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Page 2 Growth Management Task Force December 10 , 1987 • In • rder to give the GMPTF an opportunity to evaluate all of the tool available to manage residential growth in a manner cons). tent with the goals of the City, the City Staff will be reque- ing the GMPTF to evaluate the need for a limited housing morato • um. In fact, the City staff and consultants will be making - presentation to the GMPTF on such a limited housing moratori, and requesting the GMPTF to offer its recommendation on such moratorium so that this issue can be considered by the Elk River City Council at its December 21 , 1987 , meeting. The City Attor ey, David Sellergren , will be present at this GMPTF meeting to explain the objectives and legalities of the moratorium. The major conc- n of the Staff is that additional plats that have large lots (suc as M-Vale or Meadowvale Woods) will be requested in areas that ca be served by municipal sewer and water prior to the Growth Mana• -ment Plan being adopted. In order to put the sewer and water \ stem to its best use it is appropriate that areas that can be served by sewer and water not be allowed to develop in a metho,' that is inconsistent with the extension of these utilities . Thi limited housing moratorium should only be in place until late .pring 1988 when it is anticipated that a Growth Management Plan will be approved by the City Council following a recommendati from the GMPTF and public hearings • before the City Council . The housing moratorium that ' l1 be discussed on 12/14/87 at the GMPTF meeting will include n* allowing plats or development on areas that do not yet have mu lcipal sewer and water available, but that are within the area that can be served by municipal sewer and water . Plats and hoses in this area, that plan to hook up to the Municipal Utilities will be allowed. Outside of this area the City anticipates allow . g development to take place in a manner that is consistent to • operty that may never have sewer and water available. This refe to plats like M-Vale and Meadowvale Woods being allowed to Conti ' e in a specific area of the community. The moratorium will also -quest not allowing the Meadowvale Woods type of plat in the extre outlying areas of our community. In this regard, we will be -eking to only allow administrative subdivisions of ten acres or m. e in this area. This moratorium is planned to protect the City while the Growth Management Plan gets formulated and appr. ved by the City Council . As there is not currently a high level •f activity in terms of plats being requested, this moratorium d•-s not appear to be a burden on the development of the City and ap. -ars to be a reasonable management tool to allow us to plan for t - future of our community. • All GMPTF members are encouraged to attend this very i •ortant meeting on Monday, December 14 , 1987 .