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# <br />Action <br />Priority <br />Tirnefrarne <br />Partners <br />8-7 <br />Incorporate construction of trail segments as public infrastructure improvements <br />2 <br />Ongoing <br />Recreation Department <br />are executed in the right-of-way. <br />and Public Works <br />Department <br />8-8 <br />Explore state and federal funding opportunities for trails and pathways. <br />2 <br />Ongoing <br />Recreation Department <br />8-9 <br />Ensure the 169 Redefine project incorporates complete streets standards to make <br />1 <br />Short-term <br />Public Works Department <br />crossing east -west safe and inviting to pedestrians and bikes. <br />8-10 <br />Consider a separated grade crossing over the BNSF tracks in the southwest of the city <br />3 <br />Long-term <br />BNSF and Public Works <br />near Meadowvale Heights Park. <br />Department <br />Wata <br />8-11 <br />Extend the Mississippi River Trail to the downtown Rivers Edge Commons Park and <br />2 <br />Long-term <br />Planning Division and <br />beyond to Lake Orono and the Great Northern Trail. <br />Recreation Department <br />8-12 <br />Create an easement along the Mississippi River that would provide continuous public <br />2 <br />Long-term <br />Planning Division and <br />access to the water. <br />Recreation Department <br />8-13 <br />Create a riparian buffer that would protect native habitats and preserve wetlands and <br />2 <br />Long-term <br />Planning Division and <br />floodplain areas along the river from development. <br />Recreation Department <br />8-14 <br />Promote conservation design to preserve existing wetlands and natural amenities, <br />1 <br />Ongoing <br />Planning Division <br />including riparian buffers. <br />8-15 <br />Continue to implement the city's Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP) to <br />1 <br />Ongoing <br />Public Works Department <br />reduce pollutant run off. <br />8-16 <br />Improve and monitor water quality in the Elk and Mississippi Rivers and Lake Orono <br />1 <br />Ongoing <br />Public Works Department <br />in parternership with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources to ensure <br />and Minnesota <br />they are safe for recreational use. <br />Department of Natural <br />Resources <br />Canop <br />87Tree <br />17 <br />Promote conservation design to preserve existing tree canopy and to cluster <br />1 <br />Ongoing <br />Planning Division <br />development along established tree lines. <br />140 <br />101X-11ad9i7:1:1VVAlMiVEi701wo <br />Implementation Plan • Elk River Comprehensive Plan <br />