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CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION NOTES THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 2001 SUMMARY OF DENSITY TRANSITION ORDINANCE DISCUSSION • The density transition ordinance should be applicable to the entire city, not just property within the MUSA and existing large lot development adjacent to the MUSA line. • The proposed transition overlay district should be eliminated; it is too restricting and doesn't allow the flexibility to apply transitioning to scenarios not anticipated during the drafting of the ordinance. The applicability of transitioning to a development proposal will be determined on a case by case basis. • Number of eligible units should be determined on net developable acres. At a minimum, net shall not include wetlands (fyi: the comp plan draft states that net is minus wetlands and major roadways). • Obtain a legal opinion on the idea of adopting a transition ordinance establishing the ground rules for density transitioning and a policy describing various techniques for achieving transition. Does referencing the policy in the transition ordinance make it just as binding as if it were in the ordinances; how easily can it be amended or even abolished. Staff Direction 1. Obtain legal opinion of ordinance /policy concept. 2. Draft an ordinance establishing transition groundrules. 3. Draft a transition techniques policy. SUMMARY OF COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DISCUSSION • Regarding the January 2001 Draft Future Land Use Map, make the following changes: 1. The area of the two non - conforming homes in the northwest quadrant of CSAH 116 and Ramsey Blvd. should go back to urban/rural residential transition as shown in the 12/21/99 draft land use map. 2. The property in the northeast quadrant of Ramsey Blvd and CSAH 116 should go back to urban/rural residential transition as shown in the 12/21/99 draft land use map. 3. The amount of medium density residential shown on the Kurak property should be decreased somewhat. 4. The parcels on the north side of 153r Avenue, east and west of T.H. #47, should go back to commercial. 5. Replace /recapture industrial uses between Ramsey and Armstrong Blvds. Hendriksen was in favor of putting that area all back to industrial and putting the mixed use and rail station west of Armstrong Blvd. in line with the CSAH #116 extension and Mississippi River Bridge corridor. Jerry Zimmerman called Frolik on Friday morning with a couple of points of clarification and stated that he feels there is a sufficient amount of acreage between Ramsey and Armstrong Blvds. to accommodate mixed use /station area and places to work could be retained adjacent to Armstrong Blvd. on the east. 6. The westernmost 2005 MUSA boundary should go at least to Armstrong Blvd., not just shy of it. One of Zimmerman's comments Friday a.m. to Frolik is that if it will help housing projections, extend the 2005 MUSA boundary west to include the Bauer property. (That won't help housing projections because they were calculated out to 2015; however, it may be advantageous to amend the staging plan to show the 2000 -2010 MUSA boundary out to the western limits of the City north of #10; and 2010 to 2015 south of #10. 7. Put reference to charter requirement for density transitioning back in the text. 8. Make sure the 12/21/99 Comp Plan Draft and September 2000 amendments is in the computer and has not been altered by the January 2001 draft version. (Done)