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RESOWTION INDICATm~ . INTENT TO JOIN WITH OTHER GENERAL PURPOSE' UNITS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN THE CENTRAL MINNESOTA AREA TO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A PLAN RESULTING IN A COORDINATED WASTE TREATMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR THE AREA. WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 208 of the Federal Water Ppllution Control Act Amendments of 1972, P.L. 92-500 (hereinafter called "the Act"), the Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency has by regulation published guidelines for the identification of those areas which, as a result of urban-industrial concentrations or other factors, have substantial water quality control problems (40 CFR Part 126); and WHEREAS, the Central Minnesota area (hereinafter called "the Area") satisfies the criteria contained in the Act and guidelines and designation of the area pursuart:'J"to section 208 and those guidelines is desirable; and \~, Section 126.10 of the guidelines requires, among other things, that the affected general pUIijO.l:;'le 'JIlits of local government within the problem area must show their intent, through formally adopted resolutions, to join together in the planning process to develop and implement a plan which will result in a coordinated waste treatment management system for the area; and vlHEREAS, such planning process and waste treatment management system is a necessary and significant measure to control present point and non-point sources of water pollution and to guide and regulate future development and growth in the area which may affect water quality, in order to prevent, abate and solve existing and potential substantial water quality control problems; WHEREAS, pursuant to proposed U.S. EPA regulations, the Governor of the State of Minnesota, may designate an areawide planning district which includes local elected officials, capable of developing effective areawide water quality plans; and vlHEREAS, Section 208 authorized that existing areawide orgainizations may be designated as the official water quality planning organization; and vlHEREAS, the Environmental Protection Agency has issued guidelines (40 CFR Part 126) for the designation of such organization; and WHEREAS, the criteria contained in the U.S. EPA regulations for designating such areawide planning orgainizations are applicable to the Central Minnesota Area; and WHEREAS, the Central Minnesota Regional Development Commission (hereinafter called" Commission" has been actively engaged in water resource planning within the Central Minnesota Area and is the representative organization of the general purpose local governments within the Central Minnesota Area for undertaking intergovernmental coordination and compre- hensive planning for the region; and WHEREAS, the Commission has formally requested that the Governor of Minnesota designate the Central Minnesota Area as a substantial water quality problem areas and the Commission as the single representative organization to develop plans as called for under Section 208; and vlHEREAS, the U.S. EPA regulations in Section 126.11 encourage the use of existing capable regional organizations consistent with the policies of Title IV of the Intergovernmental Cooperation Act of 1968, as implemented by Part IV of OMB Circular A-95 to receive the designation as the single responsible organization for such planning in designated areas; and vnfEREAS, the designation of the Commission will insure the intergration of water quality planning into the overall comprehensive developmental planning process for the Central Minnesota Area; and WHEREAS, such planning process will equip the Commission'S participating governments ~~th a significant new tool both to guide and cort~rol development and growth ~~thin the Central Minnesota Area together with an additional basis for evolving a joint decision for the solution of the area's water pollution problem: NOd THEREFORE, IT IS RESOLVED THAT the City of Elk River, recognizing