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Memo to Mayor and City Council/LU 014 1 November 19, 2001 Page 5 Staff recommends that the City Council approve the land use plan amendment to include certain property on the south side of 175th Avenue in the Urban Service District based on the following: The proximity to the proposed NCDA commuter rail station and the MNDOT park and ride facility. In order to best utilize these facilities the city should encourage transit supportive development, which require municipal sewer and water. Land use analysis done as part of the commuter rail service has indicated that properties within ¼ mile radius of the station should be developed in a way that is transit oriented and will encourage transit ridership. This area is within ½ mile of the proposed station and park and ride facility. The area under consideration is surrounded on 3 sides by land that is within the Urban Service District. Only the Cargill property to the east is not within the Urban Service District. Including these properties in the Urban Service District is the logical extension of the urban service boundary. Sewer and water are currently available for extension into the area on the west from Twin Lakes Road. When trunk sewer and water are extended east along 175th Avenue, urban services will also be available from the north. The construction of Twin Lakes Road, the extension of utilities and the construction of the park and ride facility have changed the conditions in the area to support including it in the Urban Service District. The proposed development of the former Eul! property to the south, the planned construction of the commuter rail station, and the proposed extension of utilities along 175th Avenue also lend support to including this area in the Urban Service District. The subject properties, under consideration for municipal sewer and water, will be bounded by a north/south arterial road on the west and a collector street on the north. Both of these streets will have enough capacity to handle traffic generated by the development of this area at a density that can be supported with municipal sewer and water. The Council has the option of including a condition that services would not be extended to this area for a set number of years or until a specific event occurs. A similar condition, a 10 year time frame, was included when the Council extended the urban service boundary to include the area north of 175~h Avenue and south of County Road 12. If a property owner wanted to develop their property before the established time frame, it would require an amendment to the Comprehensive Plan. S:\PLANNING\SCOTT\lu01-1 lcc.doc