creek
vision recommendations presented by the CAC as the general conceptual framework to guide
creek corridor management, and thanks the 23 citizen members of the CAC for their hard work,
thorough study, and carefully -considered recommendations;
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of Edina supports the inclusion of these
recommendations in the Water Resources Management Plan being developed by the Minnehaha
Creek Watershed District; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of Edina agrees to continue to work with the other
members of the Minnehaha Creek Visioning Partnership, through its policy board, technical
advisory committee, and citizens advisory committee, to coordinate the implementation of these
recommendations; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of Edina hereby expresses its support for the United
States Army Corps of Engineers Feasibility Study within the Minnehaha Creek Watershed
District to pursue the investigation of the potential Federal interest in assisting with the
implementation of Minnehaha Creek Visioning Partnership recommendations in the Minnehaha
Creek corridor. . n �
ATTEST:
City Clerk
STATE OF MINNESOTA )
COUNTY OF HENNEPIN )SS
CITY OF EDINA )
CERTIFICATE OF CITY CLERK
Mayor
I, the undersigned duly appointed and acting City Clerk for the City of Edina do hereby
certify that the attached and foregoing Resolution was duly adopted by the Edina City
Council at its Regular Meeting of September 6, 2005, and as recorded in the Minutes of
said Regular Meeting.
WITNESS my hand and seal of said City this day of 20.
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