15-025CITY OF SHOREWOOD
RESOLUTION NO. 15 -025
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SHOREWOOD FOR A
PILOT PROJECT OF 100% INBOUND THERMAL DECONTAMINATION AT
CHRISTMAS LAKE
WHEREAS, the public access for Christmas Lake is located in Shorewood, MN; and
WHEREAS, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (MN DNR) declared
Christmas Lake infested with zebra mussels, an aquatic invasive species, in August, 2014; and
WHEREAS, the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District (MCWD), the City of Shorewood,
the MN DNR, the University of Minnesota's "Minnesota Aquatic Invasive Species Research
Center" (MAISRC), and the Christmas Lake Homeowner's Association have worked
cooperatively since August 2014 on first -of -their -kind efforts to eradicate the zebra mussels; and
WHEREAS, these experiments in zebra mussel eradication have required the
expenditure of significant public funding and staff time, as well as private funding from the
Christmas Lake Homeowner's Association; and
WHEREAS, thermal decontamination is believed to be the best method commercially
available to stop the spread of aquatic invasive species; and
WHEREAS, the Christmas Lake Homeowner's Association is willing to dedicate their
thermal decontamination unit to stop the further spread of aquatic invasive species into
Christmas Lake;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of
Shorewood, that the City of Shorewood supports a two -year pilot project beginning in 2015 to
consider all incoming watercraft as high risk and to decontaminate all watercraft coming into
Christmas Lake with a thermal decontamination facility located on City property at the
Christmas Lake public access.
ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SHOREWOOD this
13th day of April 2015.
.cot µ rby, M r
ATTEST:
Je Panchyshyn, City Clerk