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Appendix - Arden Hills Water Quality Task Force - June 2000 enhancement to assist citizens in making wise choices. 11 Implementation(s): Identify citizens within a defmed area who have an interest in solving specific problems that represent an enhancement to water quality, Encourage the free flow of information between these groups. Develop specific incentives designed to create citizen interest in solving specific watershed __~pr:obleIl1s and encourage enh::mcements to local water qualityusirlg_13MP's, 12 Encourage the Lake Associations and other lake homeowners to participate in a lake protection plan process. Develop a set of recommended improvements or BMP's for specific areas of the City that would advance Arden Hills water quality goals. Encourage citizens to create local area plans for water quality enhancement using BMP's appropriate to the area.13 Create and distribute a Sub-Watershed informational map. Resources: Some staff time would be devoted to coordination and communications. Some of this work would be accrued to the Water Management Plan process, Overall costs to the City would be dependent on the level of participation and success in implementing programs. Incidental costs for awards, framed certificates, purchased books or manuals for reference and loans (See recommendation 1 - Library section). 3) Recommendation Arden Hills should supporl and encourage water quality monitoring programs in areas likely to reflect the greatest water quality impacts and areas not currently tested by RCWD or Ramsey County, Arden Hills should supporl the RCWD water quality programs for schools. Method(s): Maintain communication with RCWD as programs develop and cooperate to help implement program. I] Citizen programs, that provide incentives, have measurable outcomes and can compare favorably to traditional measures in cost to benefit, should be eligible for fmancing or funding. 12 Incentives _ Some suggestions were: A yearly plant exchange. A buying club with a City arranged discount for specific plants. An awards or recognition program for successful neighborhood plalU1ing efforts. A City recognized guidebook for water quality enhancements in gardening and landscaping. Availability of planning resources for neighborhood improvements. A program that would allow low interest loans to the Citizens for specific water quality improvements deemed beneficial to City water quality goals. A program of credits to water bills for improvements with defmed water quality components. " Preparation of Shoreline management plans, aquatic plant management strategies, control of exotic species, deep rooted plantings in landscape and nuisance plant reduction all result in reduced stormwater runoff, less required construction and long term maintenance. City supported projects must reduce or control long term costs. . e .