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Council Member Elliott introduced the following <br />resolution and moved its adoption: <br />CITY OF LINO LAKES <br />RESOLUTION NO. 31-93 <br />RESOLUTION ADOPTING CRITERIA FOR MUSA EXPANSION/TRADE EVALUATION <br />WHEREAS, the City of Lino Lakes believes criteria needs to be <br />established for considering any expansion/trade of MUSA area within <br />the City of Lino Lakes, and <br />WHEREAS, the following criteria has been established and will <br />henceforth be used in review of any MUSA expansion/trade proposal <br />presented to the City of Lino Lakes: <br />1. The property is contiguous to the MUSA and provides a <br />logical extension of utilities in an orderly growth pattern. <br />2. Utility improvements respond to environmental, health <br />safety, and general welfare concerns. <br />3. The land is not green acres. <br />4. The potential sewer discharge of the project is within <br />limitations assigned to the City of Lino Lakes by regional <br />agencies. <br />5. The developer/benefitting property owners assume the <br />significant majority of improvement/service costs, and agree to pay <br />assessments associated with extending service to serve their <br />property. <br />6. The proposed MUSA expansion or trade is consistent with the <br />City's infill policy which encourages urban development to locate <br />wherever possible in areas where public investments have already <br />been provided. <br />7. In considering land trades, the City should not exchange <br />developable commercial or industrial zoned land for a proposed <br />residential development unless fiscal impact concerns are fully <br />addressed. <br />8. The developer acknowledges and holds all governmental units <br />harmless should limitations on sewer hookups be imposed. <br />9. The proposal does not qualify as a premature development or <br />subdivision based on the following: <br />