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LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES MARCH 17, 1987 PAGE 7 They are aware of the social concerns, have dealt with them, and will be covered to the City's satisfaction. Because there is no extension of municipal services, there is not going to be an increase in the mill rate caused by this development. Their discussions with the Metropolitan Council indcated they have some problems with their own land use planning in that they recognize along a major metropolitan facility that certain types of development are appropriate, that a Feeway Service Center can only be on a freeway at a major interchange. The Metropolitan Council's response was favorable as long as Erickson can satisfy the applicable requirements for on -site systems, but to not expect municipal services to be extended. This is the most appropriate site which will have the least possible impact on this community. Larry Berg explained that this plan is not remotely similar to any project that was brought to the City of Woodbury. They did not pursue it in Afton because they did not have a Planned Unit Development Ordinance. The soils in West Lakeland were not as good as the soils on the site in Lake Elmo. City Administrator Overby summarized the staff review of February 2nd regarding the consistency of the project with the 1986 Comprehensive Plan. The conclusion from the staff review which was adopted by the Planning Commission stated: An exhaustive review of the 1986 Lake Elmo Comprehensive Plan finds no support from either a policy or land. use aspect for the proposed Erickson Planned Unit Development. The location for the PUD is not in a place where the Lake Elmo community would want this kind of development. The concept plan for the Erickson PUD should be recommended for denial by the City Council as being totally inconsistent with the 1986 Comprehensive Plan. A staff review based on the 1979 Comprehensive Plan indicated that the Erickson PUD is an urban scale development that is freeway oriented and a highway commercial use that is also clearly not consistent with the 1979 Plan goals and policies. For this reason, and other findings of fact, the Erickson PUD concept plan should be denied by the City Council. City Administrator Overby presented a Findings of Fact on the Erickson PUD from his Staff Review of March 16, 1987. City Administrator Overby had asked City Assessor Frank Langer to analyze the Erickson project in regard to Lake Elmo's tax base and the metropolitan Fiscal Disparities Pool. The three basic conclusions are: 1. Phase I of the Erickson project would allow the City to levy $558,800 for its annual budget, based on a mill rate of 14.299 mills. For comparison sake, the City levied $543,054 for its 1987 budget, with a 14.299 mill rate. 2. If all 3 phases of the Erickson PUD were constructed as proposed, the development would allow the City to levy $625,200 at the 14.299 mill rate.