HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Packet 01-31-2004 SpecialAgenda
City of Plymouth
Special City Council Meeting
Saturday, January 31, 2004
10:00 a.m.
Plymouth Creek Center
1480034 th Avenue
1. Call to Order
2. Establish 2004 Council Goals and Priorities
3. Adjourn
Plymouth Comprehensive Plan, Status and Issues
January 30, 2004
Status EmergingChapterCurrent & .
1 Introduction
2 Community Background 2000 Census data now available
Metropolitan Council revised household and population forecasts upward
3 Policy Plan
4 Land Use Plan Staging areas planned for development by 2010 are approximately 50% Hampton Hills golf course has closed; in MUSA but course and
developed; most of the remaining land is controlled by a single owner. surrounding area planned for rural usesInfillopportunitiesarealsolimited.
Residential development has been at higher end of density ranges and Increased pressure for expansion of MUSA as land supply shrinks; no
land use plan for that area
high proportion of attached/ multi -family housing types Speak the Word Church plans to begin site development this yearStudyareascompleted
Staff continues to discourage applications outside MUSA based on Commercial/ industrial vacancies due to economy, aging buildings
Redevelopment projects are main opportunity for C/I development (i.e. Council direction Dana Spicer site)
5 Housing Plan Housing performance scores have improved as affordable housing Funding sources for new affordable housing remains scarce; increasingeffortscontinuetoachievesomesuccesspropertyvalueserodesupplyofexistingaffordableunitsNewCensusdatausedtoinformHRAstrategicplanningAslandsupplydecreases, costs continue to rise
Construction of new apartments has significantly expanded supply of Northwest Blvd/ Schmidt Lake Rd site and housing affordabilityrentalunits; dampens rent increases More pressure to provide local funding (.i.e. HRA levy) but need to
prioritize with other community needs in difficult fiscal climate
6 Surface Water Management May need to update City's plan as watershed "second generation" plans II WMO governance issues, and conflicts over planning & project prioritiesarecompleted
1 How to pay for new water quality projects and maintain existing public
and private infrastructure in a fiscally prudent and equitable manner; new
task force forming to begin addressing parts of this issue (private ponds,
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water quality utility fee, etc.)
7 Transportation Plan Traffic & congestion increasing faster than predicted, updated forecasts Vicksburg Lane/ Medina Road transportation studies to be received atforregionandcityrecentlyusedtoupdatethetrafficmodelMarch16studysession
Many transportation projects needed for future development not Land use plan changes (i.e. Hampton Hills) would have road impacts
programmediTransitnotintegratedintoplan 1-494 and Highway 55 corridor projects
Functional classification of Vicksburg, Highway 55
An alignment study of CR 47 east of Vicksburg is underway to prepare
for development in that area
8 Parks, Trails, Open Space Plan for NW Greenway completed Acquisition of 10 playfield
and Recreation Implementation proceeding with development Minor amendment to include Ice Center expansion underway (Feb. 4
public hearing)
Ice Center expansion bidding in March for construction in 2004
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9 Water Supply and Detailed planning for facilities identified in plan resulted in additional Update of plan for consistency with selected treatment option & new
Distribution options, particularly for water treatment, and used updated, higher forecasts underway (Feb. 4 public hearing) forecasts for households, population & employment Design and construction of major water system improvements (wells,
treatment plants, reservoir) underway in 2004
Staff is continuing to study the advantages of connections with the Maple
Grove water system
10 Sanitary Sewer Connection to Maple Grove for staging areas 2C, 3 & 4 is ready Plan shows how Hampton Hills area would be sewered, but could impact
Metro Council construction of Elm Creek Interceptor nearing completion; other landowners
slightly different route will require some changes in Plymouth Plan Completion of Elm Creek appears to be fueling speculation and pressure
for MUSA expansion
Cost-sharing will need to be part of agreement/ plan amendment with
Metro Council before there could be connections to Elm Creek
interceptor
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11 Public Facilities Recent studies show need for expansions to Public Safety/ City Hall Amendments to plan underway (Feb. 4 public hearing) Complex not in Plan Schematic design underway for Public Safety addition/ Garage; projectSomeoutdatedlanguagere: possible joint fire station with Maple Grove
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budget expected in March
12 Implementation Plan Capital Improvement Program (CIP) last updated for 2001-2006 CIP update for 2004-2008 is underway (Feb. 4 public hearing.) Many of the short-range implementation strategies (ordinance updates, Transit projects included in main CIP for first time, including park and rideetc.) completed ; expansions
The challenge of maintaining and replacing existing infrastructure will
j grow as the City ages
Non-CIP implementation strategies coming forward to Council in near
i future will include study of regulatory barriers to affordable housing (5-1)