HomeMy WebLinkAbout06/14/2010 Council Packet (2)WORK SESSION AGENDA
CITY OF LINO LAKES
Monday, June 14, 2010
following adjournment of regular council meeting
CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL WORK SESSION
2030 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN REVIEW
Police Work Room (not televised)
1. Comprehensive Plan Review
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WS — Item 1
WORK SESSION STAFF REPORT
Work Session Item 1
Date: Council Special Work Session, June 14, 2010
To: City Council
From: Michael Grochala
Re: Comprehensive Plan Review
Background
The City Council passed Resolution No. 09 -23 adopting preliminary approval of the 2030
Comprehensive Plan for submittal to the Metropolitan Council in June of 2009. The council
action included the following changes to the draft plan:
• Modification of the Comprehensive Plan forecasts resulting in the reduction of the
cumulative 2030 household forecast by a total of 2,000 units. Accordingly, the change
resulted in the City's affordable housing goal being reduced from 1,275 to 560 units.
• Modification of the Staging Plan to more closely monitor growth by dividing the 10 year
staging areas into five year phases.
• Modification of residential development densities as follows:
• Low Density Residential
• Medium Density Residential
• High Density Residential
1.5 — 3.5 units per acre (no change)
3.6 — 6.9 units per acre (instead of 3.6 to 7.9)
7.0 — 12.0 units per acre (instead of 8.0 or greater)
The revised plan was submitted to the Metropolitan Council in August of 2009. At the request of
Metropolitan Council supplemental materials were submitted in October and the plan submittal
was determined to be complete. The plan was reviewed by the Metropolitan Council's
Environmental Committee and Community Development Committee in November.
On December 9, 2009 the Metropolitan Council completed its review of the Lino Lakes 2030
Comprehensive Plan update. The Council adopted the following actions:
1. Authorize the City of Lino Lakes to put its 2030 Comprehensive Plan Update into effect.
2. Adopt the revised population and employment forecasts.
3. Advise the City to:
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a. Continue to participate in the Council's Plat Monitoring Program
b. Implement the advisory comments for Transportation, Surface Water Management,
and Water Supply.
4. Approve the City of Lino Lakes Tier II Comprehensive Sewer Plan.
The Metropolitan Council approval also included advisory comments which are attached to this
report. The transportation comments are being addressed by staff and consist of minor
corrections. The other comments are merely advisory. The City has included funding in the
2010 budget for updating the Surface Water Management Plan.
Staff will provide an overview of the plan at the work session.
Council Direction
Staff is requesting council direction on how they wish to proceed with final approval of the 2030
Comprehensive Plan update. Under state law the city must formally adopt the comprehensive
plan within nine months of the Metropolitan Council's final action.
The City cannot adopt a modified plan without prior review and authorization from the
Metropolitan Council. Proposed changes, if any, will need to conform with regional plans and
be coordinated with Metropolitan Council. It is likely that minor text changes i.e., goals and
policies that are local in nature and remain consistent with or do not impact regional plans, can
be administratively approved.
Major changes such as modifications to the land use plan will be a major undertaking and require
full review and approval by the Metropolitan Council. These types of changes would require
remodeling of both the transportation system, sanitary sewer and water systems. This is both an
expensive and time consuming process. Staff would recommend that any changes of this type be
reviewed and evaluated as a separate comprehensive plan amendment after formal adoption of
the 2030 update.
Attachments
1. Metropolitan Council Advisory Comments
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Attachment 1
Metropolitan Council Advisory Comments
The Metropolitan Council's advisory comments included the following:
Under Transportation:
The City needs to be aware that the City's proposed functional classification system
(Figure 6 -6) should be submitted to the Transportation Advisory Committee (TAC)-
Planning Committee for approval.
The following are minor technical corrections and updates regarding the transit system
plan:
1. All references to route 255 need to be deleted, as Route 255 was discontinued in June
2009.
2. The Transit Service and Facilities map (Figure 6 -16) should show route 275 extended
via County Road 14 to Lino Park and Ride and Lino Lakes City Hall Park and Ride
in downtown. Service was suspended during the reconstruction of County Road 14,
but it has been restored.
3. Table 6 -7.• Lino Lakes Transit utilization to /from Minneapolis and St. Paul seems to
describe transit usage by the entire population of Lino Lakes to Minneapolis and St.
Paul. LEHD data shows the transit mode split of only that portion of the City's
population that works in the downtowns and uses transit to commute.
4. The Transit Passenger and Support Facilities section should add the Lino Park and
ride and the Lino Lakes City Hall Park and Ride in downtown.
5. The Park - and -Rides section describes a planned 600 -space Park and Ride at I -35E
and CSAH 14. The anticipated capacity of this facility has been reduced from 600
spaces to 200 spaces.
Under Surface Water Management:
1. The Rice Creek Watershed District has recently submitted their revised water shed
management plan to the review authorities. The City should be aware that it will
need to update its Surface Water Management Plan and submit it to the Council and
to the watersheds for review for approval within two years of the Watershed
District's plan being approved.
Under Water Supply:
1. The Council encourages the City to continue to promote wise water use with its
customers through conservation education messages and programs.
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