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5. Establish a buffer strip of land around Clearwater Creek,thereby minimizing water quality impacts to the creek from upstream agricultural and developing residential,commercial and industrial areas. 6. Provide measures to protect the quality of water discharged downstream into the St. Paul Water Utility lake reservoir system. 7. Allow for the planting of a wide variety of native plant species that would allow for a demonstration of planning and protection of these species on private and public lands and re-establish native prairie vegetation along the corridor and increase bio-diversity relative to fisheries and wildlife concerns. 8. The development of 25,000 linear feet of trail which would connect Rice Creek Chain of Lakes Regional Park with Clearwater Creek and the Hardwood Creek trail. III. Context A. Significance: Project is in conformance with state-wide effort to connect regional park and trail systems. Also is in conformance with efforts to protect and enhance water resource-related systems as directed by the Metropolitan Surface Water Management Act. B. Strategy: Primary focus; N Secondary focus; B,C,F,J,L,M,and O. C. Time: Two years--possibly longer,depending on property acquisition time line. D. Budget History:This greenway corridor project is a concept that has recently been developed and no LCMR monies have been previously utilized for the implementation of this or any other related project in this area. Some studies,however, have been completed for the Clearwater Creek Corridor, including: l. Clearwater Creek Storm Water Management Plan-($20,000) 2. Rice Creek Upper Watershed Impoundment Study-($50,000) 3. Bald Eagle Industrial Park Study-($25,000) 4. Building River Community Recreational Reserve Planning in the Metropolitan Mississippi Corridor-($Unknown) 5. Rice Creek Watershed District Diagnostic Feasibility Study for Centerville/Peltier Lake- ($57,000) IV. Cooperation 1. City of Hugo: Provide planning,engineering,and dollars for land acquisition and construction. 2. City of Lino Lakes:Provide planning,engineering,and funding for land acquisition and construction. 3. City of Centerville: Provide land through development acquisition. 4. Rice Creek Watershed District: Provide engineering services,hydrologic expertise and some cost- share funding in an amount yet to be determined. 5. Anoka County Park Department: Provide planning assistance relative to corridor improvements. 6. Department of Natural Resources: Planning assistance regarding fish and wildlife enhancements/ native vegetation restoration. V. Location Ecological classification locations;P and S. C3DFF1MWPV M1002.Olu.CMR.WPD