HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 2017-110 - Amendment to the Lower MN River Watershed District - 10/17/2017 CITY OF EDEN PRAIRIE
HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO. 2017-110
WHEREAS, the Lower Minnesota River Watershed District(LMRWD) is in the process of
amending its Watershed Management Plan; and
WHEREAS, as part of the plan amendment, the LMRWD proposes to establish new standards
related to land-disturbing activities, vegetation removal, structure placement, development, and
redevelopment of lands near bluffs; and
WHEREAS, the LMRWD is proposing to expand the current state definition of a bluff to
areas outside the shoreland area, expand bluffs to lands with an average slope of 18% as
opposed to the current 30%, and increase the bluff structure setback from 30 feet to 40 feet;
and
WHEREAS, the proposed bluff amendments will prohibit structures and other land disturbing
activities within the newly defined area of a bluff or bluff setback which will negatively impact
hundreds of residential properties across the LMRWD; and
WHEREAS, the LMRWD has posted the proposed Watershed Management Plan amendment on
their website and provided notice in the local newspaper, but has not effectively communicated
these proposed bluff changes to individual property owners who will be most impacted; and
WHEREAS, the LMRWD has not released a Statement of Need and Reasonableness (SONAR)
related to the redefining of bluffs; and
WHEREAS, the LMRWD's proposed changes to the definition of a bluff and bluff setback area
will cause undue hardship and practical difficulties to existing residential properties; and
WHEREAS, a public hearing on the proposed plan amendment is scheduled for Wednesday,
October 251h in the County Board Room of the Carver County Government Center, 602 East 4th
Street, Chaska, MN.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Eden Prairie City
does not support the LMRWD's proposed changes to the definition of a bluff and bluff setback area.
ADOPTED by the Eden Prairie City Council on October 17, 2017.
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