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ffnex�Y-n R) aq The Minnesota Municipal Power Agency (MMPA) owns property on the north boundary of the City is designated for future Rural Residential uses according to the Future Land Use Plan included in the Draft Comprehensive Plan. MMPA requests a change to Industrial from Rural Residential for the property to align with Concept Review discussions held with both the City's Planning Commission and City Council, Comprehensive Plan goals, and MMPA's goals of supporting economic development in Elk River. The Draft Comprehensive Plan includes a Future Land Use Plan that will be used to guide future zoning and subdivision decision for the City of Elk River. The Future Land Use Plan retains the Rural Residential land use on the northern edge of the community, which would limit opportunities for desirable industrial development on the MMPA owned property. As discussed with the City's Planning Commission on May 25t" and with the City Council on June 71", MMPA's concept of the proposed development aligns with the City's vision and goals and supports the identification of industrial and use for the MMPA owned land for a number of reasons including: 1. Supports the City's goal of offering large lots that allow established business to expand and new businesses to find their home. Supports the City's goal to separate large -lot industrial areas from residential areas with lower intensity uses such as commercial or business park uses as identified in the draft. 3. Supports the City's goals for strategic reinvestment along the Highway 169 corridor. 4. Supports economic growth outside of the urban service area using the I-3 zoning district. 5. Supports the City's other development initiatives through land use with higher taxable value than what could be achieved with the current rural residential zoning. MMPA's concept for future Industrial Uses supports the vision and implementation activities of the Comprehensive Plan Update. Below are a number of implementation actions that align with the proposed land use. Item 5-20: Update development standards and consider design guidelines to prioritize strategic reinvestment along the Highway 169 corridor, promote the repositioning of underutilized properties, and facilitate experience -based development. Item 5-34: Preserve large -lot industrial sites within industrial areas as identified in the Land Use Plan including rezoning to the I-3 General Industrial Zoning District and increasing the minimum lot size within the district. Item 5-62: Consider requiring a larger minimum lot area and lot width for the I-3 zoning category to deter smaller industrial development on these sites and make other I-1 and I-2 zoned areas of the City more attractive for this scale of development. Item 5-73: Utilize low impact design and conservation design to preserve these natural amenities and create attractive campuses. Item 5-74: Utilize business park as a transitional use between higher intensity industrial and other lower intensity uses such as residential neighborhoods in the City