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Nininger Township TBD TBD TBD Y <br />City of Ramsey TBD TBD TBD N <br />Ramsey County NA NA NA N <br />Ravenna Township TBD TBD TBD Y <br />Rosemount $19,470 $8,470 $27,940 N <br />St. Paul TBD TBD TBD N <br />St. Paul Park $5,430 $6,690 $12,120 N <br />South St. Paul $10,450 $8,600 $19,050 N <br />Washington County NA NA NA <br />6. The probable costs or consequences of not adopting the proposed rule, including those costs or <br />consequences borne by identifiable categories of affected parties, such as separate classes of <br />government units, businesses, or individuals. <br />A body of literature entitled Lakeshore Property Values and Water Quality: Evidence from Property <br />Sales in the Mississippi Headwaters Region establishes that there is a positive relationship between <br />water quality and natural landscapes and property values.4 Thus it is anticipated that persons <br />owning or developing property within the MRCCA (all affected parties identified in question #1) will <br />benefit economically from the amenities that the proposed MRCCA rules are intended to preserve. <br />The failure to adopt the proposed standards and the protections they afford to the resources within <br />the MRCCA could result in damage to those resources and an associated economic loss in benefits <br />presently existing within the MRCCA. <br />The public would also bear the consequences of insufficient protection of, and access to, the river <br />and surrounding corridor should these rules not be adopted. These consequences may include poor <br />water quality, erosion and sedimentation from improperly managed shorelines, less resilient fish <br />and wildlife populations, alteration of scenic resources, limited recreational resources, and the loss <br />of natural shorelines, bluffs, and native plant communities. These consequences, in many cases, <br />translate to economic costs including increased costs of water purification for drinking water, <br />invasive species control, and increased dredging costs to maintain transportation channels. <br />There may also be indirect costs to the public and property owners if the proposed rules are not <br />adopted, including restoration and remediation expenses for degraded resources, fewer tourism <br />and recreational dollars spent in local communities, and decreased economic development <br />potential. <br />Krysel, C., E. Marsh Boyer, C. Parson, and P. Welle. 2003. Trust for Public Land, 2007. <br />15 <br />