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Brendon Slotterback June 4, 2008 Page 4 watershed plan was approved by the Board of Water and Soil Resources (BWSR) in 1997. The draft Update references the City's 2004 Local Water Management Plan for this element of the Update. Council staffreviewed and commented on the City's LWMP in 2001 and again in 2004. Several issues from the 2004 letter remain unaddressed and need to be addressed as part of the formal submission of the 2008 Comprehensive Plan Update, including: 1. Providing the Council with a copy ofthe City's erosion and sediment control ordinance once adopted. 2. The need for a wetland functions and value assessment of all wetlands within the City. The City should be advised that the Rice Creek Watershed District is in the process of updating their watershed plan. The watershed should have a new plan in 2009. After the new watershed plan is approved by BWSR, the City will be required to update its L WMP within two years of the date of approval of the watershed plan. This Update should include the new information included in the City's comprehensive plan update to meet the Council's requirements in the 2005 Water Resources Management Policy Plan. Housing (Linda Milashius, 651-602-1541) The plan appropriately acknowledges the City's shore ofthe regional affordable housing need (170 units) and provides the implementation tools and programs that it will use to address that need. The land use section provides information about vacant developable land and coordinating densities through 2030; however, this information should be broken out for the 2011 to 2020 time period to determine if the City has designated sufficient land within that decade to provide the opportunities for those 170 affordable housing units to be developed. Historic Preservation (Lisa Barajas, 651-602-1895) The Metropolitan Land Planning Act (Minn. Stat. 473.859, Subd. 2rbl) requires that local land use plans contain a historic preservation element. The draft Update does not contain an historic preservation element. See the referenced statute for requirements regarding Historic Preservation. Council staff can provide samples of how other communities have addressed this element in their comprehensive plans. Solar Access Protection (Lisa Barajas, 651-602-1895) The Metropolitan Land Planning Act (Minn. Stat. 473.859, Subd. 2) requires that local comprehensive plans contain an element for protection and development of access to direct sunlight for solar energy systems. The draft Update does not address this requirement. Council staff can provide samples of how other communities have addressed this element in their comprehensive plans. Water Supply (Sara Bertelsen, 651-602-1035) The draft Update is incomplete. The Council requires communities to use the water supply template in as their water supply plan. In the draft Update, the City discusses water supply, but the Update does not appear to have completed the water supply template as required. This template can be found online at: http://www.metrocouncil.org/environment/WaterSupplv/municipalwatersupplyplans.htm#plantem plates.