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• • • a) provision of housing unit variety that contributes toward meeting housing goals, such as medium density, high- density, and mixed -use developments in locations designated for them in the comprehensive plan In the Policy Plan section of the comprehensive plan, there are two specific residential goals that relate to this application : 1. Provide a healthy variety of housing types, styles and choices to meet the changing life cycle needs of the Lino Lakes Population. 3. Promote multiple family housing alternatives as an attractive life cycle housing option. The application will amend the plan to designate the site for multi - family as well as single family development. b) provision of infrastructure that will provide benefits beyond the project site, in accordance with City transportation, sewer, or water plans, that is not financially feasible without the project The AUAR lays out a transportation framework to guide future planning. This includes a local roadway system within development areas to avoid relying entirely on CSAH 14 and CSAH 21 for traffic movement. The system framework provides access to areas within the application site as well as to land north of the site. This roadway system is vital to good transportation planning in the eastern part of Lino Lakes. Development in the area will construct these streets and by doing so build a major part of the needed transportation system as part of one project. Smaller developments would not be able to create the system. and the City will not be able to construct these streets. In addition, Anoka County has identified the need to improve CSAH 21 to handle projected traffic volumes. This project will provide resources to make significant improvements to CSAH 21 because improvements will be needed in order for this project to proceed. The utilities (water and sanitary sewer) that will be constructed with this project will include trunk lines planned to serve other property. Like the road system, this will provide a large piece of the utility systems needed in this part of the city. c) provision of environmental features that would not occur without exceeding the target. Master planning a large area creates the opportunity to lay out and create a large open space system. Development in the subject area will create a large open space including environmentally advantageous stormwater management elements, Resolution 05 -153, page 2