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SPECIAL WORK SESSION June 3, 2009 APPROVED 1 2 CITY OF LINO LAKES 3 MINUTES 4 SPECIAL WORK SESSION—COMP PLAN UPDATE 5 6 DATE : June 3, 2009 7 TIME STARTED : 5:30 p.m. 8 TIME ENDED : 9:25 p.m. 9 MEMBERS PRESENT : Council Members Reinert, Stoltz, 10 Gallup, O'Donnell and Mayor Bergeson 11 MEMBERS ABSENT : none 12 13 Staff present: Acting City Administrator Dan Tesch; Director of Community 14 Development Michael Grochala; City Planner, Jeff Smyser; City Clerk Julie Bartell 15 16 Mayor Bergeson called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m. in the Police Workroom at Lino 17 Lakes City Hall. 18 19 Bonestroo consultant, Ciara Schlicting, reviewed the written staff report relative to the 20 council's discussion of the proposed 2030 Comprehensive Plan Update (the Plan). The 21 council had tabled discussion of the Plan at the May 11, 2009 city council meeting with a 22 plan to discuss the following modifications: modification of forecasts, a land use change 23 request relative to 797 Main Street and the Waldoch Farm Garden Center, and possible 24 ordinances to restrict or control growth of affordable housing. Ms. Schlicting first ..' 25 mentioned the inclusion of a natural resource protection plan within the Plan,noting that 26 it is a valuable element unique to this Plan. There have been several comments by 27 council members about the impact growth could have on natural resources and she 28 wanted to point out that important protection that is included in the Plan. She reviewed 29 the citizen involvement history that has brought the city to the current Plan proposal, 30 including a survey, visioning, and the citizen advisory panel (that included citizens from 31 the visioning process as well as representatives of the city's advisory boards). The goals 32 and strategies from the vision plan were incorporated, through review of the advisory 33 panel, directly into the Plan. When the advisory panel looked at forecasts, they 34 considered both the Metropolitan Council forecast and a market approach. Consultant 35 Bonestroo also reviewed the resource management plan with the council noting that it 36 integrates many elements of resources together and will help guide development while 37 protecting the area's natural resources. The land use plan was developed as a full-build 38 by the advisory group so that long-range infrastructure planning could be included. Then 39 that plan was trimmed back in terms of MUSA to accommodate the 2030 market based 40 forecast. She reviewed the staging included in the Plan. She pointed out that there is 41 actually less land staged in the proposed 2030 Plan that in the current 2020 Plan. She 42 reviewed a map that indicated all the elements coming together(land use, resources 43 management and staging). Staff is now recommending, based on the comments they've 44 heard, that the forecast be amended to reflect those contained within the Metropolitan 45 Council system statement as amended by the city council through the Hardwood Creek 1