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Memo to Planning Commission Page 2 <br />May 23, 1995 <br />• Letter from Sherburne County Highway Department <br />• Proposed development plans <br />• • Minutes from the Park and Recreation Commission meetings <br />• Map illustrating possible trail corridors <br />Comprehensive Plan Amendment <br />The comprehensive plan amendment is necessary to expand the existing <br />urban service boundary. Presently, the urban service boundary is consistent <br />with the zoning line, which essentially bisects the subject property in and <br />east-west direction. Approximately one-half of the proposed development is <br />outside the urban service area, while the southerly half is within the current <br />urban service area. (See attached map) <br />At the time public utilities were extended north and west to serve both <br />Meadowvale Elementary School and eventually Meadowvale Heights, the <br />entire system was designed to serve all of the subject property. This was <br />done in anticipation of urban development occurring in a northerly direction <br />up to Ridgewood 2nd and 3rd Addition. With the existing homes and 2-1/2 <br />acre lots in the Ridgewood Addition, the logical urban service boundary <br />appeared to be the south limits of Ridgewood or the northerly limits of the <br />proposed development. <br />• Staff believes the request to expand the urban service boundary is a <br />reasonable request and fits within the guidelines of the current <br />comprehensive plan to expand urban services. This request is coming at the <br />time of a development proposal and is not being requested to allow "leap frog" <br />development to occur. Furthermore, the expansion would be in keeping with <br />the goals and policies of the comprehensive plan and be a logical extension of <br />the urban service area. <br />It should also be pointed out that the Steering Committee at a previous <br />meeting to discuss the urban service area, recommended including the <br />subject property within the urban service area. <br />Rezoning <br />The second application for the Planning Commission to consider is the <br />rezoning from the Rla designation which requires a minimum 2-1/2 acre lot, <br />to the proposed Rlc which allows minimum lot sizes of 10,000 square feet. <br />The applicant's request to rezone the property to Rlc would be an extension <br />of the current Rlc designation immediately to the south and west. Once <br />again, this rezoning request to a more dense zoning classification would be <br />• <br />s:planning:pc:P96-2 <br />