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VIII. AMENDMENT PROCEDURES
It is the intention of the City to have this Water Resource Management Plan reviewed and
approved by the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District and the Riley Purgatory Bluff Creek
Watershed District. Once approved, no significant changes to this plan can be facilitated
without the approval of the proposed revisions by the Watershed Districts within the City that are
affected by the change.
Significant changes to the local plan shall be made known to the following parties:
1. City Council
2. City Administrator, Director of Public Works, and City Engineer
3. Affected Watershed Districts within the City
4. Metropolitan Council
5. Public within the City through a public hearing process
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Following notification of the above parties, they shall have 60 days to comment on the proposed
revisions. The Metropolitan Council shall have 45 days to comment on the revisions. Failure to
respond within 60 days constitutes approval. Upon receipt of approvals from the affected
Watershed Districts within the City, any proposed amendments will be considered approved.
Minor changes to the Plan shall be defined as changes that do not modify the goals, policies, or
commitments expressly defined in this plan by the City. Adjustment to subwatershed
boundaries will be considered minor changes provided that the change will have no significant
impact on the rate or quality in which storm water runoff is discharged from the City boundaries.
Minor changes to this plan can be made by the staff at the City without outside review. It is the
intention of the City that this Plan be updated ten years after the adoption of this Plan unless
significant changes to the plan are deemed necessary prior to that date.
The Minnehaha Creek Watershed District is anticipating completing their rule making process
by 2008 or 2009. This process will likely result in an amendment to the City's Plan and
ordinances. Once the MCWD rule making process is complete, the City will modify its policies
and ordinances as needed_ and submit this Plan amendment to the MGVVD and MetFE)pOlitaR
GOUnG only for a 60 day review and amended-appFov-at--
The City is required to complete these amendments within two years of the adoption of a
watershed plan in accordance with Chapter 8410.0160.
City of Shorewood
WSB Project No. 1459 -23
March 2008
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APPENDIX A
Water Resource Related Agreements
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