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