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To: Mayor Hicks & City Council Members
From: John Caven
Date: October 8, 2018
Item: Public Hearing for Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP)
Council Action Requested:
The council is requested to order a Public Hearing for Hastings annual Storm Water Pollution Prevention
Plan.
Background Information:
The Federal Clean Water Act requires small cities to submit a permit to discharge storm water into
receiving water bodies. The storm water permit typically covers a five year period and is intended to
reduce pollutants from not only our storm sewer discharge points, but also from overland runoff that
drains directly to rivers, lakes and ponds.
Hastings submitted their first storm water permit annual report to the Minnesota Pollution Control
Agency (MPCA) on June 30, 2008. As part of the permit, the City was required to address six separate
areas referred to as minimum control measures:
1. Public education and outreach
2. Public participation/involvement.
3. Illicit discharge detection and elimination.
4. Construction site stormwater runoff control.
5. Post construction storm water management in new development and redevelopment.
6. Pollution prevention/good housekeeping for municipal operations.
A total of 34 mandatory best management practices were required to be included within the six
minimum control measures. In the report, the City documented all best management activities that met
these requirements. Among the highlights, the City
1. Provided a storm water quality articles in Rivertown Newsletters and various Facebook posts.
2. Continued to participate in the annual Earth Day and Arbor Day, and Spring Clean-up Day.
3. Assisted with advertising Dakota County’s “Landscaping for Clean Water” program to design
and install rain gardens.
4. Looking to complete inspection of sump manholes and stockpiles, and 20% of the outfalls and
ponds.
5. Sweep City streets 2-3 times per year.
The MPCA is currently drafting a revised permit slated to come out in late 2018. Additional
requirements may be included and designed to further reduce pollutants within storm water runoff.
The City of Hastings will be required to upgrade their SWPPP to reflect these changes in 2019. Presently
we are being told “no significant changes” are being proposed.
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In the mean time, the City will continue, in 2018 and 2019, to record and improve the current SWPPP to
meet the permit requirements for the June 2019 annual report submittal, one of which is a required
public hearing for the Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan performed in 2018. The MPCA will review
and comment on Hastings' annual report submittals during a future audit.
Financial Impact:
Attachments:
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CITY OF HASTINGS
DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO. _
RESOLUTION ORDERING PUBLIC HEARING FOR STORM WATER POLLUTION
PREVENTION PLAN (SWPPP)
WHEREAS, the City annually conducts a public hearing to present a summary of the annual
storm water pollution prevention activities as part of its Storm Water Permit requirements;
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
HASTINGS AS FOLLOWS; that
1. A Public Hearing for the Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan be held at the 7pm council
meeting on Monday, November 19, 2018, and;
2. An advertisement of the Public Hearing be published in the Hastings Star Gazette on October 18,
2018 and be posted on the City’s website on October 18, 2018.
ORDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF HASTINGS, MINNESOTA, THIS 15TH DAY
OF OCTOBER, 2018.
Ayes:
Nays:
Paul J. Hicks, Mayor
ATTEST:
Julie Flaten, City Clerk SEAL
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