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To: Plan Reviewers From: Karen Chandler, on Behalf of Grass Lake WMO Board Subject: Grass Lake WMO Board Responses to Comments on Draft Watershed Management Plan Date: December 26, 2000 c: Grass Lake WMO Board and Staff Page: 7 GLWMO Response to Comments: The GLWMO Board believes that the GLWMO plan should include only the necessary stormwater management information and not be a restatement or republication of already available information. The GLWMO plan includes watershed and drainage information provided by the member cities. Since the GLWMO Board limits its involvement in stormwater drainage issues to those that cross community boundaries, intercommunity stormwater management information is of most value in the GLWMO plan. In addition, the GLWMO will not be involved in day-to-day stormwater management issues. For these reasons, the GLWMO plan delegates to the cities the responsibility to include detailed stormwater information in their stormwater management plans. The GLWMO Board is concerned that it would require too much time and money to brilig the detailed information into the GLWMO plan and then keep it up to date. The cities will be responsible for determining where improvements can be made to reduce local flooding and/or water quality problems. The GLWMO will work with the member cities if/when improvements are needed to address flooding or water quality problems on Lake Owasso, Lake Wabasso, Snail Lake or Grass Lake. 7. Lake Water Quality Reviewer Comments: Reviewer Location(s) in Comment Comments Letter MPCA Items circled "7" The MPCA requests an explanation for why the water quality guidelines in Table 5.1 appear to allow for quite a bit of degradation in the Category I lakes. The MPCA asks when and how the cities will set goals for Category III and IV water bodies. Met Council Items circled "7" Regarding the leaf compost facility, the Met Council believes the GLWMO should either provide water quality treatment at the facility or should require the city to provide treatment. Ramsey County Items circled "7" Section 4.2.3 of the GLWMO plan indicates there is no water quality monitoring data for Grass Lake; Ramsey County sampled Grass Lake in 1984. Ramsey County notes that the County Lake Management Program will continue to tmonitor Owasso, Wabasso and Snail Lakes on an annual basis. The county states that the GLWMO plan should incorporate the 2000 Strategic Plan for Lake Owasso. GLWMO Response to Comments: Table 5-l in the GLWMO plan presents the water quality guidelines associated with various recreational and, other water body uses. Saying that a water body is a Category I means that it is suitable for all types of