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Pursuant to Minnesota Rules, part 4410.3610, subpart 5a(C), the Responsible Governmental Unit (RGU) shall revise the environmental analysis <br />document based on comments received during the comment period. The RGU shall include in the document a section specifically responding to <br />each timely, substantive comment received that indicates in what way the comment has been addressed. <br />The 30-day Alternative Urban Areawide Review (AUAR) comment period began May 27, 2025, and comments were accepted through June 26, <br />2025. Five comment letters were received from government agencies and 12 comment letters were received from the public. Responses to <br />those comments are included in the following sections, and copies of the comment letters are included in Appendix F. <br />AGEiW..T ....,mivir-im i a <br />1. M <br />olitan Council <br />Itemject Description <br />The AUAR presents two scenarios for planned land use and accompanying development. Scenario <br />Thank you for your review. <br />1 has an ultimate capacity of 3,400 housing units, 60,000 sq. ft. of commercial use, with intense <br />Comment noted. <br />mixed residential and commercial arrays along Main Street. Scenario 2, the preferred scenario, <br />includes 3,500 housing units, 62,000 sq. ft. of commercial use, with greatest intensity shifted 1/3 <br />mile west of the Scenario 1 concept, at Main Street & Sunset. Should future development result in <br />ultimate levels of Scenarios 1 or 2, the result would exceed citywide forecasts for Lino Lakes. The <br />AUAR area includes parts of Transportation Analysis Zones # 182 (south of Main) and 183 (north of <br />Main). In its 2040 Comprehensive Plan the City expected additions of 814 households, 2,120 <br />population, and 18 jobs in these two zones during 2020-2040. Council staff may recommend a <br />different allocation at the time of the 2050 Plan update. <br />Item 7 - Climate Adaptation and Resilience <br />The discussion of anticipated climate trends is adequate; however, the AUAR would benefit from <br />Comment noted. The City will <br />considering if different scenarios merit different adaptations. The list of adaptations is well suited <br />encourage developers to consider <br />to both scenarios, but the project proposer should consider how the different scenarios lend <br />adaptation strategies to reduce <br />themselves to different street patterns and how adaptations like clustering development could <br />impervious surface. <br />reduce the impervious surfaces associated with single-family residential uses. <br />Page 540 of 617 <br />