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k,14L& REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION I*ATE: 09/26i/2011 [ TEM NO: 12. b City Manager Approval Item Description., Approval of an ordinance creating the Twin Lakes Overlay District (PROJO�O�O3). 1 1.0 BACKGROUND 2 1.1 Over the past two months the Public Works/Engineering and Community Development 3 Departments have been working with the City Attorney on the creation of the Twin 4 Lakes Overlay District. The proposed ordinance would cover all of the Twin Lakes 5 Redevelopment Area (See Attachment A . The purpose of the ordinance is to assist the 6 City in implementing the Twin Lakes AUAR. The AUAR (Alternative Urban Area- 7 Wide Review) is an environmental review document provided for in Minnesota State 8 Statutes that studies the impact of development on numerous matters, including traffic, 9 pollution, water quality, soils, wildlife, and the natural eco-system. Currently, the City 10 does not have any effective mechanism to require a development within Twin Lakes to I I adhere to the findings in the Twin Lakes AUAR. 12 1.2 The proposed Twin Lakes Overlay District (TL OD) will create a framework and a direct 13 link with the redevelopment in Twin Lakes. As stated in the intent and purpose clause of 14 the ordinance.- "The City of Roseville has determined that it is necessary, for the purpose 15 of promoting the public health, safety, morals, and general welfare of the City to 16 redevelop the area within the City known as the Twin Lakes Redevelopment Area."'. The 17 statement continues.- "While the City desires to promote the redevelopment of the Twin 18 Lakes Redevelopment,, it does not have the financial resources necessary to construct the 19 infrastructure and perform the environmental remediation required under the AUAR. For 20 that reason the City has determined that development limitations need to be placed upon 21 property within Twin Lakes Overlay District... 22 1.3 In regards to the installation of infrastructure, the proposed ordinance (see Attachment B) 23 establishes development limitations based on the network trips generated from a 24 proposed use. The ordinance identifies a baseline number of network trips for each 25 property based on the land use in existence in 2006. 26 1.4 If a parcel of land exceeds the amount of network trips that is identified in Section 27 1022.03(E)l, the property will be limited in developing unless they enter into a voluntary 28 development agreement or find some other alternative method with the City regarding the 29 construction and payment of the infrastructure needs identified in the Twin Lakes AUAR. 30 Absent those solutions,, the property owner will need to postpone development until all 31 of the roadway improvements have been completed and paid for. 32 1.5 The proposed ordinance also requires that the property owner adhere to other mitigation 33 efforts identified in the Twin Lakes AUAR as part of any other redevelopment within 34 Twin Lakes PROJO,01 _F .0 Lakes Overlay District 01926,11 .d.oc Page I of 2