Agenda - Planning Commission - 08/05/2010

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Overview The 2009 Minnesota Legislature directed the DNR to establish rules for (Laws 2009, Chapter 172, Article 2, Section 5(e) and Section 27 for the Mississippi River Corridor Critical Area (MRCCA). The Legislation revised portions of Chapter 116G, and specified that rulemaking must commence by January 15, 2010 and include 30 day advance notification to local government units (counties, cities, townships, etc.) within the MRCCA. Minnesota Statutes Section 116G.15 requires the DNR to: • Establish, by rule, districts within the MRCCA including: o determining the appropriate number of districts within each municipality, o taking into account municipal plans and policies, and existing ordinances and conditions, and o considering protection of key, identified resources and features. • Establish, by rule, minimum guidelines and standards for the districts, which shall include: o the intent of each district and o key resources and features to be protected or enhanced. • And must take into account: o municipal plans and policies, and o existing ordinances and conditions. • The guidelines and standards must protect or enhance (specified) key resources and features. • Establish a map to define bluffs and bluff -related features within the Mississippi River corridor critical area, including: o a preliminary bluff map at the outset of the rulemaking process, o refining it as part of the process, and o adopt a final bluff map at the end of the process. I}raiiRules= EL SONAR `. The slept in the iularnaldeg process are provided In MN Stafutos, Chapter 14. ninistratiye fudge Repo Advisory+ ';..Committees Notice of Ft Aioplion At this point, the Rulemaking Process is in the Rule Development phase. This phase in anticipated to wrap up at the end of summer. The entire Rulemaking Process needs to be completed by January, 2011. 93