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RICE CREEK WATERSHED DISTRICT February 23, 2011 4325 Pheasant Ridge Dr. NE #611 • Blaine, MN 55449 -4539 Phone: 763- 398 -3070 • Fax: 763 -398 -3088 www,ricecreek.org To: RCWD member municipalities, including: Arden Hills, Birchwood Village, Blaine, Centerville, Circle Pines, Columbia Heights, Dellwood, Falcon Heights, Forest Lake, Fridley, Grant, Hugo, Lauderdale, Lexington, Lino Lakes, Mahtomedi, May Township, Mounds View, New Brighton, Roseville, Scandia, Shoreview, Spring Lake Park, Saint Anthony, White Bear Lake Re: Municipal Local Surface Water Management Plan Update Required Dear Colleagues, The Rice Creek Watershed District (RCWD) would like to issue a reminder to its member municipalities of an upcoming statutory deadline for updating Local Surface Water Management Plans (LSWMP). The RCWD adopted its 2010 Watershed Management Plan (WMP) on June 9, 2010 and copies of the plan were distributed to our member municipalities on June 14, 2010. • Chapter 8.3.1 of RCWD's WMP states that "the Local Plan must be submitted timely to the RCWD for approval so that the Local Plan can be officially adopted within two years of the adoption of this WMP." • Minnesota Rule 8410.0160 states that "each local plan shall be adopted within two years of the board's approval of the last organization plan that affects local units of government." • Minnesota Statute 103B.235 states that "after the watershed plan is approved and adopted, or amended, pursuant to section 1038.231, the local government units having land use planning and regulatory responsibility for territory within the watershed shall prepare or cause to be prepared a local water management plan, capital improvement program, and official controls as necessary to bring local water management into conformance with the watershed plan within the time period prescribed in the implementation program of the watershed plan and, as necessary, shall prepare or cause to be prepared amendments to the local comprehensive plan." All of this means that your city's LSWMP must be approved by the RCWD Board of Managers no later than June 9, 2012. We will be providing additional reminders as the deadline draws nearer. If you are aware of any circumstances that may render this date unattainable, please contact our office to discuss scheduling. BOARD OF Barbara A. Haake Rick A. Mastell Harley M. Ogata Patricia L. Preiner John J. Waller MANAGERS Ramsey County Anoka County Ramsey County Anoka County Washington County