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From: Date: Chair Haw-n and Planning Commission Members Ron Moorse, City Administrator Mike Gaffron, Planning Director January 11,2001 Subject: Surface Water Management Plan a^S r Attachments • Public Hearing Notice • Surface Water Management Plan Pinal DraR, October 9,2000 with sample appendices (complete appendices can be made available if you wish to review them) and representative section of System Map Background The City of Orono concurrently with adoption of the update of the Community Management Plan (CMP), must adopt and implement the City of Orono Surface Water Management Plan (SWMP), a final draft of which has been complct^ by the City’s consulting engineers. Bonestroo and Associates. This is the first comprehensive document for addressing the management of surface water in Orono since the original Surface Water Management Plan completed by Hickock and Associates in 1974. Adoption of the new Plan technically requires a public hearing, as it constitutes a separate element of the Community Management Plan that was not ready for review and approval at the time the full CMP was approved by the City Council in September 2000. Work toward completion of the SW^IP actually began as early as 1992-93 when the City contracted for T topographic map coverage of the entire City. A first draft of the SWMP was completed in 1997. However, the SWMP has been significantly reworked since the July 1997 draft, in response to comments and concerns raised by Council and staff during a number of work sessions held during the past 3 years. Plan Objectives The general objectives of the SWMP arc: • Preserv e Orono’s wetlands, streams and lakes, especially Lake Minnetonka. • Reduce capital expendimres needed to meet water quantity and quality standards. • Minimize existing flooding, erosion and sedimentation problems generated by surface flows.