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Joint CounciUP & Z Work Session February 12, 2008 Mr. Slotterback stated that the City is now in Phase 4 of the comprehensive plan amendment which is the "public draft for review" section. He stated that the next step is to get to the point where the draft is finalized and then distributed for jurisdictional review to all adjoining cities, school districts, the watershed district, the county, and Met Council. He noted that these entities have up to six months to provide comment on the document. After that time, the City makes any additional changes and the document is fully adopted by the City Council. Mayor Capra stated that there may not be much historical left in the downtown area and certainly nothing that is on the Historical Register. Mr. Slotterback agreed to leave the reference to historical out. Mr. Slotterback presented a map of land use and identified those areas where the City would most likely change in terms of land use in commercial areas. Councilmember Lee stated that it would be helpful to have the map show the different land uses in both Centerville and Lino Lakes as a comparison guide to make sure that the land uses in both cities are compatible. Discussion ensued regarding the commercial property located near Peltier Lake. Consensus was reached to leave this property as commercial. Mr. Slotterback stated that one of the main goals was to achieve a sustainable population above 5,000 and stated that the Met Council issues a system statement in advance of the comprehensive plan updates. He stated in looking at the population numbers, he felt it was better to use the Met Council's definition of "household size." He explained that the City will need to submit a letter to the Met Council asking for a revised forecast before submitting its final plan; this letter has been drafted for Council review. He stated that where land uses are changed, the zoning will need to be updated to bring it into conformance and will require one new zoning district (medium density) and updates to the zoning map; these zoning updates will be written to allow existing land uses such as Agricultural or vacant as permitted until development occurs at the higher densities that the zoning district permits. He noted that this would be done after the plan is finished. Housing Ms. Tina Goodroad, Bonestroo, Rosene, Anderlik & Associates, presented the amendments to the housing section of the plan, and stated that one of the goals is to provide a housing mixture that allows for low, middle, and high income families. Councilmember Lakeo left the meeting at 8:00 p.m. Ms. Goodroad stated that there is a potential as well as a need for additional senior housing or seniors moving to market rate units in the redeveloped downtown area; she noted that this in turns provides single family homes to be opened up for first time homebuyers. She explained that the City needs to include a housing action plan in its