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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION June 8, 2009 APPROVED I Mr. Trehus explained that the density calculations are inaccurate. The Metropolitan 2 Council is asking the city to meet a 3 acre minimum but his calculations have the city 3 higher than that. 4 5 Ms. Schlicting responded that the Metropolitan Council has a very detailed methodology 6 for calculating density. The city has followed their requirements to a tee and is at 3.04. 7 8 It was clarified that the information in the report in not in error but Mr. Trehus suggested 9 that it is not reflective of all the information then, adding that lower density rural areas 10 include existing properties that are not counted so that would bring up the numbers. Mr. 11 Trehus also expressed concern that there is acreage missing from the land use planning 12 maps but staff explained that utilizing all the maps/tables would accurately reflect all the 13 acres in the city. Mr. Trehus disagreed and continued to review the numbers. 14 15 Amy Donlin, 6100 Centerville Road, remarked that the form of the document is difficult 16 for a lay citizen to understand but it's important to address questions that arise. She 17 participated in the last comp plan process but is concerned that for all the time and funds 18 that went into that process, the resulting plans weren't utilized as the city has grown. She 19 has felt alienated from the process. 20 21 Mr. Trehus expressed concern that the Plan process did not allow enough citizen input. 22 23 Community Development Director Grochala acknowledged that there have been many 24 different opinions voiced during the process of putting this Plan together. Staff has tried 25 to keep the process as open as possible. 26 27 Ms. Schlicting highlighted the unique character of the citizen participation process for 28 this Plan. Rather than calling upon citizens to come to meetings,people were randomly 29 selected to participate in the citizen advisory group to get an accurate cross section. 30 People who showed up to general open houses were offered participation down the line in 31 the issue teams. Speaking for her company that has been involved in hundreds of these 32 Plans, never before have the citizens of the city written the goals and policies as is the 33 case in Lino Lakes. 34 35 Mr. Trehus expressed concern that the Plan pulls the city away from the current type of 36 predominant housing and moves too drastically in another direction. He feels there can 37 be no room for error in the document because it will be used heavily and be legally 38 binding in the future. 39 40 A council member recommended delaying a vote to allow for review of the completed 41 Plan. 42 43 There was discussion about how citizen challenges to the Plan have been received. 44 45 The meeting was adjourned at 6:25 p.m. 2