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water related natural resources. Water Management and Wetlands. The City of Roseville is geographically within the Rice Creek Watershed District, the Grass Lake Water Management Organization, and the Capital Region Watershed District (formally the Central Ramsey Water Management Organization). Each has a management plan. It is necessary for the City's local plan to be in compliance with all three of the water management plans. A resolution adopting the Metropolitan Council's "Interim Strategy to reduce Nonpoint Pollution to an Metropolitan Bodies" was adopted by the City Council on September 11, 1995. The City also has a Surface Water Management Plan, which has been accepted by the Board of Soil & Water Resources, as well as an three water management organizations. It is the intent of the City of Roseville to protect the remaining wetlands and other water bodies to the greatest extent possible and, where feasible, to restore or construct wetlands to increase the amount within the City. Over the years the City has lost many wetland areas due to development. These resources are a valued portion of the City's aesthetics and storm water retention system. In 1991, the State passed a law titled "The Wetland Conservation Act" (WCA). The intent of this act is to assure that there is "no net loss" to the wetlands within the State of Minnesota. As part of this wetland conservation act, the City must follow a series of steps to assure the "no-net-loss" criteria. In addition, the City must implement the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES, 1987) amendments to the Clean Water Act, establishing the NPDES for point source discharges of storm water. In these regulations, construction sites that disturb more than one acre are classified as industrial discharges. The property owner or applicant who is involved with the proposed project applies for the permits Soil Contamination and Clean Up. One of the current issues facing potential developers of property is liability due to contaminated soils. Minnesota was one of the first states to address, through statutes, the liability issues associated with buying, selling, or developing property contaminated by hazardous substances. The Minnesota Land Recycling Act of 1992 provides statutory authority to quickly approve clean-up of contaminated properties and provide landowners and lenders assurances, which minimize potential liability. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency's Voluntary Investigation and Cleanup (VIe) program was established to provide standards iwestigation, provide Minnesota Pollution Control Agency review adequacy and completeness of investigation, and provide clean-up plans to address identified contamination. The City has worked with the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency to provide various levels of assurance to voluntary parties completing response actions, property owners, financial institutions, and future property owners. For ~SL'mili'X8l<;m!li!ll!i'l Rosevillc Comprehensive Plan - 2001 Update Executive Summary -Page 12 of 15