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• As noted in Item 31 of the EAW, the preservation area on the north side of the island will be clearly marked and will remain in a natural state. The "mass grading" note on one of the plans must be clarified prior to project approval. Custom grading on individual lots is the intent. Appropriate clearing and grading for the road will occur. The condition regarding no disturbing wetlands beyond 100 feet from the back of their homes can be included in the project requirements and recorded against all properties as a platting requirement. METROPOLITAN COUNCIL • Sanitary sewer connection plans will need to be submitted to the Metropolitan Council Environmental Services for review. • The Metropolitan Council's GIS parcel data shows the Outlot A parcel as part of the Rice Creek Chain of Lakes Regional Park Reserve, owned by Anoka County. This discrepancy must be addressed. • The City's comprehensive plan guides most of the island for Rural land use. Only part of the island and the tip of the peninsula are guided for Low Density Sewered Residential. • The shoreland requirements stated in the EAW differ from the statewide standards. City Response: A review of sanitary sewer connections by Environmental Services is a • standard requirement and should be considered added to the list in Item 8 of the EAW. • The preliminary plat, Figure 11 in the EAW, shows the property boundaries. The northern border of the property cuts off approximately 30 feet of the northern tip of the island. Property north of this line is within the regional park reserve and is owned by Anoka County. This area was acquired by the City and conveyed to Anoka County. The detailed surveying needed for the development project revealed that the property border cuts off a tip of the island. The grading plan does not include disturbing this portion of the island. It is a mapping error that overlaid the Rural category on the eastern part of the island. City staff recognized this error after approval of the comprehensive plan. The intent of the comprehensive plan was to include the entire island in the area guided for Low Density Sewered Residential. It doesn't make sense to guide only part of the island for development. The City's shoreland ordinance requirements do indeed differ from the statewide standards. The latest state rules were effective in 1989. The City of Lino Lakes adopted a shoreland ordinance in 1995, which was approved by the MN Dept. of Natural Resources. This was the intended process when the statewide standards were created: to serve as a model until local municipalities prepared their own ordinances. It is not unusual that there are differences between a city's ordinance and the DNR's model ordinance. The City ordinance applies and includes the standards listed in Item 14 of the EAW. (It should be noted that the DNR's 1989 statewide standards require a 150' setback on natural environment lakes, as does the current City ordinance. The 200' setback cited in the Met Council letter is from an older, obsolete set of state standards.) DRAFT July 1, 2004 Pheasant Hills Preserve 12th Addn. EAW Record of Decision page 10