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7.1 Staff Report- St. Croix River Partnership Team Staff Report Date of Meeting: February 1, 2017 To: City Council From: Neil Soltis, Administrator Re: St. Croix Partnership Team Background: Christine has been contacted by Natalie Warren, of the St. Croix River Association, regarding participating in the St. Croix Partnership Team. The following information regarding the Team is an excerpt from Natalie’s email: The Partnership Team is a group comprised of 35 communities/agencies in both Minnesota and Wisconsin that gets together to discuss land use and surface water in the Lower St. Croix. The Partnership Team consults the Lower St. Croix River Commission (DNRs and NPS) on land use and water surface issues. The Partnership Team just started meeting regularly again to review the resources that I am building for the riverway and to provide feedback and suggestions to improve educational materials that we will be putting out this year (this includes clear and orderly processes for zoning applications, so perhaps a planner or someone on the planning commission would be ideal to have on board). We also discuss slow no wake issues and review any after the fact land use decisions in the Lower St. Croix River. It would be great to have representation from Scandia in these discussions. The Partnership Team has floundered a bit over the last few years so I am not surprised that fewer and fewer local governments are represented at the meetings. However, I have taken the charge to rebuild Partnership Team attendance to support the work I am doing and to get proper feedback from the communities along the river. Following this report are the agenda for their 1/31/17 meeting and a copy of their bylaws. Below is a listing of land use issues within the St. Croix National Scenic Riverway that have come before the Planning Commission and Council. Year Address Type Applicant 2012 none 2013 21205 St. Croix Trl. CUP for Zavoral mining Tiller Corp. 16963 197th St. Variance for well & septic Thomas & Angie Conley 2014 16987 197th St. Variance to replace cabin Mark Holloway 20789 Quint Ave. Variance for acc structure Etzwiler 21795 St. Croix Trl. Variance for septic holding tank Rudy Sundberg 2015 none 2016 21205 St. Croix Trl. CUP for solar garden Argo Navis 16970 St. Croix Trl. Variance for acc structure Hedelson 20919 Quint Ave. Variance for acc structure Pam & Michael Smith Partnership Team is scheduled to meet quarterly with Land Use Review Committee meetings also quarterly. Natalie is seeking participation from Scandia on the Partnership Team. Issue: Does the City wish to appoint a member to serve on the St. Croix Partnership Team?