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e - . Ramsey Critical Area Plan Page 4 implying that the Mixed Residential performance criteria will be stricter than performance criteria specific to a Rural Developing District? This seems contradictory since other Figures show it as agriculture and unsewered (see other comments below on future land use). We will need more details on the Mixed Residential performance criteria before we could approve. How do site plans for the entire Corridor relate to the requirements for site plans found in Exec. Ord. 79-19 C. 2. a.? 15 # 8. As with most other Critical Area requirements, please note that minimizing river crossings of utility and infrastructure needs applies to the entire Corridor, not just to the Rural Open Space District. 16 Second # 9. We would disagree with the policy and use of the term "view corridors" for existing private property and trails, and perhaps parks depending on extent and definition of a view corridor. Although Critical Area states that site plans shall provide opportunities for public viewing of the river corridor whenever applicable, it never implies "view corridors." Weare particularly troubled if the view corridor implies clear cutting to create such a view corridor. Instead, Critical Area requires specific conditions in site plans with regard to buffering, landscaping, and revegetation; retention of existing vegetation and landscaping for existing development; regulations for management of vegetative cutting; and minimization of site alteration. Neither do Wild and Scenic requirements support view corridors since it prohibits clear cutting in specified areas and allows selective cutting only if a continuous tree cover is maintained, uninterrupted by large openings. The City is welcome to take advantage of existing view openings in conjunction with restoration of the shoreline and setback areas with native vegetation; and views of the river can be buffered and filtered by vegetation -- but we would oppose the destruction of wooded and vegetated areas. We also do not see how view corridors relate to the proposed greenway corridor (see other comments below). 16 #10. I'm confused by this policy in relation to the Figure which shows the proposed staging plan for municipal services to be from 2010 to 2015. Is the City implying that they will be adopting a moratorium for the duration of over 10 years on all platting and development within the unsewered Critical Area Corridor until 2010 - 2015? Is there enough corroborating rationale to fend off potential lawsuits over such a policy and the tools used to implement this policy? (See other future land use comments as to the underlying assumption of the Corridor being sewered.) 16 # 12. This is a great policy for areas containing significant wildlife habitat vegetation, but Critical Area requires minimization of site alteration for the entire Corridor; Wild and Sceriic requires grading and filling only which is accessory to