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CITY OF CHANHASSEN
CARVER AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES, MINNESOTA
DATE: March 10, 2025 ______ RESOLUTION NO: 2025-22
MOTION BY: von Oven SECONDED BY: Kimber
A RESOLUTION APPROVING PART I OF THE WEST METRO MULTI-COMMUNITY
WELLHEAD PROTECTION PLAN AND AGREEMENT TO CONTINUE
PARTICIPATION IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF PART II OF THE PLAN
WHEREAS, the City of Chanhassen (CITY) recognizes the importance of its groundwater
supply as a natural resource used for drinking water; and
WHEREAS, the CITY has a Wellhead Protection Plan (WHP) that was approved by the
Minnesota Department of Health on November 7, 2012; and
WHEREAS, the CITY is required to amend their WHP every ten years; and
WHEREAS, the CITY previously agreed and was authorized to approach the WHP
amendment via an alternative multi-community approach; and
WHEREAS, the CITY recognizes the importance of protecting groundwater and
drinking water on a sub-regional scale, especially in areas where many communities utilize the
same water supply aquifers and have drinking water supply management areas previously
approved by the Minnesota Department of Health that overlap one another; and
WHEREAS, it is within the responsibility of the CITY, as a public water supplier, to
consider the health, safety, and welfare of its customers; and
WHEREAS, the CITY has been presented the location of the new wellhead protection
area and drinking water supply management area, as well as the vulnerability assessments for the
city’s wells, neighboring cities’ wells, and the sub-regional water supply aquifer. This
information encompasses Part I of the West Metro Multi-Community Wellhead Protection Plan.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Chanhassen City Council that:
1. The City of Chanhassen does hereby approve Part I of the West Metro Multi-Community
Wellhead Protection Plan which defines the wellhead protection area, drinking water
supply management area, and vulnerability assessments for the city’s wells and water
supply aquifer.
2. The City of Chanhassen does hereby agree to continue the wellhead protection planning
process by completing a multi-community Part II plan with the other communities that
participated in the Part I plan.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Chanhassen City Council this 10th day of March 2025.
ATTEST:
Jenny Potter, City Clerk Elise Ryan, Mayor
YES NO ABSENT
Ryan Schubert
von Oven
Kimber
McDonald
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