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-it ..1•• lite'1 • • Comprehensive Plan: it Plauacts and figures The proposed Lino Lakes Comprehensive Plan update lias,prompted lively debate, and many questions. ' '., lithe weeks to come, the Lino Lakes Conununity Development staff will address some of the concerns. LN KES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MYTH OR REALITY? MYTH Residential :growth will eventually use up all the open space in Lino Lakes. MEL The proposed plan calling for "moderate" growth of. 147 .new homes per year would slow growth in Lino Lakes by 70 percentover the growth rate of the past seven years. The • population is now approximately 15,000. At full growth it is expected to be 20,500. Lino Lakes has 13,370 acres of land that:is open space (63% of the land area), and 5,827 acres are residential. The Comprehensive Plan anticipates using an.. additional 840 acres for new residential development over the next : 12 years; That leaves 12,530 acres that would still be • farms,,wetlands, parks and other types of open space. Writ The City.. has nothing to say about its future. The Metropolitan Council has already planned the city's growth. MA 1 ' The Metropolitan Council made forecasts for. • regional population growth and predicted that Lino Lakes • would'have25,000 people by 2020. The city decides its own future.; wiUi the'' Comprehensive Plan. The city has set its • population limit at 20,500 by 2020. • t ..1 . .:44;,•4,4 s+FN t.. J.., • .. . WM Residential growth will eventually use up all the open space in Lino Lakes. 4/27 -/Q B REALITY :, The Comprehensive Plan anticipates using an additional 840acres for new residential development over the next 12• years: That leaves 12,530 acres (60 %) that would still he farms, wetlands, parks and other types of open space. 1-144,4 p 3i / (4» I Q6tpt ouf.'(tate;fh Gyve el L :, Wie ` ` c ' 0 tin icto t z, j? 4 - ct)L Environmental Board Comprehensive Plan Comments, Appendix 3