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596 Review and Discuss Items Identified in 2001 Plan and Previous Board Discussions AND 597 GLWMO Vision and Mission for the Next Ten (10) Years 598 At the request of Ms. Correll, discussion was held on the success and/or results of the "report 599 card" process as a framework to measure performance of the Second Generation Plan and lack of 600 evidence of their continued use to -date; recognition that the 2001 Plan pre -dated when cities fell 601 under MS4 and NDPES regulations negating the need for a review mechanism for cities; current 602 process for city inventories and reporting of water quality making the report card process 603 redundant, while creating a lack of awareness for the public in the cost of implementing MS4 604 requirements other than the mandated annual published report; and inclusion in the Third 605 Generation Plan of how MS4 regulations informed measurable action items with the annual 606 report showing trends in meeting those goals. 607 608 Mr. Maloney suggested that the GLWMO Board should have some mechanism in place 609 recognizing the annual reports by member cities. 610 611 Further discussion included incorporation of city summary information with data needed by the 612 GLWMO; how the report information could be used in the GLWMO's educational components 613 for stormwater practices, in conjunction with city requirements in meeting the MS4 goals for 614 education and outreach; specifically addressing wetland resources in the Plan; minimum 615 protection standards consistent with the Minnesota Wetland Conservation Act (WCA); 616 identifying standards for implementation by the GLWMO for future evaluation of more stringent 617 standards; and identification of local government units (LGU's). 618 619 Additional discussion included pending status of the Ramsey County Groundwater Protection 620 Plan in providing consistency for the GLWMO to address stormwater runoff; identification of 621 former dump sites in the GLWMO area; guidance for cities with vulnerable areas, specifically 622 wellhead protection and drinking water supply areas; an inventory of wellhead protection areas 623 recently completed by RCD staff; mechanisms in place to identify unused wells at property 624 points of sale; how to become more aware of or stay alert of evolving groundwater issues in the 625 metropolitan area as a whole that area bigger in scope and scale than just the area served by the 626 GLWMO; emerging pollutants in surface water; results of the recent USGS Study conducted on 627 Lake Owasso; pending completion by the City of Shoreview on Phase I of their Wellhead 628 Protection Plan; and recognizing the difference in member cities with the City of Shoreview 629 having its own wells and the City of Roseville purchasing water through the Saint Paul Regional 630 Water Utility Service. 631 632 Discussion ensued related to future Board discussions if the Ramsey County Groundwater 633 Protection Plan was approved, and subsequent mandates on cities and WMO's incorporating 634 mandated policies for other LGU's and what legal authority a WMO had as a permitting agency; 635 and the need once a new Plan is in place for cities to become in compliance with their 636 Comprehensive Water Management Plan. 637 638 Mr. Maloney noted that the City of Roseville had to make their local plan comply with three (3) 639 different entities: Rice Creek Watershed District (RCWD), Capitol Region Watershed District 640 (CRWD) and GLWMO. 641 14