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<br /> <br />March 3, 2022 <br /> <br />Kristina Handt, City Administrator <br />City of Lake Elmo <br />3880 Laverne Avenue North, Suite 100 <br />Lake Elmo, MN 55042 <br /> <br />RE: City of Lake Elmo – Draft Alternative Urban Areawide Review (AUAR) – Cyphers Logistic <br />Park <br /> Metropolitan Council Review File No. 22724-1 <br />Metropolitan Council District No. 12 <br /> <br />Dear Kristina Handt: <br /> <br />Metropolitan Council staff completed its review of the Cyphers Logistic Park Draft AUAR to determine <br />its accuracy and completeness in addressing regional concerns. Staff concludes that the Draft AUAR is <br />complete and accurate with respect to regional concerns and does not raise major issues of <br />consistency with Council policies. However, staff offers the following comments for your consideration: <br /> <br />Item 6, Project Description <br />Wastewater (Roger Janzig, 651-602-1119) <br />The AUAR states that of the 190-acre study area, 110 acres lie to the north of 34th Street North. <br />This area is not within the current 2030 MUSA and therefore, not available for extension of <br />wastewater service through the Metropolitan Disposal System. <br /> <br />The AUAR refers to an intercommunity wastewater flow agreement with the City of Oakdale for <br />full development of the AUAR to be served with regional sanitary sewer through Oakdale. A <br />copy of the intercommunity wastewater flow agreement should be included in the AUAR. <br /> <br />Forecasts, (Todd Graham, 651-602-1322) <br />The AUAR discusses four development scenarios: <br />• Scenario 1 includes 1.8 million square feet of nonresidential space (mostly business park) <br />and 400 apartments in mixed use development. <br />• Scenario 2 includes 1.7 million square feet of nonresidential space (mostly business park), <br />210 apartments in mixed use development, and 180 units in low- and medium density <br />residential. <br />• Scenario 3 includes 2.3 million square feet of nonresidential space (mostly business park) <br />and 56 houses in low-density residential. <br />• Scenario 4, consistent with current Comprehensive Plan, includes 1.1 million square feet of <br />nonresidential space (business park) on the southern half, and 10 houses, rural residential, <br />on the northern half. <br /> <br />The AUAR study site is part of Transportation Analysis Zone #2351 (north of 34th Avenue) and <br />TAZ #2389 (south of 34th Avenue). TAZ allocations for 2040 have been prepared by the City <br />and were updated following a 2021 plan amendment for the southern portion <br />of the subject site. The TAZ allocation describes: