HomeMy WebLinkAbout6.m. Consider City Comments on Eagan 2040 Comprehensive Plan Update
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
City Council Regular Meeting Date: November 20, 2018
AGENDA ITEM: Consider City Comments on Eagan 2040
Comprehensive Plan Update
AGENDA SECTION:
Consent
PREPARED BY: Kim Lindquist, Community Development
Director AGENDA NO. 6.m.
ATTACHMENTS: Draft City Comment Letter APPROVED BY: LJM
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Motion accepting the City comment letter regarding the City of
Eagan’s 2040 Comprehensive Plan Update and directing staff to submit the letter.
ISSUE
Cities and counties in the metropolitan region are currently in the process of completing development
their 2040 Comprehensive Plans, as required by the Met Council. A component of that process is to
request comments from neighboring agencies to ensure Comprehensive Plans work well together and that
all agencies are effectively communicating and sharing plans.
As part of this process, Rosemount has received the City of Eagan’s draft 2040 Comprehensive Plan for
review. The full draft plan is available at the following web site: www.cityofeagan.com/2040plan. Staff
has reviewed Eagan’s plan and would offer comments on the attached letter for Council consideration.
Because the Council has previously expressed an interest some of the land use issues concerning
Rosemount’s shared border with Eagan, staff would appreciate Council feedback and authorization of the
comment letter prior to submittal.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council adopt a motion accepting the City comment letter on Eagan’s
2040 Comprehensive Plan and directing staff to submit the letter.
November 15, 2018
Michael Ridley, AICP
City of Eagan
3830 Pilot Knob Road
Eagan, MN 55122
Re: Adjacent and Affected Jurisdiction Review – Eagan 2040 Comprehensive Plan Update
Dear Mr. Ridley:
Thank you for providing the City of Rosemount the opportunity to review and comment on the
2040 Eagan Comprehensive Plan Overall the plan is well-written and appears to address the issues
the City will be facing in the future as a developed suburban community. Rosemount’s comments
are primarily focused on some of the transportation and infrastructure issues in the area near our
shared municipal boundary. Specific comments are as follows:
Chapter 5 – Parks and Recreation
• The City of Rosemount and City of Eagan will need to coordinate on the development of a
final alignment for the Vermillion Highlands and Rosemount Greenway trails as these trails
enter and exit each community.
Chapter 7 – Transportation
• South Robert Trail (TH3) immediately north of the Rosemount border is shown as having
an existing capacity deficiency (Figure 7.7). Rosemount’s transportation plan projects that
the portion of South Robert Trail, south of the border will have a future volume to capacity
issue within the timeframe of the plan. Given the limited options for expansion of South
Robert Trail, the City of Rosemount would like to continue working with the City of Eagan
and MnDOT to identify potential transportation improvements both inside and outside the
immediate area to help alleviate congestion on this stretch of highway.
• Rosemount’s 2040 Comprehensive Plan continues to plan for an extension of 120th Street
east of Biscayne Avenue to South Robert Trail. The intersection at Biscayne, 120th and Hwy
3 would be reconfigured consistent with previous discussions between the two communities.
Eagan’s proposed 2040 transportation plan no longer shows this connection, which is a
change from its 2030 plan. This connection would provide a necessary outlet to existing and
future residential neighborhoods in both Rosemount and Eagan, in close proximity to Hwy
3. Portions of the existing 120th Street right-of-way are shared between the municipalities;
therefore, further coordination is needed to resolve this discrepancy between the two plans.
• The section of Dodd Road previously disconnected by Eagan immediately north of 120th
Street would function as a necessary reliever for traffic to Cliff Road. The continued lack of
connection to 120th Street from Dodd Road is inconsistent with language elsewhere in the
plan encouraging parallel roads and linked neighborhoods.
• The City of Rosemount encourages further coordination with Eagan concerning regional
transportation issues, and in particular, identifying options for providing alternative
north/south routes and connections that can take some of the pressure off of South Robert
Trail while protecting residential neighborhoods form pass through traffic.
Chapter 8 – Community Infrastructure
• Pages 13 and 15 of Chapter 8 discuss a potential future Rosemount sanitary sewer
connection. Part of this section notes that “The City of Rosemount has requested to send
sewage flow from 166 acres of low density residential property into Eagan in the future.”
The ability to provide this connection is critical for Rosemount because there are a number
of homes on individual sewerage treatment systems located on small lots, south of the City’s
border with Eagan (an area roughly bounded by South Robert Trail, Biscayne Avenue, and
130th Street). A majority of these homes were constructed 50-60 years ago and will very
likely need public sewer services at some point in the future as lot sizes will not allow
adequate space for installation of a secondary system. It would be very difficult for
Rosemount to serve these homes due to the topography and existing development in the
area. Rosemount staff would like to work with Eagan to come to agreement about provision
of sewer prior to having environmental issues occur due to failed systems. A joint powers
agreement or other agreement would be desired to clarify what service capacity could be
provided to Rosemount and under what terms.
• The City of Rosemount’s draft land use plan does not call for any new urban residential
development in the northernmost portion of the City during this planning time horizon.
The need for urban services is primarily for the smaller transitional area noted above,
although some urbanization in the future, outside of the 2040 timeframe.
Please feel free to contact me at (651) 322-2052 (or via email at kyle.klatt@ci.rosemount.mn.us) if
you have any questions or concerns regarding these comments.
Sincerely,
Kyle Klatt
Senior Planner
cc:
Mayor and City Councilmembers
Logan Martin, City Administrator
Kim Lindquist, Community Development Director
Brian Erickson, Pubic Works/Engineering Director
Dan Schultz, Parks and Recreation Director