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• • Comprehensive Plan Amendment Hardwood Creek LLC page 3 A number of small wetlands pepper the site, many of which have been farmed. Patches of trees exist around the perimeter of the site. A pipeline runs diagonally through the northeast corner of the site. Metropolitan Urban Service Area (MUSA): The Metropolitan Urban Service Area (MUSA) is the area within which the City can extend sanitary sewer. Most cities simply map their MUSA. Lino Lakes has land within the mapped MUSA but also has a MUSA reserve. As part of the approval of the comprehensive plan in 2002, the City received additional MUSA reserve acres from the Metropolitan Council. The amount of MUSA reserve was based on the City's estimates of the need for residential and commercial /industrial development. There are only 90 acres remaining in reserve for Stage 1 (pre -2010) residential development and 64 acres remaining for commercial /industrial development. The development project site requires 363 acres of additional MUSA. The rectangular exception is about 7 acres, for a total of 370 acres. A request for 370 acres of new MUSA would be part of the amendment submitted to Metropolitan Council for review. This 370 acres of MUSA would be for the specific site, and would not be part of the MUSA reserve. Growth Management, Number of Units: The growth policy establishes a target for the number of dwelling units that can be platted each year: 147. This works out to a total of 1029 units between 2003 and 2010 (147 x 7 years = 1029). There are 76 units available for year 2007, 147 for 2008, and 147 for 2009. The proposed development area is intended to accommodate 1100 to 1200 dwelling units over six years. This would exceed the growth goals for dwelling units. PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT GENERAL CONCEPT PLAN The developer's intent is to master plan the 363 acres for commercial and residential uses. The specifics are not finalized yet. As described in the zoning ordinance, the purpose of a PUD general concept plan is to provide an opportunity for the applicant to submit an application and plan to the City showing the basic intent and the general nature of the entire development. The concept plan (Figure 5) provides an opportunity for the proposal to be publicly considered at an early stage. The specifics of the development layout will be reviewed with a PUD application. City Council discussions on earlier concepts have yielded the following comments: • The name of the project will be re- examined. The town center area at the I -35W interchange is referred to as "the village ". The I -35E development area should have a name that does not cause confusion. • The number of multi - family units should be re- examined. • The developer should aspire to the higher quality housing products.