City of Milwaukee - File #: 040646

• File #: 040646
• Version: 1
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 9/1/2004
• In control: JUDICIARY & LEGISLATION COMMITTEE
• Final action: 9/23/2004
• Title: Substitute resolution directing the Intergovernmental Relations Division-Department of Administration to present and urge acceptance of the City of Milwaukee's position relating to the Great Lakes Charter Annex.
• Sponsors: ALD. MURPHY, ALD. HINES JR.
• Indexes: FEDERAL LEGISLATION, LAKES, LAND USE PLANNING

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
9/30/2004	1	MAYOR	SIGNED
9/23/2004	1	COMMON COUNCIL	TAKEN FROM COMMITTEE	Pass	14:0
9/23/2004	1	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED	Pass	14:0
9/22/2004	1	CITY CLERK	DRAFT SUBMITTED
9/14/2004		JUDICIARY & LEGISLATION COMMITTEE	REFERRED TO
9/1/2004	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
040646
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference

Sponsor
ALD. MURPHY, D'AMATO AND HINES
Title
Substitute resolution directing the Intergovernmental Relations Division-Department of Administration to present and urge acceptance of the City of Milwaukee's position relating to the Great Lakes Charter Annex.
Analysis
This resolution directs the Intergovernmental Relations Division-Department of Administration to present and urge acceptance of the City of Milwaukee's position relating to the Great Lakes Charter Annex.
Body
Whereas, In 1985, the Great Lakes Charter was developed and signed by the governors of the 8 Great Lakes states and the premiers of the provinces of Ontario and Quebec, Canada; and

Whereas, The Charter seeks to conserve the levels and flows of the Great Lakes and protect and conserve the environmental balance of the Great Lakes basin ecosystem; and

Whereas, In 1986, the U. S. Congress enacted the Federal Water Resources Development Act, which prohibits water diversions from the Great Lakes basin unless each diversion is approved by the governor of each Great Lakes state; and

Whereas, In June 2001, the Great Lakes governors and premiers of Ontario and Quebec signed the Great Lakes Annex 2001 (Annex), which is an amendment to the Great Lakes Charter of 1985; and

Whereas, Since the signing of the Annex, the governors' and premiers' staff have been developing agreements to create a management process for regulating water diversions and withdrawals from the Great Lakes basin; and

Whereas, The City of Milwaukee is encouraged that the governors and premiers have collaborated to produce this draft agreement to guide their management of the world's largest fresh water ecosystem; and

Whereas, The draft agreement is currently undergoing public review; now, therefore, be it

Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, that the City of Milwaukee express its support for the overall goals of the Anne...