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Memo City of Lino Lakes RECEIVED ED APR 1 7 2001 CITY OF LINO LAKES The Uno Lakes City Council Rana The Envirormerdai Board CCs Unda Waite-Smith, Jeff Smyser Date: 04/11/01 Re Comments on the draft Canprehensive Plan Development Framework On April 11, 2001 the City of Lino Lakes Environmental Board approved a resolution to forward the following comments on the rate of growth to the City Council. OUR NUMBER ONE CONCERN IS THAT THE CITY'S RATE OF GROWTH IS TOO FAST. WE ARE MAKING THIS POINT IN A SEPARATE MEMO BECAUSE THIS POINT CANNOT BE ALLOWED TO BECOME OBSCURED! We understand that the growth rats of 147 homes per year was arrived at after some discussion. The Board unanimously agrees that this rate is too fast and would encourage the Council to revisit that growth rate. Regardless of whether or not the Coundl is willing to consider modification to the growth rate, the Board also unanimously agrees that It is absolutely essential that the Comp Plan be explicit about the mechanisms that will be used to insure that that the growth rate Is not exceeded. The Board recommends that the City adopt a procedure whereby a building moratorium kicks in automatically when the number of housing permits issued over a two year period reaches the maxknum allowed (twice the annual growth rate).