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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 MEMO 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. ary Summ 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 TLH/vmd C 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, 4ltm~ 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 3 230 East Fifth Street St. Paul. Minnesota 55101-1626 (651) 602-1000 Fax 602-1550 TDD/TTY 291-0904 Metro Info Line 602-1888 An Equal Opportunity Employer I