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Why Does Mounds View Have to Prepare a Plan? <br />This is a frequent question asked when the issue of water management is raised. A <br />good response to this question is: <br />1. Communities recognize the value in sound planning. Local surface water <br />management planning takes a comprehensive look at water -related issues, <br />allowing you to react to potential problems before they develop. <br />2. A local plan allows you to be in control of all water -related issues instead of a <br />watershed district. Decisions can be made with your best interests in mind. <br />3. Local plans satisfy the requirements of State law related to water management. <br />Metropolitan Surface Water <br />Management Act <br />The Metropolitan Surface Water <br />Management Act (State Statutes 473.875 <br />to473.883) became law in 1982. The Act <br />responds to flooding and water quality <br />problems in the seven- county <br />Metropolitan area. In the law, the <br />Legislature indicates that prevention of <br />water problems through sound planning <br />and management is better public policy <br />than allowing water problems to <br />develop. The law requires that storm <br />water management plans be prepared <br />and implemented throughout the <br />Metropolitan area. Management of a <br />body of water or watercourse requires <br />control of the contributing drainage area. <br />The law requires, as a first step, <br />preparation of a water management plan <br />for each watershed unit in the <br />Metropolitan area. The watershed <br />districts and watershed management <br />organizations were charged with <br />preparing and implementing these <br />plans. <br />After a watershed plan has been <br />approved by the Board of Water and Soil <br />Resources, each municipality within that <br />watershed is required to prepare a local <br />water plan to bring its water <br />management program into conformance <br />with the watershed plan. The watershed <br />management organization must approve <br />the local plan within a 60-day period <br />before it can be adopted by the local unit. <br />Communities have 120 days to adopt the <br />local plan. <br />The State's role under the law is limited <br />