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• • • Nature's Refuge EAW Record of Decision page 13 Response: The City thanks the MPCA for this clarification and acknowledges the need for the 401 Certification as one of the needed approvals. • The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) comments that to be effective, infiltration areas should not be compacted during construction or receive construction runoff. Soil ripping may be necessary if soil compaction occurs. • The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) comments that it is a state requirement that three feet of separation be provide between the bottom of the infiltration basins and the seasonally saturated groundwater table. This may be difficult to achieve give the relatively shallow groundwater table. Response: The proposer thanks the MPCA for their comments regarding the infiltration basins. Maintaining the infiltration capacity of the existing soil structure in addition to protecting the infiltration capacity of the constructed facilities will be an important component of project success. • MPCA recommends that information be provided to homeowners at the time of sale to ensure they understand what a rain garden is, how it works, and why they are important. Response: The City will pursue this recommendation with the project proposer. The City has required similar information on previous development projects. The City will create a communication program for new residents and the homeowners' association. Land Use • The Metropolitan Council notes that the density of 2.78 units per acre is below the Metropolitan Council standard for sewered, urban development. The Met Council also notes that a portion of the project currently is not within the City's Metropolitan Urban Service Area so some of the City's undesignated MUSA must be applied. Response: The Metropolitan Council density standard of 3.0 units per acre for sewered urban development is a citywide average for new development. It is correct that this project's density is lower than that. Development of higher density elsewhere in the city will be included in the citywide average. The City allocates MUSA reserve acres at the time of preliminary plat approval. If this project reaches the approval stage, MUSA will be allocated then.