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The Comprehensive Planning staff reviewed the plan for consistency with the Regional Blueprint to determine whether the proposed watershed plan could have a substantial impact on, or contain a substantial departure from regional plans. Since the watershed plan does not propose development that could have an impact on the Regional Blueprint, or on the other systems plans, it is consistent with our plans and policies. The Metropolitan Council review of the Roseville comprehensive plan completed January 5, 2000, required the city to amend its land use, controls within 120 days to incorporate best management practices and design criteria consistent with the Council's Interim Strategy for Nonpoint Source Pollution. Council staff would like a copy of Roseville's new ordinance that should be complete. Having this ordinance in place will be a requirement prior to Council recommending approval of the city's local water plan that will be due two years after the GLWMO plan is approved. The Metropolitan Council reviewed the City of Shoreview comprehensive plan on April 5, 2000. The city's 1990 surface water plan was found to comply with the Council's Interim Strategy and other Council requirements. The city will need to complete a new local water plan within two years after the GLWMO plan is approved. Both cities' comprehensive plans show potential redevelopment areas, which seem to only partially correspond to the GLWMO plan Figure 5, Future Changes in Impervious Surface. Because the sources of *.he data for Figures 3-5 ire the GLWMO plan are not noted, Council staff cannot determine if the maps were based on future land use plans for the two cities as reviewed by the Metropolitan Council this year. The GLWMO should request the city's current comprehensive plans to ensure that future land use is accurate. • Nonpoint Source Pollution Impacts (Judy Sventek) In 1992, the Metropolitan Council adopted. an Interim Strategy to Reduce Nonpoint Source Pollution To all Metropolitan Water Bodies. This strategy requires adoption of MPCA best management practices for land development, adoption of U.S. EPA's Nationwide Urban Runoff Program (NURP) design standards (or their equivalent) for all new detention ponds, and adoption of DNR's Statewide Standards for Management of Shoreland Areas. The Council required all local governments in the metropolitan area to adopt the interim strategy by January 1, 1993. Adoption of the Council's Interim Strategy required local governments to adopt a land use control that dealt with erosion and sediment control, required the use of best management practices, required the use of Nationwide Urban Runoff Program (NURP) or similar criteria for new detention basins, and required member communities to adopt Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Shoreland regulations as required by the DNR priority phasing list. The GLWMO plan is consistent with the interim strategy. However, it could be strengthened. The GLWMO should work with both member cities to help them to develop stormwater management ordinances consistent with the Metropolitan Council's Interim Strategy. Since the GLWMO does not permit construction projects, it is important to have local ordinances in place that the cities can use to enforce proper erosion and sedimentation control practices and that protect the water bodies in the GLWMO. If communities swill not agree to adopt an ordinance, the GLWMO should consider a permitting program to ensure equitable standards are being enforced watershed-wide. • Water Resources Management (Judy Sventek) There are four major waterbodies in the GLWMO: Lake Owasso, Lake Wabasso, Snail Lake, and Grass Lake. The GLWMO will manage these four lakes, the GLWMO and the cities are responsible for cooperatively managing an additional 17 waterbodies, and the cities are responsible for managing the remaining waterbodies. In conjunction with Ramsey County the GLWMO monitors the water quality of Lake Owasso, Lake Wabasso, Snail Lake on an annual basis. The Metropolitan Council. has acitizen-assisted lake-monitoring program (CAMP) that could be used to monitor the remaining lakes in the watershed. For more information on our program, please contact Randy Anhorn at 651-602-8743.