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Set Shingle Creek Watershed Mgmt Commission 2025 maximum levy at $1,299,113 and West Mississippi Watershed Mgmt Commission 2025 maximum levy at $159,075 for projects to improve water quality
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Resolution:
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BE IT RESOLVED, that the 2025 maximum levy for the Shingle Creek Watershed Management Commission be set at $1,299,113; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the 2025 maximum levy for the West Mississippi Watershed Management Commission be set at $159,075; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the levies for both commissions be certified to the county auditor and be placed on all taxable property under the jurisdictions of the Shingle Creek Watershed Management Commission or the West Mississippi Watershed Management Commission.
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Background:
The Shingle Creek Watershed Management Commission and the West Mississippi Watershed Commission contain significant areas within their boundaries that are defined by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency as areas of concern for environmental justice. The levies will help fund projects in these areas of concern.
The Shingle Creek Watershed Management Commission requests a levy of $1,299,113 to fund five priority projects in the commission's watershed management plan. The projects will achieve the commission's goals to improve water quality throughout the Shingle Creek Watershed and downstream resources including the Mississippi River.
Descriptions of the projects to be paid in part by the levy funds are:
* The Maintenance Fund - This project will fund activities that are necessary to ensure the success of past capital projects such as ongoing long-term efforts to manage invasive carp or curly-leaf pondweed, maintenance of fish barriers, or water quality projects installed as research projects. These activities will occur at various locations throughout the Shingle Creek Watershed. The commission requests a 2025 levy of $53,025 for its maintenance fund.
* The Brookdale Park Natural C...
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