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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I b) Storm Wastewater Management - We have reviewed the Draft Water Resources Management Metropolitan Development Guide and attended the public meeting at the Blaine City Hall on December 15, 1981. The draft Surface Water Management Plan was prepared by the Met Council under federal requirements for a regional water quality management plan (United States Code, Title 33, Sec. 1288) and state legislation requirin9 a regional Development Guide (Minn. Stat., Sec. 473.145) for water resources. The draft surface water management plan deals with the erosion, pollution and flooding problems raised by the snowmelt and storm water runoff. It is the intent of the plan to encourage watershed, lake and local stormwater planning and prevent disagreements over intercommunity water management problems. As part of the program it is recommended that the 1976 Metro- politan Land Planning Act be amended to require all cities, urban townships and rural towns (through the counties) to develop stormwater management plans as a part of the local comprehensive plan. The Met Council stated at their public meeting on December 15, 1981 that the reason they are involved in the plan is because no other regional body had taken control of coordinating water management~ It is their intent to prepare guidelines and work with the counties to establish watershed districts. The water- shed districts and cities will be required to,establish water mangagement plans and the counties will be the enforcing agencies. Construction of the projects will be a watershed board responsi- bility and maintenance of the system will be a community obli- gation. The financing proposal recommends state legislation to authorize the Metropolitan Council to: (1) to levy a one-time property tax of one-third of a mill to de~.aythe costs of planning carried out by the watershed management units; (2) levy a one-time property tax levy of one-sixth of a mill to cover the costs of preparing stormwater management plans to cities and townships; and (3) to increase the Council's tax levy by one-fiftieth of a mill to cover administrative costs, on-going research and a program of education and information. The overall time table for the program has not been set. However, the Met Council has set public hearings for March of 1982.