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<br />City of Centervifle <br />2030 Comprehensive Plan Update <br /> <br />Page 3 <br />10/29/08 <br /> <br />1st bullet: This item has been addressed in the responses to the item titled "Water Supply" above. <br /> <br />rt, :r' and..fh bullet: These items have been addressed in the responses to the item title "Water <br />Supply Background" above. Centerville already has a goal to "protect the surface waters, <br />groundwaters and wetland areas of the City... " on page 49 of the plan. <br /> <br />Water Resources <br /> <br />. This section of the plan repeats the goals and policies ofthe Community Facilities and Services <br />Goals and Policies (page 49). By combining water resources and municipal facilities/services in a <br />single chapter, we believe that Centerville is not sufficiently acknowledging that water is a state <br />managed natural resource instead of a city facility. Contamination and excessive water <br />appropriation can affect groundwater, lakes and wetlands in multiple communities. The city is <br />required to participate in protection and management of water through state programs. We <br />believe that Centerville should acknowledge its efforts to protect and sustain its natural resources <br />in its Comprehensive Plan. <br /> <br />. We recommend that an additional chapter be added into the plan titled - Natural Resources and <br />that the relevant discussion of water resources be moved into this chapter. <br /> <br />. We rccommend that the title of the existing Water Resources chapter (page 86) be renamed <br />Community Facilities and Services with the goals and policies inserted from page 49 in the same <br />manner as land use, parks and transportation goals were placed in their chapters. <br /> <br />The City of Centerville has submitted its Comprehensive Plan to the Metropolitan Council for an <br />informal review period before official submission of the plan. During this period, any <br />inconsistencies with Metropolitan Council requirements were identified. The Metropolitan Council <br />did not request a separation of chapters as requested by Anoka County. Centerville will wor*' <br />closely with Anoka County and the Rice Creek Watershed District to adhere to rules related to <br />surface water, groundwater, wetlands and TMDls. <br /> <br />Water Supply - Wellhead Protection <br /> <br />. The plan states the city has recently adopted a Wellhead Protection Plan that "identifies 10 and <br />50 year WelIhead Protection Areas (WHP A) for each of the city's two wells." Part 1 of the city's <br />welIhead protection plan, which was prepared in cooperation wi th the Minnesota Department of <br />Health, delineated only the 10 year time of travel for groundwater to be drawn into each welI. We <br />recommend that reference to a 50 year WelIhead Protection Area be removed. <br /> <br />The reference to 50-year Wellhead protection areas has been removed. <br />