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• o``�' COL Anoka County • • John K. VonDeLinde Director Department of Parks and Recreation December 29, 2003 550 Bunker Lake Boulevard NW • Andover, Minnesota 55304 Telephone (763) 757 -3920 • FAX (763) 755-0230 Mike Grochala Community Development Director City of Lino Lakes 600 Town Center Parkway Lino Lakes, Minnesota 55014 Dear Mike: Please accept this letter as acknowledgment of the Environmental Assessment Worksheet (EAW) for the "Legacy at Wood's Edge Development" done by Short Elliott Hendrickson Inc (SEM), November 2003. The Anoka County Parks and Recreation Department has reviewed the worksheet and makes the following comments: • the proposed development is adjacent to the Rice Creek Chain -of -lakes Regional Park Reserve; • the EAW has identified natural resource issues and is complete; • the proposed development will have minimal impact to the park property. From our perspective, the consultants, SEH, have done a thorough task of identifying and mitigating impacts on the adjacent wetlands and the surrounding natural environment. We are glad to see that the proposed land use will be buffered by the existing woodlands and wetlands. We are also encouraged to see that these areas will be designated as out -lots held in public ownership. As we discussed, future trail access into the park will offer many benefits to people living and working there. Once you begin to develop trail plans, we should take a closer look at potential corridors and connections that will work with our existing and propsed trail system plan within the park. We appr develop S L-c= N' Eoloff P • rk Planner /RLA John VonDellnde Michael McDonough, Met Council e the opportunity to review your plans. Please keep us Informed on the progress of the • 1 RESPONSE 1 The City of Lino Lakes concurs with the Anoka County Parks Department comment. 2 As part of the proposed development, the intent is to provide a trail connection along the easterly portion of the development that would extend into the regional park. Further coordination between the City, Anoka County Parks Department, and developer will occur to identify the proposed trail corridors.