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STAFF REPORT DATE: 5/13/2025 WORKSHOP TO: City Council FROM: Jason Stopa, Community Development Director & Jack Griffin, City Engineer AGENDA ITEM: MUSA Boundaries for the Water Treatment Facility Area REVIEWED BY: Nicole Miller, City Administrator Sarah Sonsalla, City Attorney CORE STRATEGIES: ☐ Vibrant, inclusive, connected community ☒ Efficient, reliable, innovative services ☒ Responsive, transparent, adaptive governance ☐ Balanced Finances now and future ☐ Managed Growth ☒ Resilient Infrastructure BACKGROUND: The City is seeking to construct a water treatment facility and has identified a site at the corner of Inwood Ave and 10th St. Currently, the parcel (2802921420005) is 69.58 acres, and the facility would need 8.2 acres of the parcel. The parcel is owned by Voran 711 Land Holdings LLC, which owns a total of 126.79 acres across 4 parcels. The site is not in the metropolitan urban service area (MUSA), but the facility would be required to connect to sewer. The owner has asked to have a portion of their site, roughly 63.03 acres, added to the MUSA since they will be losing developable acreage through the sale. They also claim that a community septic system would be difficult to install because of the soils. ISSUE BEFORE COUNCIL: • Should the City Council consider purchasing the 8.2 acres for fair market value and only include that portion in the MUSA? • Should the City Council consider including additional acreage into the MUSA, and if so, how many acres and at what density? PROPOSAL DETAILS/ANALYSIS: Currently, the area is guided Rural Area Development, which allows for 10 acres/unit unless developed through an Open Space PUD at 0.6 units/acre. The applicant would sell 8.2 acres for the facility, which could have 5 units in an OP-PUD. The concept plan (provided as an attachment) shows 63.03 gross acres, which could have a density of approximately 38 single family units as an OP-PUD. The owner is requesting to amend their land use guidance from Rural Area Development to Low Density Residential, which has a density range of 2.5 – 4 units/acre and allows for single and two-family housing. The concept shows both types of housing with 36 townhouse units located closer to the facility. The townhouses would have to be changed to two-family units per the Comp Plan. The remaining 113 units are single-family housing units. As proposed the plan has a density of approximately 2.9 units per acre. The Met Council’s plat monitoring has the City at 3.88 units/acre. The City will need to remain above 3.5 units/acre to comply with the 2050 Comp Plan.