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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION Date: 2/26/2024 Item No.: 10.f. Department Approval City Manager Approval Item Description: Approve the Rice Creek Watershed District Programmatic Maintenance Agreement Update 1 2 Background 3 The City of Roseville and the Rice Creek Watershed District (RCWD) work together on a 4 variety of projects which impact the construction, maintenance, and operation of our 5 stormwater infrastructure. The RCWD also has permit requirements that require the City to 6 install stormwater infrastructure to mitigate impacts created by expanding impervious 7 surface, infringing on flood plains or wetlands, modifying public drainage, or one of several 8 other regulated items. 9 10 As part of the RCWD permit process, long term maintenance of the infrastructure is a 11 requirement. To make the permit process smoother, the RCWD allows municipalities to 12 enter into a Programmatic Maintenance Agreement that identifies what activities are 13 required for permitted projects. This Programmatic Maintenance Agreement provides the 14 City with an opportunity to only have to reference our existing agreement with the RCWD 15 when applying for a permit, in lieu of having to create a standalone maintenance plan for 16 each of our projects. Roseville entered into a Programmatic Maintenance Agreement with 17 the RCWD in 2015 (Attachment 1). The agreement was specifically for RCWD’s Rule C, 18 which pertains to stormwater best management practice maintenance. The existing 19 agreement has no specified termination date. RCWD keeps their maintenance agreements 20 open ended as the infrastructure that is in place has to be maintained for perpetuity. 21 22 With the City’s proposed Twin Lakes Trail Phase II project, the City will be modifying a 23 Regional Conveyance System (Rule G) and modifying a Public Drainage System (Rule I), 24 which are managed by the RCWD. The permitting process will require that the City 25 maintain our box culvert long term, which is covered by both Rule G and Rule I. This 26 updated agreement also has no end date, which is the same as our 2015 maintenance 27 agreement. 28 29 City staff proposed to the RCWD a modification of our existing Rule C Programmatic 30 Maintenance Agreement to an agreement that will cover Rules C, G & I (Attachment 2). 31 This agreement will define our roles and responsibilities long term, and will allow staff to 32 permit the project by referencing this update agreement in lieu of creating a standalone 33 maintenance plan that will need to be updated. Page 1 of 2 Qbhf!2:2!pg!335