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CITY OF LINO LAKES
RESOLUTION NO. 20-128
A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE 2040 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
WHEREAS, Minnesota Statutes §473.864 requires each local governmental unit to
review and, if necessary, amend its entire comprehensive plan and its fiscal devices and
official controls at least once every ten years to ensure its comprehensive plan conforms
to metropolitan system plans and ensure its fiscal devices and official controls do not
conflict with the comprehensive plan or permit activities that conflict with metropolitan
system plans; and
WHEREAS, Minnesota Statutes §473.858 and §473.864 require local
governmental units to complete their "decennial" reviews by December 31, 2018; and
WHEREAS, the City of Lino Lakes authorized the review and update of its
Comprehensive Plan; and
WHEREAS, the 2040 Comprehensive Plan is a planning tool intended to guide
the future growth and development of the City of Lino Lakes in a manner that conforms
with metropolitan system plans and complies with the Metropolitan Land Planning Act
and other applicable planning statutes; and
WHEREAS, the City of Lino Lakes 2040 Comprehensive Plan reflects a
community planning process involving elected officials, appointed officials, city staff,
community organizations, the public at large, developers, and other stakeholders; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Minnesota Statutes §473.858, the proposed 2040
Comprehensive Plan was submitted to adjacent governmental units and affected special
districts and school districts for review and comment on May 22, 2019, and the statutory
six-month review and comment period has elapsed; and
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has considered the proposed 2040
Comprehensive Plan and all public comments, and thereafter submitted its
recommendations to the City Council, and
WHEREAS, the City conducted a public hearing on April 10, 2019 on the
proposed 2040 Comprehensive Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Lino Lakes City Council adopted Resolution 19-158 authorizing
the proposed 2040 Comprehensive Plan to be submitted to the Metropolitan Council for
review; and
WHEREAS, at its regular meeting on October 28, 2020, the Metropolitan
Council completed its review of the proposed 2040 Comprehensive Plan and found that
the Plan meets the requirements of the Metropolitan Land Planning Act; conforms to the
metropolitan system plans for transportation (including aviation), water resources, and
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parks; is consistent with Thrive MSP 2040; and is compatible with the plans of adjacent
jurisdictions and affected special districts and school districts; and
WHEREAS, the proposed 2040 Comprehensive Plan includes all revisions made
during the review process and responds to additional advisory comments that are part of
the Metropolitan Council's actions authorizing the City of Lino Lakes to place its
proposed 2040 Comprehensive Plan into effect.
NOW THERE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF LINO LAKES, MINNESOTA, that the Lino Lakes 2040 Comprehensive
Plan is adopted and is effective as of the date of this resolution.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that, pursuant to §473.864 and §473.865 of the
Metropolitan Land Planning Act, the City of Lino Lakes will: (1) review its fiscal devices
and official controls; (2) if necessary, amend its fiscal devices and official controls to
ensure they do not conflict with the 2040 Comprehensive Plan or permit activity in
conflict with metropolitan system plans; and (3) submit amendments to fiscal devices or
official controls to the Metropolitan Council for "information purposes."
Adopted by the Council of the City of Lino Lakes this 9th day of November, 2020.
The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was introduced by Councilmember
Cavegn and was duly seconded by Councilmember Stoesz and upon vote being taken
thereon, the following voted in favor thereof:
Cavegn, Stoesz, Lyden, Rafferty
The following voted against same:
none (Absent - Ruhland)
ATIEST:
e Bartell, C. Cle
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Rob Rafferty, Mayor
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CITY COUNCIL
AGENDA ITEM 6A
STAFF ORIGINATOR: Kendra Lindahl, Landform
MEETING DATE: November 9, 2020
TOPIC: Consider Resolution No. 20-128 Adopting the 2040
Comprehensive Plan
CASE NUMBER: N/A
APPLICANTS: City of Lino Lakes
OWNERS: Multiple
REVIEW SCHEDULE:
Complete Application Date:
N/A
P & Z Board Meeting:
N/A
City Council Work Session
November 2, 2020
City Council Meeting:
November 9, 2020
60-Day Review Date:
N/A
INTRODUCTION
Staff is requesting City Council adoption of the 2040 Comprehensive Plan.
The current plan can be found on the City website: https://linolakes.us/compplan.
BACKGROUND
The Comprehensive Plan is the community's vision for development in Lino Lakes. Although it
is a physical plan, it reflects the community's social and economic values. These values are
translated into the type of land use the city desires and programs regarding economic
development, housing, parks, transportation and other key areas.
The Comprehensive Plan helps communities determine how to plan for investment in sewer,
water, roads, parks, and other infrastructure. When evaluating how land will be used in the
future, communities also consider housing needs, employment patterns, recreational space and
commercial activities. Planning where different uses will go helps communities maximize
efficient delivery of services to businesses and residents, which helps manage costs. Identifying
land uses provides a guide to the city to tell them if a development is located on a parcel that is
consistent with the infrastructure and city services provided to that area.
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When the city adopts the Comprehensive Plan, it provides general guidance to landowners about
how the city expects the land to develop. The City Council must then adopt a Zoning Map and
Zoning Ordinance standards to implement that plan and begin work on other implementation
items.
Process
The city kicked off the 2040 update process with a Joint Council/Board meeting on May 15,
2017. The City met with residents, boards and City Council and held open houses throughout
the 2 % year process. The City prepared newsletter articles, created a website and created a My
Sidewalk page to provide information and opportunities for feedback on the plan.
The public hearing was held on April 10, 2019 and on May 13, 2019, the City Council approved
Resolution 19-54 authorizing distribution of the 2040 Comprehensive Plan for adjacent
jurisdiction review. The plan was submitted to the Metropolitan Council on November 27, 2019
and the Metropolitan Council completed their review on October 28, 2020.
Chapter Summary
Chapter 1 - Introduction
This chapter of the Comprehensive Plan builds a foundation for the chapters to follow, by
describing the community and its regional context, and setting forth the vision of Lino Lakes'
future that guides the entire plan. This chapter provides the Community Vision statement.
This chapter provides information about the history of Lino Lakes and describes how the city fits
in the regional context. It describes the process that the city went through to create the 2040
Comprehensive Plan and summarizes the results of the surveys done as part of the process.
Chapter 2 - Community Background
This chapter summarizes background information helpful for understanding the natural
environment, the built environment and the people of Lino Lakes. The information presented
here is a snapshot of the community using data collected from a variety of sources including the
2030 Comprehensive Plan, the United States Census Bureaus' Decennial Census and
Community Surveys, the Metropolitan Council and from the city's own Geographic Information
System (GIS). This chapter provides demographic data and maps of the existing conditions.
Chapter 3 - Land Use
The Land Use Plan builds on the city's vision and establishes a policy framework in which future
development will occur and how the city will accommodate forecasted household and
employment growth. This chapter provides direction to landowners and developers about how
and when development is expected by providing land use classifications with density ranges and
planning parameters, as well as sewer staging.
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The Council originally intended the 2040 Plan as an update to the 2030 plan and few significant
changes were expected. However, there were changes to the land use plan and the staging plan
and the chapter includes graphics to identify exactly where those changes occurred.
The land use chapter will be implemented by adopting a new Zoning Map to correspond with the
land use changes and the city will update the City Code to implement the comprehensive plan
goals as noted in the Planning Districts (in this chapter) and the Implementation chapter.
Chapter 4 - Housing
The Housing Plan satisfies the requirements of the Metropolitan Land Planning Act and
stipulations of Minnesota Statute §473.859, Subd. 2(c) and Subd. 4. The plan includes
background information on current housing supply and an assessment of current and future
housing needs. Chapter 12 of the Comprehensive Plan includes implementation strategies for the
Housing Plan and other plan chapters.
The city developed a Land Use Plan that identifies residential areas at a variety of density ranges
and will incorporate areas with higher density housing options. This will accommodate a wider
variety of housing types including senior housing, live/work units, and multi -family in a variety
of styles from rental, condo and townhomes. Single family options will range from entry-level
single family, move -up for growing families and "executive housing" to meet the needs of a
changing population. This shift to provide a more diverse housing supply supports future
economic development objectives by retaining existing residents and attracting new residents
from all social and economic backgrounds and is an essential component for sustainable growth.
These areas will provide much needed housing options for the city's work force, young
professionals, families, and senior residents. The 2040 Comprehensive Plan continues to
accommodate these housing options.
The city is required to show how the comprehensive plan will accommodate their share of the
regional demand for affordable housings. "Affordable" housing is defined as housing that is
affordable to low -and moderate -income families. The Metropolitan Council has calculated Lino
Lakes' share of the region's need for low- and moderate -income housing for the decade of 2021-
2030 to be 515 new units.
The city must demonstrate that it has guided residential land at densities sufficient to create
opportunities for construction of affordable housing, to accommodate its share of the region's
affordable housing need for 2021-2030. The regional and local plans will be updated again in ten
years, at which time the city will need to accommodate the need for affordable units in the
following decade of 2031-2040.
Chapter 5 - Economic Development
This chapter will set goals and policies for economic development, document some of the key
indicators of the city's economy, describe available economic development assistance tools and
describe the economic development priorities as established in the city's Economic Development
Strategic Plan. This chapter also provide employment and commuter patterns.
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Chapter 6 - Transportation
The purpose of the Transportation Chapter is to provide the policy and program guidance needed
to make appropriate transportation -related decisions when development occurs, when elements
of the transportation system need to be upgraded or when transportation problems need to be
addressed. The Transportation Chapter demonstrates how the City of Lino Lakes will provide for
an integrated transportation system that will serve the future needs of its residents and
businesses, support the city's development plans, and complement the portion of the
metropolitan transportation system that lies within the city's boundaries.
Chapter 7 - Local Water Management Plan
The City of Lino Lakes' Local Water Management Plan (LWMP) is a local management plan
that meets the requirements of Minnesota Statutes §103B.235, Minnesota Rules 8410, the Rice
Creek Watershed District Watershed Management Plan (dated January 2010, as amended
November 9, 2016), and the Vadnais Lake Area Water Management Organization Watershed
Management Plan (dated October 26, 2016). Minnesota Statute §103B.201 states that the
purposes of the water management programs are to:
• Protect, preserve, and use natural surface and groundwater storage and retention systems;
• Minimize public capital expenditures needed to correct flooding and water quality
problems;
• Identify and plan for means to effectively protect and improve surface and groundwater
quality;
• Establish more uniform local policies and official controls for surface and groundwater
management;
• Prevent erosion of soil into surface water systems;
• Promote groundwater recharge;
• Protect and enhance fish and wildlife habitat and water recreational facilities; and
• Secure the other benefits associated with the proper management of surface and
groundwater.
Chapter 8 - Sanitary Sewer
The 2040 Comprehensive Sanitary Sewer Plan has two primary purposes. The first purpose is to
provide recommendations and guidance to the City of Lino Lakes by evaluating the sewer
system requirements needed from now through the year 2040 and beyond. This is completed by
developing a strategy to implement a sanitary sewer system in accordance with the anticipated
growth and development patterns of the city, as forecasted in the City of Lino Lakes 2040 Land
Use Plan and devising a proposed infrastructure system that can be feasibly and economically
constructed to support this growth.
The second purpose is to produce documentation that can be used by state and local agencies,
particularly the Metropolitan Council, for future local and regional planning purposes. As a
result of projected population increases and land use changes in Lino Lakes, the Metropolitan
Council estimates that sanitary sewer flows will increase approximately 54 percent between 2010
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and 2040. This Sanitary Sewer Plan outlines the locations in which the Metropolitan Council can
expect to see increased wastewater flows, allowing the Council to determine if capacity upgrades
will be required in the region. This plan was developed in conjunction with the Land Use plan.
Chapter 9 - Water Supply Plan
This chapter describes Lino Lakes' plan to meet its existing and future water supply needs in a
safe and dependable manner. First, it evaluates the existing Lino Lakes water system to identify
any needs or deficiencies. Second, it identifies the future water system needed for the city's
growth through full build out based on the city's population projections described in Chapter 1
and the 2040 and Full Build Land Use Plans described in Chapter 3 of this plan.
This plan recommends that the city consider two water treatment plants, one in the southern
region of the city (Water Treatment Plant No. 1) and one in the northern region of the city
(Water Treatment Plant No. 2). The city is currently considering the future location of Water
Treatment Plant No. 1 to be near the future water tower site along Birch Street. The
recommended location for Water Treatment Plant No. 2 is within the potential future well field,
located in the northern region of the city. Both water treatment facilities would be designed for
the removal of iron and manganese. The city would update the feasibility study before designing
a water treatment facility.
Chapter 10 - Parks, Greenways and Trails
The Parks, Greenways and Trails chapter is an update that builds on the strong history of parks
and natural resource planning in Lino Lakes, including the 2004 Parks, Natural Open Space /
Greenways and Trail System, which was updated in 2011 as part of the 2030 Comprehensive
Plan update, and adopted by reference in Chapter 2, the Resource Management System Plan.
This chapter of the 2040 Comprehensive Plan brings together and replaces those separate studies
with a cohesive plan that reflects the community's long held belief that ongoing development
must be in harmony with preserving the innate character of the city. The common vision and
goal that has been carried throughout the various comprehensive plans and park plan updates is a
continued focus on preserving the natural open space character of the city.
Chapter 11 - Community Facilities
The purpose of this chapter is to provide goals and policies for community facilities, inventory
the various community facilities within the City of Lino Lakes, and to identify future community
facility needs to accommodate the need for new services. One update from the 2030 plan is a
note that the public works building has outgrown their current space due to the continued growth
of the city. The City Council will continue to evaluate options for improvements.
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Chapter 12 - Implementation
The Comprehensive Plan is the principal tool for guiding the development of Lino Lakes. The
community's vision for the future will be realized only if the plan is implemented. The purpose
of this section is to provide guidance on using the plan. Using the plan requires balancing the
community aspirations and adapting to conditions that will change over the life of the plan. It
also provides a "to-do list" of work the city should do to ensure that the plan is implemented in
the future.
SUMMARY
Staff recommends adoption of 2040 Comprehensive Plan with the minor changes required by the
Metropolitan Council, including modifications to lower our population, housing and employment
forecasts. The current Comprehensive Plan reflects these changes.
Findings of Fact
The following are Findings of Fact for adoption of the 2040 Comprehensive Plan:
1. Minnesota Statutes §473.864 requires each local governmental unit to review and, if
necessary, amend its entire comprehensive plan and its fiscal devices and official controls
at least once every ten years to ensure its comprehensive plan conforms to metropolitan
system plans and ensure its fiscal devices and official controls do not conflict with the
comprehensive plan or permit activities that conflict with metropolitan system plans; and
2. Minnesota Statutes §473.858 and §473.864 require local governmental units to complete
their "decennial" reviews by December 31, 2018; and
3. The City of Lino Lakes authorized the review and update of its Comprehensive Plan; and
4. The 2040 Comprehensive Plan is a planning tool intended to guide the future growth and
development of the City of Lino Lakes in a manner that conforms with metropolitan
system plans and complies with the Metropolitan Land Planning Act and other applicable
planning statutes; and
5. The City of Lino Lakes 2040 Comprehensive Plan reflects a community planning process
involving elected officials, appointed officials, city staff, community organizations, the
public at large, developers, and other stakeholders; and
6. The Planning Commission has considered the proposed 2040 Comprehensive Plan and all
public comments, and thereafter submitted its recommendations to the City Council, and
7. The City conducted a public hearing on April 10, 2019 on the proposed 2040
Comprehensive Plan; and
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8. Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes §473.858, the proposed 2040 Comprehensive Plan was
submitted to adjacent governmental units and affected special districts and school
districts for review and comment on May 22, 2019; and
9. The Lino Lakes City Council adopted Resolution 19-158 authorizing the proposed 2040
Comprehensive Plan to be submitted to the Metropolitan Council for review; and
10. At its regular meeting on October 28, 2020, the Metropolitan Council completed its
review of the proposed 2040 Comprehensive Plan and found that the Plan meets the
requirements of the Metropolitan Land Planning Act; conforms to the metropolitan
system plans for transportation (including aviation), water resources, and parks; is
consistent with Thrive MSP 2040; and is compatible with the plans of adjacent
jurisdictions and affected special districts and school districts; and
11. The proposed 2040 Comprehensive Plan includes all revisions made during the review
process and responds to additional advisory comments that are part of the Metropolitan
Council's actions authorizing the City of Lino Lakes to place its proposed 2040
Comprehensive Plan into effect.
Next Steps
Following adoption of the Comprehensive Plan, the city has nine months to amend the zoning
ordinance and Zoning Map to bring them into compliance with the amended Comprehensive
Plan.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends adoption of Resolution 20-128 adopting the 2040 Comprehensive Plan.
This action requires a 4/5 vote of the City Council.
ATTACHMENTS
1. Resolution No. 20-128
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