File #: 22-1060R    Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 12/9/2022 In control: Recreation, Libraries and Authorities
On agenda: 12/19/2022 Final action: 12/19/2022
Title: RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING CITY OFFICIALS TO EXECUTE A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING TO FORMALIZE THE FORMATION OF THE LAKE SUPERIOR HEADWATERS SUSTAINABILITY PARTNERSHIP.
Attachments: 1. Exhibit A: Headwaters Partnership MOU
Title
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING CITY OFFICIALS TO EXECUTE A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING TO FORMALIZE THE FORMATION OF THE LAKE SUPERIOR HEADWATERS SUSTAINABILITY PARTNERSHIP.

Body
CITY PROPOSAL:
WHEREAS: the Lake Superior Headwaters Sustainability Partnership is intended to facilitate the continued restoration and protection of the St. Louis River Estuary Landscape; and

WHEREAS: On December 7, 2022, the Natural Resources Commission unanimously voted in support of the Lake Superior Headwaters Sustainability Partnership Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and moved to recommend that Council authorize the MOU;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the proper City officials are hereby authorized to execute a MOU, substantially in the form of the attached Exhibit A, with the City of Superior, WI, Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, and the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency to formalize the formation of the Lake Superior Headwaters Sustainability Partnership.

Statement of Purpose
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE: This resolution authorizes the proper city officials to execute a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the City of Superior, WI, Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WI DNR), Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (MN DNR), and Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA). The purpose of the MOU is to formalize the formation of the Lake Superior Headwaters Sustainability Partnership (Headwaters Partnership), a voluntary partnership of communities and agencies, established in 2022. On December 7, 2022 the Natural Resources Commission unanimously voted in support and moved to recommend that the Council approve the MOU.

The Headwaters Partnership will facilitate the development and implementation of projects targeting the continued restoration and protection of the St. Louis River Estuary Landscape once it has been delisted as ...

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