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<br /> VII-3 <br /> MEMO <br /> To: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br /> From: Tom Montgomery <br /> Date: May 30, 2007 <br /> Re: Public Hearing - Wellhead Protection Plan <br /> A public hearing has been scheduled for the June 4th City Council meeting on Part <br /> II of the City's Wellhead Protection plan. John Greer with Barr Engineering will make a <br /> presentation and be available to answer questions. I have enclosed some background <br /> information on the Wellhead Protection plan. <br /> The Wellhead Protection Plan requirement is a State mandate managed by the <br /> Minnesota Department of Health (MDH). The intent of the program is to protect our <br /> groundwater supply by developing education and management programs covering the <br /> ground surface area where a spill would infiltrate the aquifer and be drawn into our <br /> municipal water supply wells within a 10 year period - defined as our Drinking Water <br /> Surface Management Area (DWSMA). <br /> Part I of the Wellhead Protection Program was to delineate our DWSMA, which <br /> was accomplished through extensive ground water modeling and pumping tests. A map <br /> illustrating our DWSMA is enclosed with the Wellhead Protection background <br /> information. Our DWSMA covers about 2/3 ofthe City, and includes a large area <br /> outside of the City limits. The required Part I public hearing was held at the October 6, <br /> 2003 City Council meeting. <br /> Part II of the Wellhead Protection Plan includes requirements for maintaining a <br /> potential contaminant source inventory - a list of storage tanks, dump sites, hazardous <br /> waste generators, private and public wells, septic systems and chemical spill sites within <br /> our DWSMA. Other plan components include educational programs, land use controls, <br /> continued coordination with Dakota County and the Hastings Area Nitrate Study (HANS) <br /> goals and activities, and storm water management activities to promote storm water <br /> quality improvements. <br /> No Council action is required. The Wellhead Protection Plan has been reviewed <br /> by the MDH, who will be notified upon fulfillment ofthe public hearing component. <br /> Final MDH approval ofthe plan is expected later this summer at which time the Public <br /> Works will begin performing the annual activities required in the plan and submitting an <br /> annual report to the MDH on these activities. <br /> ern' OF HASTIN6S <br />