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- Map showing the service areas through 2040, staging plan if available, and any proposed changes in governmental boundaries affecting the community, including any areas designated for orderly annexation. Appendix C-2:Local Surface Water Management Plan Elements Background In 1995, the Metropolitan Land Planning Act was amended to require that each city and township's comprehensive plan include a local water management plan. Local water management plans need to be consistent with the requirements in Minn. Stat. 1036.235, the Metropolitan Land Planning Act and with Minnesota Rules Chapter 8410. Local water management plans are reviewed by the Council as part of the local comprehensive planning process prior to their approval by the appropriate watershed organization(s) and adoption by the city or township. Local water management plans are crucial in helping the region meet the challenge of cost-effective protection and management of water quality and quantity. Local Water Plan Requirements Minnesota Rules Part 8410.0160 requires the local water management plans to address specific elements. If a community does not have a currently approved local water management plan as part of its 2018 comprehensive plan update, the comprehensive plan will be found incomplete for review. If a community has a plan that does not meet the requirements for local water management plans, the Council will likely find the plan to have an impact on our system, thus requiring a plan modification. In general, local water plans need to include a summary of the priorities and problems in the community; structural, nonstructural and programmatic actions to take to address the priorities and problems; and clearly identified funding mechanisms to fix the problems. The following list is an expansion of the requirements under Ch. 8410 and Minnesota Statute 1036.235. The list is intended to clarify, through additional detail, what communities should include in their local water management plans to ensure that their local water management plan is consistent with the requirements for local water plans and the Council's 2040 Water Resources Policy Plan. 1. An executive summary that summarizes the highlights of the local water plan. 2. A summary of the appropriate water resource management -related agreements that have been entered into by the local community. 3. A description of the existing and proposed physical environment and land use. Data may be incorporated by reference for other required elements of this section as allowed by the WMO. The community should be aware that not all WMO plans will contain the level of detail needed for the community and, in those instances, the community will need to provide additional information. In addition, the following must be defined in the plan: - Drainage areas - Volumes, rates, and paths of stormwater runoff (runoff rates are recommended for a 24-hour precipitation event with a return frequency of 1 or 2 years. Communities with known flooding issues may want to require rate control for storms with other return frequencies such as 10, 25 or 100 -year events) 75