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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 13 <br />1. Maintain or improve the physical, chemical, biological, and aesthetic condition of <br />surface water resources. <br /> <br />2. Develop and implement plans as necessary to reduce pollutant loads for waters that do <br />not meet Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) as approved by the EPA. Coordinate <br />City efforts with applicable Implementation Plans as approved by the Minnesota <br />Pollution Control Agency. <br /> <br />3. Minimize and mitigate the impacts of urban stormwater runoff on water resources. <br /> <br />4. Manage and protect wetlands to maximize wetland functions and improve surface <br />water resources. <br /> <br />5. Manage Subsurface Sewage Treatment Systems to ensure proper design, installation, <br />operation, maintenance or replacement in order to eliminate health hazards or illicit <br />discharges to water resources. Connect properties with SSTSs to city sanitary sewer as <br />soon as feasible. <br /> <br />6. Manage and protect natural upland areas adjacent to surface water resources to mitigate <br />degradation of surface waters and increase the quantity, quality and biological diversity <br />of natural areas. <br /> <br />7. Protect the quality and quantity of groundwater resources. <br /> <br />8. Provide the public with the knowledge, skills, and motivation to protect and improve <br />surface water and groundwater resources. <br /> <br />Implementation Planning <br />SWMP includes a plan for implementation water resource improvements. The plan <br />identify potential projects in the following categories: <br /> <br />1. Stream and shoreline restoration projects. <br /> <br />2. Outlet control structure repair or replacement projects. <br /> <br />3. Localized storage, volume reduction, and water quality improvement sites. <br /> <br />4. Wetland restoration sites <br /> <br />5. Natural upland restoration sites. The projects included will be used for planning <br />purposes and will require further development prior to inclusion in the City’s Capital <br />Improvement Plan (CIP). <br /> <br />The City of Orono partners with the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District in the <br />administration of Surface water management programs. This agreement is referenced <br />in Section 3.21 in appendix 3A-A.