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e tit Cindy Sherman January 13, 1999 Page 4 and consider how consistent local or county-proposed bridge and road expansions are with those guidelines. The City's Parks and Open Space program should include identification of islands and wildlife areas for protection and beaches and undeveloped river frontage suitable for recreational purposes. Are there easements to the river? The plan suggests a possible park for land now in agriculture. We encourage the City to take the next step of seeking support for permanent open space through the Trust for Public Land, Department of Natural Resources and other entities. Staff from the National Park Service, DNR and Metropolitan Council would like to meet again with City staff to discuss any concerns you may have so that the plan can be approved. We can also work with you to assess any final adjustments that would be needed beyond current Critical Area, shoreland and Wild and Scenic River standards to achieve MNRRA conformance. Implementation Program -- (Jim Uttley, AICP, 651-602-1361) The draft plan did not include a CIP. A note on p. 121 indicated that City staff would insert a CIP. Capital Improvement Program (CIP). Minn. Stat. 473.859 requires that comprehensive plans include a CIP for transportation, sewers, parks, water supply and open space facilities. The content of a CIP is defined in Minn. Stat. 473.852 (4). Local Controls. Zoning was discussed on pages 119 and 120 of the draft plan. This portion of the plan is incomplete as submitted. In order to make it complete, please submit a copy of the existing zoning map and a description of the districts, also a copy of the future zoning map and a description of the future zoning districts (if available at the time of submittal). The Table on page 120 comparing Land Use Designations with zoning districts is very helpful, but not sufficient for us to be able to fully understand how the City proposes to implement its plan. Re2ional Systems Comments on the conformity of the plan with the regional system plans follows-- A. Transportation -- (Carl Ohm, 651-602-1719) This section addresses such issues as (1) traffic and its relationship to planned land uses, (2) proposed improvements to the network ofroads and (3) impacts of planned land uses on transit facilities and strategies. A review of the plan indicates that it would be found incomplete for review as submitted. The City should address the following before resubmitting the plan for formal review: 1. The solutions proposed for traffic problems on TH 10 and TH 47were limited to rebuilding TH 10 as a freeway or building a new road with a new bridge. Since neither of these solutions is programmed, the City should analyze and, if appropriate, commit to implement other strategies. 2. There is little discussion of travel demand management. Each City should determine how it could reduce the growth in vehicle trips by about 10 percent. There are a variety of strategies that can be used in areas that do not have regular route transit service. 3. There is no discussion of ROW needs for the projects supported in the plan such as grade- separated interchanges on TH 10 or extension of City or County roads.