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<br />22 <br /> <br />Response: <br />• The public drainage system and most of the private drainage system on site will remain <br />the same. The proposed development is required to meet the stormwater runoff quality <br />and quantity requirements of the City of Lino Lakes, Rice Creek Watershed District, and <br />the MPCA National Pollutant Discharge and State Disposal System (NPDES/SDS). <br />Therefore, the stormwater basins on site will be designed to meet these requirements. <br />Additionally, since the site falls within the 100 year floodplain, the development is <br />required to follow the Rice Creek Watershed District floodplain mitigation requirements <br />and implement on-site floodplain mitigation. These requirements will aide in controlling <br />drainage on site to avoid impacts to the surrounding area. <br />• Alliant Engineering has prepared the required floodplain calculations and models for the <br />proposed floodplain mitigation on site per Rice Creek Watershed requirements and <br />submitted this to Rice Creek Watershed District for review and approval. Additionally, <br />Alliant has prepared the required stormwater calculations for the site per Rice Creek <br />Watershed District regulations. This has been sent to Rice Creek Watershed District for <br />review and approval. All stormwater and floodplain calculations and design will be <br />subject to review and approval by the City Engineer, consistent with City requirements, <br />as part of the rezoning and preliminary plat review. <br />4.2.15 Reilly Anderson – September 15, 2022 <br />Comment. Reilly states that he has concern and is opposed to the proposed development. <br />These concerns include: <br />• The proposed housing development threatens to further fragment the habitats of birds and <br />other wildlife within Anoka County and will add new stressors to the local environment. <br />• As summer weather becomes increasingly extreme and unpredictable, newly constructed <br />impervious surfaces will further stress the local aging drainage systems, threatening the <br />homes and properties of existing area residents with flooding, many of which were built <br />many years ago. <br />• There is concern that the proposed new roads and feeder routes will be ineffective in <br />mitigating the existing traffic issues in the area. The addition of the proposed high density <br />housing will add a critical amount of new motor traffic that will exceed the local <br />infrastructure’s ability to provide safe streets. <br />Response: <br />• The current conditions of the site include the use of agriculture fertilizers, a <br />monoculture of sod grass, and a private and public drainage system. The proposed <br />development is expected to add open water features that currently do not exist on site <br />and to plant native vegetation throughout the site. The open water areas can provide fly <br />over habitat for migratory and local waterfowl and the native vegetation can provide