6.a Staff Report Meeting Date: 12/2/08
Agenda Item: /
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Agenda Report
City of Scandia
14727 209th St. North
Scandia, MN 55073 (651) 433-2274
Action Requested: Review the revised 2008 — 2030 Comprehensive Plan for the City of
Scandia, and consider approving the plan for submission to the Metropolitan
Council.
Deadline/ Timeline: The statutory deadline for submitting the plan to the Metropolitan Council is
December 31, 2008.
Background: • At a special meeting on October 22, the Planning Commission and City
Council directed that changes be made to the draft plan for consideration
at a special Planning Commission meeting on November 18. The
Planning Commission met again on November 25 to discuss additional
changes to be made prior to approval by the City Council for submission
to the Metropolitan Council for its required review.
• The city's consultant, CR Planning, will provide a detailed list of the
changes made to the July draft of the plan prior to the December 2
meeting.
• The draft plan was distributed as required to other local governments in
July. They have up to 6 months for their review (January 23, 2009.) To
date, responses have been received from all but one governmental unit
(Carnelian-Marine-St. Croix Watershed District.)
Recommendation: The Planning Commission should review the list of changes, and make a
recommendation to the City Council to approve the plan for submission to
the Metropolitan Council. The City Council, upon receiving the Planning
Commission's recommendation, may make additional changes if desired,
before adopting the resolution approving the plan for submission to the
Metropolitan Council.
Attachments/ • Draft Resolution 12-02-08-01
Materials provided:
Contact(s):
Prepared by: Anne Hurlburt, City Administrator
(comprehensive plan)
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11/26/08
CITY OF SCANDIA
RESOLUTION NO. 12-02-08-01
RESOLUTION APPROVING 2008 — 2030 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
FOR SUBMISSION TO THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL
WHEREAS, the City of Scandia through the work of its Comprehensive Plan
Committee and extensive input from citizens has prepared a draft 2008 — 2030 Comprehensive
Plan, to guide the future of the community and to meet the requirements of the Metropolitan
Land Planning Act; and
WHEREAS, the City transmitted the draft plan to adjacent and affected jurisdictions and
infolinally to the Metropolitan Council on July 23, 2008; and
WHEREAS, on September 18 and Octobci 7, 2008 the Scandia Planning Commission
held a duly noticed public hearing on the draft plan, and
WHEREAS, on October 22, the Scandia Planning Commission and City Council met in
a joint session to consider all comments received on the draft plan, and directed that changes be
made in response to the comments; and
WHEREAS, after reviewing the reVised draft at special meetings on November 18 and
25, 2008, on December 2, 2008 the Planning Commission recommended approval of the plan
with additional changes;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY\RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF SCANDIA, WASHINGTON)COUNTY, MINNESOTA, that it should
and hereby does approve the 2008 —2030 Comprehensive Plan as revised through December 2,
2008 for submission to the Metropolitan Council for its review and comment; and
FURTHER, BE IT RESOLVED. that submission to the Metropolitan Council shall be
contingent upon completion of the required review by other adjacent and affected jurisdictions.
Adopted by the Scandia City Council this 2nd day of December, 2008.
Dennis D. Seefeldt, Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk/Administrator
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City of Scandia Comprehensive Plan Update December 1, 2008
11/25/08 Proposed Planning Commission Changes to 7/14/08 Draft Plan
Page/Section reference The following changes suggested by the Planning Commission on 11/25/08 have NOT
for 11/14/08 draft been made to the 11/14/08 draft. They will be made if approved by the City Council.
Page 57,editing change "road network"should be"road networks"
Page 106 and 115,maps, Remove unknown blue lines from maps
editing change
Page 110 and 111, 117 The bonus densities in the Agricultural Core and General Rural Future Land Use Areas
and 118, 131 and 132, should be the same at 75%of the base density.
App. B, D,and E -AgC
and GR bonus densities
Page ll 0, lot averaging Change the lot averaging from 2 to 4 acres in size or 20 acres or greater to 2 to 5 acres in
in Ag Core size or 20 acres or greater.
Page 110,picture at Remove the picture because it does not convey the image of General Rural development
desired in Scandia.
bottom of page
Page 111 and elsewhere Remove"Residential"from the General Rural district name
in the document
Page i 11, GR minimum Because lot averaging will not be required in the GR Future Land Use Area and because
lot size we wish to have the opportunity for a range of lot sizes within the density limit,a
minimum lot size of 2 acres will be allowed within the density limit of 4 dwellings per
40 acres. For example,on a 40 acre parcel 4 dwellings are allowed under the density
limit,but the lots could range in size including three 2 acre parcels(6 acres total)and
one 34 acre parcel.
Page 111, Lakeshore Remove two-family dwellings as a land use in this area. Make change wherever this
Conservation Overlay appears in the document.
Page 118,Table 28 and Do not subtract wetland acres from the AG C,GR, and ST CROIX Future Land Use
Table 29,wetland acres Areas. We assume that with a 10 acre minimum density wetlands on a parcel will not
limit the number of allowed structures on a parcel. Developers will be able to work
around wetlands.
Page 126,NR strategy Remove"are asked to"from the strategy
5.1.3 and wherever else
it appears in the
document
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City of Scandia Comprehensive Plan Update December 1,2008
11/25/08 Proposed Planning Commission Changes to 7/14/08 Draft Plan
Page/Section reference The following changes suggested by the Planning Commission on 11/25/08 have NOT
for 11/14/08 draft been made to the 11/14/08 draft. They will be made if approved by the City Council.
Page 132, LU Policy 6.2 Remove the words"open space and" so it reads "Require development to protect natural
and wherever else it features."
appears in the document
Page 132, LU Policy 5.5 Move this "right to farm"policy to the LU General Goals and Policies on page 128 and
and wherever else it change it to apply to farms in all Future Land Use areas,not just AG Core.
appears in the document
Page 133, LU Goal 7 Reword to read"Within a 4 dwelling units per 40 acre density limit encourage a mix of
and wherever else it lot sizes with a minimum lot size of 2 acres.
appears in the document
Page 133, LU Strategy Reword to read" Consider the General Rural land use area as a potential receiving area
7.1.1 and wherever else for a Transfer of Development Rights program."
it appears in the
document
Page 134,LU Strategy Change"require"to"encourage"
9.1.2 and wherever else
it appears in the
document
Page 138, H Strategy Remove this strategy because while accessible housing design should be encouraged as
1.4.1 and wherever else in H Policy 1.4, it should not be required.
they appear in the
document
Page 143, ED Policy 4.2 ED Policy 4.2—add"or secondary"after"primary"
and ED Strategy 4.2.1 ED Strategy 4.2.1 —change to read"Identify types of businesses(specifically businesses
and wherever else they accessory to the primary agricultural activity on a parcel)that support the kind of
appear in the document agriculture encouraged in Scandia and make them conditional uses."
Page 147, map 30 Change the planned connections to match the planned connections in the Village Area
on Map 31. Remove the connection that is already built at the south end of Penroase.
Page 160 to 168,natural Add keys to explain how to read the scoring system on each map.
resource maps
Consistency Check for consistency between the Goals,Policies, and Strategies in the main document
and those listed in Appendix B and E.
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City of Scandia Comprehensive Plan Update December 1, 2008
11/25/08 Proposed Planning Commission Changes to 7/14/08 Draft Plan
Page/Section reference The following changes suggested by the Planning Commission on 11/25/08 have NOT
for 11/14/08 draft been made to the 11/14/08 draft. They will be made if approved by the City Council.
Page 186, Appendix C Add definition for Arts Incubator-- Buildings and programs that encourage arts
businesses through practices such as reduced rents, share space and services, and
networking among artists.
Page 196, LSC and LST Add "no bonuses" to the LSC and LST summary descriptions
Pages 231-250, editing Change header to read "Local Water Management Plan"
change
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