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Clearwater Creek 3rd Addn. Comprehensive Plan Amendment, Rezone to PDO PDO Development Plan March 22, 1999 page 3 ANALYSIS Comprehensive Plan Amendment The existing Comprehensive Plan, last amended in 1990, guides most of the site for single family residential, but the southeast 40 acres is guided rural. If this 40 acres is to be included in this development, the Plan needs to be amended. The proposal is consistent with the existing Plan on the other 120+ acres of the site. The 120+ acres are in the existing MUSA. The southeast 40 acres are not. New MUSA allocation would be approximately 25 acres: only the area to be developed with residential lots and roads. The exact amount will be determined at the time of final platting for this area. The draft 1998 Plan guides the entire site for low density, sewered residential. The proposal is consistent with this land use. If the draft 1998 Plan is approved by the Metropolitan Council and adopted by the City, there will be no need for this amendment. Much research and public participation went into the preparation of the land use policies and recommendations in the draft 1998 Plan. The result was a recommendation to guide this site and land around it for low density residential. It is a logical extension of existing utilities, it stages growth out to the next contiguous area, and the road access is adequate to serve the area. If the project is staged so that development on the southeast 40 acres does not occur until last, the amendment to the Comprehensive Plan would become moot if the 1998 draft is adopted. Staff recommends approval of the land use and MUSA amendment of the existing Plan to reflect the intention of the draft 1998 Plan for this area. If the draft Plan is not adopted, this would mean that the 1990 Plan is amended to guide the entire site for single family residential and include the site in the MUSA. The MUSA allocation would become effective at the time of final plat approval (final development plan for the PDO). Staff is recommending approval of the Comprehensive Plan amendment including the MUSA amendment.