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within the city. If the city has not adopted a shoreland management ordinance, one should be adopted. 8. P. 32, #17 - there is no definition in the plan for "urban streets ". Consider something akin to "curb and gutter may be required as to any street hereafter developed and as to any project on an existing street ". In conjunction with this comment, you may wish to review the provisions of M.S. 429.021 delineating those projects for which special assessments may be levied. As you are aware, unless a petition is received by the owners of not less than 35% in frontage of the real property abutting a street, a project to be assessed may not be ordered except upon a vote of 4/5 of the council. Rather than reviewing each policy which would require or permit special assess- ment projects, the council may wish to insert a separate policy which would limit the council's authority to under- take those projects only when the threshold requirements of the special assessment law have been complied with. Even eliminating the mandatory language "shall be" in this item and substituting "should be ", the council will not be confronted with the argument that curbs and gutters should be installed even though the cost could not be specially assessed. 9. P. 32, #18 - this is very strong language. While commendable, I suspect no councilperson would feel comfortable defending this policy on the witness stand faced with a proven violation of it. 10. P. 38, #1 - you may find an annual update difficult to maintain and perhaps unproductive. Does this policy require a written report? Perhaps something a little less demanding such as an annual review of the activities of each utility would be in order. 11. P. 38, #5 - I assume you are aware of the provisions of M.S. 272.67, a copy of which is attached, permitting the division of a city into urban and rural taxing districts. To my knowledge, Anoka is not a city of the first class; if not, this section may be utilized by the city. It is beneficial if a distinction is appropriate between lands rural in nature and lands urban in nature where the latter receive greater services than the former. 12. P. 39, #17 - I assume MUSA refers to the Municipal Utilities Service Area or its equivalent. Please consider placing the acronym immediately following the terms it identifies after their first use and where isolated. (My only legal concern is the time required to solve the puzzle, a puzzle for each -4-