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Management Plan
The Commission
was formed in 1973 as a joint powers organization by the cities of Champlin,
Corcoran, Dayton, Maple Grove, Medina, and Plymouth, and the Hennepin
Conservation District, under the authority conferred to the member parties
through Minnesota Statutes Sections 471.59 and 103B.211. In 1981 the Town of Hassan entered the
agreement. The cities of Greenfield and
Rogers, each with only small areas within the watershed, became non-voting,
non-paying members of the Commission in 1982.
In 2000, the City of Corcoran withdrew from the Pioneer-Sarah Creek
Commission in order to include all of its area under the Elm Creek Commission.
Likewise, Greenfield voted in 2001 to withdraw from the Elm Creek Commission
and to include all of its area in the Pioneer-Sarah Creek Watershed Management
Commission. Rogers became a full member of the Commission in 2000. In 2000 the
Elm Creek Watershed Management Commission and the Pioneer-Sarah Creek Watershed
Management Commission worked cooperatively with WSB & Associates to develop
and write their second generation watershed management plans. In October 2001 citizens from both watersheds
came together to discuss water resource issues within their communities. Topics
discussed included education, water quality, non-degradation, shoreline
protection, erosion, flooding, groundwater, wetlands, fish and wildlife,
livestock/feedlots, population density/development, administration/ leadership,
and capital funding. In 2002, the
Elm Creek Commission’s Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) and representatives
from various state agencies met to review and develop policies, standards and
rules. Input from TAC meetings and the public meeting was used to create a
preliminary draft plan that was presented to Elm Creek watershed residents at a
second public meeting in April 2002. A public hearing was conducted on October
9, 2002, to receive comments. Written comments were also received from the
cities of Maple Grove and Plymouth and the Department of Natural Resources. At
the end of 2002 the revised draft plan underwent its second 45-day agency
comment period. In May 2004
the City of Rogers became the final signatory to the Commission’s amended and
restated Joint Powers Agreement, signaling the onset of BWSR’s 60-day final
review period. BWSR approved the Elm
Creek Watershed Management Commission Comprehensive Watershed Management Plan
on October 27, 2004. The Commission adopted the plan on December 8, 2004. An amendment
to the Commission’s Water Quantity standards was adopted on March 12, 2008. Elm Creek Watershed Management Commission
Comprehensive Watershed Management Plan
Title Page and Table of Contents Section 1. Introduction and Executive Summary Figure i-1. Watershed Boundaries Section 2. Land and Water Resource Inventory Figure ii-2. Hydrologic Soil Groups Figure ii-3. 1998 MUSA Boundary Figure ii-6a. DNR Protected Waters/Wetlands Figure ii-8. DNR Waters Appropriations Figure ii-9. Master Entity List and Leaking Underground Storage Tanks Figure ii-10. Water-Based Recreation Section 3. Goals and Policies Section 4. Problems and Corrective Actions Section 5. Implementation Program/Priorities Section 6. Impact on Local Unit of Government Section 7. Amendment Procedures Section 8. References/Supplemental Documents Appendix A. Water Resource Related Agreements (Joint Powers Agreement) Appendix B. List of Board Members and the Elm Creek
Fee Schedule Appendix C. Glossary Appendix D. Lake Summaries (To be
provided by HCD) Appendix E. Flood Hazard Study
Information (Not available in electronic format. Please request a paper copy.) Appendix F.(Amended) Standards of the Elm Creek Watershed Commission Appendix G. Public Education Plan Appendix H. Sample Ordinances (Not
available in electronic format. Please
request a paper copy.) Appendix I. Sample Stormwater Maintenance Plan Appendix J. Water Quality Monitoring Program Appendix K. General Information About Buffers (Not available in electronic format. Please request a paper copy.) Appendix L. Status of Member Communities’ Regulatory Programs Appendix M. Suggested Low-Impact
Development Practices (Not available in electronic format. Please request a paper copy.) Appendix N. Storm Water Utility and
Trunk Fee Information.
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