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2/23/96 LCMR Proposal 1997 Clearwater Creek Greenway Corridor Project Project Manager Peter R.Willenbring,P.E. Affiliation Water Resources Engineering Consultant-City of Hugo Mailing Address Hugo City Hall 5524 Upper 146th Street North Hugo,MN 55038-9367 Telephone No. Pete Willenbring,WSB&Associates,Inc. (612)541-4800 Fax No. (612)541-1700 Total Biennial Project Budget: $LCMR : 500,000 $Match . 100,000 (City of Lino Lakes-Minimum contribution) $Match . _ 100,000 (City of Hugo-Minimum contribution) $Match . 25,000 (Rice Creek Watershed District-Preliminary estimate) $Match . + (City of Centerville-Amount to be established) Total 725.000 + I. Project Summary&Results n Project consists of securing a corridor of land along Clearwater Creek from Bald Eagle Lake to Centerville/ Peltier Lake to develop/preserve a greenway,trail system,and water resource management area. II. Outline of Project Results Approving grant funding for the Clearwater Creek Greenway Corridor project will allow the following results/benefits to be provided in the region: 1. Secure a currently undeveloped corridor of land along Clearwater Creek in a high growth area for the purpose of establishing a trail system and preserving the corridor for wildlife and water resource- based enhancements. This will involve acquiring 15,000 linear feet of greenway corridor having a width up to 1,000 feet which will extend from Bald Eagle Lake to the Rice Creek Chain of Lakes Regional Park and into the Rice Creek Regional Trail,a trail designated by Met Council's Regional Trail System. This will require the acquisition of approximately 360 acres. This acquisition will also allow for a trail connection from the Rice Creek Chain of Lakes Regional Park to the Hardwood Creek State Trail at Bald Eagle Lake and into the regional trail heading south to the Mississippi River corridor. 2. Allow for the implementation of water quality improvement projects within this corridor in conformance with a recently-completed Clearwater Creek Watershed District Comprehensive Storm Water Management Plan and Centerville/Peltier Lake CWP Diagnostic Feasibility Study to reduce non-point source pollution generated from the watershed. 3. Allow the construction of a demonstration project that would expand the floodplain of Clearwater Creek to reduce the velocity of water flowing through this channel,reduce erosion,and allow for the enhancement of wetland habitat within the corridor. 4. Provide for the construction of improvements that would reduce the peak discharge rate and water volumes discharged downstream of this corridor.