Agenda - Planning Commission - 02/02/2017

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• developing model plans and ordinances, model mitigation measures, maps, and other tools to aid local implementation; • working with the Metropolitan Council and local government staff to develop a notification/adoption schedule; • working with the Metropolitan Council to provide guidance, training and resources to local governments; • developing a review and tracking system to monitor progress; • assisting local governments with preparing and submitting updated plans and ordinances; • coordinating with Metropolitan Council staff to review and approve local plans and ordinances; and • assisting with local education and outreach efforts once ordinances are adopted. There will be costs to develop these materials. These costs would be covered either with additional funding or by reassigning staff. The Metropolitan Council is currently charged with reviewing plans and ordinances. The proposed rules would not change or add new responsibilities to the Metropolitan Council. As such, the costs for the Metropolitan Council are anticipated to continue at current levels and are a part of the agency's budget. Metropolitan Council costs largely depend on the number of local plan and ordinance amendments, which will increase when local plans and ordinances are brought into compliance with the proposed rules as described above. Aside from the requirements noted above, the proposed rules should not result in significant additional costs to other state or regional agencies, since these agencies are not required to submit plans to the DNR for properties they own or manage within the MRCCA. However, state and regional agencies such as the Minnesota Department of Transportation and the Metropolitan Airports Commission may incur nominal costs to ensure that their site plans and projects comply with these rules. The proposed rules would not be expected to have a positive or negative impact on state revenues. 3. A determination of whether there are Tess costly methods or less intrusive methods for achieving the purpose of the proposed rule. The Legislature, in 2009 and again in 2013, directed the DNR to develop rules to protect and preserve the MRCCA and adjacent lands that the legislature believed to be unique and a significant resource to the state while recognizing the historical, cultural, transportation, economic and resource values of the MRCCA to the state and the nation. Minn. Stat. § 116G. 15, subd. 1 (2015). Meeting the purpose and objectives of the statute requires a mechanism for assuring a certain degree of uniformity in land use across a 72- mile river corridor encompassing five counties and 25 cities and townships. Accomplishing the necessary uniformity across this landscape without engaging in rulemaking would be virtually impossible as demonstrated by the inability of Executive Order 79-19 to adequately address the objectives of the MRCCA. 11