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Housing & Economic Development <br />3-R Impaired Waters <br />Metro Cities supports continued development of the metropolitan area in a manner that is <br />responsive to the market, but is cognizant of the need to protect the water resources of the <br />state and metro area. Since all types of properties are required to pay storm water fees, <br />Metro Cities opposes entity -specific exemptions from these fees. Metro Cities supports the <br />goals of the Clean Water Act and efforts at both the federal and state level to implement it. <br />Metro Cities supports continued funding of the framework established to improve the <br />region's ability to respond to market demands for development and redevelopment, <br />including dedicated funding for surface water impairment assessments, Total Maximum <br />Daily Load (TMDL) development, storm water construction grants and wastewater <br />construction grants. <br />Local units of government should not bear undue cost burdens associated with completed TMDL <br />reports. As recent TMDL reports show, non -point agricultural sources are producing more run <br />off pollution than urban areas at a rate of 13:1. Cities must not be required as primary entities for <br />funding the clean-up and protection of state and regional water resources. Benefits of efforts <br />must be proportional to the costs incurred and agricultural sources must be held responsible for <br />their share of costs. <br />2018 Legislative Policies <br />35 <br />