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RESOLUTION NO. 05- 037
A RESOLUTION APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN 2000 TO THE YEAR 2020 FOR THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS PARK
UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES 462.351 TO 462.364
CHAPTER K, WATER SUPPLY PLAN
WHEREAS, the Comprehensive Plan 2000-2020 was adopted by the City Council on
May 17, 1999 (effective September 1, 1999) and provides the following:
1 An official statement serving as the basic guide in making land use, transportation and
community facilities and service decisions affecting the City
2 A framework for policies and actions leading to the improvement of the physical,
financial, and social environment of the City, thereby providing a good place to live and work
and a setting conducive for new development.
3 A promotion of the public interest in establishing a more functional, healthful,
interesting, and efficient community by serving the interests of the community at large rather
than the interests of individual or special groups within the community if their interests are at
variance with the publicinterest.
4 An effective framework for direction and coordination of activities affecting the
development and preservation of the community.
5. Treatment of the entire community as one ecosystem and to inject long range
considerations into determinations affecting short-range action, and
WHEREAS, the use of such Comprehensive Plan will insure a safer, more pleasant, and
more economical environment for residential, commercial, industnal, and public activities and
will promote the public health, safety, and general welfare, and
WHEREAS, Chapter K of said Plan (Water Supply Plan) contains a summary of a larger
Water Contingency and Conservation Plan (WCCP) that was adopted by reference, and
WHEREAS, Federal Legislation associated with Homeland Security requires cities to
amend their WCCPs to adopt certain response steps for protecting the cities' water supply during
emergencies based on water production and storage capacities, and
WHEREAS, the current 1999 Water Supply Plan adopted a "community friendly" policy
of volunteer water conservation during times of drought, and
WHEREAS, dunng the summer of 2003, the total water pumped by the City exceeded
our Department of Natural Resources permitted volume indicating that this policy has not been
effective, and
0 WHEREAS, the proposed amendment requinng mandatory conservation is expected to
lower water usage to the permitted levels, and
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WHEREAS, the Planning Commission of the City of St. Louis Park recommended
adoption of an amendment to Chapter K of the Comprehensive Plan 2000-2020 on February 16,
2005, based on statutes, a public hearing and analysis of the policy change, and
WHEREAS, the City Council has considered the advice and recommendation of the
Planning Commission (Case No. 05 -05 -CP);
WHEREAS, the contents of Planning Case File No 05 -05 -CP are hereby entered into
and made part of the public hearing record and the record of decision for this case;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of St. Louis Park that the
Comprehensive Plan, as previously adopted by the Planning Commission and City Council, is
hereby amended per Exhibit A•
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Adopted by the City Council March 7, 2005
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EXHIBIT A
Comprehensive Plan 2000 — 2020
Chapter K. Water Supply Plan
Page K-4
Emergency Continency Planning
Potential emergency events include such natural emergencies as tornadoes, floods, ice storms,
and extended droughts. In addition, man-made emergency events may occur which adversely
affect the water system's ability to provide potable water to the system customers Emergency
events such as power outages, equipment failures, accidents, or water contamination at the
source, treatment plant or in the distnbution system, may occur as well as vandalism at well
sites, treatment plants, or water storage areas
Emergency events may affect the water system in a number of ways The appropriate responses
will vary depending upon the type of event and the system component that is affected Dunng
some emergency events, responses may be required from the community. These responses
include mandatory , limiting of lawn watering, banning of lawn
watenng, er restnctions of water use by the City's larger water consumers, or weekly limits to
water use by all customers. Priorities for water use during periods of limited supply are
established in Minnesota Statute 103G.261. Dunng penods when water supply and/or
distnbution cannot meet the demands placed on the system, water allocation must be made based
on the statutory pnonttes Fate Three community response steps have been defined, and are
shown in Table K-2
Table K-2: Community Response Steps
R�en-se-Step-1-
Base
A voluntary by City
conservation request is issued the
Manager Customers Permanent
are asked to spnnkling
Requirement
restnctions are in place. Customers must limit outdoor
watering to every other day and no watenng between noon and
6.00 p.m. Customers with odd -numbered street addresses
alternate outdoor watenng with even -numbered addresses. All
municipal operations are placed on mandatory conservation
with park irrigation limited as defined by the Directors of
Parks and Public Works.
Response Step 2
1
A mandatory water conservation decree by the City
is issued
Manager. Outdoor limited for
watenng is customers as
described Response Step 1 limiting
in , outdoor watering by
customers to once every five days. Watering of new lawns &
trees will be allowed on an even -odd address basis. No
watenng between noon and 6:00 p.m. No pnvate car washing
will be allowed Special water users, as designated by the City
Manager, may be allowed a supplemental water allowance in
order to maintain operations.
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Response Step 3
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by to five days.
outdoor watering customers once every
Watering trees be
of will allowed on an even odd address
the City Manager, be
may allowed a supplemental water
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Response Step 4
2
A mandatory water conservation decree is issued, banning all
lawn watenng and outdoor water use. Major
industrial/commercial users over 10,000 gpd may be restncted
at the discretion of the City Manager
Response Step 5
3
A mandatory water conservation decree is issued, placing
weekly limits on water use by all customers. Limits shall be
set at the discretion of the City Manager, based on available
supply system capacity, pnonty of users, and other pertinent
considerations (i.e. nursing, homes, hospitals, child care
centers and schools).
A determination of the community response level is made based on a determination of the water
system's capacity and the expected water demand. The implementation tnggers and supply
system conditions are shown in Table K-3.
Table K-3: Community Response Trigger Levels
Supply System Condition
Water Supply Capacity
Community Response
Step
D:
MGD
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<12.5 (summer)
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<1' 1:'5 MGD.,(suriiincr)x'=
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Water Shortage Emergency
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Level 1
<10.5 MGD (summer)
<8 MGD (winter)
4 1
WaterSh_ o g, Emergency
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`Level -2;
<^. 9;.5 -, MGD (summer)
,<7,MGD.( pter).-, •
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Water Shortage Emergency
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Level 3
<8.5 MGD (summer)
<6 MGD (winter)
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Tngger levels are based on histoncal data for summer (May through September) and winter
(October through Apnl) months Tngger levels should be reviewed on a yearly basis, and
adjusted as needed to reflect current demand conditions
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Water Conservation
Based on the City's population increasing from an estimated 44,590 in 1997 to 48,500 by year
2020 and the same usage as now, the maximum daily use is projected to be 14.7 MGD with an
average daily use of 7.0 MGD. The current system capacity is 16.8 MGD short term, or 15 0
MGD with sustained pumping, which is slightly in excess of projected 2020 needs Conservation
efforts possibly realized during this time could lower the projected demand accordingly.
The City has three pnmary categones to which water use is allocated These categories are
residential, commercial, and unaccounted-for water losses. Residential water use accounts for
the single largest portion of water used (62%), and represents an area with significant potential
for water conservation. (Residential also includes low volume commercial.) Unaccounted-for
water (6%) may represent another area with potential for water conservation, if a significant
portion of the unaccounted for water is due to water leaks. Commercial water use accounts for
32% of the total water used. For both residential and commercial water use categones, it appears
that a significant portion of water use is due to elective water uses, such as lawn and garden
watering As such, much of the focus of water conservation will be on reducing the amount of
elective water use.
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RATE INFORMATION
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for comparable space
02) Maximum rate allowed by law
(3) Rate actually charged
$ 2.85 per line
$ 6 20 per line
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City of St. Louis Park
SUMMARY (Official Publication)
RESOLUTION NO. 05-037
A RESOLUTION APPROVING AN AMENDMENT
TO THE COMPREHENSIVE
PLAN 2000 TO THE YEAR 2020 FOR THE CITY OF
ST LOUIS PARK
UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES 462.351 TO
462.964
CHAPTER K, WATER SUPPLY PLAN
This resolution states that text amendments will be made
to es to the water
conform to Federrovide ral Homeland Security legislation ionnand to
incorporate stricter water conservation measures
Adopted by the City Council March 7, 2005
Contingent upon approval of the Metropolitan
Council
Jeffrey W Jacobs Is/
Mayor • ,
A copy of the full text of this resolution is available'for in- 1
spection with the City Clerk ,-
Published m St Louts Park Sailor March 17, 2005
(Mar 17, 2005)a3/sum Res 05-037 water supply