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Stanfiec <br />CITY OF ELK RIVER -STORM WATER UTILITY <br />Introduction <br />June 25, 2012 <br />The City has been able to use various means of communication to comply with the Public <br />Education requirement. The City uses utility bill inserts, the cable access channel, and the <br />City's website to provide information on storm water education to residents. Working with <br />Sherburne Soil & Water Conservation District (SWCD), each year the City presents <br />environmental-themed messages along with storm water education to elementary school <br />students. The City also continues to partner with the SWCD and the Lake Orono Improvement <br />Association on various storm water-related projects. Each year, a public hearing is held to allow <br />for public comments on the program, in which City staff indicates how the City has met each of <br />the minimum control measures. <br />The City has established ordinances or regulatory mechanisms that deal with reducing <br />pollutants entering the City's storm sewer system. These mechanisms address illicit discharge, <br />construction site runoff, and post-construction storm water management for new development <br />and redevelopment. Through each of these, the City is required to document field inspections, <br />violations, and enforcement actions taken. <br />Good housekeeping is required through the MS4 permit by inspecting outfalls to receiving <br />waters and sedimentation basins/ponds. The City meets the requirement for an MS4 by <br />inspecting at least 20% of its outfalls and ponds each year and providing any necessary <br />maintenance as required. Mapping the City's storm sewer system is required. The City has <br />begun to map all the sediment basins and storm sewer pipes throughout the City but has not <br />fully completed this activity due to limited staff time and budget constraints. <br />Project No. 193802143 2.4 <br />