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r % Lake, while still allowing reasonable use of Ihese areas for watercraft owned by riparian owners using electric motors; and WHEREAS, the Minnesota Legislature adopted Laws of Minnesota 2004 Chapter 255 Section 43 which removed Six Mile Creek from the jurisdiction of the LMCD; and WHEREAS, Laws of Minnesota 2004, Chapter 225, Section 43 was passed by the Legislature without consu^ wth the cities around the Lake, the Department of Natural Resources, the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District, the Lake Minnetonka Association, the H^dsteds Bay Preservation Group, or the Lake Minnetonka Conservation District or any of its directors, and was passed without legislative hearirigs; and the LMCD is better able than other state or local agencies to devote the necessary time to ^ P«>tec«on to the puDjc health, safety and welfare, adopt and enforce regulations on a uniform lake-wide basis, aid mediate the conflicting interests of the many stakeholders in Lake Minnetonka; aid ^ Minnesota 2004. Chapter 255. Section 43 deprives certain areas of the L^e of the benefits and protection of the LMCD and Its regulation of development a^ use of the Lake; NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of that; 1.It would be in the public interest to repeal Laws of Minnesota 2004, Chapter 255. Section 43. 2. The City’s legislative delegation is urged to repeal Laws of Minnesota 2004, Chapter 255 Section 43 at Its earliest opportunity. 3.The is authorized and directed to transmit a copy of this resolution to the members of the City s legislative delegation and to take such other and fur^r steps as deemed reasonable and appropriate to communicate the support of the City Council for such repeal. Adopted by the City Council of the City of this__day of .2004. CITY OF Its Mayor AHEST: City Clerk Cli^25IOI3v| LKIIO-4