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Request for Conditional Approval of the Memorandum of Agreement for the Rouge River Local Management Assembly
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Whereas, the grant funded Rouge River Program Office (RPO) has provided public education, technical assistance, and water quality monitoring to the watershed communities which includes Rochester Hills; and
Whereas, the RPO federal funding levels has decreased substantially and local communities must now provide increased local funding to support storm water management and MS-4 permit requirements; and
Whereas, the Rouge River Local Management Assembly (Assembly) was created to replace the existing RPO and establish a basis for allocating the local costs between the participating communities in order to fund activities required to meet the storm water permit requirements; and
Whereas, there was concern that the Assembly would not be viable unless it had at least 20 members. For that reason the Drafting Committee initially asked for a conditional acceptance of the Memorandum of Agreement. The conditional approval to participate is revocable if there is not: 1) broad participation by other communities; 2) sufficient commitment of local funds to meet the first year's budget, or 3) other changes in the Agreement that may be necessary.
Resolved, that the Rochester Hills City Council approves joining with other Rouge River Watershed communities in the Rouge River Local Management Assembly by granting conditional approval of the Memorandum of Agreement and authorizes the administration to appoint a representative and alternate to represent the City of Rochester Hills.