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Attachment 1 2 Washington County Comments Draft City of Lino Lakes Comprehensive Plan Chapter 4: Housing  Page 4-4, Goals and Policies: The County is encouraged by the goals listed in Chapter 4 (pg. 4) around the efforts to address housing needs in Lino Lakes. It is great to see the efforts being placed into the planning for life-cycle housing and senior housing. The recognition of making these homes accessible to the community ensures opportunities for social connection and access to healthier food options for residents. It is also encouraging to see the efforts around protecting the environment as housing expansion increases. An area of consideration when looking at the overall protection of the environment as housing options continue to change would be to encourage edible and pollinator-friendly landscapes for residential properties and housing developments. Chapter 5: Economic Development  Page 5-11, Economic Development Priorities: The County is encouraged by the efforts made in Chapter 5 to ensure streets and roads are as safe as possible for residents and promote alternative transportation options such as bicycling and walking. Both of these efforts encourages and considers the health of the residents of Lino Lakes. The trail policy to link trails to schools and neighborhoods speaks to accessibility for the community. Chapter 8: Sanitary Sewer  Page 8-20, Sanitary Sewer: In Chapter 8’s individual subsurface sewage treatment system (ISTS), the plan states that there are no community treatment systems and that large portions are served by ISTS. MN Rules Chapter 7080-7083 now use the term Subsurface Sewage Treatment System (SSTS) as a more generic name as many SSTS serve more than one specific wastewater generator.  Page 8-20, Sanitary Sewer: Regarding inspection of SSTSs every three years, does this refer to the maintenance activity that is required under MN Rules or does the city require the systems to be inspected. Typically the term inspection refers to a Compliance Inspection that is defined in MN Rules Chapter 7080. Chapter 10: Parks, Greenways and Trails  Areas of consideration for chapter 10 would include a policy for tobacco-free parks and encourage edible and pollinator-friendly landscapes on park property.