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CASE # 3 • AWARD CONTRACT FOR COMPREHENSIVE WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT PLAN UPDATE By: Leonard Linton, Civil Engineer H Background: The City is required to revise their Comprehensive Plan every ten (10) years. The next update is due in 2008. The City Council approved a consultant for the Comprehensive Plan update at the March 13, 2007 meeting. A significant component of the Comprehensive Plan is the Water Resources Management Plan (WRMP). The WRMP should be completed before the Comprehensive Plan so that the recommendations can be incorporated in the other sections of the plan as they are developed. The requirements of the Water Resources section are specified in State law and by the Metropolitan Council. The Water Resources Management Plan (WRMP) will be reviewed and approved by the Metropolitan Council as part of the Comprehensive Plan, as well as being reviewed and approved by the Lower Rum River Water Management Organization. The Metropolitan Council's 2030 Regional Development Framework includes the adopted goal "The quality of water leaving the metropolitan area is as good as the water entering the metropolitan area, and in compliance with federal and state regulations." Our Comprehensive Plan must support this goal. • The requirements for the WRNT are specified in documents prepared by the Metropolitan Council, they are briefly summarized below: • Land and Water Resources Inventory — Portions of this requirement will be met by the Wetlands Management Plan and the Natural Resources Inventory that are being done for the City. The WRMP will look at how the wetlands, lakes, creeks, county ditches and ponds function in conveying and treating storm water before it leaves the city. • Establishment of goals and policies that preserve water quality. This includes adopting ordinances on erosion control and runoff rates, adopting Best Management Practices (BMPs) that will reduce the suspended solids and phosphorus in storm water and integrating the National - Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit in the plan. • Assessment of problems and corrective actions for problems identified by the study. • Financial considerations- corrective actions will be identified and categorized for inclusion in the Capital Improvement Program. The ongoing maintenance of stormwater infrastructure must also be funded. • Implementation priorities and program — the study must provide an orderly schedule for adoption of ordinances and implementing BMPs for rate control and water quality improvement. • Procedures for amending the WRMP. • The p rocess of identifying how the wetlands, lakes, creeks, county ditches, ponds and storm sewer system interact to convey storm water will be labor intensive and —115—