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Impact: <br />Due to the 2.8 inch standard RCWD had in place and requiring public linear projects, including <br />reconstruction even though new area was not added, Mounds View ended up with over 600 <br />rain gardens from 2008 to 2016 in large part due to our street reconstruction efforts. Had <br />construction occurred after January 1, 2016 it is likely that zero gardens would have been <br />required given the footprint of our streets did not increase. <br />Next Steps: <br />1. Develop policy <br />2. Determine if the number of gardens poses a fiscal liability we wish to diminish and if yes <br />explore the following options; <br />a. Petition the Board — they alone made the rule to continue imposing the rule in <br />force at the time of construction. If they rescinded this decision, based on the <br />exemption of public linear and the lower threshold of .55, all rain gardens could <br />be eliminated. <br />b. Apply for a variance - somewhat same as above. <br />c. Petition to fill in/remove or apply for a variance to remove some gardens based <br />upon the assessment resulting in credits in our bank. It appears we will have <br />credits, possibly enough to mitigate as few as 20 and up to 80 gardens. <br />3. If we pursue elimination via variance of petition, determine the policy/procedure by <br />which residents apply. <br />4. Marketing/education effort on the benefits of storm water management — replenish <br />aquifer, mitigate flooding, and reduce flowage, sediments and contaminants into rivers <br />and lakes. <br />3 <br />