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Enclosure Letter to Charles E. Dillerad September 26, 2005 Initial review by Metropolitan Council staff finds that the City Of Lake Elmo Comprehensive Plan -2030- amendment application is incomplete, Continued review of the plan amendment will be dependent upon receipt of the following information: Aviation The comprehensive plan amendment application should include "The Village Land Use Plan", including land use and development staging -timing maps, and the Village Area "Green Belt" strategies and implementation measures should be defined as concerns airport protection. Although Lake Elmo Airport is not located within the City, Lake Elmo is within the airport influence area where planning considerations for airport height and land use safety zoning, aircraft noise compatibility, and infrastructure needs generally apply. In addition, the City is within the region's general airspace that needs to be protected from potential obstructions to air navigation. The surface water of Lake Elmo is designated as a permitted seaplane use area under state rules. Land use safety zones and airport height zoning deal with very discrete boundaries, both horizontally and vertically. Thus, a well defined land use plan and use designation is a necessary condition to determine aviation system compatibility. The Village Area plan and the greenbelt in particular are not included or described in sufficient detail to make determinations on system impacts and protection measures. Sewage Treatment The City Of Lake Elmo Comprehensive Plan. -2030- should indicate how many individual sewage treatment systems (ISTS) operate within the City, modify the Community Treatment System infonnation in Table 22 and Figure X to be internally consistent, and incorporate an overview of the City's ISTS management program. Adequate data is provided about collective ISTS systerrs but not about individual ISTS systems. In particular, the number of individual systems is not included. Also, the ordinance in the Appendix indicates that all systems must be pumped at least every two years but does not provide information on the City's maintenance tracking system to insure necessary maintenance is performed by homeowners. The City allows the siting of community wastewater treatment systems that utilize wetland treatment technology, but Figure X and Table 22 provide inconsistent data about the number of existing wetland systems.