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City of Lake Elmo Washington County, Minnesota Resolution 95- A Resolution Calling for the Convocation of Parties with Land Use Interests in the Washington County Corridor of I-94 WHEREAS, the I-94 Corridor is the most prominent State and Regional component of Washington County's public infrastructure, and WHEREAS, the adjacent cities and Washington County control the allowed land uses within the I-94 Corridor, and the State separately controls traffic levels through its highway design, and WHEREAS, most existing uses of lands within the I-94 Corridor in Washington County are considered to be transitional, and WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Council determines the location of public ( sewer and most of the I-94 Corridor is outside the M.U.S.A. line, and WHEREAS, over 80% of the property taxes generated from real estate within the I-94 Corridor benefits governmental bodies (i.e. school districts, Metro. Council, watershed districts, and the County), with little or no control over uses within the Corridor, and WHEREAS, the level and type of services required of governmental bodies with little or no control over uses within the Corridor is dictated by those uses and their specific locations, and WHEREAS, the County and Metro Council have forecast the rate of job growth in Washington County to be substantially less than suggested by the comprehensive plans of cities with the I-94 Corridor, and WHEREAS, with thorough, macroscopic, analysis of the Washington County section of the I-94 Corridor the harm from potentially conflicting land uses can be reduced or eliminated, and the benefits from potentially compatible land uses can be most fully realized;