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HomeMy WebLinkAbout05-15-2017 Comp Plan Meeting Packet Lino Lakes 2040 Comprehensive Plan Update Council/Board Work Session May 15, 2017 Council/Board Work Session Comprehensive Plan Kickoff May 15, 2017, 6:00 p.m. Agenda 1. Welcome and Introductions (10 mins) 2. Landform Presentation (20 mins) a. Statutory Requirements b. Metropolitan Council Submittal Requirements c. Changes since the 2030 Plan 3. Vision for the 2040 Comprehensive Plan Update (60 mins) a. Small Group Break-Out (30 mins) b. Large Group Discussion/ Summary of Major Themes (20 mins) c. Develop 2040 Vision (10 mins) 4. Next Steps (5 min) a. Project Schedule b. Website/ Survey c. “Meeting in a Box” Upcoming Meetings: June 14—Planning & Zoning Board June 22—Open House Lino Lakes 2040 Comprehensive Plan Update Council/ Board Work Session May 15, 2017 Roles & Responsibilities The Comprehensive Plan update is a significant project for the City. The Council Members and Board Members play an important role, including: • Guiding project planning. • Helping set priorities. • Reviewing project deliverables. • Ensuring community engagement in the planning process. • Sharing project information and obtaining feedback from the community. The Planning and Zoning Board will serve as the working group for the Comprehensive Plan Update. We will also bring information to meetings of the city’s various Boards and Commissions. Individual members have the following responsibilities: • Engage thoughtfully in the issues. • Represent and advocate for the interests of his/her constituency as well as the interests of the city as a whole. • Share relevant information (historical, background) with the team. • Assist in informing constituencies about the project. • Recommend appropriate avenues for cost effective engagement with the community. • Work to identify solutions to issues that arise, and openly/objectively discuss and evaluate those options. • Attend all meetings and review meeting agenda packet materials prior to the meeting. • Help “staff” community engagement events, such as open houses, workshops, etc. Lino Lakes 2040 Comprehensive Plan Update Council/Board Work Session May 15, 2017 Small Group Discussion Objective: To identify strengths and weaknesses in the current Lino Lakes 2030 Comprehensive Plan. 1. What are Lino Lakes’ greatest strengths? What makes the City a great place to live? Please list at least 5 things you think make Lino Lakes great. (Strengths can refer to the community, the people, public facilities, natural resources, character, governance, etc.) 2. What are Lino Lakes’ weaknesses? Where does Lino Lakes fall short from your perspective? What is missing that could better reflect the community vision? 3. What are the greatest opportunities in the community? What things do we do well already, but could do better? What areas do we fall short in that we could be better at? Where are the greatest opportunities for the community? 4. What are the threats that stand in the way of achieving the opportunities or maintaining our strengths? What threatens the community or city from achieving their goals? Lino Lakes 2040 Comprehensive Plan Update Council/Board Work Session May 15, 2017 Vision 2040 Discussion Objective: To define a vision for the Comprehensive Plan Update. The vision is foundation of the Comprehensive Plan. While rooted in the reality of the community’s past and present, the Vision is an aspirational statement that describes how the community will look, feel and function in the next 20 years. It should define the character, values and priorities of the Lino Lakes community in 2040. The Vision provides a framework that permeates the plan and informs supporting policy and strategy decisions. The appropriateness and success of future actions and programs will be measured by how well they support the Vision. Current Comprehensive Plan— Spotlight on 2030: The Lino Lakes Vision (Chapter 1, Page 1-12) In the year 2030, Lino Lakes is a city of approximately 30,000 residents. It is a friendly, aesthetically pleasing, and well-planned community that enjoys a rural ambience, carefully preserved and accessible natural resources and environmental amenities, quality park and recreation facilities, good schools, well maintained roads and infrastructure, and safe neighborhoods that offer a variety of housing to meet the needs of all ages and lifestyles. The predominantly residential city has provided for a well-planned mix of retail, dining and entertainment activities that integrate into and serve the commercial needs of neighborhoods. The city also enjoys a strong and diversified tax base, achieved through a balance of economic and commercial activities, which are located in designated areas of the city. These activities provide a mix of office, light industrial, high tech, professional and financial businesses, employment and service opportunities. Lino Lakes’ city government is fiscally responsible and a good steward of the community’s many municipal assets. It provides efficient and cost-effective services from its highly-professional and service-oriented employees. Citizen participation and input are sought to identify and address problems and challenges through well-reasoned solutions. The city has a reputation for innovation and for sustain positive working relationship among all elements of the community. Volunteerism and a strong sense of community and civic responsibility enrich the city and the quality of life enjoyed by its residents. Lino Lakes 2040 Comprehensive Plan Update Council/Board Work Session May 15, 2017 2030 Vision for Parks, Trails, Open Space and Recreation (Chapter 2, Page 2-2) The city has provided Lino Lakes residents with a comprehensive array of well-maintained parks, interconnected trails, natural open spaces and greenways, and recreational opportunities for their enjoyment and recreation. It also has preserved and enhances the community’s natural environment and special character. 2030 Vision for Natural Resources and Amenities (Chapter 2, Page 2-3) The unique and extensive natural resources and amenities which are highly-valued and enjoyed by the community including wildlife, wildlife habitats, and other ecologically significant assets have been restore to the fullest extent possible and preserved. This has been accomplished in part through the ongoing partnership between Lino Lakes and the Rice Creek Watershed District which provides a conservation- based framework for the city’s upland and aquatic resource management. 2030 Vision for Land Use Policies and Practices (Chapter 2, Page 2-4) Lino Lakes has enhanced and preserved the quality of its natural resources and amenities and achieved a well-planned community through anticipating, planning for, and balancing the needs for natural resource protection with the need to accommodate growth. 2030 Vision for Other Ecological Challenges and Threats (Chapter 2, Page 2-5) Lino Lakes, in anticipation of potentially devastating ecological threats and challenges that are imported to the community, has initiated cooperative partnerships with the state and other local government entities and programs for dealing with these threats. 2030 Vision for Community, Residential and Neighborhood Development (Chapter 3, Page 3-2) Lino Lakes is a well-designed and aesthetically pleasing community that has retained its strong sense of identity and pride, neighborhood orientation, and commitment to preserving its many precious and unique natural resources and amenities. These assets contribute to the quality of life valued and enjoyed by its citizens. The citizens of Lino Lakes have achieved, enhanced, and sustained their community, rich in quality and spirit, through conserving and preserving that which they value and desire. They have achieved this through sound comprehensive planning and accompanying official controls, and the creation and application of strategic innovations in community planning and development.