HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 207-12 •
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Olmsted County is required by Minn. Stat. ch. 103B to prepare a
Comprehensive Local Water Management Plan ("Plan"); and,
WHEREAS, local priorities established in the Plan become the basis for eligibility for
future grant funds administered by the Board of Water and Soil Resources ("BWSR"); and,
WHEREAS, BSWR grants typically require a match of local funds; and,
WHEREAS, BWSR also relies on submittal of a Biennial Budget Request ("BBR")
worksheet by Olmsted County that outlines proposed grant project details to determine grant
eligibility; and,
WHEREAS, the City must work with and through Olmsted County in order to get the
City's water project priorities into the Plan and project specifics into the BBR.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Council of the City of
Rochester, Minnesota, that the Common Council of the City of Rochester approve the addition
1f a line item to the 2013 storm water capital improvements program budget to establish a
200,000 fund to serve as matching funds for grant applications.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Common Council of the City of Rochester
authorize staff to work with Olmsted County staff to develop a BBR worksheet that includes
potential grant-funded projects within the City.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Common Council of the.City of Rochester adopt
the attached list of grant project priorities for the City of Rochester.
• PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA, THIS 7 D F 012.
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Grant Project Priorities for the City of Rochester
May 2012
• The following list identifies categories for potential projects that represent the City's grant-funded project
priorities. For each category listed, examples of projects are presented.The categories are not listed in any
sort of priority order since specific initiatives are dependent upon integrating multiple factors, such as:the
type and amount of available funding sources,willing land-owners,willing agency and organization partners,
and the ability to synergize storm water projects with other infrastructure projects.
1. Retrofits
Retrofit projects are those that provide new or expanded water quality treatment and/or volume
control in already developed areas. This would include construction of new Best Management
Practices(BMPs; such as ponds, raingardens, infiltration trenches, etc.),as well as modification of
existing BMPs to add storm water management capacity. Examples of these sorts of projects could
include creating an infiltration basin to manage Country Club Manor flows prior to their discharge
into Cascade Lake, installing BMPs in the Central Business District or along transportation corridors,
or modifying dry ponds to add water quality treatment or volume control capacity.
2. Stream and Ravine Health
These are projects along or within streams or ravines that reduce pollutant loads,such as sediment or
litter and debris. Examples include sediment and debris removal or bank stabilization projects.
Some specific project examples could include completing tributary-wide stream assessments to
determine stabilization and sediment/debris removal needs and approaches, specifically repairing a
bank failure along Quarry Hill Creek next to CR 22 and Quarry Hill Park, stabilizing the reach of
Rocky Creek from TH 63 to its confluence with the Zumbro River, stabilizing the Kings Run reach
from 60th Ave/55th St NW to the Harvest View ponds, stabilizing sections of other tributary streams
(e.g., Cascade Creek)that are outside the limits of the Flood Control Project, or removing sediment
deltas or debris accumulations.
3. Upstream Protection
To minimize impacts to receiving waters, installing flow and volume control BMPs as high in a
watershed as possible is advantageous from both hydrologic and economic standpoints. This could
mean, in many cases, installing BMPs upstream of future development that have multipurpose
benefits, such as volume control, flood protection,wildlife habitat creation, green space
development, and water quality protection and improvement. An example would be the envisioned
"Pond 3"in Section 7 of Kalmar Township.
4. Green Infrastructure Demonstration Proiects
"Green infrastructure"BMPs are those that utilize vegetation or other engineering techniques to
more closely mimic natural hydrologic processes, such as using Silva cells for boulevard trees,
pervious pavement systems on alleys or parking lots,curb cuts and biofiltration practices to manage
street runoff along"Green Streets", or constructing biofiltration swales within parking lots for on-
site runoff management.
5. Urban Shoreland Buffers
Shorelands within urban areas are not subject to the same shoreland regulations that apply in rural
areas of the County outside of municipal limits. Some areas within the City already have adequate
vegetated buffers, but others do not. Examples of projects could include application of compost and
native seed above rip-rapped banks, improving vegetative shoreland cover on parklands and other
City-owned properties,or developing an incentive grant program for private property owners to
• utilize native vegetation to stabilize their shoreland.
6• Wetland Creation '' !- ---------------- _ _ .-- ___.
• Beyond meeting Wetland Conservation Act requirements for wetland impacts from City ro e s,the
City could also pursue projects that identify restorable wetlands,create or restore sites for storm
water volume control, or enhance existing public wetland/fen sites.
7. Education
Beyond the City's permit-related education program,which is based on no or low-cost efforts,the
City could pursue capital-intensive projects,such as outdoor interpretive signage about protecting
water resources or implementing a City-wide survey to assess baseline awareness about local water
issues, along with adopted and adoptable behaviors to improve water quality.
S. Vegetation Improvements
The City utilizes MnDOT specifications for selecting seed mixes on its construction projects. Their
choices are not always optimal for site restoration in areas that receive concentrated storm water
flows. It would be advantageous to establish specifications for standard seed mixes to be used in
aquatic, emergent, upland, and boulevard environments receiving concentrated runoff. It would also
be useful to establish seed mixes and lists of tree and shrub species that will tolerate expected
climatic condition changes. '
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