Agenda - Council - 01/26/1982 - Laserfiche WebLink

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I I i I I ! I I I '! ! ! ! ! ! counter productive and may preserve an agricultural use where land actually shouTd be converted for urban development. An urban service area should contain a five year overage of developable land and should be reduced in size if it contains appreciably more than this amount. The County should note that the Metropolitan Urban Service Area contained within the County Plan may change as the Council and cities consider the proposed MUSA refinements in the Council's plan review process. Forecasts (Michael Munson) The Anoka County Plan uses Council forecasts for population, households and employment as a basis for planning. 2. Metropolitan Investment Framework (Norm Werner) The Comprehensive Plan includes separate capital improvement programs for parks and for transportation. The CIP for parks lists projects for the years !980, 1981, 1982 and 1983-84, totaling $1.9 million. Because the first two years are substantially historical at this point in time, the schedule amounts toga 1982 capital budget. Costs for each project are included. The sources of funding for the total program are Anoka County tax levies and LAWCON grants, but there is no statement of the estimated grant and tax amounts expected to finance individual projects. There is no statement of the financial impact that each improvement will have on the County. An excellent map shows the park sites. The CIP for transportation lists the specific improvements and their sites, the work to be accomplished, and the engineering and construction costs for each of the years from 1981 to 1985, totaling $14.6 million. The need for each improvement, the financial impact that the improvements will have on the County are not shown. An excellent map locates the improvement sites by use of a separate code for each year's planned work. A report of the State Auditor indicates that the County had $605,000 in outstanding indebtedness at December 31, 1979. 3. Housing (Audrey Anderson) The Anoka County Comprehensive Plan contains a data sun~ary and analysis of the County's housing situation. Residential development has occurred at a rapid pace, particularly in the southwesSern municipalities. Anoka County's intent in the land use planning process is to protect and maintain the operating capability of its facilities, systems and services. Direct and principal responsibility for the development and implementation of land use and housing policies, plans and programs remains with the cities and towns within the County.