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Task 5: Development of Draft and Final Plan Document Deliverables Much of the background information contained in the plan sections relating to land and water resources inventory,goals and policies, and the issues assessment sections is in good standing and will simply be updated to reflect new ideas and information. The implementation program section will need additional work to ensure consistency with the watershed district plan updates and emerging issues in the past few years. We will complete an initial review of the entire document with track changes and add comments where input from specific staff or discussions with the TAC are needed to clarify and update the contents. Most plans are delivered today as an electronic document that is posted on a city's web site. This type of plan may be traditional but it likely is not responsive to the post -planning needs of City staff or the public. Creating a truly interactive plan version was one of the final steps planned during our work on the 2013 plan update, but this was put on hold at the request of the City to allow the City's overall IT system updates to be completed. In addition to updating the required content and weaving new and innovative stormwater management approaches into the plan, our team will set the Plan apart by delivering a more interactive format to make it more available and accessible to today's public and development community. More details regarding the development of an interactive plan version can be found in the following Project Tasks section. Task 6: Follow -Through on Approvals SEH understands that short-term responsiveness involves developing a plan that delivers the specific goals of the community while meeting the regulatory requirements of the Metropolitan Council and the three watersheds that overlay the City. There are no special tools or approaches for the short-term aspect of plan approval. We will assemble all comments, develop a response to comments document, amend the plan as necessary to receive approval and then produce the final planning document. We propose to attend the watershed approval meetings as needed. It has been our experience that the upfront work to coordinate required plan contents with watershed staff results in a mere formality of approval of the local plans by the watersheds. That said, it may be advantageous to attend the watershed meetings to demonstrate the desire of the City to continue to work with the watersheds in a cooperative manner, discuss some of the plan implementation projects that will benefit both the City and watershed, and plant the seed for grant funding discussions on future projects. In this way, the plan approval step is really the first step towards implementing the actions established within the plan. William Street Pond (Photo Source: Ramsey Conservation District) SHORT ELLIOTT HENDRICKSON INC. 9