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5 Land Use Plan Goal #1 of the Land Use Plan is to create a unified vision and future for the city, promote a well-planned community, prevent fragmented development, address the impacts of development and redevelopment on natural resources, aesthetics and view corridors, and provide balanced land use and connectivity that ensures the integration of both sides of the regional park. Policies established to obtain this goal include: 1. Provide clearly defined incentives to achieve significant and discernable public values not achievable under conventional development standards. These public values include, but are not limited to: a. Preserving open space, providing park dedication and trails, and/or providing stormwater management areas, in excess of minimum standards to implement the Resource Management System Plan, as amended, and Rice Creek Watershed District’s Lino Lakes Resource Management Plan, as amended b. Restoring/enhancing ecological systems c. Managing stormwater using natural filtration and other ecologically based approaches d. Providing life-cycle and affordable housing e. Diversifying the tax base to lessen the tax burden on residential properties f. Providing infrastructure that benefits community beyond the project site that would otherwise not be financially feasible 2. Identify and define incentives offered to developers for achieving specific public values not achievable under conventional development standards. These incentives may include, but are not limited to: a. Reduced street and right-of-way widths b. Trunk utility and stormwater management fee credits c. Staging plan flexibility 3. Encourage master planning to accomplish the objectives of the Comprehensive Plan including, but not limited to, implementing the Resource Management System Plan, as amended, implementing Rice Creek Watershed District’s Lino Lakes Resource Management Plan, as amended, providing life-cycle housing, and diversifying the city’s tax base. The site is referred to as Hardwood Creek in the City’s Comprehensive Plan and is guided for mixed use that allows for both commercial and/or residential uses. It requires a residential development at 3.0 to 4.5 dwelling units per net acre, with no less than 2/3 of the residential area reserved for low density residential development.