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Density Standards. As a community with a suburban classification, as designed by the Metropolitan Council, the density expectation for the City is an average development of five units per acre for new development and redevelopment. Little Canada’s historic development pattern that has often exceeded Met Council expectation. As such, the City successfully reduced the original growth and density scenarios originally envisioned by the Met Council in its draft 2015 System Statement. Lower growth is expected through the planning period, respecting the low density patterns dominant in the few remaining developable areas. In identifying redevelopment sites, the City will need to identify residential densities that assist in making the site redevelopment financially feasible, while maintaining the character of the City. The current 2030 Comprehensive Plan presents the density information in a manner consistent with Metropolitan Council reporting. This information will be updated where needed and presented in the same format. Transportation. Transportation is integral to land use planning. The 2030 Comprehensive Plan includes a transportation chapter that addresses streets, pedestrians, and transit. The City’s 2015 System Statement reveals that regional transportation components have not changed significantly from the current plan. In review of the Metropolitan Council requirements, the following information will be required in the transportation chapter of the 2040 Comprehensive Plan. Following the startup meeting, we can determine what information is currently available and whether this is prepared by NAC or the City Engineer. Traffic Analysis Zones: • Include a table allocating forecasts population, household, and employment growth by TAZ for 2020, 2030 and 2040. • Describe how you have allocated demographic growth based on your plan’s assumptions for guided future land use (e.g., density, mix of uses, locations for new development, highway/transit access, redevelopment, etc.). • When doing your land use planning, accommodate development densities around transit consistent with density expectations established in Chapter 3 of the 2040 Transportation Policy Plan (2040 TPP). Roadways (with the assistance of the City Engineer): • Describe and map functional classifications of all roadways within the community. Identify all principal arterials of the metropolitan highway system 2040 (Highway 7). • Identify A minor arterials within the community and describe them using the following: o Number of lands existing/future. o Traffic volumes both ADT and HCADT. o Rights-of-way widths. o Describe corridor studies and proposed improvements. Little Canada’s A minor arterials are County roads and as such, we must coordinate their planning with Hennepin County. • Complete streets option.