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RESOLUTION NO. 93- 9477 <br />Pagm two <br />2.04.It docs not appsar practical that 9^ound water <br />resources in Hennepin County can be protected by <br />a joint powers organisation of nunicipalities <br />and watershed nanageaent organizations whose <br />levels of implenentation and enforcement will be <br />extremely variable. <br />2.05.Specific elements of the Plan which the City has <br />concerns with are as follows: <br />a.The times-of-travel requirements for <br />determination of zones of protection are <br />excessive and would result in over- <br />fsqulation of areas within Hennepin County. <br />b.The assumption of an absence of <br />hydrogeologic information is not well <br />founded, and reliance un that assumption <br />would result in determinations of zones of <br />protection that are unrealistic and <br />excessive. <br />c.The methods of determination proposed for <br />delineating Hellhead Protection Areas are <br />not effective in simulating ’ complex <br />hydrogeologic conditions that exist in <br />Hennepin County. <br />d.Hennepin Conservation District review of <br />delineation and implementation is not well <br />defined in terms of its extent, and if not <br />based on well founded elements of the <br />proposed Plan, would be ineffective. <br />No revenue source is defined to cover the <br />costs of the required Phase I <br />investigations and updates. <br />Section 3. Council Action. <br />3.01.It is recommended that Hennepin County recognize <br />that the fragmented approach proposed by the <br />Ground Water Plan of having municipalities <br />(jmvelop and enforce regulations will be <br />inefficient and ineffective in protecting ground <br />water resources in Hennepin County, creates an <br />additional layer of government, will increase <br />costs to property tax-based municipalities and <br />the private sector, and is redundant with <br />J