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• City of Lino Lakes — Surface Water Management Plan 1/10/11 Cost Assumptions: • 30 EOR staff hours • $3,990 Task 5.2 — Formal Plan Submittal Description: Per Minnesota Statutes 103B.235 Local Water Management Plans, Lino Lakes shall submit its water management plan to the watershed management organizations (RCWD + Vadnais Lake Watershed Management Organization) for review for consistency with the watershed management plans. The watershed management organizations have 60 days to review and comment on the plan. If the county or counties having territory within the local unit have a state - approved and locally adopted groundwater plan, the local unit shall submit its plan to the county or counties for review of consistency with the County Groundwater Plan. The county or counties have 45 days to review and comment on the plan. Anoka County, though not participating in the official metropolitan groundwater planning process, has prepared a "groundwater protection assessment ". The county public health department coordinates the county groundwater planning and management activities. In this case it is not required to submit the plan to the County but the draft Plan could be submitted to the Public Health Department as a courtesy. Concurrently, the local unit of government shall submit its water management plan to the Metropolitan Council for review and comment by the council. The council shall have 45 days to review and comment on the plan. Given this language it is recommended that the City of Lino Lakes submit a draft plan to the Rice Creek Watershed District (RCWD), the Vadnais Lake Area Watershed Management Organization (VLAWMO), Anoka County and the Metropolitan Council for review and comment. A courtesy copy will be sent to the City of Centerville. Deliverables: • EOR will send one hard copy and one electronic copy (total of five copies) of the draft plan to each of the organizations mentioned above with a cover letter requesting that comments be received by the 45 -day and 60 -day review periods. Cost Assumptions: • 10 EOR staff hours • $1,008 with printing expenses Task 5.3 — Response to Comments Description: All comments received from the review organizations will be routed through one point of contact at the City that can make decisions about which comments to address and provide guidance to EOR in the case of conflicting comments. Deliverables: • A revised Local Surface Water Management Plan that is ready to approval by the Lino Lakes City Council. Emmons & Olivier Resources, Inc. water 1 ecology 1 community 10 —101—