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1 <br />APPROVED <br />CITY OF LINO LAKES <br />ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT <br />ADVISORY COMMITTEE <br />MINUTES <br /> <br />DATE: Thursday, April 7, 2005 <br />MEMBERS <br />PRESENT: J. Schwartz, T. Vacha, S. Rymer, B. Combs, K. Corson, J. Kuschke, J. <br />Helgemoe <br />MEMBERS <br />ABSENT: J. Milbauer, K. Hansmann <br />OTHERS <br />PRESENT: M. Divine <br /> <br />GENERAL/MINUTES <br />Minutes of March 3, 2005 were approved. <br /> <br />35E CORRIDOR AUAR SCENARIOS <br />Ms. Divine informed members that the city council would be taking a vote to order the <br />AUAR at the next council meeting. She showed the exhibits of the three different <br />development scenarios that will be studied if the AUAR is ordered. The first scenario is <br />based on the proposed land uses in the Comp Plan. Scenario Two are based on known <br />development proposals, with a commercial/industrial emphasis throughout the study area, <br />and the third with a residential emphasis. To make the AUAR the most usable in the <br />future, each scenario looks at a high intensity of development. The final document will <br />include a mitigation plan that will control how development can occur. Any actual <br />development proposal will then have to be of equal or less intensity than the mitigation <br />plan. <br /> <br />Every five years the AUAR must be reviewed for adherence to the mitigation plan. That <br />involves a review of the development that has occurred and is proposed, to determine if <br />the city has stayed within the parameters of the mitigation plan. Members discussed how <br />the relationship of the Comp Plan to the AUAR. The AUAR is a very detailed study of a <br />large area, so when the Comp Plan is revisited in 2008, this area will essentially be done. <br /> <br />Council’s concern is that because the study looks at a maximum development potential, <br />that the maximum density will be developed. It was explained to the council that the city <br />still ultimately determines the uses through the Comp Plan and zoning, and if the city <br />council continues to want low density housing, it is in their control. An AUAR looks at <br />cumulative effects of development, while an EIS or EAW only looks at a specific project. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Ms. Divine noted the land uses: