06-18-07 Item 2D, Comp Plan Update Kickoff

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local water management plan in 200 I. The city should be advised that they will need to review their current local water management plan against the policies and required elements of the Water Resources Management Policy Plan. Ifthere are discrepancies, the city will need to revise its local water management plan. The plan should be submitted to the Council for its review concurreut with the review by the watershed district. Failure to have an updated local water management plan consistent with the local surface water management plan content requirements section in Appendix B2-2 ofthe Water Resources Management Policy Plan will result in a metropolitan system impact. The Council also updated its priority lake list that was first developed in the 1980s as part of the Water Resources Management Policy Plan update. There are 2 priority lakes in Arden Hills, Lake Johanna and Lake Josephine. The Council uses the priority lake list to focus its limited resources. The list is also used in the environmental review process. Where a proposed development may impact a priority lake, the project proposer must complete a nutrient budget analysis for the lake as part of the environmental review process. Advisories 1. Water Supply Planniug Minnesota Statutes section 473.859, subd.3 requires cities with a municipal water supply system to develop a water supply and conservation plan and submit it to the Council for its review. Communities serving more than 1,000 people are required by Minnesota Statutes section 103G .29 I to submit the emergency and conservation plan to the Department of Natural Resources. The guidelines for water supply plan updates were released in 2005. Arden Hills needs to update its local water supply plan consistent with the new guidelines and submit the water supply plan to the Council for its review, For contents oflocal water supply plans, please refer to Appendix B2-c of the Council's Water Resources Management Policy Plan. W- 5