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SECTION 1 Surface Water Management Plan Section 1: Executive Summary City of Arden Hills WSB Project No. 3455-220 Page 1 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1.1. Local Surface Water Management Plan Purpose This Local Surface Water Management Plan (LSWMP, Plan, local plan) for the City of Arden Hills has been developed to meet local watershed management planning requirements of Minnesota Statutes 103B.201-103B.255 (Appendix B), Minnesota Rule Chapter 8410 (Appendix B), the Metropolitan Council, and the Rice Creek Watershed Management Plan. Local water management plans must be prepared by the respective local governments and be consistent with the watershed’s plan. The Arden Hills LSWMP has been prepared according to State statutory and rule requirements. This document and its referenced literature is intended to provide a comprehensive inventory of pertinent water resource related information that affects the City and management of those resources as well as serve as a guide to reach goals related to water quality, volume reduction, and flood management. The purposes of the water management programs are to:  Protect, preserve, and use natural surface and groundwater storage and retention systems;  Minimize public capital expenditures needed to correct flooding and water quality problems;  Identify and plan for means to effectively protect and improve surface and groundwater quality;  Establish more uniform local policies and official controls for surface and groundwater management;  Prevent erosion of soil into surface water systems;  Promote groundwater recharge, where beneficial;  Protect and enhance fish and wildlife habitat and water recreational facilities; and  Secure the other benefits associated with the proper management of surface and groundwater. The Arden Hills Local Storm Water Management Plan addresses these purposes. The boundaries of Arden Hills lie entirely within the RCWD. The City adopted the objectives and policies of the RCWD as their own as part of the 2002 update. Since the City and RCWD will share authority in implementing surface water management objectives, the City will reference the RCWD rules as their own and adopt objectives and policies consistent with RCWD goals and objectives which are included in Section 3. The City had updated its 2030 Comprehensive Plan in September 2009, which must include the LSWMP as required by Minnesota Statutes, Section 473.859, Subdivision 2, and be reviewed by the Metropolitan Council. 1.2. Executive Summary The Arden Hills Local Storm Water Management Plan organized as follows:  Section 1 Executive Summary provides background information and summarizes the plan contents.  Section 2 Land and Water Resource Inventory describes the physical setting; the history, natural resources and land uses within the City. Dr a f t 11 / 2 0 / 2 0 1 7