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Set Shingle Creek Watershed Mgmt Commission 2026 max levy at $848,400 and West Mississippi Watershed Mgmt Commission 2026 max levy at $106,050 for projects to improve water quality
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Resolution:
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BE IT RESOLVED, that the 2026 maximum levy for the Shingle Creek Watershed Management Commission be set at $848,400; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the 2026 maximum levy for the West Mississippi Watershed Management Commission be set at $106,050; 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 requests a levy of $848,400 to fund five priorities in the commission's watershed management plan - two water quality cost share programs, a maintenance fund, and two water quality projects. 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 programs, funds, and projects to be paid in part by the levy funds are:
* The Maintenance Fund (various locations throughout Shingle Creek Watershed) - 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. The commission requests a 2026 levy of $53,025 for its maintenance fund.
* The Brookdale Park Natural Channel Project (Brooklyn Park) - This project includes 5,000 linear feet of Shingle Creek between Brookdale Park and Xerxes Avenue. The project will improve water quality, enhance wildlife habitat, and restore the natural form and function of the stream channel. Th...
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