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_� . <br /> r � <br /> (�¢ ('v��"� Cc`� 4:f\.�C i C i/L�r`�:V J.�-T� - <br /> � <br /> 8. Map showing the service areas through 2030, staging plan if available, and any <br /> proposed changes in governmental boundaries affecting the community, including any <br /> areas designated for orderly annexation. <br /> b. Local Surface Water Management Plan Elements <br /> Background <br /> In the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area, all cities and townships are covered by one or more <br /> watershed management organization (WMO). WMOs are required to prepare plans to <br /> address watershed management issues (see Minn. Stat. Sec. 103B.201). Cities and <br /> townships are required to prepare local water management plans that are consistent with <br /> all applicable WMO plans (see Minn. Stat. 103B.235). In addition, Phase 1 and II <br /> NPDES MS4 permit communities are required to prepare stormwater pollution <br /> prevention plans (SWPPPs). Some MS4 communities are listed as nondegradation <br /> communities and required to provide information in their SWPPP related to <br /> nondegradation. With the multitude of planning requirements, there is a need to <br /> coordinate and consolidate all of these different planning documents. Comprehensive <br /> local water management plans (plans that address all of the water management planning <br /> requirements out there) are crucial in helping the region meet its goal of no adverse <br /> impact on area waterbodies. <br /> In 1995, the Metropolitan Land Planning Act was amended to require that each city and <br /> township's comprehensive plan include a local water management plan. Local water <br /> management plans need to be consistent with the requirements in Minnesota Statutes <br /> 103B and in the Metropolitan Land Planning Act. Local water management plans are <br /> reviewed by the Metropolitan Council (Council) as part of the local comprehensive <br /> planning process prior to their approval by the WMO and adoption by the city or <br /> township. Local water management plans are crucial in helping the rebion meet the <br /> challenge of cost-effective management of water quality and quantity. <br /> Local Water Plan Requirements <br /> Minnesota Rules Chapter 8410 (Metropolitan Area Local Water Management), requires <br /> the local water management plans to address the specific elements. In the Council's 2030 <br /> Regional Development Framework, the Council adopted a water management goal for the <br /> region, "the quality of water leaving the metropolitan area is as good as the water quality <br /> entering the metropolitan area, and in compliance with federal and state regulations." To <br /> meet this goal, the Council has linked the control of pollution from point and nonpoint <br /> sources. The 2030 Water Resources Management Policy Plan states that if a community <br /> does not have a local water management plan as part of its 2008 comprehensive plan <br /> update, the comprehensive plan will be found incomplete for review. If the community <br /> has a plan that does not meet Council requirements for local water management plans, the <br /> Council will likely find the plan to have an impact on our system, thus requiring a plan <br /> modification. <br /> The following list is an expansion of the requirements under Chapter 84l 0. The list is <br /> intended to clarify, through additional detail, what communities should do to ensure that <br /> their local water management plan is consistent with the Council's 2030 Water Resources <br /> Management Policy Plan. <br /> 83 <br />