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6 <br />/""a <br />standards were increased to assure new residents <br />their investments in the city were safe. <br />4. Revision of the city's park dedication standards in <br />1988 was done to provide the land and money <br />necessary to provide the city's new residents with <br />open space they would need for both active and <br />passive recreation. <br />5. Providing citizen input in the planning process was <br />also an issue. In the spring of 1988 the park <br />board and city council jointly commissioned a <br />citizen survey asking city residents what they <br />wanted for the city's future. The major results <br />were: 1) development of a trail system, 2) <br />commercial and industrial development to lower <br />property taxes, 3) preservation of the city's <br />natural environment, and 4) a sprucing -up of Lino <br />Lakes and especially the entrances to the city. <br />6. In the summer of 1988 trail development in new <br />residential areas was made mandatory by action of <br />the park board and city council. <br />7. Earlier in 1988 the economic development committee <br />began examining the city's supply of commercial and <br />industrial land. The members found this issue had <br />been neglected by the 1987 plan and they made <br />recommendations for rezoning of residential areas <br />located near both the I-35W and Lake Drive and the <br />I-35E and County Road 14 interchanges. The city <br />council started implementation of this work in late <br />1988 with the creation of more industrial and <br />commercial land. <br />8. Metropolitan Urban Service Area configuration and <br />size was addressed in the spring of 1989. The <br />city's engineering consultant and the city planner <br />along with some city council members began a series <br />of neighborhood meetings. The primary topic of <br />these informal sessions was the extension of <br />sanitary sewer. Through the meetings, however, a <br />wide -range of development issues was discussed. <br />Based on these meetings the city council was able <br />to change the Metropolitan Urban Service Area <br />boundary in 1989 with almost no citizen opposition. <br />The boundary changes greatly altered the MUSA shown <br />in the 1987 plan as several landowners within the <br />boundary wanted out and others located outside the <br />boundary wanted to be included. This revised <br />boundary as well as a redrafted sewer plan were <br />submitted to the Metropolitan Council in late 1989. <br />9. Implementation of the city's revised goals, plans, <br />Page 3 <br />