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e e STATE OF MINNESOTA DEPARTMENT: Natural Resources - DNR Waters Office Memorandum DATE: January 27, 1999 TO: Sandra PinelNirginia Burke Metropolitan Council FROM: CONNECTIONS: Phone (651) 297-2401; fax 296-5939; e-mail: sandy.fecht@dnr.state.mn.us SUBJECT: Additional comments on Ramsey's Draft Plan chapter, The Mississippi River Critical Area Corridor, received December 22, 1998 Thank you for the opportunity to comment informally on Ramsey's Critical Area Plan chapter. In addition to my previous comments on your Critical Area checklist and draft memorandum, I offer the following comments for your use and the City's: Mississippi River Critical Area Corridor: Chapter pagel citation Comment 1 ~ 1, Sentence 2. Change the following: "In 1976 the stretch of the Mississippi River from Ramsey and Dayton to just south of Hastings was designated a critical area ~ Governor Anderson, continued as a critical area aRd in 1979 through Executive Order 79- 19 by Governor Quie. and the state legislature made permanent that designation through E}{eeutive Order 79 19 by the Metropolitan Council in 1979." 1 Last ~, Sentence 2. Change: "These plans were created by local units of government and reviewed by regional and state government agencies to ensure consistency with state laws." 3 ~ 1, Sentence 4. This statement probably goes too far in asserting that the plan meets the objectives of the Shoreland Management Act and Floodplain Management Act; these references should be omitted. This plan would need to be expanded in many ways to accurately do that. However it is not necessary to do so in the Critical Area Plan. At the same time, the Mississippi River and adjacent shoreland area has not been subject to the City's current Shoreland Management ordinance provisions in Sec. 9.21.04. And since no other protected waters are within the Critical Area Corridor, meeting the Shoreland Management Act for the Critical Area Plan is moot. Is the City suggesting that they do want to add the Mississippi River to the Shoreland Overlay District and require landowners to comply with those Shoreland provisions that will be more restrictive than the required Critical Area Overlay District and the Floodplain Overlay District? We can assist in writing the ordinance to do so; however, the City should weigh the benefits of doing so, with the implications for implementation and enforcement.