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Ms. Patricia Arlig, P.E. . Page 3 August 26, 1992 Shoreland Management It is our understanding that the City of Arden Hills has a state approved shore]and ordinance which fully meets the requirements of the Watershed District. Please notify us whether the City's ordinance has been upgraded recently to conform with the new state guidelines. Floodplain Management While the management plan has severa] policies relating to floodplain, it was noted that the City's Code of Ordinances, Chapter 9.5, met the Watershed District plan objectives, Please forward a copy of this chapter so that we may have it for our files and review it for conformance as well. Construction Erosion This portion of the management plan meets District requirements in that it references Ramsey County Erosion Control Handbook. Upon adoption of an ordinance for implementing this policy. The erosion control policy should address grading within shore]and areas if this area is not already covered under the Shore]and Management ordinance of the City. Please forward the name and telephone number for the contact person who will serve as erosion control inspector. . This information will help the Watershed District's inspector with his work as well. Groundwater Protection. There is an obscure reference in the back of the watershed plan which requires cities to forward an inventory of residential and commercia] properties appropriating water for heating and cooling purposes. The Watershed District will then use this information to require users to demonstrate discharges do not create drainage or water quality problems. This issue is not related to any jurisdictional matters with the City, but is merely for District information. Other Comments We will be sending under separate cover, some water quality information for the City lakes. We noted several errOrs for the data tabulated in the plan (Le., Johanna secchi depth of 11 meters...). . We will also forward a copy of the project list which the District completed as part of the Long Lake Chain of Lakes project in the late 1970s and early '80s. A number of sedimentation basins were constructed within the City of Arden Hills which remain the maintenance responsibility of the District, . The presence of chronic beaver problems at the Valentine Lake outlet perhaps should be addressed. From conversations with the DNR it appears they feel the property owner upon which the beaver dam is located is responsible for removal to prevent flooding, Perhaps a City inventory of common drainageway could be assembled which would be maintained by the City, The Watershed District will, of course, maintain any official public ditch systems, .