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Home My WebLink About2017-04-20 Council Work Session Agenda PacketComprehensive Plan Update 2040 Council Work Session April 20, 2017 Council Work Session April 20, 2017 7:00 pm Agenda 1. Summary of March 16th Joint Council/Commission Work Session (10 min) 2. Summary of April 17th Open House (20 min) 3. Review Survey Results (20 min) 4. Discussion of Key Issues (45 min) a. MUSA Boundary b. Development Rights c. Transportation d. Other Issues 5. Next Steps (5 min) a. Meeting in a Box is Available for Use b. Website is active c. Planning Commission Big Picture Discussion – May 4th d. Parks & Trails Commission Big Picture Discussion – May 16th e. Council Work Session – Land Use/MUSA/Rural Development Rights – May 18th 6. Adjourn in PUBLIC COMMENT CARD CITY OF CORCORAN 2040 IComprehensive Plan Update , T Date: / Z0/ z (27 / -7 / Name: S�E C -N O's (PLEASE PRINT C EARL Y) Address: 7 A. l L [ Please add me to the 2040 Comprehensive Plan Update list: Email: '5; Z;4 1�j 0 C, PC) -- rtll -*X C 0 cj fl Update notices will be sent via email unless you request to receive hard copies via regular mall. Comments: 000 ,Moe Telephone a lep one (option 1). PUBLIC COMMENT CARD CITY OF CORCORAN Comprehensive Pla n Update 2040 Date: 3 / ( � / �_� V7 Name: Y,vA o (PLEASE PRINT CLEARL Y) Address: C .��-� P__0 C C� p one ( Telephone tional )• p Please add me to the Comprehensive Plan 2040 Update list: Email: Yv� a Update notices will be sent via email unless you request to receive hard copies via regular mail Comments: . 1-111% mLe. Qj 04M�a e, r. yz- PUBLIC COMMENT CARD CITY OF CORCORAN 8200 County Road 116, Corcoran, MN 55340 763- 420 -2288 www.ci.corcoran.mn.us Date: Open Forum: Yes or No %i 4011 d]e 1101'.SJ)c'21t.11tQ- 011 an 2!<end£1 11c'171, i 2711 will Sj)VA 211 OMarl lG1rum Name of Speaker: fz�_ V r 1.4 Related to Agenda Item: es or No Agenda Item Number: , Are you speaking for the item _against the item not applicable Representing: Meeting Rules of Con duct.- * Fill out and turn In white comment card to a staffinember. • When called upon, approach podium and state name and address. • Indicate ifrepresenting a group. • Limit remarks to 3 -5 minutes. F Address: '..1 6o o CAS Lv--tj6A3AA Telephone (optional): 612., j975-' �o l Comments: Please Approach the Podium to Speak When Called Upon PUBLIC COMMENT CARD CITY OF CORCORAN 2040 Comprehensive Plan Update Date: Zv l zoi 7 Name: •c�2��9� �oT�i'� -"/�' (PLEASE PRINT CLEARL Y) Address: !O 1!a <f -r/ "�e. /`,z Telephone (optional): -g; ?o Please add me to the 2040 Comprehensive Plan Update list: Email: o r o .*y cgs zt' -e Z� Update notices will be sent via email unless you request to receive hard copies via regular mail. Comments: .1, w �- e c e r ,� w,, -2. 4,,, ce Q 21Vw"Q , A? lee • T v o i!!!c ` c e c& dAv <e� Ci ' , r 44.E 1z S1 JIF fo use zL ,6qcx 1-e Q C.'000F.'-� en fs T Comprehensive Plan Update 2040 Small Group Discussion—Responses Objective: To identify strengths and weaknesses in the current Corcoran 2030 Comprehensive Plan. 1. What are Corcoran’s greatest strengths? What makes the City a great place to live? Please list at least 5 things you think make Corcoran great. (Strengths can refer to the community, the people, public facilities, natural resources, character, governance, etc.) Small Group Discussion • Rural character (2 check marks) • Blank slate (2 check marks) • Potential for growth • No physical development barrier • High level of public safety • Opportunity to be creative with development and do it right • Sense of community/people care • Proximity to services (shopping) in adjacent communities • Options with rural school districts (kids can participate) • Vision for downtown has been discussed and is established 2. What are Corcoran’s weaknesses? What is missing that could better reflect the community vision? Large Group Discussion • Inexperienced – development matters • No Corcoran school district (1 check mark) • Lack of community identity • Lack of physical infrastructure • Need to better define affordable housing • Include affordable housing in mixed-use • Small population/limited housing stock • Building/development rights program • No public transportation • Lack of job opportunities • Hard copy of Comprehensive Plan – it needs to be more accessible and interactive Comprehensive Plan Update 2040 Council Work Session April 20, 2017 2 3. What are the greatest opportunities in the community? What policies are not addressed in the Comprehensive Plan that should be added? Large Group Discussion • Brockton Lane interchange (1 check mark) • EDA reestablished • Preserve natural resources (1 check mark) o Tree policy • Interconnect green nodes • Revisit Open Space Ordinance o More building entitlements (1 check mark) • Growth • Parks – good system • Sewer and water provide development opportunity • Paving roads • Revisit MUSA boundary • Review traffic plans o Realignments and new roads (CR 10 and CR 50) 4. What are the threats? What things stand in the way of achieving the adopted 2030 Comprehensive Plan Vision? What threatens the community or city from achieving their goals? Large Group Discussion • Economic conditions from great recession (again) (2 check marks) • Competition with neighboring communities (1 check mark) • Lack services businesses • Met Council (1 check mark) • Lack of commercial tax revenue (1 check mark) • Weight of future assessments • Elm Creek Watershed Management Commission (ECWMC) • Hennepin County financing not available for CR 10/CR 50 • Budget constraints Comprehensive Plan Update 2040 Council Work Session April 20, 2017 3 5. What is Corcoran’s vision for the future? Large Group Discussion • Diverse land use • Advertisement for the City 6. What is on Corcoran’s “wish list for 2040? Large Group Discussion • A community center • Implement Downtown Design Guidelines • How can Corcoran folks plan a great park system? • A Corcoran school district • Snowmobiling in Corcoran • Family can start and stay in Corcoran • “It’s not like it used to be.” – In a good way • Big community park • Fishing in the stream • Still going to County Fair, County Daze, tractor pull, etc. • Farmers market Comprehensive Plan Update 2040 Council Work Session April 20, 2017 4 Comment Card Responses from the Public a. Building rights is an obstacle for developing future of Corcoran. i. No feasible ii. Hard to stay rural and dream about sport complex and community center b. Interpretation of the word rural i. It would be helpful for the city to have a definition of the word rural so it would be easier to be on the same page c. MUSA line – I thought MetCouncil set it, not cities. Am I wrong? i. Vision should be different for different cities. FLEXIBLE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT LOCAL PLANNING HANDBOOK FLEXIBLE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT EXAMPLES FOR THE DIVERSIFIED RURAL AREA Background Thrive MSP 2040 indicates that land use patterns in Diversified Rural communities are home to a variety of farm and non-farm land uses including very large-lot residential, clustered housing, hobby farms, and agricultural uses. Some Diversified Rural communities are also located in the Long-term Wastewater Service Area (LTSA). These areas are designated to ensure land availability to accommodate growth post-2040 at the edge of the urbanizing area. Purpose The purpose of flexible residential development ordinances and tools in these areas should be to preserve land for post-2040 growth and to accommodate the future extension of regional urban services. In August 2008, the Council adopted Flexible Residential Development Ordinance Guidelines for the Diversified Rural Area that describes the factors communities should take into account if they are considering allowing residential development at densities greater than 4 units per 40 acres in their communities. The Council has since incorporated these guidelines into Thrive MSP 2040. Function For those communities on the edge of the urbanizing area, designated as part of the LTSA, residential development ordinances should provide for interim land uses without precluding the opportunity for future development at densities of at least 3 units per net developable acre to ensure future, cost-effective and efficient regional wastewater treatment services. For areas outside of the LTSA, the Council also encourages the clustering of homes, particularly when communities are considering densities greater than 4 units per 40 acres. Communities should study and assess their landscapes to refine their development priorities. There may be areas within the community that contain an abundance of sensitive natural resources or that the community has identified as a greenway or conservation corridor. These areas may not be most suitable for future urbanization as the capability of the land to support development is low and constrained. In these cases, open space development or cluster development may be adapted to protect those resources to meet the community’s goals. Flexible Residential Development Guidelines In considering ordinances and development that exceeds the 4 units per 40 acres density, communities should apply the following guidelines: 1. Include the need to reserve land resources for efficient future urban development as part of the ordinance purpose. 2. Identify the land characteristics required to support future urbanization. 3. Allow no more than 25% of the developable land in a project to be developed, reserving larger future urbanization parcels. 4. Protect future urbanization parcels with temporary development agreements, easements, or deed restrictions. 5. Provide for the rezoning of the future urbanization parcels to a residential zoning classification at densities consistent with Council policy at such time that urban services are available. 6. Encourage the use of community wastewater treatment systems to serve the temporary cluster. Please refer to the full document, Flexible Residential Development Ordinance Guidelines for the Diversified Rural Area, for more information on these six guidelines. Continue to next page The Fields of St. Croix, Lake Elmo Continue to next page Flexible Residential Ordinance Tools If a community wishes to allow for increased densities within the Diversified Rural area beyond 4 units per 40 acres, the community should use mechanisms to allow for the future development of the land at urban development densities of at least 3 units per net developable acre. There are a number of tools that communities have utilized to meet these goals, including but not limited to the following: 1. Adopt Cluster Ordinances to preserve open space and allow future urbanization. 2. Permit density bonuses for meeting certain specified ordinance requirements. 3. Use of Planned Unit Development (PUD) regulations to manage development and preserve open space. 4. Require Build-Out Plans (Ghost Platting) to demonstrate future subdivision for the delivery of urban services. 5. Employ platting techniques along with deed restrictions, easements, and covenants to protect open space for future development. 6. Use of overlay districts in specified areas to ensure mandatory clustering; for example, on land adjacent to urban service areas. If a community adopts regulations to allow densities in the Diversified Rural area which exceed 4 units per 40 acres, the Metropolitan Council will need to review any revised ordinance details to ensure compliance with the community’s Comprehensive Plan and future expansion of urban services. FLEXIBLE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT EXAMPLES There are many different development styles a community might use to alow for current development while reserving land for future urban development. This section describes some of the development patterns available to communities. Traditional Rural Cluster The traditional rural cluster above shows that a mandatory cluster district may allow for a defined, limited number of lot splits within a contiguous rural acreage if certain parameters are met, such as specified lot sizes and frontage on a local street. The above example allows for future subdivision of the residual parcel to allow for urban services. This method of subdivision would need to be tracked by the municipality over time to ensure that sufficient land is preserved to allow for a subdivision layout at acceptable densities and access to allow for future urban services. No conventional lots permitted on arterial street Original farmstead Preserved for future urban development Future one-acre parcels reserved for grandchildren One acre parcel sold to son Local street Ar t e r i a l s t r e e t Traditional Rural Cluster Continue to next page Rural Cluster Development Credit: Adapted from Rural Cluster Development Guide, Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission The Rural Cluster Development shows a more proactive approach to the preservation of land for future urban service balanced with the preservation of natural resources. The first image shows a conventional large-lot rural development which precludes the provision of urban services due to the ineffective lot layout and inefficiency of multiple or long-distance connection points to urban services. The Council has found that this style of large-lot rural development does not advance the mission of ensuring orderly and economical development in the region. Adapted from Rural Cluster Development Guide, Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission Conventional Development Views Acres: 80 Lots: 18 Density: 1 unit per 3.3 acres Minimum lot size: 1/2 acre Common open space: 75% Rural Cluster Acres: 80 Lots: 18 Density: 1 unit per 3.3 acres Minimum lot size: 3 acres Common open space: 0% Views Note: No conventional lots are typically permitted on an arterial street. Rural Cluster v Conventional Continue to next page The second example, of a rural cluster development, preserves high amenity open space for resource protection and recreation, while ensuring a compact lot layout which allows for effective delivery of urban services. Additional urbanized development may be accommodated in the eastern portion of that site as well. The Rural Cluster Development may utilize a communal septic system until such time that urban services become available. Build-Out Plan (Ghost Platting) The Build-Out Plan, or ghost platting, is a method of master planning for future urban densities in rural large-lot subdivisions. The subdivision is organized in a way that will facilitate a transition to higher density at some future date, perhaps through the use of development or service infrastructure triggers. This is often achieved by restricting the location of buildings to avoid obstructions to future utility and roadway easements. Platting for future urban densities is achieved by establishing lines for future splits of large lots into smaller lots and dedication of rights-of-way and easements for future streets, utilities, storm water facilities, etc. This method of subdivision is another front-loading process which preserves land for future urbanization. Oftentimes, the Build-Out Plan may limit the location and size of the residential footprint to more effectively allow for future subdivision of lots. Build Through Acreages Build Through Acreages can allow for development at lower densities while preserving open space for future development through the platting process. A large outlot can be established to allow for future development at densities that can allow for urban service expansion. The outlot may also be encumbered with deed restrictions, covenants, or easements to provide the interim protection of open space and maintain subsequent triggers for development and service delivery. This method can also be useful in areas in a Rural Residential community designation that may benefit from clustering, but are still undeveloped in the conventional large-lot pattern. In these cases, it may be advisable to preserve land for future residential development if the outlot abuts land within the Council’s Long Term Service Area. Rural yield: 8 houses on ~2.5 acre lots 20 acre parcel Urban build-out yield: Each rural lot divisible into 6-8 urban lots (total 48-80) Build out density: 2.4-3.2 units/acre Ghost Platting Note: In this scenario no conventional lots are permitted on arterial street, but rather all front on local streets. Metropolitan Council 390 Robert Street North Saint Paul, MN 55101 metrocouncil.org Main: 651.602.1000 TTY: 651.291.0904 Public Information: 651.602.1500 public.info@metc.state.mn.us LOCAL PLANNING HANDBOOK pond Initial large lot homes Build-through example Potential future MF development Original outlot developed at urban densities once municipal services are available. Rural yield: 13 houses on large lots Urban yield: 157 houses on the outlot; 3.97 du/ac Build out density could include sewer extension to initial large lot houses and accomodate future multi-family development. The example below, adapted from Bismarck, North Dakota, shows an historic outlot which was subdivided into smaller lots once urban services became available to the east. Build-through diagram Original parcel boundary (approximately 80 acres) A portion of the parcel may be used for rural residential development. An additional portion of the parcel may be used for interim rural residential development if a signicant environmental or open space resource is preserved. The rest of the parcel is platted as an outlot, reserved for future urban development when municipal services are extended. (Adapted from RDG Planning & Design) March 2017