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I V Metropolitan Council AA Working for the Region, Planning for the Future April 13, 2001 Sandy Fecht DNR Waters 500 Lafayette Road St. Paul, MN 55155 - 4032 RE: Ramsey Comprehensive and Critical Area Corridor/MNRRA Plans Metropolitan Referral File No. 18160 -2 and 16891 -1 Metropolitan Council District 9 Si Phyllis I4nnson, Interim Supervisor Planning/Technical Assistance attachments cc: onn Plan Pr rih,e;ey Susan Overson, NPS -MNRRA Kate Hanson, NPS -MNRRA Natalie Haas Steffen, Metropolitan Council District 9 Eli Cooper, Director, Planning and Growth Management Sandra Pinel, Sector Representative . Linda Milashius, Referral Coordinator Kristin Smitten, River Corridor Planner AREA CODE CHANGES TO 651 IN JULY, 1998 Dear Ms. Fecht: Metropolitan Council staff is pleased to transmit findings of the Ramsey Mississippi River Critical Area Corridor/MNRRA plan to the Department of Natural Resources. The city has worked hard on its river corridor plan, and consequently produced a plan that meets the needs of the Critical Areas Act and the vision of the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area. The Council formally adopted the attached review record and recommendations at its meeting on March 21, 2001. We are transmitting the review fmdings and the Council's recommendations of the plan's consistency with regional objectives and Executive Order 79 -19 as required. The Council adopted the following recommendations: That the Metropolitan Council recommend to the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) that the Mississippi River Critical Area Corridor / MNRRA plan is consistent with regional objectives and state Critical Area standards as defined by Executive Order 79=19. That the Metropolitan Council recommend to the National Park Service that the Mississippi River Critical Area Corridor/MNRRA plan is in voluntary conformance with the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area Comprehensive Management Plan. The Critical Area/MNRRA plan review was based on the Mississippi River Critical Area Corridor materials submitted to the Council on February 14, 2001, and additions faxed March 14, 2001. The plan revision submittals and staff analysis of the plan's consistency with regional objectives and Executive Order 79 -19, and the MNRRA Comprehensive Management Plan are attached. Thank you for considering the Council's recommendation to approve the Ramsey Mississippi River Critical Area Corridor/MNRRA plan without conditions during your Critical Area plan approval decision. 230 East Fifth Street St. Paul, Minnesota 55101 -1626 (612) 602 -1000 Fax 602 -1550 TDD /TTY 291 -0904 Metro Info Line 602 -1888 An Equal Opportunity Employer