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COUNCIL MINUTES JANUARY 27, 2003 APPROVED 1 Community Development Director Grochala stated Staff had attended each of the Environmental S2 Board meetings, including the one mentioned by Ms. Donlin, which went on for another hour after 3 Ms. Donlin left. He stated that he had received a memo asking that he look at Item 7, which the 4 Council had brought up prior to that meeting. He indicated Staff is correct that it all comes back to 5 1,029 dwellings in seven years. By providing that number, there cannot be a 20 percent increase each 6 year. He stated that at the second Environmental Board meeting there was a change in paragraph 16, 7 inspired by a concern about the growth policy. He indicated there is a concern about being above the 8 numbers with The Village. He indicated the ordinance as presented is the result of ongoing work 9 with the City Attorney and City Planner Smyser. He stated they tried to be true to the Environmental 10 Board's comments, and knows the ongoing discussion is 'are we being true to the Comprehensive 11 Plan'. He indicated this is an improvement in 2003 with a moderate growth plan. He reviewed that 12 there had been three plans presented, low growth, high growth and a combination of the two. 13 Unfortunately, the moderate growth plan was not implemented properly in 1997 and not formally 14 adopted until 2002 after a lot of hard work. He stated everyone is aware Lino Lakes has surpassed the 15 projections absent of any enforcement until now, however all that can be done is to go forward today. 16 He stated that Lino Lakes has averaged 240 new homes a year, with only slightly less last year at 216. 17 He indicated that this growth management policy is still a significant reduction to what has been done 18 in recent years, and is a positive step. 19 20 Councilmember Carlson read paragraph 16, stating this had been discussed last week, and in itself, 21 was not adequate. Additional language has been added. She indicated that because Lino Lakes is 22 exempting the Village,they cannot exclude other developments. , By leaving this point in here, we 23 open the door to other developments as well, however narrow. AK 24 111, 25 City Attorney Hawkins stated that in theory, another developer meeting all the right criteria could 26 come in and ask to have the plan amended because we cannot write an exemption for one piece of 27 property, particularly one where the City owns part of the land. 28 29 Mayor Bergeson stated the key words there are plan amendment. He stated that anyone could request 30 to have the plan amended, but if the Council doesn't see fit to do it, it stops there. 31 32 Councilmember Reinert stated that in reading the memo from City Attorney Hawkins, it says if 33 someone came in and requested a development similar to The Village, the Council would have the 34 right to say no. City Attorney Hawkins stated that he was asked to determine if excluding The 35 Village from the Growth Management Ordinance was unlawful. 36 37 Councilmember Reinert stated the question on the table is can the City prevent having to approve 38 another development such as The Village. City Attorney Hawkins stated his opinion that if they met 39 the exact same criteria, which would be extremely difficult, and were able to convince the Council to 40 amend the Comprehensive Plan, then another development could happen. He added that it is very 41 unlikely that another developer could meet all of the criteria. 42 43 Councilmember Reinert asked if a developer could force the Comprehensive Plan amendment. City 44 Attorney Hawkins stated he was being asked to speculate, but they would have to meet all of the 45 criteria. 46 • 14