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

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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I VI. each local governing body should strive to accommodate its share of the regional demand for low- and moderate-income housing as estimated by the County and the Metropolitan Council. Since the preparation of this Plan, Anoka County has been designated an urban entitlement county by the Department of Housing and Urban Development and, as such, is entitled to receive Community Development Block Grant funds. Since housing is an important issue and one of the primary uses of' CDBG funds, the County is encouraged to identify and discuss this issue in future plan amendments and ensure that local governing bodies can benefit by these funds. Ce The plan supports a Freestanding Growth Center status for St. Francis and directs the City to prepare and adopt a comprehensive plan which indicates that it accepts the role of Freestanding Growth Center. Further, the plan encourages the townships of Burns and Oak Grove to acknowledge and support the function of St. Francis, through their comprehensive plans. These plans should recognize the City of St. Francis and the immediate vicinity of existing urban development in St. Francis as the appropriate location for-i~'~'-~'~- higher, density subdivisions and urbanization areas. -~ ?~~_~ 4. Environmental Protection Plan policies address and encourage maintenance of commercial agriculture where appropriate; and protection of wetlands, slopes, unstable soils, mature trees, floodplains, shorelands and designated critical areas and wild and scenic rivers. Policies also address protection of gravel deposits for future use. Surface water management will occur through shoreland and floodplain management ordinances and ditch management authority. 5. Solid Waste The solid waste element of the Anoka County Plan is the same as the County's Solid Waste Master Plan which was approved by the Council Sept. 24, 1981. It was approved as an interim plan that will be amended in 1983 pursuant to the requirements of the Waste Management Act. .. ~.~'~ ~ . RECOMMENDATIONS That Anoka County be advised that: A. This repo~t~constitutes the Council's official review required under the Metropolitan Land Planning Act. No Plan modifications are required as authorized in Minnesota Statutes Section 473.175, Subd. 1.