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Metropolitan Council Letter 06-01-2015I s c:, June 1, 2015 Ms. Kate Aanenson Community Development Director City of Chanhassen 7700 Market Boulevard P.O. Box 147 Chanhassen, MN 55317 RE: City of Chanhassen Comprehensive Plan Amendment — CSAH 61 Corridor Metropolitan Council Review File No. 20265-8 Metropolitan Council District 4 Dear Ms. Aanenson: At its meeting on March 27, the Metropolitan Council reviewed the City's Comprehensive Plan Amendment (amendment), based on the staff report. The amendment reguides approximately 288 acres from office and office industrial land uses to residential medium and high density and mixed land uses located along the CSAH 61 corridor as a key southern gateway to the City. The purpose of the amendment is to incorporate the CSAH 61 Corridor Land Use and Utility Study into the comprehensive plan. The Council found that the amendment conforms to the regional system plans for transportation, wastewater, and parks; is consistent with the 2030 Regional Development Framework and Council policies; and is compatible with the plans of adjacent jurisdictions. Therefore, the City may place the amendment into effect. A copy of the staff report to the Council is attached for your records. The Council will append the amendment, submission form and supplemental information to the City's plan in the Council's files. If you have any questions, please contact Angela R. Torres, Principal Reviewer at 651-602-1566. Sincerely, Attachment CC: Crystal Sheppeck, Minnesota Housing Tod Sherman, Development Reviews Coordinator, MnDOT Metro Deb Barber, Metropolitan Council District 4 Angela R. Torres, Sector Representative/Principal Reviewer Raya Esmaeili, Reviews Coordinator N:ICommDevILPAICommunitieBIChanhossenlLeners120141Chanhassen 2015 CPA 20265-8 CSAH 61 PostCounciUcnondoc o METROPOLITAN C 0 U N C I L Committee Report Business Item No. 2015-101 Community Development Committee For the Metropolitan Council meeting of May 27, 2015 Subject: City of Chanhassen CSAH 61 Corridor Comprehensive Plan Amendment, Review File No. 20265-8 Proposed Action That the Metropolitan Council: 1. Adopt the attached review record and allow the City of Chanhassen to place the CSAH 61 Corridor comprehensive plan amendment (CPA) into effect. 2. Find that the CPA does not change the City's forecasts. Summary of Committee Discussion/Questions This business item was approved as part of the committee meeting's consent agenda with no questions or discussion. Page - 1 J METROPOLITAN C 0 U N C I L Business Item No. 2015-101 Community Development Committee Meeting date: May 11, 2015 For the Metropolitan Council meeting of May 27, 2015 Subject: City of Chanhassen CSAH 61 Corridor Comprehensive Plan Amendment, Review File No. 20265- 8 District(s), Member(s): District 4, Deb Barber Policy/Legal Reference: Metropolitan Land Planning Act (Minn. Stat. § 473.175) Staff Prepared/Presented: Angela R. Torres, AICP, Senior Planner, Local Planning Assistance (651-602- 1566) Proposed Action That the Metropolitan Council: 1. Adopt the attached review record and allow the City of Chanhassen to place the CSAH 61 Corridor comprehensive plan amendment (CPA) into effect. 2. Find that the CPA does not change the City's forecasts. Background The Council reviewed the City's Comprehensive Plan Update (Business Item 2008-206, Review File No. 20265-1) on October 22, 2008. This is the City's eighth CPA since the review of the Update. The CPA proposes to amend the local comprehensive plan to reguide approximately 288 acres from office and office industrial land uses to residential medium density. high density, and mixed use land uses. The property is located along the CSAH 61 corridor as a key southern gateway to the City. The purpose of the amendment is to incorporate the CSAH 61 Corridor Land Use and Utility Study results into the comprehensive plan. Rationale The proposed CPA conforms to regional system plans, is consistent with Council policies, and is compatible with the plans of other local communities and school districts. Funding None. Known Support/ Opposition None known. Page -2 1 METROPOLITAN COUNCIL Review Record City of Chanhassen CSAH 61 Corridor Comprehensive Plan Amendment Review File No. 20265-8, Council Business Item No. 2015-102 BACKGROUND The City of Chanhassen (City) is located in eastern Cancer County, surrounded by the cities of Eden Prairie and Shorewood (Hennepin County), Chaska and Victoria (Carver County), and Shakopee and Jackson Township (Scott County). Consistent with the policies adopted by the Council in June 2014 (Business Item 2014-143) regarding review of local comprehensive plans, this amendment is being reviewed under the 2030 Regional Development Framework (RDF) and its policy plans. The 2030 Regional Development Framework (RDF) identifies the City as a Developing community. The Metropolitan Council (Council) forecasts that the City will grow between 2010 and 2030 from 27,500 to 38,000 people, from 10,200 to 14,800 households, and that employment will grow from 13,000 to 15,600 jobs. The Council reviewed the City's Update, Review File No. 20265-1, on October 27, 2008. The City has submitted six comprehensive plan amendments (CPAs). Three of those amendments made minor land use changes, one amendment made minor text and map changes to the transportation section, and one amendment identified approved road reclassifications. These CPAs met the Comprehensive Plan Amendment Administrative Guidelines revised by the Council on July 28, 2010, and have been allowed to be placed into effect under those guidelines. The City also submitted a CPA to adopt the Chanhassen Apartments CPA to reguide land in support of a 155 -unit apartment development (Review File No. 20265-5). The Council reviewed the amendment on July 15, 2013, and the amendment was allowed to be put into effect. This is the City's seventh proposed amendment to their 2030 Comprehensive Plan Update. REQUEST SUMMARY The CPA proposes to amend the local comprehensive plan to reguide approximately 288 acres from office and office industrial land uses to residential medium density, high density, and mixed use land uses located along the CSAH 61 corridor as a key southern gateway to the City. The purpose of the amendment is to incorporate the CSAH 61 Corridor Land Use and Utility Study into the comprehensive plan. OVERVIEW Conformance with The CPA conforms to the Regional System Plans for Parks, Transportation Regional Systems (including Aviation), and Wastewater, with no substantial impact on, or departure from, these plans. Consistency with The CPA is consistent with the Council's RDF, with water resources Council Policies management, and is consistent with Council forecasts. Page - 3 1 METROPOLITAN COUNCIL Compatibility with Plans The CPA will not have an impact on adjacent communities, school districts, of Adjacent or watershed districts, and is compatible with the plans of those districts. Jurisdictions PREVIOUS COUNCIL ACTIONS • The Council acted on the City's Update on October 27, 2008 (Review File No. 20265-1). • West One CPA was administratively approved by the Council on November 9, 2009 (Review File No. 20265-2). • Land Use and Transportation CPA was administratively approved by the Council on February 14, 2011 (Review File No. 20265-3). • Road Reclassification CPA was administratively approved by the Council on May 3, 2013 (Review File No. 20265-4). • The Chanhassen Apartments CPA was approved by the Council on July 24, 2013 (Review File 20265-5). • The Preserve at Rice Lake CPA was administratively approved by the Council on September 12, 2013 (Review File No. 20265-6). • Arbor Cove CPA was administratively approved by the Council on May 20, 2014 (Review File No. 20265-7). ISSUES I. Does the amendment conform to the regional system plans? II. Is the amendment consistent with the RDF and other Council policies? III. Does the amendment change the City's forecasts? IV. Is the amendment compatible with the plans of adjacent local governmental units and affected jurisdictions? ISSUES ANALYSIS AND FINDINGS Conformance with Regional Systems The CPA conforms to the regional system plan for Regional Parks, Transportation, and Wastewater, with no substantial impact on, or departure from, these system plans. Consistency with Council Policy The CPA is consistent with Council policies for forecasts, land use, housing, sub -surface sewage treatment systems, and water supply. Additional review comments regarding consistency with land use and housing policies are detailed below. Land Use Reviewer.' Angela R. Torres (659-602-1566) The 2030 Regional Development Framework identifies the City as a Developing community, and directs Developing communities to support sewered residential development at densities of at least 3 units per acre. The CPA proposes to reguide approximately 288 acres from office and office industrial land uses to residential medium density, high density, and mixed use land uses located along the CSAH 61 corridor as a key southern gateway to the City. The purpose of the amendment is to incorporate the CSAH 61 Corridor Land Use and Utility Study into the comprehensive plan. The land use changes Page -4 1 METROPOLITAN COUNCIL allow for the potential future redevelopment of the corridor. As shown in Table 1 and illustrated in Figure 3, the City is reguiding a number of different properties. Table 1: Detailed Land Use Changes along CSAH 61 20265-8 CSAH 61 Corridor CPA Acres Guiding Change 58.96 Office to Residential Medium Density 107.34 Office to Parks 17.09 Residential Large Lot to Residential Medium Density 9.21 Office to Residential Medium Density 11.07 Office to Mixed (70%Res/30%Comm) 15.58 Office Industrial to Mixed (70%Res/30%Comm) 16.86 Office Industrial to Residential High Density 7.62 Office Industrial to Parks The City's Update, with previous amendments, has a planned minimum residential density of 3.73 units per acre. Consistent with the Council's MUSA Implementation Guidelines, communities participating in the Plat Monitoring Program (PMP) receive credit for development platted beginning in the year 2000. Since 2000, the City has approved residential developments with an overall average density of 4.7 units per acre. The City has a combined overall density of 4.3 units per acre, consistent with the Council's policy for sewered residential development in Developing communities. Table 2. Residential Densitv Calculation for Planned Residential Land uses Category RangeMin Min Max Density165.9 - Units Max Units Low Density Residential 1.2 4 206 686 Medium Density Residential 4 8 594 1188 High Density Residential 8 16 527 1055 Mixed Use 8 20 26.65 213 533 TOTALS 412.65 15�� Overall Density 373 8.39 Plat Monitoring Totals 2013 570.1 2682 4.70 CPU and Plat Monitoring Total 982.8 4222 4.30 Housing Reviewer: Angela R. Torres (651-602-1566) The CPA is consistent with the Council's policy for housing. The City's share of the region's affordable housing need is 1,166 units. With this amendment, the City has over 493 acres available guided at densities high enough to support this need. This amendment adds 129 new acres to land guided to support their affordable housing allocation. Compatibility with Plans of Adjacent Governmental Units and Plans of Affected Special Districts and School Districts The proposed CPA is compatible with the plans of adjacent jurisdictions. No compatibility issues with plans of adjacent governmental units and plans of affected special districts and school districts were identified. Page -5 1 METROPOLITAN COUNCIL ATTACHMENTS Figure 1: Location Map Showing Regional Planning Areas Figure 2: Location Map showing Regional Systems Figure 3: Current and Proposed Land Use Guiding Page -6 1 METROPOLITAN COUNCIL Figure 1: Location Map Showing Regional Planning Areas iMinnetrista t � Shorewood � � �. 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