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2 <br />The city has a lot inventory of 400 homes that have preliminary or final plat approval, <br />which is more than two year’s growth. The negative with the moratorium is perception, <br />and EDAC can play a role by supporting the process when talking with people outside of <br />Lino Lakes, and can explain that the moratorium will result in a better process to <br />implement the comp plan. Developers will have clearer rules, and the application process <br />will be streamlined. Developers will know that if they follow the rules, they will get <br />approval. <br /> <br />Mr. Grochala said the city is still working on a process for completing the ordinances <br />changes. His recommendation is a task force comprised of two people from P &Z, the <br />Environmental Board and EDAC, with the chairs of each board being one of the <br />members. He is recommending the mayor chair the task force. Each board will have input <br />and ownership of the ordinance revisions. The task force would need to be empowered by <br />the council to deal with the ordinances and bring a final recommendation to the council. <br /> <br />Zoning and subdivision ordinances are lengthy and technical. Key issues are growth <br />management, conservation subdivision as the main method of doing housing <br />development, landscaping and tree preservation, site plan review requirements and <br />commercial/industrial performance standards. Staff will develop drafts of language for <br />discussion and then incorporate input from the task force. All meetings will be public, <br />and there will be opportunities for public comment, but the recommendation is that public <br />input not be taken at every meeting. It is important to move forward and not get bogged <br />down. <br /> <br />The council has not yet approved this process, so it may be revised. Government Training <br />Services will do a workshop beforehand to discuss what can and cannot be done with <br />zoning and subdivision ordinances. All boards will be invited, but task force members <br />would be required to attend. <br /> <br />The subdivision ordinance will likely be completely new. There will be new components <br />to the zoning ordinance. The conservation subdivision requirements will likely be tied to <br />the PDO process, by breaking PDOs up into commercial, mixed use and residential, with <br />residential containing the conservation subdivision requirements. <br /> <br />Mr. Hicks questioned the reason for the moratorium instead of just going ahead and <br />making the changes. Mr. Grochala said it gives staff time to concentrate on getting it <br />done. It is also questionable that the city can deny subdivisions based solely on the 147 <br />units/year in the comp plan. If developers are allowed to make applications, then are <br />denied a plat when it gets to the Council because it is not consistent with the comp plan, a <br />lot of staff and developer time has been wasted. <br /> <br />Mr. Chase asked about stopping the expansion of MUSA for a year rather than a <br />moratorium. It wouldn’t have the same connotation. Mr. Grochala said the city somewhat <br />has that ability now. But the grey areas come in with the properties inside the MUSA that <br />are properly zoned. Mr. Chase said lot inventory is different than the number of houses <br />actually being built. Mr. Grochala said implementation of 147 homes/year is the