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• AGENDA ITEM 5-A STAFF ORIGINATOR: Tim Payne, Natural Resources Specialist MEETING DATE: April 29, 2009 TOPIC: Public Hearing: Annual Storm Water Pollution Prevention Program VOTE REQUIRED: N/A BACKGROUND: In compliance with the provisions of the Clean Water Act, as amended, (33 U.S.C. 1251 et. Seq., 40CFR 122, 123 and 124, as amended et seq.); Minnesota Statutes Chapters 115 and 116, as amended, and Minnesota Rules Chapter 7001, the city adopted a Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP) and authorized its submittal to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency as part of the City's application for enrollment in the State of Minnesota's General National Pollution Discharge Elimination System Phase II Permit Authorizing the City's discharge of storm water. As part of the SWPPP, the City must solicit public input at an annual meeting required under the Public Education and Outreach Plan including: • A presentation about implementation of the City's Surface Water Pollution Prevention Program in 2008. • Affording interested persons an opportunity to make oral statements concerning the Storm Water Pollution Prevention Program. • Consideration of relevant written materials that interested persons submit concerning the Storm Water Pollution Prevention Program. • Consideration of public input in making adjustments to the 2009 implementation plan for the Storm Water Pollution Prevention Program. ANALYSIS: According to the 1996 National Water Quality Inventory, stormwater runoff is a leading source of water pollution. Stormwater runoff can harm surface waters such as rivers, lakes, and streams which in turn cause or contribute to water quality standards being exceeded. Stormwater runoff can change natural hydrologic patterns, accelerate stream flows, destroy aquatic habitats, and elevate pollutant concentrations and loadings. Development substantially increases impervious surfaces thereby increasing runoff from city streets, driveways, parking lots, and sidewalks, on which pollutants from human activities settle.