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2 Summer 2015 Residential Development Update Kyle Klatt, Community Development Director The City of Lake Elmo has approved several residential projects that are now under construction within the planned sewer service areas in the community. Most of these approved subdivisions are multi-year projects, with the final build-out expected over a four to nine year timeframe. The City’s subdivision regulations require each new residential plat to go through a two-stage review process, which allows for a broader review of pre- liminary development plans before a final plat is approved by the City. This means that although the City has approved a number larger projects over the past two years, most of these subdivisions will be constructed over the course of the next several years. The following is a summary of the residential development projects that the City has approved to date within public sewer service areas, which includes the overall number of units ap- proved at a preliminary level along with the number of those lots that have received final approval and are now under construction: Subdivision Builder Overall Number of Residential Units Lots Approved for Construction (Final Plat) Savona Lennar 310 111 Hammes West Ryland/Other 163 57 Boulder Ponds Excelsior Group 162 47 InWood PUD Hans Hagen 537 40 Diedrich Townhouses Lennar 48 0 Hunters Crossing Ryland 51 51 Easton Village Chase Develop- ment 217 71 Village Preserve Gonyea 91 46 Village Park Preserve Gonyea 100 0 Wildflower at Lake Elmo Robert Engstrom Co. 145 0 TOTALS 1,824 423 The City of Lake Elmo adopted a staging plan for new development as part of its future land use plan. All de- velopments approved to date are located within the City’s Stage 1 or Stage 2 growth areas. Because it is an- ticipated that the overall population and household numbers for the community will be lowered from the previ- ous projections, the City will be considering modifications to the land use plan later this year. In the meantime, new residential construction outside of the initial growth areas will be limited. The City is planning to address future growth in both sewered and rural development areas as part of this update. For additional information, please contact the Planning Department at City Hall. New 78’ Aerial Ladder Truck Will Improve Service The Lake Elmo Fire Department recently took deliv- ery of a 2015 78’ Rosenbauer Aerial Fire Truck. The state-of-the-art truck can be operated by (2) firefight- ers using “smart technology”, carries 250 gallons of water and has the ability to be stabilized on the many sloping driveways that Lake Elmo has to offer. The Lake Elmo Fire Department is currently training on the aerial at Station Two for the next few weeks before it returns to Rosenbauer for final modifications. The 78’ aerial replaces the department’s 34 yr old 50’ aerial which was sold to a fire department in Wisconsin.