5.2. & 5.3. SR 08-17-2009 - Laserfiche WebLink

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City of River. MEMORANDUM TO: Mayor and City Council FROM: Lori Johnson, City Administrator DATE: August 17, 2009 SUBJECT: Land Use Map Inaccuracy In 2004, the City Council adopted the Comprehensive Plan, which included a map. The map was provided as a .jpeg file, making reproductions and updates difficult. Specifically, it was often difficult to 'zoom' into a certain area of the city to see lot-by-lot detail. Staff developed a CAD version of the Land Use Map, which is in the same format as the Zoning Map, Park Comp Plan and other mapping information used by the City. Staff requested the Council adopt the CAD map, allowing staff to eliminate the less clear version. On September 10, 2007, the City Council reviewed and adopted this more legible CAD version of the Comprehensive Plan (Land Use) Map. The second label of the "Landfill" is clearly not on that approved map. (See Attached) Some time after the September 10, 2007, approval of the CAD version of the Land Use Map and before December 1, 2007, staff went through the entire City CAD Base Map and edited all the text to have consistency on all the maps. For example, a majority of the "street text" is the same font/size and located north or west of the corresponding street. Another example is that all the "plat names" are the same font/size and rotated slightly. There are obviously areas where this was not possible for legibility. In the process of updating the Base Map, staff inadvertently copied the landfill text (i.e. the reference to "Elk River Landfill") onto the parcel to the south of the landfill owned by Tiller Corporation. It should be noted that this text is a reference marker only, similar to how all of the schools are labeled. Any change made on the Base Map updates automatically on every city map, as the Base Map is referenced into each individual map. Therefore, this text carried over to the Land Use and Zoning Maps. Staff has recently corrected this error on the Base Map, which means that all city maps, including the Land Use Map and Zoning Map.