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170 171 Member Heimerl noted weather-related timing issues with the annual Leaf Pickup 172 Program, and questioned if that worked against the success of stormwater 173 programs. 174 175 Mr. Johnson advised that it did work into the stormwater program efforts, and 176 obviously some seasons are more problematic than others. However, Mr. Johnson 177 opined that typically it worked well, and went a long way in addressing the 178 mandates of the MPCA. 179 180 On a related note, Mr. Culver reported that several months ago, the City Council 181 had voted to discontinue the Leaf Pickup Program after 2015 based on the huge 182 efforts and fees required for the few residents still participating in the program. Mr. 183 Culver advised that a vast majority of Roseville residents dealt with their leaves in 184 other ways; and by staff not performing this work, or hiring additional seasonal 185 staff, they would have more time and resources available for sweeping and reduce 186 the number of gaps in that sweeping based on weather fluctuations. 187 "111IRMab, IAL 188 Mr. Johnson advised that part of the intended public education outreach would be 189 to provide residents information on alternative options for their leaves, whether at 190 City or County facilities, and promoting those options versus leaving leaves on the 191 grass, especially with the number of mature trees found on many Roseville lots. 192 193 In summarizing changes made to the permit over the la cle in minimum control 194 measures (MCM's), Mr. Johnson noted that the MPCA was becoming more 195 flexible as it reviewed the progress made by a jurisdiction in meeting permit 196 requirements rather than having a standard punch list as in the past. Mr. Johnson 197 noted the increased education efforts and community recognition of and reporting 198 of illicit discharges that had already been accomplished. Mr. Johnson further noted 199 the written procedures now in place for site plan review, receipt of public input, site 200 inspections, investigation and mitigation. Mr. Johnson noted that written 201 enforcement response procedures (ERP's) are also now in place to enforce and 202 compel compliance with the reg'latory mechanism developed and implemented by 203 the City of Roseville (e.g. City Code revisions and a local Surface Water 204 Management Plan). 205 206 Mr. Johnson summarized efforts to identify and address total maximum 207 daily loads (T s) to impaired waters, through submittal of compliance reports 208 for applicable waste load allocations to the Como Lake watershed area; and 209 upcoming TMDL efforts for other water bodies (e.g. Bennett, Little Johanna, Long 210 Lake and Pike Lake) with the intent to annually demonstrate progress toward 211 meeting each applicable waste load allocation (WLA). 212 213 To -date, Mr. Johnson advised that the most difficult item to accomplish had been 214 completing the written procedures and ERP's. Mr. Johnson noted that the item that 215 will have the most improvement should be the MCM4 post construction stormwater Page 5 of 18