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Cyphers Logistic Park AUAR 16 March 2022 • Water Supply • Sanitary Sewer Plan • Local Surface Water Management Plan • Lake Elmo Transportation Plan • Washington County 2040 Transportation Plan All development must be consistent with the Comprehensive Plan as adopted, or it must be amended. The City recently acquired the AUAR s tudy area as part of a 3M Settlement and it was not planned for urbanized development within the 2040 Comprehensive Plan. Since the adoption of the 2040 Comprehensive Plan, the 3M Settlement agreement was completed, and the City acquired the approximately 180-acre AUAR s tudy area and prepared a Master Plan to plan for its development. A Comprehensive Plan Amendment to adjust the Metropolitan Urban Service Area (MUSA) in the City of Lake Elmo to include the approximately 80 acres contained south of 34th Street N was completed in May 2021. Given the proximity of the site to the City of Oakdale and existing regional sanitary sewer infrastructure, it was determined that the most effective and efficient way to develop the site with regional sewer is to work collaboratively with the City of Oakdale. In August 2021, the City of Lake Elmo entered into a cooperative agreement for the reconstruction of a sanitary sewer lift station (Lift Station 6) to establish a sanitary sewer connection to ensure the full AUAR study area can be served through Oakdale. The Oakdale Sewer Service Agreement detailing costs and responsibilities was subsequently executed to implement the cooperative agreement in September 2021 (See Appendix D). Reconstruction of Lift Station 6 will require a DNR Water Appropriation Permit if the dewatering for reconstruction will exceed 10,000 gallons per day, or one million gallons per year. Lake Elmo 2040 Comprehensive Plan The City of Lake Elmo adopted their 2040 Comprehensive Plan 1 in November 2019, and was most recently amended in May 2021, as noted above. The Comprehensive Plan identifies Lake Elmo as an “emerging suburban edge ” community where the MUSA is designated and land area in this designation is planned to transition from agricultural land uses to urbanized development. The remainder of the community is designated as a “rural residential” community that is characterized by large lots with no plans to provide municipal sanitary sewer service. The May 2021 Comprehensive Plan Amendment was completed to add the parcels south of 34th Street N to the City’s designated MUSA and to allow for its urbanized development. The study area north of 34th Street was not included in the Comprehensive Plan Amendment and remains outside the MUSA boundary. The May 2021 Comprehensive Plan Amendment was approved and the study area south of 34th Street N is now located within the emerging suburban edge designation (MUSA) and was re-guided to Business Park (BP). All four scenarios evaluated in this AUAR are consistent with the future land use guiding for parcels south of 34th Street N . The s tudy area north of 34th Street N is located within the rural residential designation and is guided Rural Area Development (RAD) and Park/Open Space (public works facility) on the Future Land Use Plan. This guiding does not plan for the extension of the MUSA to this area (scenario 4). Any urbanized development in the study 1 Lake Elmo 2040 Comprehensive Plan. Available at https://cms8.revize.com/revize/lakeelmomn/Full2040CompPlan.pdf