Minutes - Council Work Session - 09/20/2001

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Mr. Bakken stated that they are talking about a 40-year period and they cannot plan what will happen over the next 40 years. He explained that a comprehensive plan is done every ten years so the plan will be revised three times before the year 2040. He stated that if the Council cannot get past that issue then they are at an impasse. Councilmember Kurak presented new language for the central planning area, which would also include changing the name of the area to rural preserve area. The language was presented as follows" "The Central Rural Prese~we is composed of 997 acres consisting of 150 vacant acres, a park, and 570 single family homes, some of which are situated on double lots. The Central Rural Preserve Area was developed mostly at a time when urban services were not readily made available. Lot patterns in some cases reflect the intention of allowing future subdivisions by locating the home to one side or the other and assigning the lot two house numbers. However, not all subdivisions were developed according to this policy. The City identifies this area as the Central Rural Preserve. MUSA expansion will not be allowed in this area except in the case of contaminated groundwater or mass septic failure. The City will work to identify the potential of the Central Rural Preserve for urban services after the year 2020, in order to eventually use Waste Water Interceptor capacity of 3.84 mg/d provided to the City by the Metropolitan Council. In the interim, this area will be retained as the Rural Preserve with ordinances requiring 4/40 density until the City submits a Comprehensive Plan amendment for this area. The City is proposing to work with the Metropolitan Council to identify and protect from subdivision sufficient land to insure by 2040 that 10,570 sewered households COULD be accommodated within the City. This would include, but not necessarily be limited to the proposed Central Rural Preserve." Mayor Gamec stated that the second paragraph should include that statement "or petitioned to by the residents". Councilmember Hendriksen stated that he liked a large portion of the language, but he would prefer they leave out the 10,570 number and say something such as "to fully utilize the sewer capacity allocated to the City" instead. Councilmember Kurak stated that she was not uncomfortable with the language presented because it states the word "could". Councihnember Hendriksen stated that he was uncomfortable with the word "household" in the last paragraph. City Council/September 20, 2001 Page 7 of 9