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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Planning Commission Meeting: February 23, 2016
AGENDA ITEM: Comprehensive Plan 2040 Discussion AGENDA SECTION:
Work Session
PREPARED BY: Kim Lindquist, Community Development
Director, Kyle Klatt, Senior Planner AGENDA NO. II 1.
ATTACHMENTS: Map APPROVED BY: K. L.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: No action required
TASK FORCE REPRESENTATION
As the Commission knows we are embarking on an update to the Comprehensive Plans. One of the first
phased of the tasks are to hold some of the initial small group meetings. Staff is planning to schedule the
two “residential” small group meetings in May and June. The two areas are in the north central portion of
the community and on the eastside, south of County Road 42 and east of Hwy 52. The discussions will be
similar but not the same; whether urban development would be desired. In the north central portion of the
City it means changing the land use from permanent rural to urban and bringing in additional
infrastructure. This infrastructure was not anticipated in the City’s current Comp Plan and additional
review would be needed to see what the sewer capacity is from Eagan.
In the southeast, the question of timing for future development and what types of development should
occur will be explored. Given the amount of land dedicated for industrial in the northeast, staff anticipates
primarily residential development in the southeast.
As we have discussed previously, staff is asking one or two members of the Planning Commission to be
the liaison between the Commission and the Task Force. Therefore we are looking for one or two
volunteers to come to the each of the neighborhood meetings. Your role in the future would be assist in
informing the Commission about the neighborhood concerns and suggestions and also assist staff in
providing necessary and appropriate information. Based upon previous interest, Melissa and Pam have
indicated they would like to be on the Downtown Task Force. Staff anticipates that the Downtown Task
Force will start in June and will follow a more formalized approach. The two other planning areas will
require less commitment from a meeting standpoint, with meetings scheduled on a more ad hoc basis, as
new information is made available. At present we are looking to schedule the two other meetings May 19,
25, or 26.
2030 NINE GOALS
In the 2030 Comprehensive Plan there are nine “over-arching goals” that set the tone for the work in the
remainder of the document. While the goals seem relevant, there should be some rewording to have the
goals more consistent with existing circumstances. Additional goals might need to be added. When the
Planning Commission is comfortable with the draft, staff will ask the Council to weigh in also. The nine
goals are as follows:
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• Maintain a manageable and reasonable growth rate that does not adversely impact the delivery of
services but allows the community to grow and become more diverse from now until 203040.
Provide multiple development opportunity areas to ensure that reasonable development goals can
be achieved and are not dependent upon any one landholder.
• Preserve the existing rural residential areas designated in the Comprehensive Plan and increase
housing opportunities in the community to attain a balance of life cycle housing options; with
special attention to changing community demographics and the demands of the increasing senior
and millennium population.
• Promote commercial renewal and rehabilitation in the Downtown and along Highway 42 while
accommodating attracting new commercial development along County Highway 42 at key
intersections; Hwy 3, Akron Avenue, US Hwy 52. appropriate transportation corridors such as
Akron Avenue and County Highway 42; County Highway 42 and MN Highway 3; and County
Highway 42 and US Highway 52.
• Encourage additional high quality, job creating and tax base generating general industrial and
business park development in the northeast portion of the community and within the Rosemount
Business Park.
• Preserve natural resources and open space within the community and ensure development does
not adversely impact on-going agricultural uses until urban services are available.
• Incorporate sustainability precepts into development decision making to move toward a more
resilient community. Promote use of renewable resources by creating sustainable development and
building green.
• Collaborate and provide connections between the City and surrounding cities, townships, Dakota
County and public and private schools in the area.
• Work with the University of Minnesota to create a neighborhood development that can
successfully integrate into the community while achieving goals of job creation, health, energy, and
education.
• Collaborate with partners and provide services and community amenities that benefit (such as
libraries, community center, senior center, etc.) to all groups of residents.
• Collaborate with appropriate agencies to identify transit corridors and bring additional transit
opportunities into the community.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff is looking for input from the Commissioners about what level of participation members would like in
the small group planning effort. Staff would also like to have some discussion about the neighborhood
meetings and also the draft goals.
Land Use Plan
AG AgricultureDT DowntownNC Neighborhood CommercialRC Regional Commercial
CC Community CommercialAGR Agricultural ResearchRR Rural ResidentialLDR Low Density Residential
TR Transitional ResidentialMDR Medium Density ResidentialHDR High Density ResidentialPI Public/Institutional
PO Existing Parks/Open SpaceBP Business ParkLI Light IndustrialGI General IndustrialWM Waste Management
2020 MUSA Line2030 MUSA Line
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