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• Nature's Refuge DRAFT DECEMBER 14, 2006 EAW Record of Decision page 10 Response: The site is large and there are two possible accesses. Pine Street is one of them. The route of construction vehicles has not been specified, but it is likely that Pine Street would be needed for access during construction. Lino Lakes will discuss possibilities with the developer. Lino Lakes does enforce requirements for mitigating dust during construction and limits work times on construction sites. • Columbus notes that if the improvements on CSAH 14 are not completed prior to the development, the traffic analysis will not be accurate and Pine Street will be affected. Response: The traffic analysis assumed signalization of the CSAH 14 /CSAH 23 intersection when concluding the intersection would function at Level of Service C or better. Without a signal, the LOS would be F for many movements. As noted in the EAW, the timing of the installation of a signal will need to be an important consideration in the review of the Nature's Refuge project application. Municipal Utilities • The City of Columbus is interested in discussing the possibility of extending sewer and water service further north on Lake Drive to serve Columbus. Response: Lino Lakes has not previously planned to oversize sanitary sewer facilities to serve property outside of Lino Lakes. Several issues arise when considering doing so. Columbus should discuss the situation with the Metropolitan Council to see if the Council's system plans allow for utility service. We would need to determine the capacity of Metropolitan Council facilities into which the Lino Lakes system flows. Next, the capacity of the Lino Lakes system is not endless, and planning studies to date indicate there is not excessive capacity. The feasibility of extending the Lino Lakes pipe would need to be examined. The cost of the feasibility study as well as construction would need to be examined as well. Lino Lakes would need to ask if serving land in Columbus should preempt providing service for land within Lino Lakes along Lake Drive. While Columbus' proposal may be feasible, it raises larger questions that would need to be resolved. Water Quality, Wetlands, Stormwater Management • The Rice Creek Watershed District (RCWD) asks for clarification of the statement in EAW Item 6 that "The goal will be to cause no net change to existing drainage patterns in remaining wetlands ". Does this refer to rate and /or volume? Changes in volumes could impact the wetland resources.