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• • STAFF ORIGINATOR: MEETING DATE: TOPIC: VOTE REQUIRED: BACKGROUND: AGENDA ITEM 5A Marty Asleson March 25, 2012 Public Hearing: Annual Storm Water Pollution Prevention Program/City of Lino Lakes and the Minnesota Correctional Facility of Lino Lakes. N/A In compliance with the provisions of the Clean Water Act, as amended and Minnesota Statutes Chapters 115 and 116, as amended, and Minnesota Rules Chapter 7001, the City of Lino Lakes has 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 program. The permit authorizes the Cit and /Correctional Facility to discharge storm water. As part of the SWPPP, the City and Correctional Facility 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 2010. • 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 2011 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. Common pollutants in runoff include pesticides, fertilizers, oils, metals, pathogens, salt, sediment, litter and other debris are transported via stormwater and discharged — untreated — to water resources through storm sewer systems.