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k,14L& REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION Department Approval Date.- 8/8/11 Item No..- 13. a City Manager Approval Item Description.- Consider Updates to the Erosion and Sedimentation Control Ordinance M� 2 It has been five years since the City adopted the Erosion and Sedimentation Control Ordinance 3 (ESC) Ordinance. Over the course of implementing the Ordinance, staff has been identifying 4 items that should be changed within the ordinance to make implementation better meet the needs of the City of Roseville. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency suggested additional changes 6 to the ordinance during our SWPPP audit last year that we would like to incorporate to help "7 clarify the ordinance. 8 The Public Works Environment and Transportation Commission recommends the City Council 9 consider adopting the updates to the Erosion and Sedimentation Control Ordinance. This '10 ordinance was originally adopted by the City Council on January 28, 2008. Attached is the draft ordinance for this discussion. 12 The City of Roseville is a Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) city enrolled in the 13 MPCA stormwater program. Under the stormwater program, MS4�s are required to develop and 14 implement a Stormwater Pollution Prevention Program (SWPPP). The SWPPP must cover six 1 f.t minimum control measures.- 1 1 0 Public education and outreach; 1 7 0 Public participation/involvement; 1 (, 0 Illicit discharge,, detection and elimination; '19 0 Construction site runoff control; 20 0 Post-construction site runoff control; and 21 0 Pollution prevention/good housekeeping. 22 The 'IS 4 must identi best management practices 'IPs), and measurable goals associated 23 with each minimum control measure. An annual report on the implementation of the SWPPP 24 must be submitted each year. The City's Erosion and Sedimentation Control (ESC), Ordinance is 25 one of the requirements of the City's SWPPP. 2�,,,,,, This ordinance will be moved out of the Zoning Code and into the Storm Water Code, 27 s pecifically 803.04. This is the same chapter as the Illicit Discharge Ordinance (803.3), and the 2' future location of the City's Storm Water Drainage Ordinance. 29 POLICY OBJECTIVE 3o The City's Comprehensive Plan and the Comprehensive Storm Water Management Plan discuss 31 the importance of protecting the city's water resources. This ordinance is consistent with that 32 objective. The Public Works Environment and Transportation Commission has reviewed the 33 proposed changes and recommends their adoption. zm�