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could be mitigated while enhancing their business opportunities. Our conversations will <br />continue and will work towards compliance and potential changes in the CUP. <br />STORMWATER/WETLAND <br />Local Water Plan <br />City staff are exploring opportunities to reduce redundancies in erosion control inspection <br />work with Rice Creek Watershed District. <br />SEWER AND WATER <br />Water Supply Plan <br />The Department of Natural Resources has approved our Water Supply Plan. The Council <br />must now officially adopt it. A thank you is in order to city staff and Stantec for all the <br />work in getting this through the long process for approval. The city should be proud of <br />its strong water supply infrastructure which includes two wells and an interconnection <br />with the city of Lino Lakes. Clean drinking water is far too often something we take for <br />granted. Having three reliable sources of water means our citizens, and their health are <br />protected by redundant and resilient systems. <br />Wellhead Protection Plan <br />The Minnesota Department of Health recently approved our groundwater model. Our <br />consultant is in the process of using those results to map out our new Wellhead Protection <br />Area, which is the final stage of Part 1 of the Plan. <br />Water Connection Ordinances <br />A draft ordinance for enforcement of water connections is in the City Council’s packet <br />for a second reading. The Planning Commission has recommended approval of the <br />ordinance and the draft in the packet reflects some minor modifications they <br />recommended. <br />With the adoption of this ordinance by the City Council, it will become law once <br />published. From there on out, we will have a much better mechanism to begin reducing <br />the number of homes not connected to city water. <br />Downtown Water Main and Street Reconstruction <br />City staff met with Anoka County staff to review the necessary steps for another attempt <br />at a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) to complete the downtown water and <br />street project. Next steps include getting county and federal approval of an income <br />survey document and strategy. Once the plan for the income study is approved, we can <br />begin the survey. <br />Staff responded to a survey, sent out by the county, regarding CDBG funding priorities, <br />emphasizing our needs for the downtown project. <br /> <br />