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D <br /> /D/���0 <br /> 2335 hfighway 36 W <br /> St.Paul,MN 55113 <br /> Te1651-636-4600 <br /> Fax 651-636-1311 <br /> www.bonestroo.com <br /> �Bonestroo <br /> September 22, 2010 <br /> Becky Houdek <br /> Minnehaha Creek Watershed District <br /> 18202 Minnetonka BLVD <br /> Deephaven, MN 55391 . <br /> Re: Orono SWMP <br /> Client Name: City of Orono <br /> Bonestroo Project No.: 139-09034-0 , <br /> Dear Becky: <br /> Thank you for taking the time to review and provide comments on Orono's Surface Water <br /> Management Plan (SWMP).The comments below are in response to your comments provided in <br /> your review memo. We have annotated the review memo to illustrate what comments we are <br /> responding to and that document is provided as an attachment. <br /> Comment 1a: Figure 2.3 has been updated to include all surface water appropriations identified <br /> within the City of Orono. <br /> Comment ib: Figure 2.5 has been added and includes all public parks and open space and all <br /> water-based recreation locations. <br /> Comment 1c: Table 2.3 reflects the 303d list of impaired waters. A note has been added at the <br /> end of the table to identify the list that is the source of data for this summary table. <br /> Comment id: A map has been added, which identifies all pollutant sources(Appendix H)and a <br /> discussion has been added as Section 4.6 that states the following: The MPCA has an inventory <br /> of all the potential pollutant sources within Minnesota available on their website under. What's In <br /> My Neighborhood; (www.pca.state.mn.us). The potential pollutantsources include feedlots, air <br /> permits, hazardous wastes, investigation and dean up sites, tanks and leaks, solid waste, and <br /> water quality. In the City of Orono the primary issues are investigation and c%an up sites, tanks <br /> and leaks, water quality issues, and hazardous wastes(Appendix H). The City can use this <br /> database to determine if there are any potential areas that may be contaminated prior to <br /> initiating any infiltration projects or if there are any potential pollubnt sources that are causing <br /> water quality problems. <br /> Comment 2: The following discussion has been added to Section 9.4 of the SWMP: Table 9.3 <br /> indicates a reduction that meets the overall goal of the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District's <br /> (MGWD)required removal of 230/bs/yea� The City has taken extensive effort to attempt to <br /> identify projec�s that meet the phosphorus reduction goals in each of the subwatersheds; <br /> however, not all the removals are occurring in the specific subwatershed as reguired in the <br /> MCWD Comprehensive Water Resource Management Plan(CWRMP). The Lake Minnetonka basin <br />