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22 <br />(f) Mix of land use types. <br /> <br />The development proposes a mix of residential housing types, commercial development, <br />and a religious building. <br /> <br />(g) Provision of a housing type or target housing price that is desirable to the <br />City. <br /> <br />The housing consists of single family houses on varying lot sizes, townhomes, rowhomes, <br />and apartments. This variety in housing types supports life-cycle housing that is desirable <br />to the City. <br /> <br />(h) Other public benefits and values as recognized in the City’s Comprehensive <br />Plan. <br /> <br />Per the 2040 Comprehensive Plan, page 3-3 of the Land Use Plan: Goal 1, Policy e. <br />details the following additional public values that are achieved in the Madinah Lakes <br />concept plan: <br /> <br />• Preserving open space, providing park dedication and trails, and/or providing <br />stormwater management areas, in excess of minimum standards to implement <br />the Greenway System, as amended, and Rice Creek Watershed District’s Lino <br />Lakes Resource Management Plan, as amended <br />• Using “Green” building and low impact development techniques <br />• Restoring/enhancing ecological systems <br />• Managing stormwater using natural filtration and other ecologically based <br />approaches <br />• Providing life-cycle and affordable housing <br />• Diversifying the tax base to lessen the tax burden on residential properties <br /> <br />Summary <br /> <br />Public Benefit Gained: <br /> <br />1. Economic expansion <br />2. Greater variety of lot sizes and home types <br />3. Multi-functional greenway corridor and storm water management system <br />4. Vegetative buffer along public ditch <br />5. Landscaped berm and buffer separation from existing land uses <br />6. Efficient use of land and private streets resulting in smaller network of utilities <br />and streets <br />7. Mix of residential and commercial land uses <br />8. Life-cycle housing supported by variety of housing types