Subcommittee on Minnesota Water Policy October 17, 2019 ~ 9:00 a.m. Co-Chairs: Rep. Peter Fischer Sen. Bill Weber Jim Stark, Director

Agenda Approval of Subcommittee Meeting Minutes, September 17, 2019 Presentation: Jeff Broberg, MN Well Owners Presentation: Jack Mackenzie, Executive Director, Minnesota Golf Course Superintendents’ Association and Dr. Chase Shaw, Scientist, University of Minnesota, Turfgrass Director’s Report: Committee and Legislative Priorities

Presentation Jeff Broberg MN Well Owner’s Organization

Presentation Jack Mackenzie & Dr. Chase Shaw Jack Mackenzie, Executive Director, Minnesota Golf Course Superintendents’ Association and Dr. Chase Shaw, Scientist, University of Minnesota - Turfgrass

Director’s Report: Proposed Legislative Water Policy Topics for 2020 Today’s meeting will focus on the legislative issues having the greatest support during our August and September stakeholder meetings Started with 26 topics Sources: Requests from legislators or advocates Topics from 2019 session Bills introduced during the 2019 session Based on stakeholder meetings Topics were combined and reduced to 16 Topics were refined by stakeholders

Proposed Legislative Water Policy Topics for 2020 At today’s meeting: Briefly describe each topic Ask you to consider them over the next month November: Discussion and consensus on moving forward with all or some of the topical issues as bills Briefly summarized in the handout

FTP site: ftp://ftp.commissions.leg.state.mn.us/pub/lwc Details Detailed position papers are available at the following sites: FTP site: ftp://ftp.commissions.leg.state.mn.us/pub/lwc Google doc site: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1fJRbtthWFKc4bOClv-tcflHUJbcmP4XI

Legislative Topics Topic 1A: Simplifying the Water-Quality Standards Review and Revision Process Topic 1B: Simplifying the Irrigation Water Appropriation Process Topic 1C: State Assumption of Federal Wetlands Permits (Section 404) Topic 1X: Address Soil and Water Conservation District Funding Topic 2A: Prioritizing Outcomes for Clean Water Program Topic 2C: Provide Incentives for Healthy Soil Topic 3A: Prioritizing our Environmental Spending Topic 3D: Ensuring Safe and Sustainable Drinking Water for the Future Topic 4A: Keeping Water on the Land – Quantifying the Impacts of Water Storage and Flood Retention Structures Topic 4C: Encourage and Fund Research and Outreach that Promote Precision Agriculture Topic 5D: Reduce the over-use of Salt – Protect our Lakes, Rivers, and Groundwater Topic 5E: Increase efforts to Encourage Efficient Wastewater and Storm Water Technology and Treatment Options Topic 6C: Legislative Support to Improve Minnesota’s Water Infrastructure Topic 7A: Creation of a Department of Water Resources – Water Governance in Minnesota Topic 7B: Change the Structure and Function of the Clean Water Council & the Subcommittee on Minnesota Water Policy Topic 7D: Leveraging Dedicated Funding Programs to Maximize Conservation Outcomes

Legislative Topics #1 1A: Simplifying the Water Quality Standards, Review, and Revision Process 1B: Simplifying the Irrigation Water Appropriation Process 1C: State Assumption of Federal Wetlands Permits (Section 404)

Legislative Topics #2 1X: Addressing SWCD Funding 2A: Prioritizing Outcomes for Clean Water Programs 2C: Providing Incentives for healthy Soil

Legislative Topics #3 3A: Prioritizing our Environmental Spending 3D: Ensuring Safe and Sustainable Drinking Water for the Future 4A: Keeping Water on the Land – Quantifying the Impacts of Water Storage and Flood Retention Structures

Legislative Topics #4 4C: Encouraging and Funding Research and Outreach that Promote Precision Agriculture 5D: Reducing Over-use of Salt: Protect our Lakes, Rivers, and Groundwater 5E: Increasing Efforts to Encourage Efficient Wastewater and Storm Water Technology and Treatment Options

Legislative Topics #5 6C: Legislative Support to Improve Minnesota’s Water Infrastructure 7A: Creation of a Department of Water Resources – Water Governance in Minnesota 7B: Change the Structure and Function of the Clean Water Council and the Subcommittee on Minnesota Water Policy 7D: Leveraging Dedicated Funding Programs to Maximize Conservation Outcomes

Discussion and Questions Letters introducing topics from the chairs, were sent to environmental leadership, requesting introductory meetings Meeting scheduled with the Clean Water Council Your help in scheduling meetings would be appreciated Next meeting, at the request of the chairs, will be November 12th at 1:00 p.m. Thanks

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