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WS — Item 4 WORK SESSION STAFF REPORT Work Session Item 4 Date: Council Work Session, September 7, 2010 To: City Council From: Michael Grochala, Re: Storm Water Utility Ordinance Background The City of Lino Lakes owns and operates a Storm Water Management System comprised of pipes, ditches, ponds, catch basins, manholes and other structural and non- structural Best Management Practices (BMP's). The purpose of this system is to safely and efficiently convey and treat storm water runoff that results from the creation of impervious surfaces. Since 2003, in compliance with the provisions of the Federal Clean Water Act; Minnesota Statues Chapters 115 and 116, and Minnesota Rules Chapter 7001, the City of Lino Lakes has been required to develop and implement a Storm Water Pollution Prevention Program (SWPPP). The SWPPP must satisfy the State of Minnesota's General Permit requirements authorizing the City's discharge of storm water associated with municipal separate storm sewer systems. The storm water program for Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (MS4's) is designed to reduce the amount of sediment and pollution that enters surface and ground water from storm sewer systems to the maximum extent practicable. The City's Storm Water Pollution Prevention Program includes: (1) The Best Management Practices (BMP's) that it will implement for each of the six (6) storm water minimum control measures required by the General Permit including: Public Education, Public Participation and Involvement, Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination, Construction Site Storm Water Runoff Control; Post - construction Storm Water Management; Pollution Prevention and Good Housekeeping. (2) Measurable goals for each of the BMP's, including, as appropriate, the months and years in which the City will undertake required actions, including interim milestones and frequency of the action in the narrative; (3) Estimated yearly timelines in which the City will implement each BMP; and, 1