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REQUEST FOR COUNCII, ACTION DATE: 6/1 0/02 ITEM NO.:VIII. B. Department Approval: Manager Reviewed: Agenda Section: Consent �,�--- i��'"-` ��:�•� Item Description: Request for authorization to solicit Request for Proposals for the Comprehensive Storm Water Management Plan Background: The City of Roseville's current Comprehensive Storm Water Management Plan (CSWNIl') was prepared in 1990. In the last 12 years many changes ha�e been made to the City's overall storm water management system. The Met Council requires that cities periodically update this plan as part of the City's Comprehensive Plan. The City of Roseville is also part of three watershed management organizations (Grass Lake Watershed Management Organization, Rice Creek Watershed District, and Capitol Region Watershed District). Member cities are required to update their local watershed management plans to bring them into conformance with the watershed organizations' revised plans within two years of adoption (July 25, 2003). Although the City is not developing at the same rate as some of the outlying suburbs, it is important to keep this plan up to date. As each property in the City redevelops, we can address the additional storm water introduced into our system without impacting e�sting properties. In addition to using this as a planning document for implementation of system improvements and maintenance, the City of Roseville is required to apply for the Environmental Protection Agency's Storm Water Phase II permit by March 2003. Staff is looking at combining the development of an updated CSWNIl' with the requirements of the EPA' s Phase II permit. EPA Storm Water Phase II Since the passage of the Clean Water Act (CWA), the quality of our Nation's waters has improved dramatically. Despite this progress, however, degraded waterbodies still e�st. According to the 1996 National Water Quality Inventory, a biennial summary of State surveys of water quality, appro�mately 40 percent of surveyed US waterbodies are still impaired by pollution and do not meet water quality standards. A leading source of this impairment is polluted runoff. In fact according to the Inventory, 13 percent of impaired rivers, 2 1 percent of impaired lake acres and 45 percent of impaired estuaries are affected by urban/ suburban storm water runoff. Phase I of the US environmental Protection Agency's (II'A) storm water program was promulgated in 1990 under the CWA. Phase I relies on National Pollutant Discharge