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City of Lino Lakes SWMP | February 8, 2013 Draft | 57 3.13. Water Resource Related Agreements T he Cities of Lino Lakes and Centerville have entered into a Joint Powers Agreement for regulating water for which the two Cities have jointly adopted and enforce ordinance requirements. 4.0 Identified Issues, Goals and Policies Issues, goals and policies were developed for this Plan through a process of compiling issues and goals identified in plans and studies previously completed by the City and other local agencies. Primary sources of information were the previous Surface Water Management Plan, the City’s Comprehensive Plan, r esource m anagement p lans, and w atershed m anagement p lans of the Rice Creek Watershed District and Vadnais Lake Area Watershed Management Organization. The compiled goals and policies were refined by c ity s taff and c onsultants for review by the City of Lino Lakes Environmental Board (whose purpose is to advise the city council in the use and management of its natural resources). Issues, goals and policies have been identified under the following categories: 4.1 Water Rate & Quantity 4.2 Water Quality 4.3 Wetland Management 4.4 Floodplain Man agement 4.5 Public Ditch System 4.6 Groundwater Management 4.7 Natural Resources 4.8 Erosion and Sediment Control 4.9 Regulations, Permitting and Reporting 4.10 Monitoring, Maintenance and Inspection 4.11 Public Participation, Information and Education 4.12 Financing 4.1. Water Rate & Quantity Issues Within the City of Lino Lakes, streams, lakes, and wetlands have been subjected to increased surface water runoff rates and volumes . Increased discharge rates and volumes have caused serious down -cutting and stream bank erosion in some areas. Incre ased runoff rates and volumes also contribute to flooding concerns and water quality concerns. These issues are likely to intensify in the future. The Metropolitan Council prepared and adopted a regional growth strategy that anticipates further urbaniza tion of the City. In addition, transportation improvements in or near the City will facilitate and precipitate urbanization. Without mitigation, the inevitable impacts will be increased volume and increased peak flows of surface water runoff. Sediment load s, and with it pollutants and contaminants, would also increase.