Community Assistance Package

Green Infrastructure: We are looking for examples of communities that have adopted the MIDS Community Assistance Package. If your community has adopted ordinances, please send them to us and we will summarize them on this page.

A Federal 319 grant was awarded to the Washington Conservation District to develop and pilot a Community Assistance Package (CAP) and provide a real testing ground for the application of the new MIDS performance goals, credits and calculators. The pilot community project involves regional and focused community assistance in the form of education, training, review and consultation services, and tools and resources such as ordinance goals. Education and training includes NEMO-Nonpoint source Education for Municipal Officials and Stormwater U-technical training for staff and consultants.

Four pilot communities were selected in the St. Croix Basin-Centre City, Chisago, Lindstrom and East Bethel. These communities received free education, training and consulting services to update plans, ordinances and codes to protect their local water resources and ultimately the St. Croix River.

A Community Assistance Package (CAP) was submitted to the MPCA and the MPCA has completed it's review. The package includes performance goals, a calculator for determining stormwater credits for best management practices and ordinance guidance for communities. Use of the MIDS CAP can help a community measure progress toward water and natural resource protection and restoration goals.

File:Community assistance package.pdf

Communities That Adopted MIDS

Valley Branch Watershed District: In December, 2013, Valley Branch Watershed District amended their stormwater rules to include the MIDS performance goals and Design Sequence Flow Chart. Cities affected by this rule include: White Bear Lake, Maplewood, North St. Paul, Mahtomedi, Pine Springs, Grant, Oakdale, Lake Elmo, Oak Park Heights, Baytown Township, West Lakeland Township, Woodbury, Afton and St. Mary's Point. For more information, contact John Hanson, Valley Branch District Administrator at 952-832-2622 or jhanson@barr.com. The revised rules can be found on the Valley Branch Watershed District's web site

Riley Purgatory Bluff Creek Watershed District. The District adopted new rules, effective January 1, 2015 that include the MIDS performance goals. Cities affected by this rule include: Bloomington, Chanhassen, Deephaven, Eden Prairie, Minnetonka and Shorewood. The revised rules can be found on the Riley Purgatory Bluff Creek Watershed District web site

Ramsey Washington Metro Watershed District adopted the MIDS performance goals effective April 1, 2015. Cities affected by this rule include: Shoreview, Roseville, White Bear Lake, Vadnais Heights, Gem Lake, Landfall, Little Canada, North St. Paul, Maplewood, Oakdale, Woodbury and St. Paul. Contact Tina Carstens at 651-792-7950 or tina.carstens@rwmwd.org or go to the Ramsey Washington Metro Watershed District web site

Capitol Region Watershed District adopted the MIDS performance goals in April. Cities affected by this rule include Falcon Heights, Lauderdale, Maplewood, Roseville and St. Paul. Contact Forrest Kelley at 651-644-8888 or forrest@capitolregionwd.org or go to the Capitol Region Watershed District web page

The City of Woodbury adopted the MIDS performance goals on April 8th. Contact Sharon Doucette, City of Woodbury's Environmental Resource Coordinator at 651-714-3538 or sdoucette@ci.woodbury.mn.us

The Mississippi Watershed Management Organization has incorporated the MIDS performance goals into their Watershed Management Organization rules. For more information, contact Stephanie Johnson, Programs Principal at Mississippi Watershed Management Organization: 612-465-8780 or sjohnson@mwmo.org

Communities that are planning to adopt MIDS

The Middle St. Croix Watershed Management Organization was awarded a Clean Water grant in 2014 to implement the MIDS Community Assistance Package. The watershed management organization will work with up to 13 communities in the St. Croix Basin to adopt ordinance and code revisions to incorporate MIDS stormwater quality and volume standards for new development and redevelopment. Contact Mikael Isensee, Administrator of the Middle St. Croix at 651-330-8220 extension 22 or misensee@mnwcd.org.

Through a Targeted Watershed Demonstration Grant from the Board of Water and Soil Resources, the Crow Wing Soil and Water Conservation District is working with the City of Crosby, City of Deerwood and Irondale to incorporate MIDS into their local ordinances. Contact Melissa Barrick at 218-828-6197 or melissa.barrick@crowwingswcd.org

Chisago Lakes Improvement District plans to adopt the MIDS community assistance package in the spring of 2015. Cities include Chisago City, Centre City and Lindstrom. Contact Jerry Spetzman at 651-213-8383 or jpspetz@co.chisago.mn.us.

Communities within the Stearns County Soil and Water Conservation District, including Watab Township, LeSauk and St. Joseph are considering adoption of the MIDS Community Assistance Package. Contact Wayne Cymbaluk at wayne.cymbaluk@mn.nacdnet.net for more information

Other Ways the MIDS Performance Goals are being used

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has incorporated the MIDS performance goals into their Stormwater and Shoreline Best Management Practices for Public Water Accesses

The Minnesota Buildings, Benchmarks & Beyond (B3) Guidelines has incorporated the MIDS performance goals into the site and water guidelines. The B3 Guidelines are required on all projects that receive general obligation bond funding from the State of Minnesota. For detailed information, go to The B3 Guidelines for Stormwater Management

Related pages

1. Overview of Minimal Impact Design Standards (MIDS)
2. Performance goals for new development, re-development and linear projects
3. Design Sequence Flowchart-Flexible treatment options
4. Community Assistance Package
5. MIDS calculator
6. Training and workshop materials and modules
7. Technical documents