Laserfiche WebLink
<br />Item # 5.2. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />TO: City Council <br /> <br />FROM: Lori Johnson, City Administrator <br /> <br />DATE: November 10, 2008 <br /> <br />SUBJECT: North Highway 169 Land Use Study <br /> <br /> <br />In August the Council authorized Hoisington Koegler Group, Inc. (HKGi) to complete a <br />study to review the affect of various land use changes in the area around the existing landfill. <br />The North Highway 169 Land Use Study (Study) will be presented by Bryan Harjes and Paul <br />Paige of HKGi at the work session. <br /> <br />The Study includes the area around the existing landfill; this area is in the northern section of <br />the gravel mining district. The gravel mining area is very important to the City’s future as it <br />is an extremely large, undeveloped land mass along a major highway. There is land available <br />for significant commercial and industrial development in the future; however, the <br />surrounding land uses will influence the quality and value of that development. This area <br />has the potential to add significant value to the City’s tax base if it is properly planned and <br />developed. The Study evaluated how different land uses, particularly expansion of the <br />existing landfill, affect the tax base and resulting property tax that can be generated from this <br />area. The Study does not recommend land uses or determine if certain types of <br />development or land use should be allowed. <br /> <br />Finally, because of the complexity of the Study, the numerous assumptions required, and the <br />fact that much of it will be presented through viewing maps of the area that require detailed <br />explanation, there is no written material to be distributed at this time. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />