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CommentResponse <br />development will affect our quality of life, and trees would be a good faith effort <br />on the developers' part to show they want to do well with existing neighborhoods. <br />The City is constructing a water treatment plant <br />As there will need to be a new water treatment plant built for this development as <br />for manganese removal which will be placed in <br />well as new roads and roundabouts, we are very concerned how this will impact <br />service in the fall of 2026 and will provide <br />our taxes. Our taxes took a big jump this year and we don't feel we should be <br />adequate treatment capacity for this area. No <br />taxed for these services as we will not benefit at all from the water and roads. <br />additional water treatment plants are anticipated <br />for this area. The Water Treatment Plant is <br />funded by users of the municipal water system. <br />Finally, we are concerned about traffic on 4th Ave. Many people walk along this <br />As development occurs along 41h Avenue, the City <br />road and there is an airstrip that also ends at 4th and there are no sidewalks <br />will consider trails and/or sidewalks along 41h <br />planned. <br />Avenue. <br />Future development will require the construction <br />We realized we forgot to add one item to our list of comments. We are also <br />of local water quality basins and larger detention <br />concerned about the water table with the sod farm being a floodplain and how <br />areas to provide compensatory storage for <br />that might impact our property. We have a wood foundation and have had <br />floodplain mitigation. See the mitigation plan in <br />absolutely no water problems. We would like to keep it that way. <br />the AUAR for full list of floodplain mitigation <br />strategies. <br />10. Kristen Iverson <br />My concern is the negative impact of traffic, high density and commercial buildings <br />this will have on our natural environment and ecosystem in the study area. I live on <br />Creation of greenways and/or interconnecting <br />Carl Street, a few feet from the study area. This is a rural area, with large lots and <br />wildlife corridors and buffers will be incorporated <br />open green areas. We have Blanding turtles that nest every year in our yards and <br />as development plans advance. Native habitat <br />surrounding areas. We have 4 sets of Sandhill Cranes that breed and make their <br />and wetland buffers will enhance biodiversity and <br />home here on Carl Street. We also have Bald Eagles, owls, waterfowl, pheasants, <br />improve the environmental functionality of the <br />turkeys, deer and bear. Seven miles north is Carlos Avery Wildlife Management <br />study area. See the mitigation plan of the Final <br />Area. This is an important wildlife refuge of marshlands lakes and swamps which <br />AUAR which has been updated with the DNR's <br />provide habitat for the migratory Sandhill cranes and Eagles, in addition to habitat <br />mitigation strategies for protected species. <br />for the Blanding turtles, deer, waterfowl and upland birds. This is a protected <br />ecosystem that needs to be protected, including the surrounding land south of <br />lu: <br />Page 557 of 617 <br />