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3. Environmental Protection (Richard Osgood) The Shoreview plan contains a thorough inventory of forests, slopes, soils, wetlands, shorelands, surface water, floodplains and stormwater waterways in the community. Plan policies address each of these environmental features. The plan proposes to implement its environmental policies through on Integrated Development Ordinance. This ordinance will include an Environmental Overlay Zoning District which will require _ compliance with and incorporate the city's floodplain regulations, shoreland regulations and sensitive area permit. In February 1980, the Council adopted a policy that local comprehensive plans address stormwater issues as part of the protection element, or the plan would be found inconsistent with the Protection Open Space and Water Resources chapters of the Metropolitan Development Guide. Council policies in these two chapters emphasize the protection of natural resource systems such as wetlands, floodplains and watercourses, and the control of runoff to manage stormwater. Shoreview's basic stormwater policies are to protect the natural drainage system and maintain the rate of runoff at predevelopment rates. The city also supports the policies and recommendations of the Rice Creek Watershed District. In addition, the city is currently preparing a detailed stormwater plan which will be added as an appendix to the comprehensive plan. 4. Housing (Joanne Barron) Shoreview's plan contains a summary of housing units by type, tenure, and cost; and a thorough analysis of current and projected residential land use by density and number. No data on the condition of housing, incomes, or needs data is included. The city anticipates the addition of 3100 housing units by 1990. Currently, the city's housing stock is composed of 66 percent single - family homes, 31 percent multifamily, and 3 percent mobile homes. In planning for the types of housing to be built in the city, the plan notes the need to provide affordable housing and to explore new types of housing. The plan says that clustered housing on smaller lots is needed in Shoreview. Accordingly, the housing unit projections through 1990 call for the addition of only 500 detached units, while 1,000 attached medium- density units and 1,600 high- density units are anticipated. The plan identifies the city's fair share responsibilities for low- and moderate - income housing through 1990. Though the plan cites a fair share range of 420 to 1,050 low- and moderate - income housing opportunities, it calls for the addition of only 500 such units during the decade. The plan does not specifically adopt a numerical goal for modest - cost housing. However, the densities of the housing units projected through 1990, and several policies in the plan indicate the city's intentions regarding the provision of the opportunity -8-