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f '0 ATTACHMENT A: REVIEW RECORD REVIEW OF THE ST ANTHONY VILLAGE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN BACKGROUND St.Anthony Village is a first-ring suburb located just east of northeast Minneapolis, straddling the border of Hennepin and Ramsey Counties(see Figure 1). It is a small,city of 2.35 square miles,with a . population of 8,362 and 3,839 households. No major highways cross the City,except for Trunk Highway 36,which cuts across its southeast comer. Like many first-ring suburbs, St.Anthony is going through a major population shift in terms of age groups. The over-65 population almost doubled during the past decade. Also,the majority of the housing stock was built in the `50s, `60s and `70s and now is beginning to need rehabilitation and redevelopment. AUTHORITY FOR REVIEW The Metropolitan.Land Use Planning Act as amended,requires local units of government to submit comprehensive plans and plan amendments to the Council for review(MN. Statute 473.864, Subd.2). The Act requires the Council to review the plans to determine their conformity with metropolitan system plans,apparent consistency with other adopted plans of the Council,and compatibility with the plans of other local jurisdictions in the Metropolitan Area(MN Statute 473.175,Subd. 1). ANALYSIS Staff reviewed the plan update for conformity with regional system plans for Aviation,Recreation Open Space,Transportation and Water Resources Management,for consistency with the Regional Blueprint and other chapters of the Metropolitan Development Guide,and for compatibility with the plans of adjacent governmental units and school districts. Regional Blueprint (Milashius, 1541) Staff finds that the proposed comprehensive plan update is consistent with the Regional Growth Strategy and the Regional Blueprint. St.Anthony is a fully-developed community located entirely inside the MUSA,which means that regional transportation systems and sewer service are planned and available to serve the entire community at urban densities. Council policy calls for the efficient use of land with urban services by increasing density,and encouraging growth higher than forecasts where there is regional system capacity to serve it. Densities in St.Anthony's single-family neighborhoods currently average 3.2 units per acre, while its multi-family.densities average 16 units per acre.'Both exceed the Council's benchmark densities of 2.3-2.9 units per acre and 13-15 units per acre,respectively. The Council and the City are in agreement with the following forecasts: Historical Population,Household and Employment Trends 1970* 1980• 1990• 1995** 2000•• 2010** 2020** Population 9,239 7,981 7,727 81362 8,800 9,100 9,450 Households 2,754 3,045 3,453 3,839 3,900 4,000 4,150 Employment 3,810 4,635 3,972 3,117 3,750 4,500 5,000 Source: * 1990 Census *•Regional Blueprint