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CITY OF ST. ANTHONY VILLAGE WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT PLAN SECTION 1 Page 1 1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1.1. Water Resource Management Plan Purposes The City of St. Anthony Village’s Water Resource Management Plan (plan, City plan, and local plan) is a local management plan that meets the requirements of Minnesota Statutes 103B.235, Minnesota Rules 8410, and the Rice Creek Watershed District (RCWD) Water Resource Management Plan (dated January 2010, as amended January 25, 2012). Minnesota Statute 103B.201 states that the purposes of the water management programs are to: Protect, preserve, and use natural surface and groundwater storage and retention systems; Minimize public capital expenditures needed to correct flooding and water quality problems; Identify and plan for means to effectively protect and improve surface and groundwater quality; Establish more uniform local policies and official controls for surface and groundwater management; Prevent erosion of soil into surface water systems; Promote groundwater recharge; Protect and enhance fish and wildlife habitat and water recreational facilities; and Secure the other benefits associated with the proper management of surface water and groundwater. The St. Anthony Village Water Resource Management Plan addresses these purposes. In 2012, the City of St. Anthony Village (the City) published an Alternate Compliance Sequencing Plan that outlines how the RCWD is to regulate the City’s street projects with regard to stormwater management. The RCWD Board approved this plan on August 22, 2012. Appendix C contains this report and the signed Memorandum of Agreement between the City and RCWD. 1.2. Water Resource Management Responsibilities and Related Agreements The City of St. Anthony Village has entered into a joint cooperation agreement for the Mississippi Watershed Management Organization (MWMO) with the City of Columbia Heights, the City of Fridley, the City of Hilltop, the City of Lauderdale, the City of Minneapolis, the City of St. Paul, and the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board. Contact the MWMO for a copy of this agreement. The City of St. Anthony Village is responsible for the construction, maintenance, and operation of the City's stormwater management systems (i.e., ponds, pipes, channels) that are not considered part of RCWD's trunk system. The RCWD is responsible for maintaining the function of the District’s trunk system, specifically Ramsey County Ditch #3 (RCD #3), which is an important stormwater conveyance ditch that carries a significant portion of St. Anthony Village’s runoff to the northeast and is considered a watercourse within the City. After it leaves the City, RCD #3 eventually empties into RCD #2 in New Brighton. 1.3. Executive Summary