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Future Affordable Housing Need allocations may be updated throughout the decade if local <br />projected sewered growth changes. <br />Lino Lakes should consult the complete Housing Policy Plan when preparing its local <br />comprehensive plan. In addition, Lino Lakes should consult Imagine 2050 and the Local <br />Planning Handbook for specific requirements necessary for the housing element and housing <br />implementation programs of local comprehensive plans. <br />Climate Policy <br />In 2023, the State legislature amended the Metropolitan Land Planning Act (Minn Stat. § <br />473.859, subd. 2 and 7) to include new requirements that comprehensive plans address <br />climate mitigation and adaptation. In climate policy, mitigation strategies focus on minimizing <br />contributions to climate change through efficiency measures and reducing greenhouse gas <br />emissions. Adaptation strategies focus on how to change policies and practices to adjust to <br />ongoing and future impacts of climate change. <br />The Met Council will assist communities in addressing climate mitigation and adaptation <br />elements by providing communities with greenhouse gas inventories and technical assistance <br />for identifying appropriate strategies. <br />Community Designation <br />Community designations group jurisdictions with similar characteristics for the application of <br />regional policies. The Council uses community designations to guide regional growth and <br />development; establish land use expectations including overall development densities and <br />patterns; and outline the respective roles of the Council and individual communities, along with <br />strategies for planning for forecasted growth. If there are discrepancies between the Imagine <br />2050 Community Designations Map and the Community Designation map contained within this <br />systems statement, communities should follow the specific guidance contained in this <br />document. Imagine identifies the City of Lino Lakes with the community designation of <br />Suburban Edge on the Community Designation map. <br />Suburban Edge municipalities are on the edge of the Metropolitan Urban Service Area (MUSA) <br />and primarily developed after the 1990s. While denser downtown or core areas are often <br />present, the predominate development pattern is low or medium density residential <br />subdivisions characterized by cul-de-sacs and limited access to major thoroughfares for traffic <br />movement. These areas also feature extensive undeveloped land planned for low to medium <br />residential densities along with some areas guided for industrial and commercial uses, often <br />near highway intersections. The planning challenge in Suburban Edge areas is to improve <br />street connectivity and integrate sustainable development practices, ensuring that growth and <br />conservation effectively coexist. Suburban Edge cities may have more than one community <br />designation based on forecasted growth and current or planned development patterns. This <br />happens generally when areas in a municipality either have an historic development pattern <br />more appropriate for a different designation or portions of the municipality are not currently <br />planned for future development and are still considered rural or agricultural in nature. <br />2025 SYSTEM STATEMENTINTRODUCTION4 <br /> <br />