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City of Lino Lakes 2030 Comprehensive Plan Update Page 2 October 6, 2009 development and regional systems utilization. The Update needs to be revised to use the forecasts consistently throughout. If the City chooses to use the original System Statement forecasts, which calculates the City's share of the affordable housing need at 560 units, then the Update is complete for Housing. Whichever population, household, and employment forecasts are agreed to by the City and Council staff, those forecasts need to be allocated to the TAZs, and 2030 traffic volume projections need to be based on those forecasts. City Response: All elements of the Update are based on the forecasts presented in Table 1 -2, which represent the System Statement forecasts for population and households and the revised employment forecasts discussed in 2007/2008. The forecast allocation to TAZs described in Tables C -1, C -2, and C -3 are incorrect. The corrected tables are enclosed and these corrected tables present the socio - economic data used to prepare the Transportation Plan (Chapter 6) that was received by the Metropolitan Council on August 30, 2009. Land Use Met Council Comment: Table 3 -4 indicates that the majority of the mixed use sites are planned for a density range of 8 to 15 units per acre, with the Legacy at Woods Edge at 10 to 24 units per acre, and Hardwood Creek with a maximum density of 4.5 units per acre. The net density calculation provided in Appendix B indicates that 82.9 acres of land within the Mixed Use category is planned to develop at a minimum density of 8 units per acre. The net density calculation needs to include all of the 519 net acres guided Mixed Use (see Tables 3 -4 and 3 -5), with a break -out by density range, or clarify the reason that the remaining acres of Mixed Use are not included in the net density calculations City Response: The net density calculation documented in Appendix B does not include all 519 net acres guided Mixed Use (see Land Use Tables 3 -4 and 3 -5). The Mixed Use areas referred to as Legacy at Woods Edge (10 to 24 units per acre), Hardwood Creek (maximum density of 4.5 units per acre), Lake Drive /77th Ave (8 to 15 units per acre), and CR 49/3 (8 to 15 units per acre) are part of the city' adopted Comprehensive Plan and do not represent a land use change that is subject to the net density calculations per the Metropolitan Council's Revised MUSA Implementation Guidelines. Therefore, the net residential acres associated with these four Mixed Use areas are not included in the net density calculation documented in Appendix B. In addition, the 519 net acres guided Mixed Use also includes the non - residential component of each Mixed Use area. Table 3 -4, page 3 -17 has been revised to describe the net residential acres guided Mixed Use by decade. Revised page 3 -17 is enclosed. Parks Met Council Comment: The trail section needs to include a description of the existing and proposed regional trails identified in the City's System Statement. City Response: Page 2 -39 (enclosed) has been updated to include a description of existing and proposed regional trails. • • •