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1 <br /> <br />CITY COUNCIL <br />REGULAR MEETING STAFF REPORT <br />AGENDA ITEM 7A <br /> <br />STAFF ORIGINATOR: Tom Hoffman, Environmental Coordinator <br /> <br />MEETING DATE: August 11, 2025 <br /> <br />TOPIC: Consider Resolution Number 25-102, Approving Lino Lakes Main <br />Street AUAR <br /> <br />VOTE REQUIRED: Simple Majority <br />______________________________________________________________________________ <br /> <br />INTRODUCTION <br />The Council is being asked to consider the approval of Resolution No. 25-102, Approving Lino <br />Lakes Main Street AUAR. <br /> <br />BACKGROUND <br /> <br /> In September of 2024, the City Council approved a professional services contract with Kimley <br />Horn to prepare a master plan and complete an Alternative Urban Areawide Review (AUAR). <br />The study area includes 980 acres of the northwest portion of Lino Lakes. The process has <br />included multiple community outreach opportunities, involvement of study area stakeholders <br />and review by the City advisory boards and City Council. <br />Three development scenarios originally emerged, one being the existing 2040 Comprehensive <br />Plan. Each scenario maintained essentially the same residential unit count with a mix of land <br />use types but provided for different design alternatives. Through the design process scenarios <br />2 and 3 merged into Scenario 2.1, which establishes a gateway into the City at the border with <br />Blaine. Scenario 1 and Scenario 2.1 are proposed to be carried through the environmental <br />review process. <br />Resolution No. 25-51 authorized the preparation of the draft AUAR document. The <br />development scenarios were analyzed for potential environmental impacts. A mitigation plan <br />was created to address the environmental impacts. <br />The draft AUAR became available for public comment on May 27th and closed on June 26, 2025. <br />Five comment letters were received from government agencies and 12 comment letters were <br />received from the public. Responses to those comments are included in the AUAR and copies <br />of the comment letters can be found in Appendix F. <br />Staff has completed the review process for the Final AUAR and is submitted for the 10-day <br />objection period. No objections to the final AUAR were submitted <br />Page 27 of 679