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• • • The Staging Plan reflects the City's three growth areas where regional interceptors are located, the northeast, northwest, and south growth areas. It is noted that the White Bear Interceptor is located 1/2 mile from the Lino Lakes border and is not shown on the Staging Plan. The Staging Plan identifies areas for growth from 2010 to 2020, 2020 to 2030, and post 2030. Each ten -year staging area is also sub - divided into five -year phases. To promote an efficient growth pattern, development outside of the current five -year phase will be limited to agriculture related uses and single family residential at a density of one unit per 10 acres. Therefore, during the time period associated with Stage 1A (2008 - 2015), development in Stages 1B, 2A, 2B and Stage 3 will be limited to agriculture uses or single family residential at one unit per 10 acres. The City will monitor growth by annually assessing market conditions and land capacity to determine when the next staging area should be opened for development. The staging plan cannot force development to occur. Rather, it prohibits urban growth from occurring outside areas planned for utility service. It should be clear that while there are legitimate reasons why cities should stage and time growth in an orderly and contiguous manner, there is nothing about adopting a staged growth plan that forces any private property owner to sell their land before they wish to do so. The staging plan provides several benefits to Lino Lakes, which are listed below: • A staging plan creates orderly logical growth pattern based on planned development patterns and availability of infrastructure. • Clearly defines timing at which land is potentially available for development. • Allows the City greater control over the pace and location of new development combined with providing necessary services when planned development occurs. • Provides greater ability to plan, budget and set goals for future development based on the Staging Plan. The staging boundaries were revised several times to ensure that an adequate supply of land was available to accommodate future development. The development of the staging plan was an iterative process of balancing land capacity with the 2030 growth forecasts. After preparation of the staging map, land use acreages and appropriate densities were used to calculate potential household and employment capacity of the land use plan. Assuming the minimum allowable density for each land use category, the plan has capacity to accommodate approximately 6-,200 6,400 new households by 2030. The Metropolitan Council is forecasting 4,600 new households by 2030. The 2030 household growth forecast is 2.6 28 percent less than the land use plan capacity. This additional capacity is intended to provide for flexibility. Flexibility is essential, as future development is dependent on many factors, including the willingness of property owners to sell or develop their properties. Additionally, because the city has access to five regional sewer interceptors, it is difficult to predict the pattern and rate of growth for different areas of the city. Therefore, additional land use capacity is provided to ensure that the growth forecasts can be accommodated in an efficient and cost - effective manner. The future land use plan also provides over 700 developable acres of commercial and industrial uses (including portions of mixed use districts) to accommodate the city's forecasted job growth of 4,080 new jobs by 2030. The staging plan and future land use plan were used to determine the number of acres in each land use category in five -year increments (Table 3 -5). This table provides a view of the city's planned growth by land use category in five year periods, allowing the City to better budget and plan for necessary infrastructure improvements.