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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION May 4, 2009 APPROVED 89 Finance Director Rolek explained that the council needs to zero in on overarching goals 90 and priorities so that they can look at the finite amount of dollars that will be available 91 and use those goals and priorities to guide apportionment of the funds. The strategic 92 planning that the council accomplishes in these sessions can guide staff in what 93 information to bring forward to the council. 94 95 The council concurred that there should be some discussion up front about what needs to 96 be accomplished in the sessions. 97 98 Review Regular Council Agenda—The council reviewed the May 11 council agenda; 99 there were no changes to the agenda. 100 101 Anoka County Airport Update (not on printed agenda)—Community Development 102 Director Grochala responded to a council member question about developments in the 103 discussion of upgrading the Anoka County airport. Mr. Grochala had attended a recent 104 Anoka County/Blaine Airport Comprehensive Plan Update meeting. The Metropolitan 105 Airports Commission(MAC)has received a request from Key Air to extend the runway. 106 MAC will be evaluating the request to determine if it should be included as a review 107 alternative in the airport's comp plan update. MAC will hold a second public meeting 108 with adjacent communities prior to a determination on whether to study the request. 109 110 Comprehensive Plan—Community Development Director Grochala reported that he is 111 not providing any new information at this point. The packet for the city council meeting "" 112 does contain just a paragraph change in the staff report but is otherwise the same as the 113 last staff letter. Regarding the O'Connor property, staff removed her property from the 114 medium density designation as she requested but is leaving the Joyer property unchanged. 115 Mr. Grochala then briefly reviewed the process that has brought the Comprehensive Plan 116 (the Plan) update to this point. The council has been discussing enacting changes to the 117 city's code(ordinances)to address certain concerns. The discussion of the affordable 118 housing component was continued. Staff and the council have identified that affordable 119 housing will probably not happen in the city without incentives and staff has 120 recommended an approach utilizing the planned unit development (PUD)process already 121 in place. The council viewed the 2030 future land use proposed map that indicates mixed 122 use areas that could accommodate affordable units and how the 1275 units could be 123 achieved. Staff clarified that the ten-year forecast for new units overall increased and that 124 drives the affordable number. There is a great slow down in development right now and 125 that may impact the forecasts. At the council's direction, the Plan will be reviewed in 126 five years. 127 128 A council member asked about the possibility of putting an ordinance in place that caps 129 the level of subsidy that the city will accept. Is there any way to slow down the pace? 130 Staff suggested that the site and building design elements should be the major 131 consideration and the PUD process will allow that type of case-by-case review to ensure 132 that the city's established values are met. Staff's goal is to have a policy in place that 133 allows that review. As far as "exclusions", a legal opinion should be sought. On the 3