6.3 Potential Development along County Road 11 - Discussion

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Dawn Bittner From: Justin Burslie <Justin.Burslie@sourcewell-mn.gov> Sent Tuesday,August 23, 2022 2:22 PM To: Richard Spiczka Cc: Mayor; Dawn Bittner Subject RE:CR 11 Parcel Follow Up Flag: Follow up Flag Status: Completed Hey Rich, As you might be aware, before hwy realignment the city spent a considerable amount of time(years?)deciding on what to do with the land located east of the current(realigned) hwy and ultimately decided they wanted it to remain rural. The idea was to focus/improve/expand on existing development(and existing city infrastructure)west of the realigned hwy. There were some that wanted to rezone the area east of the realignment to Commercial and others that wanted to protect existing businesses in Pequot located in the existing commercial areas by not allowing new commercial development to move out to the highway. The future land use map in the comp plan identifies the Co Rd 11 corridor all to way to Breezy Point as Ag and Rural Res—both low density/low development intensity type classifications. https://www.pequotlakes- mn.eov/vertica I/sites/%7BB607A80E-AFD1-4C06-A4D7- F7DF956555B1%7D/uploads/FUTURE LAND USE MAP 2017.pdf With the increased need for housing in the area this Co Rd 11 corridor and S. Patriot Ave corridor are likely the next natural areas for higher density residential development. I know the county wants to limit new accesses on their roads—or least not have a lot of new accesses close together...so with any new developments we would likely have to plan for future connections to other residential developments from within as much as possible. The proposed parcels are on the"small end"of parcels we would want to see served by SSTS/private wells. It's feasible, but maybe not ideal. If the city wants to see residential development in the 1 ac lot size range one option would be to amend the min. lot size of the Transition Residential Zone from 2.5 ac to 1 ac. And amend the Future Land Use Map in the Comp Plan to identify future residential growth areas(e.g South Patriot Ave.area/Co Rd 11 corridor)as"Urban Rural Transition"and then rezone all those properties or allow property owners to rezone as they wish. I think we could discuss this broad corridor as a whole an upcoming meeting without compromising any future development proposals... I would be careful with sending to individual members and requesting feedback on a specific development proposal(maybe check with atty?Sorrv) —I know you know... but all correspondence to PC members is public info and be mindful of serial meetings/open meeting law(e.g. pc members getting info from city and talking about it amongst each other outside of a public meeting). Thanks, Justin 1