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4tL, /r MEMO TO: nITY COUNCI r FROM: MAYOR Il DATE: JANUARY 23, 1984 SUiJ: INFRASTRUCTURE CAPACITIES Recent discussion in connection with a reduction in residential lot front footage only touched on the larger question of the consequences for our municipal infrastructure of ultimate development. While future development to the extent realized in parts of Minneapolis and St. Paul may be unlikely, still we need to anticipate the possibility of densities beyond what is currently envisioned in the Comprehensive Plan or allowed in our present ordinances (since these have been, and no doubt will continue to be,subject to change). Accepting the possi- bility that the infrastructure could be overburdened (whether from current projections of growth or from worst case projections), the key issue here is whether or not we are to attempt to limit growth to the capacity of the infrastructure, or make a conscious decision now to go beyond such existing capacity, and to begin to provide the means to do so. A choice of this magnitude demands a solid basis. Accordingly, I propose that Staff take the following initial steps: 1. Pull together available information from the Comprehensive Plan, Analysis of The City of Mounds View Water System, the Draft of the Storm Water Management Plan, etc., to provide the Council with a "broad brush" picture of existing capacity (deficient, adequate, or excess) and projected capacity under "full" development aoeordlag to the Comprehensive Plan. These capacities should be broken down by district, as appropriet.e , 2. Ascertain the minimum front footage and area requirements of various types of development in Minneapolis and St. Paul, 3. Analysis of what would be required to be able to extend the projections for capacities to the worst case possibility of central city development density.