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2 The existing Mixed Use districts serve a number of purposes, both locally and regionally. Locally, the Mixed Use districts were intended to create and strengthen the appearance of the city’s gateways, provide higher density residential areas to promote affordable and life cycle housing goals and provide opportunities for neighborhood based goods and services. The emphasis is on design of compact walkable development, high architectural standards. subject to a City approved master plan, at key intersections in the City. The use of the Planned Unit Development process was intended to drive collaboration between the City and Developer and give the City more control over the development outcome. Regionally, the City is required to adopt a 2040 Comprehensive Plan that meets the regional system requirements from the Metropolitan Council. There are a couple of key issues that relate to the land use plan, specifically the Mixed Use land use categories: 1. The system statement requires the City to provide enough land to provide land in the 2040 service area for a planned population of 31,101. This is similar to the 2030 plan; therefore, no significant changes are required to meet this requirement. 2. The system statement required the City to plan for new development at a minimum 3.0 units/acre in the urban service area. The city wishes to keep the low density residential areas (which the largest land use area in the City) at a minimum of 1.6 unit/acre, which requires higher density residential areas (specifically the Mixed Use Areas or Special Districts) to meet the minimum density for new development. 3. The system statement requires the City to provide enough land to provide their share of the affordable housing need for the region. For Lino Lakes, we are required to provide land for 515 affordable housing units using one of two options: a. Acknowledge your community’s share of the region’s need for affordable housing at three levels of affordability: <30% AMI, 31-50% AMI, and 51-80% AMI. b. Guide residential land at densities sufficient to create opportunities for affordable housing using one of the following options: Option 1: Guide sufficient land at minimum residential densities of 8 units per acre to support the community’s total allocation of affordable housing need for 2021 – 2030. Option 2: Guide sufficient land at minimum residential densities of: • 6 units/acre to address the community’s allocation of affordable housing need at 51-80% AMI; or • 12 units/acre to address the community’s allocation of affordable housing need at <50% AMI. This combines the community’s allocation at <30% AMI and 31-50% AMI.