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<br />2335 Highway 36 W <br />St. Paul, MN 55113 <br /> <br />Tel 651-636-4600 <br />Fax 651-63&-1311 <br /> <br />www.bonestroo.<Xlm <br /> <br />10/29/08 <br /> <br />.. Bonestroo <br /> <br />Jack Corlde <br />Anoka County <br /> <br />Re: Anoka County Comment letter to City of centerville <br />City of centerville <br />Client Project No.: 6160715 <br /> <br />Dear Mr. Corkle: <br /> <br />This letter is in response to your comment letter dated 7/15/2008 in which Anoka County <br />submitted comments about the 2030 update to the centerville Comprehensive Plan. Minnesota <br />law requires each municipality to submit its proposed comprehensive plan to adjacent <br />governments, affected special districts lying in whole or in part within the metropolitan area, and <br />affected school districts for review and comment prior to submission to the Council. All <br />comments received from adjacent governments and special districts will be sent to the <br />Metropolitan Council when the formal review process begins. Anoka County will also receive a <br />copy of the 2030 Plan when it is sent to the Metropolitan Council for formal review. <br /> <br />Your letter included the follOWing comments. Responses are included in italics below each <br />comment. <br /> <br />Water Supply <br /> <br />. In 2007, the Metropolitan Council prepared a legislative report (MS 473.1565) addressing water <br />supply in the metropolitan area. The report includes the statement "municipalities typically make <br />water system investments and conduct resource evaluations on a local level without <br />consideration of regional implications." The first recommendation of the Council report is to <br />amend Minnesota Statutes to require community water supply planning, in the metropolitan area, <br />to be linked with comprehensive planning. <br /> <br />The Metropolitan Council report includes a Water Supply Adequacy Analysis for the City of <br />Centerville indicating: available aquifer yield is high; that there is no major limitations on <br />groundwater withdrawal; the demand projections are medium municipal demand; and the current <br />groundwater resources are adequate for local supply (Appendix F: Water Supply Adequacy <br />Analysis. Water Supply Planning in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area Technical Report. <br />January 2(07). <br /> <br />Regardless of the projections of water resources adequacy - we believe that the city must address <br />this emerging issue by establishing the natural (base level) of available aquifer resources and <br />routine monitoring to determine if municipal, or regional, withdrawal is negatively impacting <br /> <br />L <br />