03/21/2000 - City Council Special
AGENDA
SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
Tuesday
March 21, 2000
5:30 p.m.
1. ROLL CALL & AGENDA ADOPTION
II. VISITORS TO BE HEARD
III. COMMENTS/CAROLYN RODRIGUEZ
METROPOLITAN COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE
IV. OTHER BUSINESS
V. ADJOURNMENT
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city of eagan
TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCILMEMBERS
FROM; CITY ADMINISTRATOR HEDGES
DATE: MARCH 21, 2000
SUBJECT: SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING/TUESDAY, MARCH 21, 2000
COMMENTS/CAROLYN RODRIGUEZ METROPOLITAN COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE
Scheduled as an agenda item at the Special City Council meeting held on Monday, March 6 was
time to consider comments by Carolyn Rodriguez, Metropolitan Council representative. Each year,
Met Council Representative Rodriguez has asked for time to appear on a Special City Council
workshop agenda to update the City Council on policy issues that are under consideration by the
Met Council. Due to the amount of time devoted to the Village Plaza agenda item, there was no
time to meet with Representative Rodriguez. Therefore, a Special City Council meeting was
scheduled for Tuesday, March 21 at 5:30 p.m. to address Metropolitan Council issues.
There is no specific agenda; however, two matters that affect the City of Eagan are the
Comprehensive Guide Plan review and TEA 21 funding.
The City has received correspondence regarding the Comprehensive Plan Update. For a copy of the
letter, refer to page 3 .
For Council background, the following is being provided on the Comprehensive Guide Plan
update:
Comprehensive Guide Plan Update
Background
On September 7, 1999, the City Council granted preliminary approval to the Draft
Comprehensive Guide Plan and directed staff to submit the document to the Metropolitan
Council (Met Council) for review and comment.
The Met Council received the Plan on September 24, 1999. City staff received a letter on
October 14, 1999 from the Met Council stating that the proposed plan was incomplete for
review. In part, the letter stated "The plan appears to be quite well done; however, there
are a couple items for which additional information is needed..." these included sanitary
sewer, individual sewage treatment systems, and water supply.
Status
The additional information requested have been provided to the Met Council and they
have informed staff that the Plan is now considered complete. A `completeness' letter is
being prepared and should be received by City staff in the near future. This letter will
reference the end date of the Met Council's sixty-day time frame to review and provide
formal comment on the City's Plan. ,
Issue
The only outstanding issue from the Met Council's perspective is not one of
completeness but rather a concern regarding the amount of land to be designated for
medium and high density residential land uses. City staff is working with Greg
Ingraham, the City's Planning Consultant, to clarify the existing and future housing needs
and market demand for the City andwe will likely suggest refinements to the Housing
Section growth forecast. This information will be brought to the City Council for review
within the next several weeks.
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The Plan Update is considered complete and the Met Council's sixty-day review period
will likely expire in late April 2000. Staff is currently reviewing the Plan's Housing
Section, housing market demand, and refining the housing growth forecast for Eagan.
This information will be compiled and brought forward for Council review in the coming
weeks.
TEA 21 APPLICATIONS
The City of Eagan has applied for transportation funding through the MVTA for the park & ride
site at the intersection of Yankee Doodle and Pilot Knob Road and is under consideration for
possible transit hub improvements in the Greater Cedar/Trunk Highway 13 area. It is necessary
that TEA 21 applications are consistent with local comprehensive plans and also that the timing
for a Comp Guide Plan and the TEA 21 funding request are consistent. The City of Eagan meets
the criteria under the time schedule for submittal of the local comprehensive plan.
There is no official action on this item.
OTHER BUSINESS
There are no items under Other Business for the Special City Council meeting agenda.
/S/ Thomas L. Hedges
City Administrator
Attachments
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4 Metropolitan Council
44 Working for the Region, Planning for the Future
March 8, 2000
Mike Ridley, Senior Planner j D
City of Eagan
3830 Pilot Knob Road
Eagan, MN 55122
RE: Comprehensive Plan Update - City of Eagan
Metropolitan Council District 15
Referral File No. 18066-1
Dear Mr. Ridley:
The Metropolitan Council staff has reviewed Eagan's Comprehensive Plan, which was received by the
Council on September 22, 1999. Initially, staff found the plan incomplete in the areas of Individual
Sewage Treatment System, Sanitary Sewer Service, and Water Supply. Council review of the plan was
suspended on October 7, 1999, until the missing materials could be submitted and evaluated.
Those materials have been received and evaluated. I am pleased to inform you that the plan now is
considered complete for Council review. In accordance with state law, the Council has 60 days to
complete its review of the plan. The 60-day review period expires on May 6, 2000.
Within the next several weeks, the draft staff review report is expected to be completed. During this
review period, staff would like to continue working with the city toward resolution of housing questions
discussed at the meeting you had with Council staff on February 4, 2000.
If you have any questions, please contact Tom Caswell, principal reviewer at 651-602-1319, or Sandra
Pine], Sector Representative, Dakota County at 651-602-1513.
Sincerely,
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Richard Thompson, Supervisor
Comprehensive Planning
cc: Carolyn Rodriguez, Council District 15
Sandra Pinel, Metropolitan Council Sector Representative
Linda Milashius, Metropolitan Council Staff
Guy Peterson, Metropolitan Council Staff
Don Bluhm, Metropolitan Council Staff
Jim Larsen, Metropolitan Council Staff
Gary Oberts, Metropolitan Council Staff
Tom Caswell, Metropolitan Council Staff
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