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the city and low road volumes, this approach is appropriate. The Plan notes that the City should <br />continue to monitor bicycle and pedestrian safety as part of its transportation planning for public <br />safety, especially when planning maintenance and improvements to local roads.: Gem Lake has <br />one future elements of the Regional Bicycle Tran sportatio n Network (RBTN) a Tier 1 Alignment, an <br />extension of the Bruce Vento trail. <br />Freight <br />The Plan is. consistent with Freight policies of the TPP. The Plan identifies two rail corridors which <br />run northlsouth through the community. There are no truck, barge or intermodal facilities in the <br />community and .no .commercial or industrial.nodes that generate f reight movements. <br />Transportation Analysis Zones (TAZs) <br />The Plan conforms to the TPP regarding TAZ allocationsfor theseven TAZs in the community: <br />The City's TAZ allocations for employment, households and population appropriately .urn to the <br />Metropolitan Council's citywide forecast totals.for all forecast years from 2010 through 2040. <br />Water Resources, <br />Wastewater Services <br />Reviewer. Kyle Colvin,. Environmental Services (ES) — Wastewater Planning and Community <br />Programs (651-602 T 151) <br />The Plan conforms to the 2040 Water Resources Policy Plan (VVkPP). It represents the City's <br />guide for future growth and development through the year 204O. It includes growth forecasts that <br />are consistent with the Council's assigned forecasts for population, households, and employment. <br />Current wastewater treatment services are provided to the city by the Metropolitan Council <br />Environmental. Services (MCES). Wastewater generated within the city is conveyed by Council <br />Interceptors 712-2, 1-VH-423, and 1-VH-423A. Al wastewater generated within the city is conveyed <br />to, and treated at, the Metropolitan Treatment Plant in St. Paul. The Plan projects that the city will <br />have 144 sewered households and 490 sewered employees by 2040. The Metropolitan Disposal <br />System with its scheduled improvements has or will have adeq uate capacity to serve the City's <br />growth forecasts. <br />The Plan provides sanitary flow.projections in 10-year increments: The rationale forthe average <br />day flow projections is given in the Plan and determined appropriate for planning local services. <br />The Metropolitan Council is. committing to provide the. level of wastewater service based on the <br />1 sewered forecasts as stated in the sewer element of the Plan. <br />The Land Use Plan reflects an overall minimum residential sewered density that is consistent with <br />Council policy for future sewered residential.growth for Suburban communities: <br />The Plan states that there were 75 existing homes within the city according. to 1970 census data <br />which represents approximately one-third of the current homes within the city, some of which may <br />be connected to:the sanitary sewer system. No evaluation of these services has. been conducted <br />by the city to. determine the susceptibility to Ill. The city is provided regional wastewater service <br />through numerous.connections either 'directly or indirectly to regional interceptors creating <br />° individual services areas too small to accurately measure on an on -going basis. Due to this <br />situation the impact of wet weather events and cycles cannot be precisely quantified and therefore,. <br />the city cannot determine the impact of I/I on the collection system.. The Plan outlines previous. <br />efforts to inspect and mitigate Ill within its system, and outlines activities that include sump pump <br />inspections, manhole structure inspection and rehabilitatiomand flow metering to further identify <br />and eliminate. sources of Ill in the public collection system and estimates the cost of these efforts A <br />$323,000, Each pipe section within the city is scheduled to be inspected every 10-years. The plan <br />also identifies a continuation of a public education program.that discourages the connection of <br />sump.pumps, foundation drains and roof leaders to the sanitary sewer system. The Plan does not <br />attempt to describe the sources, extent, or significance of existing I/I within the public or private <br />