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May 22, 2017 <br />Tim Gladhill <br />Community Development Director <br />City of Ramsey <br />7550 Sunwood Drive NW <br />Ramsey, MN 55303 <br />RE: City of Ramsey Environmental Assessment Worksheet (EAW) — Riverstone Development <br />Metropolitan Council Review No. 21716-1 <br />Metropolitan Council District 9 <br />Dear Mr. Gladhill: <br />The Metropolitan Council received an EAW for the Riverstone Development on April 21, 2017. This EAW <br />reviews a project which will include up to 246 detached single-family homes and 98 attached townhome units <br />on 89.44 acres of land in the City of Ramsey. Site development will include installation of municipal sewer <br />and water, grading, and stormwater features. The project area is bordered on the north by Alpine Drive NW, <br />on the east by Puma Street NW, on the south by the Burlington Northern Railroad and U.S. Highway 10/169, <br />and the west by the Links at Northfork Golf Course, <br />Council staff has conducted a review of this EAW to determine its adequacy and accuracy in addressing <br />regional concerns and the potential for significant environmental impact. The staff review finds that the EAW <br />is complete and accurate with respect to regional concerns and does not raise issues of consistency with <br />Council policies. The following sections offer comments regarding technical information that should be <br />included in the EAW as well as advisory comments for the City's consideration. <br />Item 8 — Permits and Approvals Required (Jim Larsen, 651-602-1159) <br />In accordance with Minnesota Statute Section 473.513, at the time the project proposer makes <br />application to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) for a permit to construct each <br />segment of sanitary sewer for the proposed project, a copy of the plans, design data, and a location <br />map of the project will also need to be submitted to the Metropolitan Council. The Council's <br />Environmental Service Engineering Programs staff will need to review, comment, and issue a <br />nonobjection decision relative to issuance of the construction permit by the MPCA before connection <br />can be made to the City's wastewater disposal system. <br />Item 11.b.iv.a. — Water Resources — Surface Waters — Wetlands (Jim Larsen, 651-602-1159) <br />The EAW states that the two wetlands to be retained within the project site, when delineated in <br />October of 2016, had dominant vegetation consisting of soybeans, reed canary grass, and stunted corn. <br />It also indicates that Lower Rum River Watershed Management Organization wetland protection <br />standards will require native vegetation to be established within a 16.5-foot wide buffer strip around <br />the wetlands. Council staff encourages the City and Watershed to work with the project proposer to <br />restore wetland habitat within these two degraded wetlands as a part of the overall project, so that they <br />can become an amenity for the proposed development once buffers have been reestablished around <br />them. <br />Ii �p lJ� r i I Uf I. <br />p fl�lll 111iriii lli� II III IIII J1111111111111111111 <br />Ili 11111111 <br />rr <br />II yy 1II Qrr1dJY11ylIfflf^^l�� <br />!6I P'11ff1 <br />^ua oauru�� l�!��IIIII�HIIk <br />N4 ET ft(...;1 ['(. "1 L IT A N <br />COUNCIL <br />