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1 <br /> <br />WS – Item # 2 <br /> <br />WORK SESSION STAFF REPORT <br />Work Session Item No. 2 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Date: February 3 , 2014 <br /> <br />To: City Council <br /> <br />From: Katie Larsen, City Planner <br /> <br />Re: Met Council Thrive MSP 2040 Update <br /> <br /> <br />Background <br /> <br />Thrive MSP 2040 is the Twin Cities region’s long -rang e planning effort. This plan will <br />provide a regional vision for the 7 -county metropolitan area for the next 30 years. <br /> <br />Under state law, the Council prepares a long -range plan for the Twin Cities region every <br />10 years. These policies also drive the systems and policy plans developed by the <br />Council: the Transportation Policy Plan, the Water Resources Policy Plan, the Regional <br />Parks Policy Plan, and the Council’s first Housing Policy Plan update in nearly 30 years. <br /> <br />In September 2013, Met Council released t he following 2040 Preliminary Forecasts for <br />the City of Lino Lakes : <br /> <br />Population Households Employment <br />2000 2010 2040 2000 2010 2040 2000 2010 2040 <br />16,791 20,216 28,000 4,857 6,174 11,300 2,671 3,313 6,000 <br /> <br />For comparison, the City’s 2030 Comprehensive P lan was based on the following <br />forecasts: <br /> <br />Population Households Employment <br />2000 2010 2030 2000 2010 2030 2000 2010 2030 <br />16,791 2 2,500 30 ,700 4,857 7 ,500 10 ,600 2 ,444 4 ,100 8,000 <br /> <br />A s you will n ote, population and employment projections for 2040 are actu ally lower <br />than the previously projected 2030 estimates. Staff believes this is reasonable due to the <br />housing and economic recession. Households on the o ther hand, continue to increase <br />which is consistent with trends of less persons per household. <br />