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A. 2030 Comprehensive Plan CITY OF CHANHASSEN 7700 Market Boulevard PO Box 147 Chanhassen, MN 55317 Administration Phone: 952.227.1100 Fax: 952.227.1110 Building Inspections Phone: 952.227.1180 Fax: 952.227.1190 Engineering Phone: 952.227.1160 Fax: 952.227.1170 Finance Phone: 952.227.1140 Fax: 952.227.1110 Park & Recreation Phone: 952.227.1120 Fax: 952.227.1110 Recreation Center 2310 Coulter Boulevard Phone: 952.227.1400 Fax: 952.227.1404 Planning & Natural Resources Phone: 952.227.1130 Fax: 952.227.1110 Public Works 1591 Park Road Phone: 952.227.1300 . Fax: 952.227.1310 Senior Center Phone: 952.227.1125 Fax: 952.227.1110 Web Site www.ci.chanhassen.mn.us A~ - MEMORANDUM TO: Todd Gerhardt, City Manager FROM: Kate Aanenson, AICP, Community Development Director DA TE: ufdf ' May 12,2008 SUBJ: 2030 Comprehensive Plan (Bring your copy of the Draft Plan) BACKGROUND The purpose of this review is to give the City Council a summary of the comments received during the jurisdictional review period. Staff drafted a synopsis of all of the chapters with the comment/issues and City responses. At this meeting, City staff will be reviewing the Natural Resources, Housing and Resource Protection sections. The draft document has been revised where appropriate in response to the comments. ANALYSIS Following is a summary of the chapter contents, the comments received and staff's responses. Historic Preservation - Chapter 3 Synopsis: Our goal is to promote the preservation and protection of valuable historic and cultural resources through community partnerships and collaborations with citizens, and non-profit state, federal, public and private entities. The City will identify where all of the historic properties in Chanhassen are located and the age of the structures and their significance, and encourage the preservation of these structures and development of buildings that compliment historic buildings. Issue: What is the role of the City in all of this? I think the City can bring more pressure to get the place preserved and they can do that through the ordinance process and inspections. What's the criteria? There isn't a lot of teeth in this right now. There's not a lot of commitment. (November 6,2007 Planning Commission Minutes pages 29-34) Response: The City will identify historic property to evaluate the impact of development in the vicinity of such structures. The City will not own nor manage these properties. The City of Chanhassen will rely on Carver County to be the Historic Preservation Organization. Properties requesting a historic designation or funding will be directed to Carver County Historic Society. The City of Chanhassen · A growing community with clean lakes, quality schools, a channing downtown, thriving businesses, winding trails, and beautiful parks. A great place to live, work, and play. Todd Gerhardt 2030 Comprehensive Plan May 12,2008 Page 2 Between December 3, 1997 and April 27, 1998, the City undertook a study of "Old Town" and attempted to create a historic overlay district. Property owners opposed restrictions on their properties that would impose limitations on exterior improvements and remodeling. They welcomed guidelines but not ordinances. Since the Planning Commission public hearing, the County has completed their Draft of the Historic Chapter Comprehensive Plan. On Tuesday, April], 2008, the Planning Commission toured Chanhassen and discussed historic preservation with Wendy Biom, the Executive Director of Carver County Historic Society. Based on the commentsfrom the Metropolitan Council, this chapter has been renamed Resource Protection and includes a brief paragraph on solar protection. Housing - Chapter 4 Synopsis: Chapter 4 of the Comprehensive Plan analyzes the existing and projected housing needs of the City. The City has adopted the Metropolitan Council's Systems Statement, which includes population, households and employment projects. Additionally, the City has included data from the Comprehensive Housing Needs Assessment for Carver County prepared by Maxfield Research, Inc. Issue: What are the benefits for participation in the Livable Communities Act, LCA? (November 6,2007 Planning Commission Minutes pages 38-39) Response: Participation in the LCA permits the City to apply for grants from the Metropolitan Council. Through the annual review of the City's efforts at providing housing, we are scored on the achievement of our goals. The LCA goals and policies provide the City with targets on owner/rental housing, affordable and market rate and housing diversity. These targets and attempts provide the City with an opportunity to meet the full range of housing demand in a healthy community. Issue: Prices are rising because there's the demand for it in this community. (November 6, 2007 Planning Commission Minutes page 40) Response: Rising prices and demand are in response to market conditions. Since the downturn in the housing market, we have experienced a slowdown in development. Housing prices are often cyclical and dependent on the overall economy. During periods of rapid expansion, the mid to low-range housing prices tend to lead the demand. High housing values and rapid appreciation are not sustainable over the long term. Natural Resources - Chapter 5 Synopsis: The natural resources section identifies the important environmental amenities and attributes in the City and their corresponding issues. The main goals encompass identifying and preserving natural resources, protecting and improving surface water quality and wetlands, and Todd Gerhardt 2030 Comprehensive Plan May 12, 2008 Page 3 increasing overall tree cover and maintaining the urban forest. Proper management of public natural resources is the overarching issue and critical to the success of Chanhassen retaining it's natural resources identity. It is recommended that a Natural Resources Management Plan be developed that would encompass the management strategies for all natural resources in the City, complement the Bluff Creek Natural Resources Management Plan, and guide the City with the decision-making process for each issue. Since the Planning Commission public hearing, the DNR has entered into a purchase agreement for the Seminary Fen. This potential acquisition has been added to this chapter. Issue: The goal to maintain a healthy and diverse forest and increase overall tree coverage. Is there more definition around those and direction for what we want to do? (October 2, 2007 Planning Commission Minutes page 14) Response: At the end of the chapter there are goals and then supporting the goals are policies which are more specific as how to get to that goal. So where you see increase tree cover, that is where as a part of a public project we are going to increase boulevard plantings as part of a road improvement project or we are going to require increased plantings in subdivisions. Issue: Are we looking at new committees or new commissions? (October 2, 2007 Planning Commission Minutes page 14) Response: The Natural Resources Management Plan is envisioned like the development of the Bluff Creek Natural Resource Management Plan. Major stakeholders will be invited to participate in the development of that plan so that it becomes a wellspring of ideas from the residents and the businesses and the members of this community. Issue: We need to be much more comprehensive in terms of what we're thinking about relative to how we're dealing with surface water runoff. (December 4, 2007 Planning Commission Minutes page 16) Response: The City of Chanhassen realizes the importance of storm water management and has been actively implementing policies and practices to deal with the increases in storm water volume as land is developed or redeveloped within the City. In August of 2006 the City adopted the Second Generation Surface Water Management Plan (SWMP). In addition to those goals specified in the Comprehensive Land Use Plan, the SWMP identifies seven goals ranging from Public Education to Water Quantity and each goal has a variety of policies associated with it. The City has enacted several policies which focus on larger geographic regions rather than site- specific considerations. One example of this is the Bluff Creek Overlay District. As Chanhassen completes their Nondegradation Plan, additional measures will be identified to address overall volume of storm water runoff within the City. Finally, the City will continue to work with Lake Associations, Homeowners Associations, other government agencies and local water authorities to address storm water volume issues within specific watersheds and the City of Chanhassen as a whole. This may include a hydrologic model for the entire Riley-Purgatory-Bluff Creek Watershed, developing standards for infiltration, wetland restoration and other best management practices to obtain an overall reduction in storm water volume. Todd Gerhardt 2030 Comprehensive Plan May 12,2008 Page 4 Issue: The Minnehaha Creek Watershed District has questioned whether the City's surface water management plan was incorporated in the Comprehensive Plan. Response: The City's Second Generation Surface Water Management Plan, SWMp2, was completed in August 2006 and adopted by the City Council. SWMP2 is referenced within the Comprehensive Plan, but is not incorporated in its entirety. ATTACHMENTS 1. Summary of Changes Made to the Transportation Chapter. g:\plan\2008 comp plan\cc memo 05-12-08.doc Chapter 7 Transportation Summary of Changes Made 5/12/08 (Bold/Strikethrough Format) 6. Coulter Boulevard: Coulter Boulevard serves two functions: a local access south of TH 5 and a parallel collector to TH 5, capable of carrying local trips of short to medium length. 7. West 78th Street: This east/west route connects TH 41 to TH 101. It parallels TH 5 and provides local access to the properties adjacent to TH 5. 7.6.6. Minor Collectors Minor collectors are streets or roadways providing travel between local streets and the arterial roadway network, or serving multifamily development or neighborhood centers or services such as fire stations, parks or schools. Minor collectors are designed to serve shorter trips within a City and, generally, accommodate fewer trips then major collectors or arterials. Minor collectors connect to other collector or arterial streets. 1. Great Plains Boulevard: This route connects West 78th Street to Lake Drive East. 2. Kerber Boulevard: This route connects West 78th Street in downtown Chanhassen to Powers Boulevard and is parallel to Powers Boulevard. 3. Market Boulevard: This route provides a link between TH 5 and downtown Chanhassen. 4. Century Boulevard: This route provides a north/south link between West 78th Street, TH 5 and West 82nd Street. 5. Bluff Creek Drive: This route provides a north/south connection from CSAH 14 to Flying Cloud Dri ve. A short segment of this roadway will be constructed north of CSAH 14 to Bluff Creek Boulevard with the development of the adjacent property. 6. Bluff Creek Boulevard: This route provides an east/west connection from CSAH 15 to CSAH 17 and the TH 312 (new TH 212) interchange. The eastern portion of this roadway will be constructed with the development of the adjacent property. 7. 2010 MUSA North Collector: This roadway will connect CSAH 18 to Bluff Creek Boulevard. These connections will be constructed with the development of the properties in the area. The ultimate roadway system is based upon the functional classification presented above. It reflects full development of the City according to the land use plan and socioeconomic forecasts presented earlier. The roadway cross-section identified for each classification would be expected to be in place at the time full development is achieved. 2010 MUSA East-West Connector: A connector roadway may be needed depending on development. This roadway will connect CSAH 17 to TH 101. These connections will be constructed with the development of the properties in the area. This route was previously 7-30 Local Street. Any public street not designated as a major thoroughfare, freeway, highway, arterial or collector street. A street or road which is intended primarily to serve traffic within a neighborhood. A local street should provide direct access to adjacent land over short distances. Table 5 Driveway Access Spacing Guidelines for Land Uses MINIMUM DRIVEWAY DISTANCE FROM INTERSEcnNO STREET nEAREST INTERSECTING STREET '''.'1llI STREET WITH PROPOSED DRIVEWAY III LOCAL CLASS II CLASS I MINOR ARTERIAL "'... STREE't COLLEctOR COLLECTOR loll (LOW DENSITY) (HIGH OENSlTYI LOCAl. STREET Privale R~!ial.l ~Oft "Oft SOft soft SOft lodMduOll C<:rnmercla\Wlf.Famlly 50ft 5011 ron !lOft SOft l.IulU~ Commatd31 90ft 90ft 1~1I l~n 12Sft CLASS Il COLLECTOR (M!nQ11 f>tMlto RMldenttalllil ~Oft "Oft SOft 50ft 50ft indivIdual ~;llII.furu.Famlly 50ft 50ft 9011 90ft 90ft Mulr'PIo Commetd31 90ft 90ft 125ft 125ft 125ft CLASS I COLLECTOR (MaJorlfdllt/ Privabt ~klonti31 0>) No' f'l!rmitlcd Not Permltlcd Not PermJllod Not Permlt1ed tlet Permlt1ed IIldhrldua/ CornonerdaVJ.M!l.Fam!y 90ft SOil 220ft 220ft 220ft Mulliplo ~rcfal 12511 125 I! 220ft 220ft 220ft MINOR ARTERIAL (LOW DENSITY) - PrIva!e Re$idenUaI Jtl NOI Parmllled Nol Permitted Not Permltled Nol Permitted Not PcrmIt1ed Individual CooIme1dallMulU.family NQt Petmilled IlQl Permilled Not PermJtled tOOl! toot! I.fulfitl&C~at Not Pe<mlrted tlet Permllled Noll'lll'll1lled eooft 66011 MINOR ARTERIAL (HIGH DENSITY)- Privato ~id.ntlat lbl 110I Permlt1ed Not Ptlrmltled llot Pemitled Not Permilled Not Permitted individual ~IIMufll.FamlIy 110I Permitted 1{Ql Perm1Ued Not Pemtlted Not Permltled tiel PermItted Muffiplll Commerdal Not PMllitled 110I PMllitIed ~Iot PermJllcd NoI PelTll>'ted !l&)ft MINIMUM SPACING BETWEEN ADJACENT DRIVEWAYS 40ft' 0011 100ft 40ft. OOft 10011 Not Parmllled 200ftlll 20011"1 Not Permllled Wftl') ZlOft" Not P~rm"lled WIII'l 23011" 1. Bluff Creek Boulevard: The final connection from Powers Boulevard to the easterly terminus of the roadway will be constructed with the development of the underlying properties. 2. North and South 2005 MUSA Collectors: These connections from Bluff Creek Boulevard to Lyman Boulevard and Pioneer Trail will be constructed in conjunction with the development of the underlying properties. 3. 2010 MUSA East-West Connector: This roadway will connect CSAH 17 to TH 101. These connections will be constructed with the development of the properties in the area. 4. Dogwood Road/Crimson Bay Road: In the future, MnDOT may restrict Crimson Bay Road to a "right-in/right-out. At the present time, Crimson Bay Road does not connect to Dogwood Road. A future street connection will be needed to provide better access to Crimson Bay Road. 5. Carver Beach Road Conditions: Chanhassen's Carver Beach neighborhood was one of the first residential developments on Lotus Lake. This area consists of smaller lots and 7-33 7.11.5 Sources of Funding Roadways under City jurisdiction are maintained by the City's Department of Public Works. Rehabilitation and reconstruction projects are typically performed by a contractor under supervision of the City's Engineering Department. Funding for these activities, including the administrative costs of operating the department, is obtained from a variety of sources including ad valorem taxes, special assessments, development fees, Municipal State Aid, state and federal project funding and tax increment financing. A major concern of the City is the availability of sufficient funds for maintenance and reconstruction activities. If funds are unavailable, needed projects may be delayed or terminated and maintenance of existing facilities may fall short of acceptable standards. The following discussion explains the existing sources of funding and potential new sources of revenue. 7.11.5.1 State Aid An extremely important source of revenue to the City is state-aid. A network of city streets called Municipal State-Aid Streets is eligible for funding assistance with revenue from the Highway User Tax Distribution Fund. This fund acts as a distribution or tax clearance fund, and tax income received into the fund is transferred to various transportation-related funds for expenditure. The fund receives revenue from two principal sources: 1) gasoline taxes, and 2) vehicle registration taxes. These two sources are permanently dedicated to this fund. Ninety-five percent of the net proceeds of the Highway User Tax Distribution Fund are distributed annually according to a constitutionally mandated formula: 62 percent to the Trunk Highway Fund, 29 percent to the County State-Aid Highway Fund, and 9 percent to the Municipal State-Aid Street Fund. 7.11.5.2 Assessments Property that benefits from a roadway scheduled for improvement may be assessed for a portion of the cost of construction. In order to assess a property owner, it must be demonstrated that the value of their property will benefit by the improvement increase by at least the amount of the assessment. For this reason, it is a limited source of revenue. It is also limited by the almost certain requirement that the property must have access to the roadway. It is difficult to shO\\' direct benefit to a property that is not contiguous. Nevertheless, this is an important source of revenue for the City. Since 1989, the City has generally been following the following assessment practices. This Assessment Practice is intended to provide direction to City Staff in preparation of assessment roles to ensure fair and consistent treatment of all properties within the City of Chanhassen. Maintenance (Pothole filling, Patching, crack sealing, seal coat): Maintenance costs are not assessed to abutting property owners. Maintenance costs are financed through the City's Annual Budget process. 7-46 Rehabilitation (Repair of problem areas to full depth, Milling of edge or full width of existing pavement, Repair to existing catch basins and/or curb and gutter, Pavement Overlay): Rehabilitation costs are assessed using the following formula: = 60 % Paid by City (City share may be MSA, General Fund, TIF,Federal or State Grants, etc.) + 40 % Assessed to abutting Property Owners Total Project Cost Residential properties that abut collector or commercial streets shall be assessed using the same formula, however, the assessments shall be reduced to be equivalent to a typical 31 foot residential street section. Reconstruction (Removal of existing street and construction of new street. May include sanitary sewer or watermain work. May recycle the existing asphalt as gravel base): Reconstruction costs are assessed using the same formula as Rehabilitation. New Construction (Construction of new street or utilities or a significant upgrade from the previous facilities. i.e. a 4-lane street replaces an existing 2-1ane.): New Construction will be assessed 100% to the benefiting properties. NOTE: If a feature (sanitary sewer, water, curb and gutter, etc.) that did not previously exist is added during a rehabilitation or reconstruction, the cost of that item is treated as new construction with the remaining project costs being treated as rehabilitation or reconstruction. Work done by City Crews may be maintenance, rehabilitation, or new construction. This work is not typically assessed. Exceptions would include work associated with an assessment agreement signed by the property owner and approved by the City Council and work specifically authorized by the City Council to be done by City Crews and assessed to the abutting properties. 7.11.5.3 Ad Valorem Taxes If 20 percent of the cost of a city project can be assessed to the adjacent property owners, the remaining cost of the project can be added to the ad valorem or property taxes of the remaining property owners in the City. Ad valorem taxes for street improvements are excluded from the state mandated levy limits. 7-47 Such a utility would be administered by individual cities, with each city deciding on their own fee structure. At the present time, this sort of revenue source is not permitted by the state, but efforts are underway to persuade the State Legislature to pass legislation allowing the cities to obtain revenue in this way. 7.11.6.4 Wheelage Tax: Any city (Minnesota Statutes Section 426.05) or the Metropolitan Council (Minnesota Statutes Section 163.051) may impose an annual wheelage tax upon motor vehicles using the public streets or highways. 7.11.7 Local Planning Policies Chanhassen has different policies pertaining to construction standards for urban versus rural local streets. Urban roadways are required to dedicate 60 feet of right-of-way for local streets and 31-foot wide roadway width. Rural roadways are also required to have a bituminous surfacing 24 feet wide contained within a 60 foot right-of-way. Right-of-way widths may be reduced to 50 feet if there is extenuating environmental or physical constraints on a property. Current City policy also allows the construction of private streets. Up to four single-family residences may be served via a private street if it is demonstrated to be unfeasible or unnecessary to construct a public street. In such cases, 30 feet of easement is required with the roadway consisting of a 20-foot wide paved surface. Multi-family private streets require 24 feet of paved surface within a 40-foot easement. Commercial, industrial, and office development may be served by 26-foot wide paved private streets within 40-foot wide access easements. 7.11.8 Pavement management: Historically, the emphasis for growing communities has been building roads and implementing preventative maintenance due to the relatively new network system, but as street networks age, the new focus is on maintaining and preserving existing pavement surfaces. A pavement management program is a systematic approach to using a series of pavement treatment options over time. One treatment at the right time will improve the quality of the pavement surface and extend the pavement life, but the true benefits of the pavement management program are realized when there is a consistent schedule. An effective pavement management program integrates many preventative maintenance strategies, rehabilitation and reconstruction treatments. The goal of such a program is to extend pavement life and enhance system-wide performance in a cost-effective and efficient way. Studies show that preventative maintenance is six to ten times more cost effective then a minimal maintenance program with only some rehabilitation and reconstruction maintenance strategies used. The City of Chanhassen recognizes that the street infrastructure is an asset to the community that needs to be maintained. In 2004, the City began a pavement management program to identify long-term needs of the City street network. The objective of the program is to have a long-term pavement management plan that can realistically be funded and does not have significant peaks and valleys in the annual budgets. Also, the program wiII help identify 7-49 projects long term that will give residents some idea when their street will be proposed for improvements. The program is structured to propose projects when projects are warranted and to have a consistent methodology for proposing street improvement projects. Over the past years, staff has used this information to ascertain which streets require improvements and what type of improvement is required. There are three main types of pavement treatment options: 1. Preventive Maintenance: This item includes filling potholes, sealing cracks and seal coating. 2. Rehabilitation: Preformed to correct deficiencies that occur in pavements such as extensive cracking and potholing. This type of maintenance includes mill and overlays. 3. Reconstructive: This item is preformed when corrective maintenance is no longer appropriate. Studies conducted by a number of agencies indicate that as pavement conditions decrease, the cost for the appropriate improvements significantly increases. A typical graph of a pavement degradation curve taken from the American Public Works Association is shown below. This graph shows that it is more cost effective to have pavement repaired with preventative maintenance than it is to wait until the pavement needs reconstruction. 'tJ ~ 10 ~ ~ -8 15 Lowest Annual 8 Resurfacing COst -6 "'" i;' ;t 'iii a -4 "'" o o Il. -;::-2 8 D.. ~ ~ Years 7-50 Policies Roadways 4. Residential Streets should be designed to discourage cut-thru traffic, to promote the connection of neighborhoods and to be compatible with other transportation modes including transit, bicycle and walking. Other 10. Interconnect Neighborhoods. It is the City's policy to require interconnections between neighborhoods through the construction of local streets to foster a sense of community, to improve safety and to provide convenient access for residents.