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r <br />i <br />Minnehaha Creek Watershed District REQUEST FOR BOARD ACTION <br />TITLE: City of Orono Surface Water Management Plan Date: December 19,2002 <br />ITEM TYPE:^Action DConsent <br />□Discussion Glnformation <br />PREPARED BY: Glenda D. Spiotta, Planner/Program Manager <br />TELEPHONE: 952-471-0590 <br />E*MAIL: gspiotta@minnehahacreek.org <br />REVIEWED BY: □ Administrator □ Board Committee <br />□ Counsel □ Senior DistrictTech <br />B Consulting Engineer □ District Technician <br />B Planner/Program Mgr □ Other <br />FItcal/FTE Impact: <br />□ None <br />B Amount included in current budget <br />G Budget amendment requested <br />□ Project/program adjustment needed (or FTE <br />G FTE included in current complement <br />G New FTE(s) requested <br />G Other (include explanation in text). <br />PURPOSE or ACTION REQUESTED: <br />Approval of City of Orono's local Surface Water Management Plan. <br />SUMMARY: <br />Over the past months, the City of Orono and MCWD staff and engineering consultants have progressively <br />addressed a number of outstanding city Plan issues. The City of Orono made changes to their Plan based on <br />MCWD review comments. Initially the City did not seek any regulatory authorities but now is seeking to <br />assume transfer of authority for erosion control permitting (MCWD Rule B) at this time. <br />Included for your review are the following background memos: <br />a. June 22,2001 <br />b. June 6, 2001 <br />c. December 11,2001 <br />d. October 2, 2002 <br />e. December 10,2002 <br />Metropolitan Council review comments <br />Draft Wenck advisory review comments <br />City of Orono correspondence <br />Wenck review comments to proposed Plan changes <br />Wenck response to latest Plan proposed changes <br />Under Statute the Board's consideration of Water Resource Management Plans is contingent on the city’s <br />documentation that it has provided its plan to the Metropolitan Council and allowed 45 days for Council review. <br />Orono submitted its WRMP to the Metropolitan Council and comments from the Metropolitan Council <br />Environmental Services were received June 22,2001 and are attached. <br />Policies included in the Orono WRMP are in general conformance with current adopted MCWD policies. <br />STAFF RECOMMENDATION: <br />Staff recommends the Board approve the City of Orono's local Surface Water Management with the following <br />conditions: <br />a. Incorporation of MCWD district-wide wetlands functions and values assessment into the Orono <br />SWMP within 120 days of its submittal to the City. <br />b. Adoption of an erosion control ordinance that is at least as protective as the District's Rule B. within <br />6 months of execution of the Memorandum of Understanding <br />c. Execute a Memorandum of Understanding establishing implementation responsibilities between the <br />MCWD and the City. <br />EXPLANATION OF FISCAL/FTE IMPACT: <br />Local water resource management plans reviews are budgeted for 2002. <br />j