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4325 Pheasant Ridge Drive NE #611 | Blaine, MN 55449 | T: 763-398-3070 | F: 763-398-3088 | www.ricecreek.org BOARD OF MANAGERS Barbara A. Haake Michael J. Bradley Patricia L. Preiner Steven P. Wagamon John J. Waller Ramsey County Ramsey County Anoka County Anoka County Washington County September 16, 2019 Michael Grochala City of Lino Lakes 600 Town Center Pkwy Lino Lakes, MN 55014 Re: 2040 Lino Lakes Comprehensive Plan Comments Dear Mr. Grochala, The Rice Creek Watershed District (RCWD) has reviewed the City of Lino Lakes’ draft 2040 Comprehensive Plan, received on August 22, 2019. The RCWD offers the following comments below: 1. General comment: The RMP is referred to as the City’s RMP, the RCWD’s RMP, and the City/RCWD’s RMP throughout the plan. Please revise for consistency and include RCWD in the reference. 2. Chapter 2 Community Background, Lino Lakes RMP/Comprehensive Wetland Management Plan, page 2-4: “Comprehensive Wetland Management Plan” should be revised to “Comprehensive Wetland Protection and Management Plan” to be consistent with the WCA authority and title under which it has been developed. 3. Chapter 2 Community Background Natural Resources Revolving Fund Plan, page 2-4: RCWD is unaware of the City’s 2017 wetland bank study and some of the identified locations on Figure 2-5. Please provide more information or reference to how the potential sites were identified. 4. Chapter 2 Community Background, Table 2.9, page 2-16: Net Acres/Net Land Area includes “as identified by the Rice Creek Watershed District”, however the inclusion of RCWD is unclear. Please clarify and indicate if the City means as identified by the National Wetland Inventory, RMP, or otherwise. 5. Chapters 3 & 10: Minnesota Statute (M.S.) 103E may be incompatible at times with the City’s planned greenways and trails and will require early coordination with the RCWD, which should be included in the discussion. The RCWD would be happy to meet with the City to discuss further. 6. Chapter 5 Economic Development, Interstate 35E and Co. Rd. 14 Corridor, second paragraph, page 5-11: Please clarify if the referenced Comprehensive Stormwater Management Plan (CSMP) is the completed Northeast Lino Lakes Drainage Area CSMP that was conditionally approved by the RCWD Board and revise the language as needed. If by “currently completing a CSMP” the City means it is currently building the CSMP infrastructure, another sentence should be added. It is also RCWD’s understanding that the CSMP area is for residential development, not commercial or industrial. RCWD suggests adding language to this section to clarify that the City is planning business and industrial development east of I-35E and residential development west of I-35E, consistent with the City’s Future Land Use Figure 3-2. 7. General Comments on Chapter 7 Local Water Management Plan: In general, a detailed summary and duplicated sections of the LWMP are not required. If the City intends to utilize the summary to move in a new direction with the LWMP, the LWMP will need to be amended and follow the review timelines of M.S. 103B.235 and M.R. 8410. If the City intends to solely summarize the information contained in the LWMP, RCWD recommends only including an executive summary with reference to Appendix A and removing the duplicated information to maintain consistency with the RCWD-approved LWMP in Appendix A. There are currently a few inconsistencies in this chapter, discussed in the comments below. 8. Chapter 7 Local Water Management Plan, Goal 2.2, page 7-2: A policy is missing that is contained in the LWMP in Appendix A and should be revised to be consistent.