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• • • • ,P33 VI. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Include a brief Executive Summary (50 words or less) that summarizes the main goals and activities of the project and the expected environmental outcomes that will be achieved. Identification of the total amount of funds being requested along with the required match must be included in the Executive Summary. The summaries will be used in the grant review process and on the RCWD website, for projects that are funded. If funding is available, the FIVE CITIES intend to begin a process to better manage the use of sodium chloride which is used as a road deicer. There is an environmental concern of long -term increase in the concentration of chloride in our water. This could be detrimental to aquatic plants and fish and in the future could be a detriment to public drinking water supplies. The Five Cities collaborating on this effort represent approximately 30% of the RCWD jurisdictional area. See attached map. Adding City of Hugo increases the area represented to approximately 50% of the RCWD. %1L PROJECT DESCRIPTION & JUSTIFICATION! The project must be located in a subwatershed containing a RCWD Tier 1 or Tier 2 lake, a waterbody with an approved Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) study, or a waterbody with a Management Action Plan from RCWD's Southwest Urban Lakes Study. Describe the specific watershed management, water quality or water quantity need(s) that the project will address and its impact on the target water resource within the District. Centerville and Golden Lakes. Also • Name the target waterbody to be improved by this project: ud, Howard, Crossways,Rondeau,Peltier • List and describe the Best Management Practices (BMPs) t okebT ait i�f j c ,Reshanau The Five cities are moving away from the use of sand/salt toward primarily salt for road deicing. The Five Cities will develop /adapt hest management practices for the use of road salt. Specifically grant funds will be used to purchase anti -icing equipment to apply liquid salt - brine in advance of winter storms. This will result in significantly lower overall use of road salt. Additionally, the cities will incorporate training of staff to the policy of using only the minimum salt necessary to provide safe roads following MNDOT guidelines. Communities will provide residents with information on affects of deicing chemicals with suggested steps they can take to reduce impacts of chloride on surface waters. i Descre how Tong -term operation and maintenance of the project will be accomplished. Ongoing costs of operation and maintenance of the program will be covered in the budgets of the Five Cities. Where these procedures have been implemented elsewhere, reduction in the amount of road salt has been significant, thus a savings in the budget for salt can cover the ongoing costs of equipment maintenance and staff training. • If applicable, describe how the project minimizes impervious surface and /or maximizes infiltration. N/A Page 2 of 4