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• • • COUNCIL WORK SESSION NOVEMBER 9, 2005 APPROVED 1 2 CITY OF LINO LAKES 3 MINUTES 4 5 6 DATE : November 9, 2005 7 TIME STARTED : 5:45 p.m. 8 TIME ENDED : 8:40 p.m. 9 MEMBERS PRESENT : Councilmember Carlson (6:36 p.m.), Reinert, 10 Stoltz, and Mayor Bergeson 11 MEMBERS ABSENT : Dahl 12 13 Staff members present: City Administrator, Gordon Heitke; Community Development 14 Director, Mike Grochala (part); City Planner, Jeff Smyser (part); Economic Development 15 Assistant, Mary Alice Divine (part); City Engineer, Jim Studenski (part); Sergeant Bill 16 Hammes (part); and Chief of Police, Dave Pecchia (part) 17 18 19 HARDWOOD CREEK DEVELOPMENT 20 21 City Planner Smyser advised the City received an application from Village of Hardwood 22 Creek, LLC, to amend the Comprehensive Plan. A comprehensive plan amendment 23 requires a formal vote. The application also includes a general concept plan for a planned 24 unit development. The concept plan review is informal and does not require a vote. It is 25 important to note that approval of this comprehensive plan amendment does not grant or 26 imply any right to an approval of the PUD application that likely will follow. 27 28 City Planner Smyser advised there are three parts of the plan amendment relating directly 29 to the application: changing the land use, adding MUSA, and addressing the growth 30 management issues. Because the Comprehensive Plan is a citywide document, the City 31 needs to ensure that amendments to the document support future planning needs in this 32 area and elsewhere in the City. 33 34 City Planner Smyser noted the issues that were raised at the last meeting and indicated the 35 developer is present this evening to address those issues. 36 37 Mr. Greg Hayes, Hardwood Creek, LLC, came forward and reviewed the revisions that 38 have been made in the plan to address Council's concerns. He noted one level town 39 homes have been added to the plan causing the unit number to drop. 40 41 City Plan Smyser reviewed the Growth Ordinance Management Policy in terms of the 42 project, MUSA availability and conservation development. Because more MUSA is 43 needed, a comprehensive plan amendment is necessary. He noted there is nothing in the 44 City ordinances that prohibit the requested comprehensive plan amendment from coming 45 before the Council again if the request is denied on Monday.