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City of Lino Lakes - Development Framework page Page -by -Page Comments and Questions by WUI Work Group Consider adding a policy on the importance of cost - effective aggregate resources to city's development. #2. Such areas should be located and avoided as construction sites if at all possible. Only if there is no alterative locations should drain tiles be required. 23 Storm Water /Wetlands Drainage Please fix caption by adding punctuation between the words wetlands and drainage. #1. The City is encouraged to examine their 1994 plan and determine if it is still current. To the extent reasonable for Lino Lakes soil and water regimes, the City is encouraged to integrate alternative stormwater management strategies incorporating on -site filtration and infiltration that are sometimes referred to as "low impact development" (LID). #2. Again, this implies that the only reason for protecting wetlands is their future value for stormwater management. Delete the 2' sentence. #3. This provision is unclear. A clear policy to design development so that storm sewer systems are unnecessary would make sense. #8. Delete this policy. The City needs to comply with the 2 watershed district plans anyway. Perhaps this policy could be to work closely with the districts in development of future stormwater management plans. 24 -25 Growth Management The City is encouraged to consider how its extensive wetlands, high water table (an fluctuations in that), soil conditions, and implications of increased development on storm water management (including impacts on existing development if water regimes change) may limit sound development and to use that as a factor in determining how much growth is reasonable. The City is also encouraged to add a goal that the extent and pace of growth be consistent with the City's natural resource conservation goals. 26 -33 Land Use 26 -29 General Policies In the general and/or residential sections, the City is encouraged to add policies related to reducing the risk of property damage from wildfire. DNR can provide the City with additional information on Firewise Communities (i.e. having development defensible from wildfire through provision of alternative escape routes, buffers between highly flammable vegetation and structures, fuel control, etc.). 28 -29 Rural Goals & Policies Consider adding a policy on conserving working forests and tree farms. Note: working forests are forest lands (be they native or plantations) which are actively managed for uses e.g. Christmas trees, timber, fire wood, non - timber forest products, etc. 29 -30 Residential Goals & Policies #8. Does the city have adequate procedures for identifying, enforcing, and treating failing septic systems? Perhaps the City should consider a study of the adequacy of the existing on -site systems in order to identify areas where MUSA may need to be 3