Agenda - Environmental Policy Board - 10/15/2018

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14. Water -Related Land Use Management District Does any part of the project involve a shoreland zoning district, a delineated 100- year flood plain, or a state or federally designated wild or scenic river land use district? Yes X No If yes, identify the district and discuss project compatibility with district land use restrictions. For an AUAR, such districts should be delineated on appropriate maps and the land use restrictions applicable in those districts should be described. If any variances or deviations from these restrictions within the AUAR area are envisioned, this should be discussed. Resource Protection Zones Ramsey Town Center does not lie within a protected floodplain or shoreland zone, nor does it occur within the boundaries of a designated resource protection zone (see Figure 9.2). However, the site is adjacent to, and will potentially discharge water into the state - designated Mississippi River Critical Area, the federal Mississippi National River and Recreation Area (MNRRA), a state Wild and Scenic River area, and a regional park. All of these areas overlap in coverage south of Highway 10 adjacent to the Town Center (Figure 14.1). The City's 2001 Comprehensive Plan (Chapter XI), as updated in 2002, contains the City's DNR-approved Mississippi River Critical Area Corridor/1VINRRA plan. This chapter of the Plan addresses the requirements of the Governor's 1979 Executive Order 79-19, which designated this reach of the Mississippi River as a -eritical area" in need of special protection. The Executive Order lays out the required elements, which the City has met and exceeded. The Plan chapter similarly is consistent with the National Park Service's MNRRA 1994 management plan. The City's Critical Area Plan (Chapter XI of the 2002 Ramsey updated LCP) closely follows the directions provided by both the National Park Service and the State of Minnesota. As stated in the 2001 Comprehensive Plan (page XI-2), —The [Critical Area] plan achieves the required elements of the Critical Area Act (Tier I) and identifies goals, policies and strategies to protect, preserve and enhance the Mississippi River Corridor beyond the required elements of ...Tier II." The City's Critical Area Plan presents the following: an inventory of natural and cultural features; existing and planned land use; key issues discussion; 38 policies on protecting the environment, preserving and celebrating history and culture, and ensuring sensitive development; performance criteria for developments within the Corridor; and six implementation strategies to assure that the City's plans get put in place. Although none of the project site is within the state -designated Mississippi Wild, Scenic, and Recreation River management area, established in 1976, the project is 14-1