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STAFF REPORT: Grass Lake Water Management Organization -Watershed Management Plan INTRODUCTION AND AUTHORITY TO REVIEW The Grass Lake Water Management Organization (GLWMO) covers approximately 8.6 square miles. Portions of the communities of Shoreview and Roseville are located within the GLWMO. The GLWMO is located in Ramsey County and is bounded on the north by the Rice Creek Watershed District and the Vadnais Lake Watershed Management Organization; on the east by the Vadnais Lake Watershed Management Organization and the Ramsey Washington Metro Watershed District; on the west by the Rice Creek Watershed District; and on the south by the Capitol Region Watershed District. The GLWMO prepared a comprehensive watershed management plan in response to the Metropolitan Surface Water Management legislation embodied in Minn. Stat., sec. 103B.201 to 103B.251. Section 103B.231, subd. 8 of the legislation provides for Metropolitan. Council (Council) review of proposed watershed plans. The Council reviews the plans after the county(s), soil and water conservation District(s), towns and cities, and concurrently with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR), Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA), Minnesota Department of Health (MDH), and the Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources (BWSR). According to Minnesota Rules Chapter 8410 Metropolitan Area Local Water Management; BWSR has prepared plan content guidelines and notified. watershed management organizations that these guidelines would be used for review purposes. Using these guidelines as a model, the Council may provide advisory comments on aspects such as technical adequacy, completeness and internal consistency. The Council is required to review the plans in the same manner it would local comprehensive plans, focusing on three areas: 1. Consistency with metropolitan system plans; 2. Consistency with adapted chapters of the Regional Blueprint; and Anticipated amendments to local comprehensive plans that may have a substantial impact on, or contain a substantial departure from metropolitan system plans. The Council, as the designated area-wide water quality management planning agency under section 208 of the federal Water Pollution Control Act, has a responsibility to ensure that water quality management policies and programs are implemented. ANALYSIS -PLAN CONTENT The GLWMO plan includes the following sections: executive summary, land and water resource inventory, regulatory framework, assessment of problems and issues, goals and policies, implementation program, references, figures and appendix a. Land and Water Resource Inventory The land and water resource inventory section is fairly complete.