10-07-24 - Council Agenda Packet

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4. Draft 2050 Housing Policy Plan 5. Draft 2050 Transportation Policy Plan 6. Draft 2050 Water Plan The deadline for comments is October 7, 2024. Staff have already met with both our Met Council sector staff representative as well as our Metropolitan Council Board member to raise our initial concerns. Staff will be providing comments in multiple areas of the document prior to the deadline. The focus for Monday night's discussion will be four primary areas: 1. Community designation 2. Development density 3. Affordable housing density requirements 4. Forecasts Community Designation To address acknowledge and address differences and needs between cities in the metro area, the Metropolitan Council has developed community designations or classifications. These classifications are then used to group cities similar characteristics. Regional plan requirements or actions are then adjusted to reflect these different categories. Under the existing 2040 plan there are 5 sewered community designations of which Lino Lakes is included in the Emerging Suburban Edge category. Under Imagine 2050 the categories have been condensed to four sewered designations. The Emerging Suburban Edge category has been eliminated and Lino Lakes has been incorporated into the Suburban Edge category. In doing so, opportunities to differentiate are eliminated and a one shoe fits all approach becomes more apparent. Lino Lakes would now share the same designation as more fully developed communities like Maple Grove, Shakopee, and Woodbury. Development Density Since the preparation of the 2020 Plan, started in 1998, the Metropolitan Council has required a minimum average residential development density of 3.0 units per acre in Lino Lakes. The purpose of the requirement has been to ensure efficient and financially sustainable use of the region's sanitary sewer infrastructure. While challenging, from both cultural and physical characteristics of the area, we have successfully met this requirement over the past 25 years. The City's trunk sanitary sewer system has been designed to accommodate this density both now and through full build out of the community.