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Rice Creek Watershed District WMP The Rice Creek Watershed District Watershed Management Plan was last updated in November of 2014. The plan provides the guidance and implementation for the RCWD to manage the water and natural resources of the district into the foreseeable future extending through 2020. The Watershed Management Plan incorporates and builds on the previous district plans as well as numerous studies, inventories and assessments that have been completed in recent history. The plan is organized around eight management categories including: 1) Education, Data and Information; 2) Lakes; 3) Wetlands; 4) Drainage Systems and Waterways; 5) Excess Runoff; 6) District Facilities; 7) Open Space; and 8) Groundwater. The management categories provide the guide for plan implementation and district expenditures. The identified goals and polices established by the plan are implemented in part by the established Rules. The RCWD adopted Rule RMP -3, which governs approximately 95% of Lino Lakes, in 2009. This Rule is specifically focused on improving wetland functions and water quality through the District's permitting process. RCWD rule RMP -3 was consolidated into Rule F on June 26, 2013. RMP rules do not replace the need for permit review under District Rules C and F, the requirements of each rule must still be met. Vadnais Lake Area Watershed Management Organization WMP The Vadnais Lakes Area Water Management Organization (VLAWMO) Watershed Management Plan describes how the VLAWMO will address water management over the next 10 years. VLAWMO was organized by a Joint Powers Agreement in 1983 in response to the Minnesota Metropolitan Surface Water Act of 1982 (Minnesota Statutes {M.S.} Section 473.875 to 473.883). The first VLAWMO Watershed Management Plan was prepared, approved, and adopted in 1987. The second generation plan was prepared and adopted in 1995. That plan expired in 2006. This current Plan represents a third generation plan and will be effective from 2007 to 2016. In addition to complying with the aforementioned laws, this Plan meets the requirement of Minnesota Rules 8410, 8420, and 8750. The Plan includes management standards and procedures for addressing surface water, wetland, and groundwater issues. RCWD Resource Management Plan and Rule F The Lino Lakes Resource Management Plan (RMP) came about through a partnership between the Rice Creek Watershed District (RCWD) and the City of Lino Lakes. The RMP examines natural resources on a watershed basis to create a planning and regulatory framework that will protect and enhance those resources in the context of development pressures within the watershed. The RMP was developed in close coordination with state and federal permitting authorities and has been prepared to be consistent with both state and federal wetland regulations. The plan incorporates continuing maintenance of capacity within the public drainage systems in accordance with Minnesota Statutes Chapter 103E by reducing runoff volumes conveyed through the system. It constitutes a Comprehensive Wetland Management Plan under Minnesota Statutes §103G.2243 and was approved by the Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources in 2008. The RMP is intended that components of the plan be incorporated into Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 404 permit evaluations. The RMP also provided guidance to the City of Lino Lakes for ecologically -based land use decisions during their Comprehensive Plan and storm water management plan update process. The purpose of Rule F is to implement the Lino Lakes Resource Management Plan (RMP) adopted by the Rice Creek Watershed District in 2008. This Rule regulates activity both in wetland and on upland within the RMP area. It comprehensively addresses wetland and other water resource protection concerns and therefore replaces permit review under individual District Rules C (Stormwater Management) and F (Wetland Alteration). City of Lino Lakes SWMP 1 December 20151 5