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the City's maintenance staff could not be aware of or observe everything around the community, so the more eyes the better for everyone. Member Heimerl noted weather-related timing issues with the annual Leaf Pickup Program, and questioned if that worked against the success of stormwater programs. Mr. Johnson advised that it did work into the stormwater program efforts, and obviously some seasons are more problematic than others. However, Mr. Johnson opined that typically it worked well, and went a long way in addressing the mandates of the MPCA. On a related note, Mr. Culver reported that several months ago, the City Council had voted to discontinue the Leaf Pickup Program after 2015 based on the huge efforts and fees required for the few residents still participating in the program. Mr. Culver advised that a vast majority of Roseville residents dealt with their leaves in other ways; and by staff not performing this work, or hiring additional seasonal staff, they would have more time and resources available for sweeping and reduce the number of gaps in that sweeping based on weather fluctuations. Mr. Johnson advised that part of the intended public education outreach would be to provide residents information on alternative options for their leaves, whether at City or County facilities, and promoting those options versus leaving leaves on the grass, especially with the number of mature trees found on many Roseville lots. In summarizing changes made to the permit over the last cycle in minimum control measures (MCM's), Mr. Johnson noted that the MPCA was becoming more flexible as it reviewed the progress made by a jurisdiction in meeting permit requirements rather than having a standard punch list as in the past. Mr. Johnson noted the increased education efforts and community recognition of and reporting of illicit discharges that had already been accomplished. Mr. Johnson further noted the written procedures now in place for site plan review, receipt of public input, site inspections, investigation and mitigation. Mr. Johnson noted that written enforcement response procedures (ERP's) are also now in place to enforce and compel compliance with the regulatory mechanism developed and implemented by the City of Roseville (e.g. City Code revisions and a local Surface Water Management Plan). Mr. Johnson further summarized efforts to identify and address total maximum daily loads (TMDL's) to impaired waters, through submittal of compliance reports for applicable waste load allocations to the Como Lake watershed area, and upcoming TMDL efforts for other water bodies (e.g. Bennett, Little Johanna, Long Lake and Pike Lake) with the intent to annually demonstrate progress toward meeting each applicable waste load allocation (WLA). Page 5 of 19