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• • 2.0 Introduction & Purpose The City of Lino Lakes is abundant with water and natural resources. The lakes, wetlands and associated uplands are arranged geographically throughout the City creating the potential to develop corridors that protect rare species, support fish and wildlife, and provide recreational opportunities. This Stormwater Plan provides policies and actions to support and improve the City's water and natural resources. 2.1. Purpose The purpose of this Plan is to guide the actions of the City of Lino Lakes with respect to the management and support of the City's water and natural resources. The Plan accomplishes this by bringing together background information and action items from a number of previously conducted studies and planning efforts. In addition, this Plan is intended to fulfill the requirements for Local Water Management Plans under MN Statute 103B and MN Rule 8410. Not only does this Plan meet regulatory requirements, it also reflects the resource -based vision of its residents and civic leaders. Since its last preparation of a Local Surface Water Management Plan, the City has been very proactive working with local partners to inventory existing resources, model future land use development scenarios, develop plans to improve water quality in its lakes, protect high quality resources and wetlands, and develop a multi - functional greenway corridor system. All of this work supports the need for activities that implement the Natural Resource Systems Plan and Resource Management Unit projects identified in the City's Comprehensive Plan and Resource Management Plan respectively. 2.2. Past Planning & Studies Past planning efforts and studies provide information used to support this Plan. These previous efforts are reflected in the land and water resources inventory and as the goals, policies, and actions. The following is a summary of each of these studies. Lino Lakes 2005 Surface Water Management Plan The 2005 Surface Water Management Plan presented a vision of high quality natural and water resources for the City. The plan's overall goal was to improve the quality of surface waters by delivering good quality storm water runoff to lakes and wetlands at acceptable rates and volumes, while reducing pollutant and sediment loadings and stream bed/stream bank erosion and water quality degradation. The plan focused on the implementation of the City's NPDES program to accomplish this goal. Lino Lakes 2010 Comprehensive Plan The Lino Lakes 2030 Comprehensive Plan is the City's plan for the future. It contains analyses of existing conditions, policy goals, long -range plans for utility and roadway infrastructure, and guides the development of land to the year 2030. In addition to an extensive community survey and citizen visioning process, the Lino Lakes Comprehensive Plan is unique due to the level of coordination and involvement with the Rice Creek Watershed District throughout the process. The City prepared its Comprehensive Plan in concert with the Rice Creek Watershed District's (RCWD) Resource Management Plan to balance growth and natural resource protection objectives. This coordinated effort resulted in new land development policies and implementation tools for low impact development, water resource management, growth management, and community design. The Comprehensive Plan establishes City of Lino Lakes SWMP Februar y 0, 2013 Draft 3