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~~- _ o <br />One West Water Street <br />Suite 200 <br />St. Paul, MN 55107 <br />(651) 296-3767 <br />Fax (651)297-5615 <br />Field Offices <br />Northern Region: <br />394 S. Lake Avenue <br />Room 403 <br />Duluth, MN 55802 <br />(218)723-4752 <br />Fax (218) 723-4794 <br />3217 Bemidji Avenue N. <br />Bemidji, MN 56601 <br />(218)755-4235 <br />Fax (218)755-4201 <br />217 S. 7th Street <br />Suite 202 <br />Brainerd, MN 56401-3660 <br />(218)828-2383 <br />Fax (218)828-6036 <br />Southern Region: <br />261 Highway 15 S. <br />New Ulm, MN 56073-8915 <br />(507) 359-6074 <br />Fax (507) 359-6018 <br />40--16th Street SE <br />Suite A <br />Rochester, MN 55904 <br />(507) 285-7458 <br />Fax(507)Z80-2875 <br />Box. 267 <br />1400 E. Lyon Street <br />Marshall, MN 56258 <br />(507)537-6060 <br />Fax (507)537-6368 <br />Metro Region: <br />One West Water Street <br />Suite 250 <br />St. Paul, MN 55107 <br />(651)282-9969 <br />Fax (651)297-5615 <br />An equal opportunity employer <br />Printed on recycled paper <br />December 15, 2000 <br />Karl Keel <br />City of Roseville <br />2660 Civic Center Drive <br />Roseville, MN 55113 <br />Re: 60-day review of Second-Generation Grass Lake Watershed <br />Management Organization Watershed Management Plan <br />Dear Mr. Keel: <br />Thank you for the opportunity to provide the Grass Lake Water Management <br />Organization (GLWMO) with our comments on the October 2000 draft <br />Watershed Management Plan (Plan). Overall, the Plan effectively defines a <br />"traditional" WMO management format of concentrating on intercommunity <br />issues/implementation and avoiding the need for awatershed-wide regulatory <br />program. The Plan also sets strict standards for the high priority lake resources <br />and documents, what needs to be completed and who is responsible. <br />Of particular interest to us is the municipal performance analysis/ WMO "report <br />card" concept as defined in the Evaluation and Accountability Section of Chapter <br />5. The Plan effectively incorporates priority waterbodies (or their tributary areas) <br />and then quantifies means to regularly evaluate for successful implementation. It <br />is our hope that the Plan could further reflect the fact that you will set different <br />minimum standards in different areas. <br />The 19 expected implementation tasks listed on page 5-27 and 5-28 do not <br />correspond to the shorter list of requirements in Table 5-10. Possible additional ~ ) <br />municipal evaluation standards that could be incorporated into the evaluation <br />"report card" are listed below: ~ <br />• Existence of detailed stormwater infrastructure maintenance schedule <br />(including outfalls); <br />• Ordinance structure for variable street widths linked to traffic counts and <br />adjacent resource value; <br />• Clear avenues for public involvement with WMO; <br />• Opportunities for public involvement at city level; <br />• If shoreland is a priority, grade quality of shoreline using % of total length in <br />condition a, b, c, d, f; <br />• Design process minimizing conr!ectivity (this is contrary to normal and <br />addresses street as well as parking lot reconstruction); <br />• Degree to which public lands are buffered, restored, and diversified; <br />• Flow data collection in problem areas so a calibrated model is eventually <br />possible (cheaper and more accurate); <br />• Standard housekeeping activities (sweeping, stencils, no P fertilizer, etc.). <br />.~ <br />S:\NIETRO\Wmo-wd\GRASSLA\60 day review.doc <br />