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On June 27, 2001, the City of Lino Lakes Environmental Board approved a • resolution to forward the following recommendation to City Council: • As you know, the environmental board has determined that our present ordinances, policies and practices are not such as to adequately provide for appropriate environmental protection in proposed development projects. We have for many months advocated a review of all aspects of community development to help insure the highest quality community possible. We have made clear that there is a need to put into practice the principles and guidance of the handbook for conservation development (and the reasoning behind this need is well stated therein). To date we have found insufficient resources in our city to address these needs. In light of the recent adoption of the proposed comprehensive plan and the obvious increase in development activity to follow, the need to allocate resources to address these needs is increased dramatically. Beyond that, it seems ill- advised to attempt to undertake the processes required to bring about the necessary changes while at the same time burdening ourselves with an increase in development activity brought on by the addition (or anticipation) of 359 acres of MUSA bank. The City of Lino Lakes Environmental Board hereby recommends that the City of Lino Lakes immediately institute a moratorium on all residential development, and possibly on all development, for the period of-one year. This will allow the city to redirect resources now engaged in development projects toward developing the official controls and policies we need to be able to effectively manage new development proposals in our city. The handbook for conservation development outlines a process we must go through as a community, and it would be best to begin immediately. The state statute passage which provides for this is 462.355 Subd. 4., included below. S.S. 462.355 Preparation, adoption, and amendment of comprehensive municipal plan. Subd. 4. Interim ordinance. If a municipality is conducting studies or has authorized a study to be conducted or has held or has scheduled a hearing for the purpose of considering adoption or amendment of a comprehensive plan or official controls as defined in section 462.352, subdivision 15, or if new territory for which plans or controls have not been adopted is annexed to a municipality, the governing body of the municipality may adopt an interim ordinance applicable to all or part of its jurisdiction for the purpose of protecting the planning process and the health, safety and welfare of its citizens. The interim ordinance may regulate, restrict or prohibit any use, development, or subdivision within the jurisdiction or a portion thereof for a_ ie t tgexceesi one year from the date it is effective, and may be extended for such additional periods as the municipality may deem appropriate, not exceeding a total additional period of 18 months. No interim ordinance may halt, delay, or impede a subdivision which has been given preliminary approval prior to the effective date of the interim ordinance. HIST: 1965 c 670 s 5; 1976 c 127 s 21; 1977 c 347 s 68; 1980 c 566 s 24; 1983 c 216 art 1 s 67; 1985 c 62 s 1,2; 1995 c 176 s 4 Copyright 2000 by the Office of Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota.