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CITY OF LAKE ELMO <br />WASHINGTON COUNTY, MINNESOTA <br />RESOLUTION NO. 2005 -018 <br />A RESOLUTION RELATING TO LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS ON <br />T14E METROPOLITAN COUNCIL DRAFT WATER RESOURCES PLAN <br />WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Council is considering a draft update of their Water <br />Resource Policy Plan, which covers Regional Policy regarding Waste Water (sewers), <br />Storm/Surface Water and Water Supply, as is required every 10 years by State Statute. <br />WHEREAS, at its February 8, 2005 meeting, the Public Works Council <br />Committee reviewed the proposed City comments on the final draft plan that had been. <br />prepared by staff and directed that those comments be incorporated into a Resolution for <br />City Council consideration. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Lake Elmo City Council <br />has reviewed the Metropolitan Council Draft Water Resources Plan and offers the <br />following comments: <br />1. The City requests the Met Council to be specific with respect to the draft Plan <br />concept of "promoting" water conservation efforts by cities. What does <br />"promoting" mean? <br />2. The draft Plan (Page 24) refers to the Council "...maintaining storm water runoff <br />rates and volumes at or below predevelopment conditions." Since most storm <br />water crosses political boundaries, and since municipalities have historically <br />addressed storm water with differing policy, does this mean that a downstream <br />municipality could be required to retain less than predevelopment rates and <br />volume of inter - community storm water to accommodate excess rates and <br />volumes from an upstream municipality? <br />The draft Plan appears to link municipal nonpoint source surface water <br />management with the Wastewater System Plan in an effort to establish a basis for <br />an "inconsistency" with Regional Systems finding should a community not <br />address such nonpoint surface water management in a manner demanded by the <br />Council. Is that linkage intended; and, if so, does such a linkage overreach the <br />Council's System Plan authority? There is no Storm/Surface Water System Plan <br />by legislative design. <br />4. The stated policy of 2030 Regional Blueprint is to encourage /mandate more <br />efficient utilization of in -place regional infrastructure in the Central Cities and <br />First/Second Ring suburbs by increases in land use intensity. The provision of the <br />draft Plan. that. places a 500,000 gallon per day minimum threshold for Council <br />funded wastewater improvements where redevelopment to support that stated <br />