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The City of Lino Lakes is an amenity rich outer ring suburb of the Twin Cities filled with lakes, wetlands, and open spaces. The City has had its fair share of housing, commercial and industrial development over the years <br />but as an outer ring suburb, Lino Lakes still has plenty of undeveloped land. The location of this land makes the City a desirable destination for even more commercial and industrial development, as explained below. <br />The Metropolitan Council designates the City of Lino Lakes as <br />an Emerging Suburban Edge community. This designation is for <br />communities in the early stages of transitioning from rural to urban <br />and comes with increased population forecasts. Planning for this <br />increase in population is critical. Designating areas in Lino Lakes for <br />industry and job opportunities as the population grows makes Lino <br />Lakes desirable for new businesses. <br />The City is in a prime location as both Interstates 35W and 35E <br />run through the community providing direct access to both <br />downtown Minneapolis and downtown St. Paul. Having access to <br />two major interstates makes the City of Lino Lakes a desirable town <br />for commuters and for development opportunities. Some of the <br />undeveloped land in Lino Lakes comes with challenges. Lino Lakes <br />has plenty of water rich areas that can constrain development. <br />The City has placed high value on protecting the natural amenities <br />through all aspects of community development. <br />The City of Lino Lakes has designated 400 acres of undeveloped <br />land north of County Road 14 immediately east of Interstate 35E <br />for commercial, industrial and office/residential uses. Otter Lake <br />Road is currently positioned in the middle of this 400 acres along <br />County Road 14, and only partially extends north to serve the existing <br />businesses in this area. The city is planning Otter Lake Road as an <br />extension of County Road 84. The city’s transportation plan identifies <br />the northerly extension of Otter Lake Road to be an “A” minor <br />expander, and it will act as a reliever to Interstate 35E. The extension <br />will also serve all adjacent land uses. Because of the development <br />constraints within this study area it is important for the City to think <br />critically about future development including future road extension <br />scenarios for Otter Lake Road and wetland and natural resource <br />management in the area. For these reasons, the City has chosen <br />to create a master plan for the Otter Lake Road extension to ensure <br />orderly and efficient development maximizes development potential <br />while managing and protecting natural resources. <br />The master plan provided in this document accounts for the future Otter Lake Road alignment and other local street connections, <br />utilities, land use designations, and natural resource management. Specifically, this document includes the following information: <br />• a review of the existing conditions in the study area <br />• an analysis of regional drainage patterns <br />• wetland sequencing <br />• review of road alignment scenarios, traffic conditions and <br />needs, trail and bicycle planning <br />• land use scenarios and economic development strategies <br />• implementation measures and strategies. <br />Chapter 1: Introduction | 4Otter Lake Road Master Plan <br />CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION <br />Insert Project Location Map <br />LINO LAKESSTUDY <br />AREA <br />HUGOMAIN STMAIN ST 24TH AVE24TH AVE35E <br />35E <br />14 14