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• • Eagle Brook Church May 12, 2003 page 6 ATTACHMENT A Corrections to the Draft Response Document Dated March 18, 2003 Recommended corrections to the draft response document are listed below. Page 9: The response to the first comment from the Metropolitan Council should be amended to read as follows: City Response: Minnesota Statutes 473.515, Subd. 3 gives the Met Council the authority to require connection to a public sewer system "wherever reasonable opportunity therefor is provided." The Met Council has rules for the Metropolitan Disposal System. Article III, Sec. 301.01 states a property served by a private sewage system shall connect to a public sewer within 24 months after such a sewer connection is available. In the event that public sewer is available in the project area, it would be best for the church to connect. At this time, there are no proposals to extend public sewer or water to the area. It is always a good idea for any property owner to consider such a future connection when designing a site. The City supports designing for a future connection and will consider this in the review of any application. The City may require a condition of approval, as part of the conditional use permit, that the church connect to a public sewer within 24 months of the public system becoming available. Page 10: The response to the third comment from the Metropolitan Council should be amended to read as follows: City Response: The environment can often benefit from ecological restoration. Ecological restoration may be feasible within the area of the site, and may proposed for greenway by the City's comprehensive plan. Such restoration is a possibility on any property, should the property owner desire it. The City would encourage the removal of exotic species if a property owner wishes to undergo such an endeavor. A trail connection to the regional park reserve has been considered, but a trail on the subject property would not be useful unless it connected through other properties. The City will re- examine the possibility. Page 14: The response to a comment on Item 7, regarding the spire height, should be corrected to include the revised zoning requirements. The response should be corrected to read as follows: • City Response: Section 3, Subdivision 4.C.1. of the Lino Lakes zoning ordinance states that the building height limits established in each zoning district shall not apply