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Vision, Goals and Policies: The new development forecasts for the City describe the current growth and expected development patterns. The forecasts were developed through a collaborative effort guided by the Citizen Comprehensive Plan Advisory Panel to review past planning documentation and to evaluate the changing demographic conditions and influencing factors. Population projections, land -use, and future growth patterns have been estimated. MCES plans for interceptor sewers and treatment capacities located in the Metropolitan Wastewater Treatment Plant service area inform the full Plan and this Chapter, which follows both the Metropolitan Council's Systems Plan - City of Lino Lakes and the Metropolitan Council's Local Planning Handbook. The City's 2008 Sewer Plan evaluates the existing sanitary sewer system to determine the adequacy of the system based on current conditions. This involves updating the existing sewer map and determining the available capacity of existing trunk sewers. Utilizing this information, the full Plan provides the guidance and information on future trunk sewers and lift stations necessary to accommodate the City's forecasted growth. This involved reviewing and updating the City's proposed land -use and staged development map, estimating the number of housing units and commercial /industrial properties in the future development sites, and providing solutions for the connection of new lateral sewers to the existing trunk sewer system. The general alignment of new trunk sewers and lift station locations is provided. Figure 7 -3 shows the sanitary system compared to future land use and Table 7 -1 summarizes existing and ultimate sewered population units. The Citizen Visioning Committee and the Citizen Comprehensive Plan Advisory Panel created goals and strategies to achieve the community vision. The planning done for the 2008 Sanitary Sewer Plan and reflected in this summary Chapter supports this Vision. The cost - effective expansion of the sanitary sewer system indirectly supports achieving many of the City's goals, and, obviously, directly achieves the sanitary sewer goal (Goal 5) identified in the Lino Lakes 2030 Comprehensive Plan Goals and Strategies document. 2030 Vision for Natural Resources and Amenities Goal 1: Identify, protect and preserve the desirable natural areas and ecological and aquatic resources of the community. Goal 2: Initiate and continue vigorous collaborations and programs to address, restore, and preserve the water quality of the regions lakes, wetlands and other aquatic assets. Sanitary Sewer support: Careful expansion of sanitary sewer service in support of desired development assures that natural aquatic assets are protected from waterborne household and commercial waste products. 2030 Vision for Land Use Policies and Practices Goal 1: Ensure that well - planned, quality residential, commercial, industrial and institutional development to accommodate the City's projected growth needs occurs in a manner that also conserves and enhances the city's natural resources and amenities. Sanitary Sewer support: Sanitary sewer service expansion, like water service and local street improvements, should be planned to coincide with the timing of desired development, and public sanitary sewer service should be planned in areas identified as having failed on -site sanitary disposal systems, thus protecting both ground and surface water quality. 7 -4 • • •