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Lino Lakes Local Water Management Plan 14 November 2018 – WSB Project No. 02988-500 2.3 Resource Management Units The 2008 Lino Lakes Resource Management Plan identifies fifteen Resource Management Units (RMUs) within the City (Figure 2-4). RMUs are subwatershed based drainage areas that break the City of Lino Lakes into distinct hydrologic units. The purpose is to provide drainage-area specific management recommendations that address the unique conditions of each subwatershed area. When developing the RMUs, a full analysis was completed using existing and future land use conditions to gain a full understanding of the resources and the stressors that cause impairments within each RMU. Each RMU has its own stressors based on the existing and future land use conditions. For example, for some RMUs stormwater volume is a stressor, and for others it is excess nutrients. RMUs are used in the development of goals and policies for the city’s surface water resources in Sections 3 and 4 and existing inventories for each RMU are provided in Appendix B. The intent of implementing RMU specific goals, policies, and implementation recommendations is to achieve the aquatic resource management goals of the 2008 Lino Lakes Resource Management Plan and achieve a watershed-based approach to flood control and protecting high quality wetlands. In Section 5, the RMU classification is used within the stormwater management implementation plan (Table 5-24) to demonstrate funding prioritization for RMUs. Additionally, the development of Subwatershed Management Plans for RMUs is listed in Table 5-23 as an action item for the top priority RMUs over the next ten years. RMU priority for subwatershed plan development is intended to occur in the following order: 1. Clearwater Creek RMU 2. Marshan RMU 3. Reshanau RMU 4. Wilkinson RMU 5. Amelia RMU 6. Hardwood Creek RMU 7. Rice Lake RMU If the need arises and resources allow, subwatershed plans for the remaining RMUs will be developed. The RMU specific subwatershed plans will expand on the Resource Management Plan identified stressors, and will develop specific projects and actions to manage impairments and existing and future land use using a watershed-based planning approach.