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CMP Part 3A. Environmental Protection Plan <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />City of Orono Community Management Plan 2020-2040 Part 3A, Page 11 <br />The city, in the review of this CMP, added a 7th guiding principal: <br /> <br />Guiding Principle #7: Continue to work to educate property owners and residents on the <br />effects development and use have on the environment and character <br />of the community. <br />SURFACE WATER MANAGEMENT <br /> <br />Surface Water Management Plan <br /> <br />Introduction <br />The City of Orono’s 2018 Local Surface Water Management Plan (SWMP) attached as <br />Appendix 3A-A is an update of the 2011 SWMP. This Surface Water Management Plan <br />has been developed to serve as a comprehensive planning document to guide the City of <br />Orono in conserving, protecting, and managing its surface water resources. The SWMP <br />provides an inventory of water resource related information including the results of <br />assessments conducted by other governmental units, both local and state. From this <br />inventory and assessment, Orono sets forth its goals and policies and implementation <br />program. The SWMP also seeks consistency with the goals and policies of the Minnehaha <br />Creek Watershed District and with the requirements and guidance provided in the <br />Metropolitan Council’s 2040 Water Resources Management Policy Plan. Within this <br />document additional information such as amendment procedures, subwatershed modeling, <br />and other engineering details are included. <br /> <br />Statutory Requirements <br />This SWMP meets the requirements detailed in Minnesota Statutes 103B and Minnesota <br />Rules 8410, administered by the Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources. Minnesota <br />Statute 103B.201 states that the purposes of the water management programs are to: <br /> <br />1. Protect, preserve, and use natural surface and groundwater storage and retention <br />systems; <br /> <br />2. Minimize public capital expenditures needed to correct flooding and water quality <br />problems; <br /> <br />3. Identify and plan for means to effectively protect and improve surface and groundwater <br />quality; <br /> <br />4. Establish more uniform local policies and official controls for surface and groundwater <br />management; <br /> <br />5. Prevent erosion of soil into surface water systems; <br /> <br />6. Promote groundwater recharge; <br /> <br />7. Protect and enhance fish and wildlife habitat and water recreational facilities; and