11-02-2020 Council Work Session Packet

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2 When the city adopts the Comprehensive Plan, it provides general guidance to landowners about how the city expects the land to develop. The City Council must then adopt a Zoning Map and Zoning Ordinance standards to implement that plan and begin work on other implementation items. Process The city kicked off the 2040 update process with a Joint Council/Board meeting on May 15, 2017. The City met with residents, boards and City Council and held open houses throughout the 2 ½ year process. The City prepared newsletter articles, created a website and created a My Sidewalk page to provide information and opportunities for feedback on the plan. The public hearing was held on April 10, 2019 and on May 13, 2019, the City Council approved Resolution 19-54 authorizing distribution of the 2040 Comprehensive Plan for adjacent jurisdiction review. The plan was submitted to the Metropolitan Council on November 27, 2019 and the Metropolitan Council completed their review on October 28, 2020. Chapter Summary Chapter 1 - Introduction This chapter of the Comprehensive Plan builds a foundation for the chapters to follow, by describing the community and its regional context, and setting forth the vision of Lino Lakes’ future that guides the entire plan. This chapter provides the Community Vision statement. This chapter provides information about the history of Lino Lakes and describes how the city fits in the regional context. It describes the process that the city went through to create the 2040 Comprehensive Plan and summarizes the results of the surveys done as part of the process. Chapter 2 - Community Background This chapter summarizes background information helpful for understanding the natural environment, the built environment and the people of Lino Lakes. The information presented here is a snapshot of the community using data collected from a variety of sources including the 2030 Comprehensive Plan, the United States Census Bureaus’ Decennial Census and Community Surveys, the Metropolitan Council and from the city’s own Geographic Information System (GIS). This chapter provides demographic data and maps of the existing conditions. Chapter 3 - Land Use The Land Use Plan builds on the city’s vision and establishes a policy framework in which future development will occur and how the city will accommodate forecasted household and employment growth. This chapter provides direction to landowners and developers about how and when development is expected by providing land use classifications with density ranges and planning parameters, as well as sewer staging.