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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Utility Commission Meeting: November 14, 2016
AGENDA ITEM: Water Supply Plan Updates AGENDA SECTION:
New Business
PREPARED BY: John Morast, Interim Public Works
Director AGENDA NO. 6.a.
ATTACHMENTS: Draft Water Supply Plan, Checklist APPROVED BY: JM
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Information presentation, no actions needed.
ISSUE
The City of Rosemount is a public water system serving more than 1,000 people. Minnesota State Statute
103G.291 requires all public water supply systems serving more than 1,000 people and/or all cities in the
seven-county metropolitan area, must have a water supply plan approved by the DNR. The City of
Rosemount’s current Water Emergency and Conservation Plan was prepared in September 2007 and is
required to be updated as the Water Supply Plan in 2016.
BACKGROUND
Water Supply Plans must be updated and submitted to the DNR for approval every ten years. This
requirement, in place since the 1990s, is designed to encourage communities to deal proactively with
providing sustainable drinking water for citizens, businesses, and industry. The City last updated our
Water Emergency and Conservation Plan (now known as the Water Supply Plan) in September 2007. To
meet these update requirements, the DNR is requiring that a draft Water Supply Plan for the City of
Rosemount be submitted to MnDNR by December 31, 2016.
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (MnDNR) has developed a template to be used to
standardize the updates and submittals for the Water Supply Plans. The information to complete the
update includes three parts for all water systems. In addition, the MnDNR requires Metro Area Water
Suppliers (which Rosemount is considered) to complete an added task to help determine consistency with
the Metropolitan Land Use Planning Act. The City of Rosemount Water Supply Plan update will consist of
four parts:
Part 1 – Water Supply System Description and Evaluation
Part 2 – Emergency Planning and Response Procedures
Part 3 – Water Conservation Plan
Part 4 – Metro Area Water Suppliers
The Water Supply Plan update is a separate process from the 2040 Comprehensive Plan update process,
which will be undertaken over the next year. However, much of the information collected and compiled
with the Water Supply Plan update is required data that will be used in the Comprehensive Plan update
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SUMMARY
At their September 20, 2016 regular Meeting, the City Council awarded Bolton & Menk, Inc. (BMI) the
contract to prepare the Water System Supply Updates. The Update is planned to be presented to City
Council at the December 12, 2016 work session and recommended for approval and submittal December
20, 2016 Regular Meeting. Submittal to the MnDNR will be before the December 31, 2016 deadline.
BMI has complete draft updates to the Plan and we wanted to provide the Utility Commission an update
on the need for the update, the process and the progress. Mr. Seth Peterson of BMI is managing the
process and will provide an update.