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The RCWD will achieve its overall goals predicated upon facts and reason, and by closely coordinating its plans and programs with other concerned governmental agencies at municipal through state levels. POLICY DEVELOPMENT Using the general intent of MS 103B as a guideline and assisted by two advisory groups (the Citizens 509 Task Force and Technical Advisory Committee), the RCWD Managers defined their own policies and objectives. An important element in this process proved to be the RCWD's social, physical, and biological diversity, which the final policies needed to reflect. Foremost in this diversity is the presence of both urban and rural land uses. The northern portion of the watershed has a rural character with development occurring sparsely on large lots. The southeastern portion of the watershed is developing in a somewhat more dense manner, while the southwestern portion of the watershed already has an urban character. OBJECTIVES AND POLICIES This portion of the Water Resource Management Plan will describe the objectives and policies for water resources management in the RCWD through the year 2000. The first three sections of the Water Resource Management .Plan inventoried existing physical and hydrologic conditions and described potential development to the year 2000. This inventory, together with the general purposes of the Metropolitan Surface Water Management Act, were used in determining fist the water resource management objectives and second, the water resource management policies for the District. These objectives and policies are shown in Table 4-1. Objective A: Minimize Public Expenditure to Control Runoff The first objective is to minimize, to the greatest extent possible, public expenditures used in controlling excessive runoff rates and volumes. This objective will be used to protect downstream areas from hazards related to excessive volumes of runoff while considering costs and benefits. There are two policies which relate to storage of runoff either on -site or off -site within the RCWD. One states that generally, there is no need for runoff control through the planning period. Another policy indicates that additional storage is needed presently or additional 4-2 10/5/93