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Page 9 Planning and Zoning Commission October 10, 1979 This could always be changed when the,time came, but from the standpoint of the Comprehensive Sewer Plan, it would have to be shown the way it should be done. To serve the area now, the lift station would.be located in the vicinity of old Highway 8 and 2nd. Ave., and everythng from the northwest section would flow,over the hill and down to the capacity by Centennial school. Twenty-five years from now or whenever. Metro decided to build the interceptor, it would probably follow the east edge of Highway 8 along the lakeshore and eliminate the lift station. It was generally felt that it was more important to have, the commercial area sewered first rather than the residential development. Mr. Gotwald felt there was not that much commercial activity,presently,and the zone was only 300 feet deep; however, Mayor,Karth felt that sewer was,vital,-. to future commercial development and should be put in the 1983-85.time slot. Mr. Gotwald indicated that if the city waited for a petition, the time frame would be 1985-1990, but if the city wanted to take the initiative and: put the entire area from the Correctional Institute down in one program, it would not be too,.popular, but would save a lot of money. He will show this entire area as requested for 1983-85, keeping Hodgeson Road,and Highway 49 for 1985- 1990, although he felt the connections were there whenever development took, place.In all probability, the do districts would be developed by 1985. Mayor Karth later suggested this area. be listed for as early as possible, as Metro planned on the basis of the time slots indicated. Mr. Gourley questioned the timing for the Lakeview -Lexington area,which.he doubted would go with the sewer by 1985. However Mayor Karth indicated that plans for Urban .Service District 11 should be made for the immediate future, or the city would lose the capacity. Mr. Gotwald noted the plan did not commit the city to a connection schedule, and Mayor Karth felt it would be better to run over the time frame rather than to lose the capacity. Mr. Gotwald also felt that Metro had some concern over the Lakeview area, as it was the oldest residential development in the city and was pinpointed as a;potential on -site sewer system trouble spot; if it was not shown in the near future, Metro would question it, which could perhaps create a problem. In review, Mr. Gotwald indicated the sewer plan would include the actual location of the various sewer lines, sizes and directions of flow, and a report based on total capacity and so on would accompany that. The sewer lines had been designed and public hearings held, and now all that had to be done was check to see if they were all large enough to take any future flow. This had been a part of the earlier very complete report made some years ago, although the zoning and development patterns had changed, with densities de- creased from 10 to 22 units per acre, and the Anoka County Open Space had come in. Presently the plan was about 70 percent complete, and when it was finished, Mr. Gotwald would submit it to Mr. Short for inclusion in the comprehensive Plan. Mr. Short indicated they would need to get a list of the current Metro requirements, as this had been updated and changed. Mr. Short.had handouts on the land use plan, along with some suggested policies and descriptions of each of the land use categories. He suggested the members review these for disscussion at the end of the next special meeting. Something to review would be enlarging the boundaries of the areas adjacent to the urban service districts (urban expansion) in view of the fact that the Comprehensive Sewer Plan was designed eventually to take care of the capacity of Urban Service District 11 as well as extension up to the north city line; if so, there would have to be controls extended outside of the lines shown, for resubdivision of one acre lots. Mr. Gourley indicated he thought the resubdivision controls would apply to the whole city. However, Mr. Short felt that some areas like the