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CITY COUNCIL <br />REGULAR MEETING STAFF REPORT <br />AGENDA ITEM 6E <br />STAFF ORIGINATOR: Michael Grochala, Community Development Director <br />MEETING DATE: November 25, 2024 <br />TOPIC: Consider Resolution No. 24-158, Approving Colonial Woods <br />Comprehensive Plan Amendment <br />VOTE REQUIRED: Super Majority <br />INTRODUCTION <br />Staff is requesting City Council consideration to approval a Comprehensive Plan Amendment to <br />provide for sanitary sewer and water service to the Colonial Woods neighborhood. <br />BACKGROUND <br />The City of Lino Lakes has initiated a Comprehensive Plan Amendment for land located east of <br />Ware Road, north of 62nd Street North and south of Birch Street. The area is an existing <br />residential neighborhood with 29 homes, known as Colonial Woods. The City is proposing to <br />reconstruct the roads within the development in 2025. The area is currently served by <br />individual subsurface sewage treatment systems and private wells. As part of the road <br />construction project a feasibility study was completed that considered the extension of <br />municipal sanitary sewer and water utility to service the area. A majority of the property <br />owners supported the extension of utilities, and the City Council has ordered the improvement. <br />The 2040 Comprehensive Plan includes a Full Build Land Use Plan and a 2040 Land Use plan. <br />The Full Build plan guides the area as low density residential, and the 2040 Future Land Use <br />plan shows the area as Urban Reserve. To provide sanitary sewer, the 2040 Land Use plan will <br />need to be amended to guide the land as low density residential, matching the Full Build Land <br />Use Plan. The 2040 Utility Staging Plan also needs to be amended to change from Stage 3 <br />Planned Service Area to Stage 1A Planned Service Area. <br />ANALYSIS <br />Staff has reviewed the application for consistency with the Comprehensive Plan, as well as City <br />policies. <br />