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<br />~;"""" <br />,,'" , " ", <br /> <br />;" . <br />,I '. <br />,Ii' <br /> <br />Metropoli tan C<<>>lUlIffiCCflTI <br /> <br />Working for the Region, Planning for the Future <br /> <br />1,_IIIIIi~~.m_l~il!f!lIft!I!~1ffiir.ii~~I,llii::'ililiifl;;njjii~H:li'il:i:;-i,':;;"::: I <br />Environmental Seroices <br /> <br />April 15, 1998 <br /> <br />Mr. Dennis Welsch <br />City of Roseville <br />2660 Civic Center Dr <br />Roseville, MN 55113-1899 <br /> <br />Dear Mr. Welsch: <br /> <br />A new service in environmental planning is now available to metro area communities and watershed <br />management organizations. Recently, the Metropolitan Council Environmental Services Division <br />(MCES) appointed three watershed coordinators to provide planning assistance and on-going <br />community contact on water-related issues. <br /> <br />The watershed coordinators and their assigned geographic areas are: <br /> <br />Patricia Oates, watersheds and communities in the St Croix River basin, as well as the Cannon <br />River Watershed; <br /> <br />Jack Frost, watersheds and communities within the Minnesota River basin and the Minnehaha <br />Creek watershed; <br /> <br />Judy Sventek, watersheds and communities in the Mississippi River basin with the exceptions of <br />Minnehaha Creek and the Cannon River watersheds. <br /> <br />Our focus is on issues of water resources management and watershed planning. To help your community <br />address those issues I would like to meet with you or your designate to review the Council's policies and <br />objectives for environmental protection, brief you on the types of assistance available through MCES <br />and discuss what services are of interest to your community. <br /> <br />For communities in the metro area, 1998 is an important year as local comprehensive plans must be <br />reviewed and updated. The comprehensive plan update may reauire a local water management plan and <br />water supply plan, all of which need itted to the C . r review. Planning legislation <br />reqUIres tam IVI ua. units of government s!.:bmit thei:- plans to the neighboring communities fer <br />review and comment six months prior to submitting the plan to the Council (M.S.Section 473.858, <br />subd.2.). Prior to submitting your plan update we would welcome the opprtunity for an infonnal review <br />to help pave the way for a quick fonnal review later. This period of infonnal review will be in effect <br />through October 1, 1998. As part of this infonnal process, we will be pleased to work with you on any <br />environmental aspects of your plan. Also, other planning resources continue to be available through the <br />Council's sector representatives and Regional Data Center. <br /> <br />I will contact you in the next few weeks to schedule an appointment, or I can be reached at 602-1156 or <br />via e-mail atjudy.sventek@metc.state.mn.us. I look forward to working with you and your community. <br /> <br />Sincerely, <br /> <br />b~h <br /> <br /> <br />Watershed Coordinator <br /> <br />AREA CODE CHANGES TO 651 IN JULY, 1998 <br /> <br />230 East Fifth Street <br /> <br />St. Paul. Minnesota 5510 1-1626 <br /> <br />(612) 602-1005 <br /> <br />Fa.x 602-1183 <br /> <br />TDD/Try 229-3760 <br />