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• • Modified the Utility Staging Plan to more closely monitor growth by dividing the 10 year staging areas into five year phases. The council will determine by resolution if the next phase /stage is to be opened up to development based on criteria in the plan The 2011 council action further modified the plan to include the following changes: • Reintroduced an annual average new housing growth benchmark. The new language reads: "The City will plan to accommodate an annual average of 230 units per year over each 5 year phasing period not to exceed 345 units in any one year. At the end of the 5 year phasing period unallocated units will be averaged out over the next five year phase. • Amended the Housing Plan text to limit City financial assistance to meet regional housing goals. The plan now includes a statement that in acknowledging Metropolitan Council's affordability goals the City is not committing or obligated to provide funding for housing. • • Modification of residential development densities to lower the high density category as follows: • Low Density Residential 1_6 — 3.9 units per acre (instead of 1.5 to 3.5) • Medium Density Residential 4.0 — 5_9 units per acre (instead of 3.6 to 6.9) • High Density Residential 6_0 — 10.0 units per acre (instead of 7.0 to 12) • The City's proposed net residential density was reduced from 3.04 units per acre to 3.01 units per acre which is just over the minimum requirement of 3.0 units per acre. Upon adoption of the plan the City will begin updating our official controls, including zoning, and subdivision ordinances, to implement the new plan. Adoption of the new plan will also allow for implementation of the Special Area Management Plan (SAMP). The SAMP was prepared for the City in coordination with the Rice Creek Watershed District and Army Corps of Engineers to stream line administration of the Wetland Conservation Act. This will help insure that both federal and state regulations regulating wetland impacts work in concert with the City's Comprehensive Plan.