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�- ..i/'J � � Cit� of ORONO � RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL � NO. 1345 • � • • 2) The Orono City Council opposes fragmenting respon- sibility for surface water management between cities, watersheds, soil and conservation services, counties, the State and the Metropolitan Council. In the metropolitan area, local municipalities and the watershed districts are the agencies most knowledgeable and most qualified for surfaGe water � management planning, review and implementation. The Orono City Council strongly opposes placement , of any surface water policy making or plan review ability in the remote and hiahly political County boards. To do so would disrupt the proqress being made by watershed districts and local municipalities. . 3) The Orono City Council opposes the imposition of ' � -additi'onal taxation to support another level of . unresponsive government staff as would be necessary to oversee the groposed County and metropolitan functions. Local residents see this as another drain of our resources without local benef_it � to balance the local expense. 4) The Orono City Council recommends inclusion of a surface water management element in the r2etropolitan , Development Guide, but as an information resource, not as another set of regulations to be imposed on local government. The role of the Metropolitan Council should be as an advocate of the advantages inherent in surface water planning. Positive incentives should be provided to encourage local surface water planning. As, proposed, this document is counter productive because it is serving to create opposition to enlightened surface water management techniques, not because of its goals, but because local of_ficials see this as another attempt to enlarqe big government by takinq control away from the more responsive local level. � , • t .