6. Draft Watershed Management Plan Overview ScandiaCMSCWD Draft
Watershed
Management Plan
October 6, 2021
Lakes
Delist
East Boot (2023)
South Twin (2023)
Jellum’s (by 2023)
Hay (2023)
Goose (2030)
Long (by 2030)
Fish (by 2030)
Make Progress
Loon, Louise, Mud
Additional Lakes
Improvements
Square (clarity)
Clear (clarity)
Big Marine
(algae and clarity)
Big Carnelian
(algae and clarity)
Hay (clarity)
Long (clarity)
Streams
Marine Landing
(Restore)
Mill Stream (Restore)
Willow Brook (Restore)
Gilbertson’s (Restore)
Swedish Flag (Restore)
Zavoral’s (Improve)
Fall’s (Improve)
Arcola (Improve)
Spring (Improve)
Carnelian Creek
(improve)
Cedar Bend Trout
(Improve)
Page 51
Community Input (13 meetings)
Presentation of issues at community meetings
Presentation of draft implementation actions
at community meetings
Invitations to attend TAC meetings
Technical Advisory Committee (3 meetings)
Provide input on issues
Provide input on measurable goals
Provide input on rule revisions
Provide input on draft implementation actions
Resident Input
District wide and shoreland surveys
Two listening sessions
Agricultural landowner interviews
Citizen Advisory Committee (8 meetings)
Review data & recommendation letter
Review goals and education program
Prioritize education implementation program
Review and provide letter for implementation
plan
Communication and Outreach
Continue
Partnering with EMWREP
Two mailed newsletters
Engaging the CAC
New
Targeted mailings for shoreland owners, septic
owners, potential permittees, and new landowners.
Improved communication to ag landowners
Volunteer stream monitoring
Three engagement events/year (planting, tours, etc.)
Website with interactive watershed map, page with
current information for each water resource, articles,
and events.
Implementation Plan Pages 116-117
Permitting and Enforcement
Continue
Legal and Engineering services
Program coordination
Permitting coordination (landowner
communications)
New
Coordinated shoreland rules education,
technical assistance, and enforcement
Revise District rules
Provide grants to communities to
synchronize rules and eliminate conflicts.
Implementation Plan Page 111
Riparian Permit Specialist
1. Permit processing and coordination
2. CMSCWD rules enforcement
3. Shoreline inspections on 10 lakes
4. Shoreline stabilization technical assistance
5. Targeted engagement of shoreland landowners
6. Technical assistance for planning commissions and councils
7. Volunteer event coordination
8. AIS technical assistance and management
Implementation Plan Page 124
Analysis and
Prioritization
New
Degraded wetland
monitoring
St. Croix and spring
streams subwatershed
analysis
Stream stability and
tributary evaluations
Implementation Plan Page 115
Technical Assistance &
Cost Share
Continue
Technical assistance for urban, rural, and
shoreland water quality projects
Cost share for voluntary projects that
improve water quality
New
Measurable targets for projects completed
in 2022
Increased capacity to provide technical
assistance
https://www.cmscwd.org/watershed-map
Implementation Plan Page 112
Inspections &
Maintenance
Continue
Inspecting and maintaining
the Big Marine Outlet Channel
and Pipe
Inspecting and maintaining
District WQ BMPs
Inspecting construction sites
New
Televise and maintain the 40
yr.-old outlet pipe
Channel and outfall pipe
maintenance annual savings
(Approx. $50,000 per year)
District-wide operations and
maintenance plan
Implementation Plan Page 113
Monitoring
Continue
Utilize the Washington
Conservation District to
monitor lake levels and
water quality
New
Monitor stream health
Volunteer stream
monitoring
Lake bottom-water
chloride concentration
baselines
Implementation Plan Page 114
Floodplain
Resiliency and
Engagement
New:
Completed Floodplain
Vulnerability Assessment
with results provided to
Washington County and
District communities
Complete vulnerability
assessment of climate
change scenarios
AIS
Continue
Collaborative
funding of
watercraft
inspections
Cost share for AIS
Management
New
Work
collaboratively with
Washington County
to enforce AIS
requirements
Implementation Plan
Page 118
Capital Improvement Projects
16 planned projects with planned
support from grant funding for the
following waterbodies:
Goose, Big Marine, Hay, Sand, Big
Carnelian, Fish, Little Carnelian, Square
St. Croix River
St. Croix Tributary Streams: Mill Stream,
Willow Brook, Falls Creek, Zavoral’ s, and
Carnelian Creek.
Implementation Plan Pages 119-123
Priorities
Not to Be
Completed
listed as
“Currently not
planned to be
completed”
Lake vegetation surveys
Groundwater monitoring
Inspecting past buffers
Inspection of past regulatory BMPS
Black Ash seep restorations
Increasing cost share for shoreline
restorations
12 Stream stability evaluations
(completing 4)
Shoreland septic inventory
High Risk SSTS Replacement Incentive
Flood Capacity Expansion
Evaluation of 3 high quality wetlands for
changes
Implementation Plan Page 112-118
Administration
13%Communications &
Outreach
5%
Analysis &
Prioritization
4%
Permitting &
Enforcement
9%
Technical Assistance & Cost Share
21%Capital Improvement Projects
25%
Operations &
Maintenance
9%
Water Quality Monitoring
10%
Planning
1%
Aquatic Invasive Species
3%
$1,688,038
$592,026
$508,213
2022-2031 CMSCWD BUDGET SUMMARY
$1,126,930
$2,662,519 $3,172,080
$1,093,975
$1,246,958
$404,133
2022 Draft
Budget
Summary
Administration = $129,222
Plan Implementation = $850,737
2022 Budget = $979,959
Total 2022 Tax Levy = $850,737
Tax Impact
Home ValueAnnual Tax Amount$68.18$74.45$88.81$96.90$109.47$119.34$117.15$127.70$150.69$164.23
Questions and
Comments
October 6, 2021