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Summary of Advisory Comment: Staff offer additional "strategy" resources to include in the Plan to assist the City in realizing its
<br />stated goals and supporting its stated policies
<br />City Response: The City of Hugo reviewed the language within the draft 2040 Comprehensive Plan related to solar access protection
<br />and development and considered including additional resources. No change was made to the draft 2040 Comprehensive Plan.
<br />Summary of Advisory Comment: By requesting a free Community Energy Profile Report from Xcel Energy, the City
<br />may calculate how much of the City's electricity consumption across the residential, municipal, commercial, and
<br />industrial sectors, may be offset by the development of solar energy systems. Enrolling in SolSmart, MN GreenStep
<br />Cities, and Xcel's Partners in Energy programs provide the technical, policy, and planning assistance to then realize
<br />that solar energy offset potential. The Metropolitan Council's factsheet "Applying Rooftop Generation Potential to Your
<br />Community" provides further insight into this sort of analyses.
<br />City Response: The City of Hugo noted the additional resources available. No change was made to the draft 2040 Comprehensive
<br />Plan.
<br />The preliminary review process found the Forecasts, Transportation, Wastewater, Community and Subsurface Sewage
<br />Treatment Systems (SSTS) Water Supply, and Implementation sections incomplete for review and noted changes in
<br />the Plan were needed before the Comprehensive Plan is submitted to the Council for formal review.
<br />Comments provided on Forecasts (Dennis Farmer, 651-602-1552)
<br />Summary of Comments for Completeness: Throughout the document, the City uses its previous 2030 Comprehensive
<br />Plan forecasts, but assumes those forecasts would be achieved a decade later. The Plan uses these forecasts in
<br />the Land Use Plan, the Housing Plan, the Comprehensive Water Supply and Distribution Plan, and the
<br />Comprehensive Sanitary Sewer Plan. The Transportation Plan uses two sets of Transportation Analysis Zone
<br />forecasts: one based on Metropolitan Council forecasts and another based on the city -preferred forecasts. The
<br />Transportation Plan states that the Metropolitan Council -based TAZ forecasts were used to identify roadway
<br />capacity.
<br />The adopted Metropolitan Council forecasts, and the forecasts used in the City's Plan, are shown below.
<br />Metropolitan Council Adopted Forecasts
<br />Population
<br />13,332
<br />14,605
<br />16,900
<br />22,800
<br />29,000
<br />Households
<br />4.990
<br />5,569
<br />6 700
<br />9.200
<br />1 U66 1
<br />Employment
<br />1,973
<br />2.791
<br />3,000
<br />3,500
<br />4,000
<br />Hugo update Forecasts
<br />Population
<br />3.332
<br />14,605
<br />19,100
<br />29,000
<br />40,000
<br />ld Househos
<br />41990
<br />5,559
<br />7,200
<br />11,600
<br />15,600
<br />Employment
<br />1,973
<br />2J91
<br />2,600
<br />3,600
<br />4,500
<br />On page 17 of the Plan, it states that the Metropolitan Council will "support the growth anticipated by the 2030
<br />Comprehensive Plan, if needed." This is consistent with Council policy articulated in Thrive MSP 2040, which
<br />states that the Council "will provide necessary infrastructure to honor existing 2030 commitments for land to be
<br />included in the Metropolitan Urban Service Area by 2040."
<br />Corrin Wendell
<br />March 4, 2019
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