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Planning & Zoning Board June 17, 2024 Page 8 APPROVED MINUTES development really is not for everyone. Mr. Zabinski requested the City not be bullied or threatened away from the moratorium. Bonnie Herman. I live at 7859 Lois Lane, Lino Lakes 55014. Ms. Herman believes if we do not have the moratorium, they will lose street maintenance and the preservation of wildlife. She is concerned if Carl Street ends up being an egress from the new development that people will be coming through the neighborhood. Ms. Herman stands in opposition to the development and would like to see the moratorium. She asked for the City to protect the land, water, environment, schools and all of the other things that are being discussed. The reality is the moratorium should be used to change the lot size, if nothing else, to homes per acre. She always knew that the sod fields would be developed but believed it would be in a conscientious manner. Justin Reynolds, 7328 Stagecoach Trail, Lino Lakes, MN 55014, Mr. Reynolds is in support of the moratorium. He said moratoriums are nothing new to Lino Lakes and seem to have one every few decades. He said there was one in 1989, 2002 and now in 2024. The City has a master plan and has also completed AUAR studies before and nothing that is being proposed right now is unique. The proposed development on Robinson sod farm is the third proposal to come forward in the last 20 years on that piece of land. The previous developers backed out because they found out the land was not feasible to develop for one reason or another. The most recent development even had an EAW performed. He heard the EAW came back with a negative rating and that there are a great deal of mitigations and concerns that needed to be addressed from it. It is not just well it passed the EAW so we are good to go. Numerous items need to be addressed such as potential endangered species, wastewater and stormwater concerns as well as traffic. The Metropolitan Council said it was a poor candidate for this type of development. Mr. Reynolds said the 2440 comp plan calls for mostly residential development in this area along with some commercial, but it just seems like this will be a difficult and costly task that needs to be done correctly. He asked us to remember two national experienced developers that did not find it feasible to develop on this land. He thinks the moratorium would give the City time to reassess and plan the best future use of this land. He said the north side of Main Street has not had an EAW completed by previous proposals. In general, the City needs to slow the growth of the city. As he said in previous meetings, Lino Lakes used to have an ordinance capping the number of housing units 147 per year on average and thinks the City needs to go back to that. He thinks we have plenty of housing available in Lino Lakes. Some people may say that 147 housing units is not very much, but when we look at the period between 2010 and 2020, there is an average of just 78 housing units per year according to the Met Council figures. Mr. Reynolds thinks that asking you to double that amount is not unreasonable. He said with that number of housing units added, we have seen schools continue to