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• • • WS — Item 7 WORK SESSION STAFF REPORT Work Session Item 7 Date: Council Work Session, February 4, 2008 To: City Council From: Michael Grochala Re: 2008 Comprehensive Plan Process Update Background At the December 3, 2007 City Council work session staff presented the draft Land Use Plan that was produced over the previous six months by the Comp Plan Advisory Panel. The draft plan, in its current state, represents the "full build" plan for the City. The full build plan represents development of the city well past the 2030 planning horizon of the 2008 update. However, planning for full build out is necessary in order to adequately design the cities "system plans" including stormwater, sanitary sewer, water, storm water, transportation, and parks /open space. The amount of land area guided for development over the next 20 years will be dependent on infrastructure timing and growth management objectives. The process of developing the staging plan will continue through completion of the plan. On Tuesday, December 4, 2007 the City hosted a Comprehensive Plan "Open House ", which provided residents an opportunity to review and comment on the draft Land Use Plan and other work products. The Open House was attended by 42 residents and comments received were generally positive. Most notably the City was commended for the collaborative work with the Rice Creek Watershed District. Staff did receive two requests from residents for consideration of land use changes from low density residential to medium density residential. Each of these requests will be evaluated with the drafting of the comprehensive plan. Staff is of the opinion that the plan satisfies the goals developed by the advisory panel, as well as housing goals established by the council (attached). Additionally, the land use as shown meets the Metropolitan Council directive of an average residential density of 3.0 units per acre. The following tables represents the acreage breakdown of the designated land use districts. The percentages are based on the net developable acreage (upland) of individual districts. As shown, the predominate land use category is low density residential. 1