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CASE #4: AOOPl' FINDIK;S OF FAC!' RELATED TO PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO OOMPREHENSIVE PLAN By: Community Developnent Director Anne Norris Background: As you know, the City is proposing an amendment to its Comprehensive Plan to expand the boundaries of the City's 1990 Urban Service Area. The proposed amendment is in res};X)nse to several develorers' request to extend utilities to certain proposed residential developments. For your information, the following items are enclosed: a} Existing 1990 Urban Service Area boundaries b) ProI;X>sed 1990 Urban Service Area boundaries c) Letter fran City Engineer dated May 3, 1988 d) Letter from Jack Miller dated May 20, 1988 Cbservations: At its meeting on May 17, 1988, the Planning Commission recommended that only that area west of Ramsey Terrace be included in the proposed amendment. At its meeting on May 24, the City Council requested that the Planning Commission adopt findings of fact relating to their action on the proposed amendment. The pro};X)sed amendments are in response to several developers who have requested the extension of the utilities for future urban residential . subdivisions. The City Council is interested in maintaining an adequate supply of urban residential lots. By the end of 1988, most of the vacant lots in River's Bend and Flintwood Hills P.U.D. will have been absorbed and the City will not have an adequate supply of urban residential lots to serve the demand for such lots. Recanmendation: COnunission Action: Motion to: Adopt findings of fact relating to the proposed Comprehensive Plan amendment. -and- Motion to: Recorranend approval/denial of the Comprehensive Plan Amendment. Review Checklist: Administrator ~ Attorney -X- Engineer -X- Community Development Director -X- Chief of Police Finance Officer Public Works Superintendent Other 3)..