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DRAFT 2040 Comprehensive Plan Update – Local Water Management Plan 32 December 27, 2017 - Project CLL17010 Action No. Actions identified by Issue Category Additional Issue(s) Addressed Goals Addressed Policies Addressed Permitting and Reporting 3.9.1 3.9.1A WETLAND MANAGEMENT 3 Implement Wetland Bank Plan. NA 3.3.1 3.3.1A 4 Provide for wetland impact replacement credit in cooperation with RCWD and VLAWMO NA 3.3.1 3.3.1C 3.3.1D 3.3.1E 5 Conduct annual meeting with the RCWD to review wetland mitigation permits to ensure wetland functions are being preserved. NA 3.3.1 3.3.1E 6 Coordinate with MnDOT and County Transportation officials on projects that propose to disturb wetlands within their ROW by holding annual meeting to discuss future road plans and wetland mitigation banking. NA 3.3.1 3.3.1A 7 Work with RCWD and VLAWMO to establish watershed-based approaches to maintaining or restoring wetland functions. NA 3.3.1 3.3.1D FLOODPLAIN MANAGEMENT 8 Review existing watershed models and work with the RCWD and VLAWMO to address flow constraints in the system. NA 3.4.1 3.4.1D PUBLIC DITCH SYSTEM 9 Work with the Rice Creek Watershed District on the ditch abandonment process for public subsurface (drain tile) systems and explore partial abandonment for surface (ditch) systems, in cases where the public drainage system requires redesign to implement the Multi-Functional Greenway Corridor, NA 3.5.1 3.5.1A 10 Support the RCWD in the RCWD’s implementation of ditch activities and Resource Management Plans by providing input where it impacts the city’s drainage system and development plans by encouraging: • Integrating management of ditch systems and adjacent wetland and upland systems; • Maintaining ditch systems being used for agricultural benefit; • Using branch maintenance in rural areas, retrofits in urbanizing areas and master planned communities with greenways and open space to reduce downstream flooding and retain and reuse water in the local catchments; • Minimizing future ditch maintenance costs by developing a self-sustaining design; • Work with private landowners to retrofit/implement multi- functional greenway corridor, for those parcels that are not part of a Master Plan or are already developed. NA 3.5.1 3.5.1A GROUNDWATER MANAGEMENT 11 Implement the wellhead protection plan to protect the groundwater source from contamination. NA 3.6.1 3.6.1C 12 Continue to implement the City’s Water Conservation Management Plan NA 3.6.1 3.6.1A NATURAL RESOURCES 13 Partner with RCWD, VLAWMO and MnDNR to establish program to educate residents on the means to identify and eradicate invasive species. NA 3.7.1 3.7.1A 14 Continue to manage and protect heron rookery and other important plant and animal communities. NA 3.7.1 3.7.1B 15 Develop, distribute and present public with information regarding the importance of shoreland buffers. NA 3.7.3 3.7.3C REGULATIONS, PERMITTING AND REPORTING 16 Implement Northeast Lino Lakes Comprehensive Stormwater Management Plan. Water Rate & Quantity 3.1.1 3.1.1A 17 Resource Management System Plan through development of subwatershed management plans. The Plan will establish a clear vision of the multi-functional greenway corridor for City Staff and developers and will be used as a tool early in the land development process. Water Rate & Quantity 3.1.1 3.1.1A 18 Implement Resource Management System Plan through development of subwatershed management plans. The Plan will establish a clear vision of the multi-functional greenway corridor for City Staff and developers and will be used as a tool early in the land development process. Complete subwatershed management plans for the three highest priority RMUs: 1. Reshanau RMU 2. Marshan RMU Water Quality 3.2.1 3.2.1D Wetland Management 3.3.1 3.3.1D Floodplain Management 3.4.1 3.4.1B Natural Resources 3.7.1 3.7.1A