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Response: The current conditions of the site include the use of agriculture fertilizers, a monoculture of sod grass, and a private and public drainage system. The proposed development is expected to add open water features that currently do not exist on site and to plant native vegetation throughout the site. The open water areas can provide fly over habitat for migratory and local waterfowl and the native vegetation can provide additional wildlife habitat that currently does not exist. Thus, there is not expected to be a significant impact to wildlife species with this development. • The public drainage system and most of the private drainage system on site will remain the same. The proposed development is required to meet the stormwater runoff quality and quantity requirements of the City of Lino Lakes, Rice Creek Watershed District, and the MPCA National Pollutant Discharge and State Disposal System (NPDES/SDS). Therefore, the stormwater basins on site will be designed to meet these requirements. Additionally, since the site falls within the 100 year floodplain, the development is required to follow the Rice Creek Watershed District floodplain mitigation requirements and implement on -site floodplain mitigation. These requirements will aide in controlling drainage on site to avoid impacts to the surrounding area. • A Traffic Impact Study located in Appendix F of the report extensively modeled the impact of the proposed development on the surrounding roadways and found that the proposed development is expected to have limited impact on the study area traffic operations with no significant side -street delay or queuing issues. Traffic impacts will be further analyzed during the City rezoning and preliminary plat review process. Any traffic mitigation identified in the review will be implemented with project construction. This will include both vehicular and pedestrian improvements. 5. FINDINGS OF FACT 5.1 PROJECT DESCRIPTION 5.1.1 Proposed Project The Robinson project is a proposed low, medium, and high density residential development on an existing 158-acre agricultural area in the City of Lino Lakes, Anoka County, Minnesota. Two site plan alternatives have been developed for the project: • PUD Concept Plan —The PUD concept plan is expected to consist of 557 dwelling units of the following types: o 242 single family detached homes o 315 townhomes 23