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To: Plan Reviewers Fromc Karen Chandler, on Behalf of Grass Lake WMO Board Subject: Grass Lake WMO Board Responses to Comments on Draft Watershed Management Plan Date: December 26, 2000 cr Grass Lake WMO Board and Staff Page: 4 2. Role of GLWMO in Permitting Reviewer Location(s) in Comment Comments Letter Met Council Items circled " 2" The Met Council suggests that the GLWMO consider starting a permit or review program, to help ensure that the GLWMO has some oversight or input into local programs, etc. GLWMO Response to Comments: The GLWMO proposes to keep regulation at the local level (see Section 5.1.3). The GLWMO Board believes it is most appropriate for the cities to continue with their permitting programs and not have the WMO establish a separate permitting program or a parallel review program. The GLWMO Board will be kept informed of city permitting activities at the regular GLWMO Board meetings. In addition, there may be a tabulation of city permitting activities as part of the "report card" evaluation. system. 3. Role of GLWMO in Wetland Management Reviewer Comments: Reviewer Location(s) in Comment Letter Comments BWSR Items circled " 3" The BWSR states that the GLWMO plan needs to further explain the GLWMO's intentions regarding priority areas, review of WCA applications, location of wetland mitigations, wetland function and value assessments, volume conservation, buffer requirements and management of "protect" wetlands. The BWSR suggests the completion of a comprehensive wetland management plan, which could then be used by the cities to create an overlay district. Met Council Items circled " 3" The Met Council believes awatershed-wide wetland functions and values assessment and wetland management plan needs to be completed. The wetland plan should address issues regarding wetland replacement location, management of existing wetlands, restoration and mitigation, and buffers (the GLWMO could adopt a buffer ordinance for the cities to use). The Met Council believes Table 5-7 would be more useful if actual buffer widths were specified (e.g. 150' for "protect" class and 25' for the "utilize" class). GLWMO Response to Comments: Section 5.5 of the GLWMO plan presents the goals and policies pertaining to wetland management. As stated in policy 1 of Section 5.5, the GLWMO's role n1 wetland management is limited to establishment of the wetland classjfcation system and wetland management goals (see Table 5-7). Since the member cities