DEPARTMENT: Environmental Resources
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
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Authorization To Execute A Joint Powers Agreement With City Of Lakeville And Vermillion River Watershed Joint Powers Organization For Launch Park Wetland Restoration Preliminary Engineering Design And Permitting Coordination
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WHEREAS, South Creek is included in the Environmental Protection Agency's 303d Impaired Waters List for Total Suspended Solids (TSS); and
WHEREAS, the City of Lakeville acquired land previously in agricultural production with the intent of converting it to wetland to reduce TSS loading in the South Creek Subwatershed in accordance with the City's Water and Natural Resources Management Plan; and
WHEREAS, Dakota County must annually report on pollutant reductions achieved by the implementation of best management practices (BMPs) in accordance with their Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System General Permit; and
WHEREAS, implementation of the Launch Park Wetland Restoration project will result in stormwater volume attenuation as well as total phosphorus and total suspended solids pollutant reductions; and
WHEREAS, the Vermillion River Watershed Management Plan includes: implementing sediment reduction and/or volume reduction BMPs within publicly owned lands in the South Creek subwatershed near South Creek Waterbody ID 527 (Goal A), working with partners to protect and restore wetlands through revegetations for flood protection and pollutant filtration (Goal F); and implementing sediment-reducing BMPs within the highest sediment-yielding subwatersheds (Goal G); and
WHEREAS, prior to implementation, preliminary engineering design and permitting coordination in support of the Launch Park Wetland Restoration must be completed; and
WHEREAS, the Vermillion River Watershed Joint Powers Organization, County, and City have agreed to cooperatively participate in the Project and have funding available in their respective budgets to jointly participate in...
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