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Updated Surface Water Management Plan (SWMP) <br />City of Ramsey, Minnesota <br />Policy 11.2: The City may establish a fee structure charged to developers for <br />analyzing the impacts of the proposed development. <br />Policy 11.3: The City has established a fee structure charged to developers for <br />constructing capital improvements (i.e., trunk conveyance <br />systems). <br />Policy 11.4: The WMO should establish an equitable cost allocation formula <br />for water resource project implementation that affects more than <br />one unit of government. <br />Policy 11.5: Grants may be sought by the City to fund watershed related <br />projects. <br />Policy 11.6: The City should investigate the feasibility of alternative funding <br />sources, such as Ad Valorem Taxes, bond sales, and user charges <br />(storm water utility). <br />Policy 11.7: The City should encourage donations and in -kind contributions <br />of public and private organizations and the school systems for <br />plan implementation. <br />Policy 11.8: The City shall investigate and evaluate other funding <br />mechanisms that support implementation and enforcement. <br />L. Records Management and Documentation <br />Goal 12: The City shall preserve historic data, records, and files pertaining to the water <br />resources of the LRRWMO. <br />Policy 12.1: The City should develop a classification to be recorded for each <br />new detention area, including the basis for the classification. <br />Policy 12.2: Engineering calculations will be required in a standard format. <br />Policy 12.3: Past studies will be documented and filed by the City. <br />Policy 12.4: Immediately after extreme rainfall events, high water elevations <br />should be noted and surveyed by the City. <br />Policy 12.5: The City will develop a history of flooding and water quality <br />problems by noting past events and recording current floods. <br />Policy 12.6: The City will record changes in water quality, such as increased <br />aquatic vegetation, changing thermal conditions, increased <br />sedimentation, reduced fish numbers, and fish kills. <br />Policy 12.7: The City will perform regular wet storage volume surveys of its <br />stormwater quality ponds on a 10-year rotating basis. If the <br />water quality storage volume is being lost to sedimentation, the <br />City will clean out the pond to reestablish the design storage <br />volume below the outlet and consequently reestablish the design <br />residence time. <br />Policy 12.8: The City will document all items/BMPs provided in the SWPPP <br />and MS4 permit. <br />Section V <br />March 20, 2015 Page 46 <br />