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CITY OF LAKE ELMO <br />COUNTY OF WASHINGTON <br />STATE OF MINNESOTA <br />ORDINANCE NO. 08-123 <br />AN INTERIM ORDINANCE DECLARING A MORATORIUM FOR A PERIOD OF 12 MONTHS <br />ON RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE STAGE ONE DEVELOPMENT AREA AND <br />ALL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY WITHIN THE STAGE TWO OR THREE DEVELOPMENT <br />AREAS AS DESCRIBED BY THE LAKE ELMO COMPREHENSIVE PLAN <br />WHEREAS, the City of Lake Elmo has received a draft 2040 regional forecast <br />from the Metropolitan Council that would reduce the number of households and total <br />community population by a substantial margin from the 2030 forecast as part of the <br />City's 2015 System Statement to be released in the fall of 2015; and <br />WHEREAS, the draft forecast for 2040 would reduce the City's total population <br />by 5,800 and households by 1,627 compared to the 2030 forecast numbers that were <br />adopted as part of the Lake Elmo Comprehensive Plan; and <br />WHEREAS, the City intends to create an interim growth management strategy <br />that will be used to guide future growth and development within the City in advance <br />of the 2018 decennial Comprehensive Plan Update while also recognizing and planning <br />against the revised 2040 forecast numbers; and <br />WHEREAS, as part of its interim growth management strategy, the City will be <br />considering amendments to the Comprehensive Plan in order to rebalance the future <br />land use plan in a manner that guides development in a manner consistent with the <br />2040 forecast; and <br />WHEREAS, the City of Lake Elmo has adopted a Staging Plan as part of the <br />Comprehensive Plan, but this Staging Plan does not establish specific targets or dates <br />for development within later stages; and <br />WHEREAS, the 2040 forecast and Systems Statement will not be finalized until <br />late in 2015, and the City cannot adopt any Comprehensive Plan amendments that <br />guide future growth in accordance with the updated Systems Statement until its <br />adoption; and <br />WHEREAS, the City has granted approval for nearly 2,000 housing units to date <br />at a concept, preliminary, or final plat level, and that it is in the public's interest to <br />ensure that future residential development occurs in a manner consistent with the <br />updated 2040 forecast; and <br />1 <br />