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WS— Item!' WORK SESSION STAFF REPORT Work Session Item`s Date: Council Work Session, July 6, 2010 To: City Council From: Michael Grochala Re: Comprehensive Plan Review Background The City Council met on June 14, 2010 to review the draft 2030 Comprehensive Plan and discuss concerns and possible modifications. Based on the discussion and in accordance with council direction staff has developed text changes for consideration. These changes are summarized as follows: • Chapter 3, Land Use Plan (pages 26 -27). Addition of statement within the Growth Management Policy establishing an annual average of 230 new residential dwelling units per year. • Chapter 4, Housing Plan (pages 10 -11). Addition of statement that, in acknowledging Metropolitan Council's affordability goals, the City is not committing to provide funding for housing. Also included are limited text changes within the affordable housing section. The council also requested staff to identify what tools are included in the plan that allow the city to deny approval for new development. While each development project is different there are generally several criteria that must be satisfied before a project can be approved. These criteria include, but are not limited to the following: 1. Land Use Plan. The proposed use of land must be consistent with the plan i.e., a commercial use on land guided commercial. 2. Land Use Plan. The proposed density of the project must be consistent with the land use plan, i.e., in a low density district the project density is between 1.5 and 3.5 units per acre. 3. Staging Plan. The proposed use must be located within Phase 1A of Stage 1. 4. Sanitary Sewer infrastructure must be available to service the development. 5. Sanitary Sewer infrastructure must have the capacity to service the property. 6. Water infrastructure must be available to service the property. 7. Water infrastructure must have the capacity to service the property. 1