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City of Lino Lakes - Development Framework (received in April 2001) <br />page topic Items /Questions to be Reviewed/Discussed by WUI Work Group (5/8/01) <br />ISSUES <br />4 -5 Environmental <br />— Can map [not provided] also include native plant communities and wooded <br />areas? <br />POLICY PLAN <br />Natural Environment <br />20 Goals <br />6. re: wetlands & "community -wide storm drainage system" <br />— Are qualifiers needed related how to protect natural wetlands in relation to their <br />"use" for storm water management? [see also policy below] <br />Policies <br />20 -22 General <br />20 1. re: inventory, quantify, & rank "environmental resources" <br />— Has Lino actually used HEP &CD report to rank resources? Has DNR Natural <br />Heritage info been used? <br />— What is status of "an ecological restoration & management plan"? (Didn't <br />HEP &CD plan deal primarily with fire dependent plant communities ?) <br />— How can the plan acknowledge that HEP &CD inventory isn't complete & that <br />the inventory will be updated through MLCCS etc? <br />21 3. re: integration of new development <br />— Add stronger language to "preserve unique natural areas"? How defined? <br />21 -22 5. re: greenway planning <br />— Are areas id'd in HEP &CD report adequate? <br />— Should qualifiers be included about when trails are appropriate in greenways <br />and when not? [Check Environmental Board statement.] <br />22 Vegetation <br />4. Re: preservation of natural vegetation <br />— How should reference be made to preserving whole plant communities (i.e. the <br />understory vegetation not just the trees in woodlands)? <br />— [Ck Env. Bd. addition of aquatic plant communities.] <br />2. Re: ordinances <br />— What is the status of the landscape ordinance and the tree protection ordinance? <br />Should they be explicitly referenced here? <br />22 -23 Soils <br />2. re: requirement on drain tiles <br />— Is this requirement contrary to concepts of Low Impact Development (LID)? <br />How should alternative on -site storm water management be referenced? [Ck. <br />Env. Bd. Statement.] <br />1 <br />