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4646 Dakota Street SE
Prior Lake, MN 55372
PLANNING COMMISSION AGENDA REPORT
MEETING DATE: May 12, 2025
AGENDA #: 4B
PREPARED BY: Casey McCabe, Community Development Director
PRESENTED BY: Casey McCabe
AGENDA ITEM: Consider a Recommendation for an Amendment to the 2040
Comprehensive Plan to Amend Chapter 3, Land Use Plan; Chapter 6, Park
and Trail System Plan; Chapter 8, Wastewater; and Chapter 9, Water
Supply
DISCUSSION: Introduction
The purpose of this public hearing is to consider a request from City staff to
amend the City of Prior Lake 2040 Comprehensive Plan.
Background
Minnesota Statutes section 473.864 requires each local governmental unit to
review and, if necessary, amend its entire comprehensive plan and its fiscal
devices and official controls at least once every ten years to ensure its
comprehensive plan conforms to metropolitan system plans and ensure its fiscal
devices and official controls do not conflict with the comprehensive plan or permit
activities that conflict with metropolitan system plans.
The City Council adopted the 2040 Comprehensive Plan on June 1, 2020. The
Comprehensive Plan is a compilation of policy statements, goals, standards,
and maps for guiding the physical, social, and economic development, both
private and public, of the city.
Current Circumstances
On September 10, 2024, the City Council approved a new Orderly Annexation
Agreement Spring Lake Township. The new Orderly Annexation Agreement
removed a large number of residential parcels located in the Shore Trail and
Vergus Avenue neighborhoods south of Spring Lake from the annexation area
(hereinafter the “Subject Property”), meaning these Spring Lake Township
parcels area is no longer eligible for annexation into the City. The Subject
Property was previously identified as areas 24.1, 24.2 and 24.3 in a 2003 Orderly
Annexation Agreement between the City and Township.
With the Subject Property no longer eligible for annexation, an amendment to
the Comprehensive Plan is needed to remove these areas as the city will no
longer be planning for the future land use, parks and trails. The purpose of this
agenda item is to consider a recommendation to the City Council for a
Comprehensive Plan Amendment to remove references to the Subject Property
from the 2040 Comprehensive Plan, including:
Chapter 3, Land Use Plan
All references to the Subject Property located in Spring Lake Township shall be
removed from the Land Use Plan, including but not limited to:
• Figure 3.2: Future Land Use Map
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• Figure 3.3: Developable Land by Future Land Use Category
• Figure 3.4: Development Staging Plan
The removal of the Subject Property from the above Figures will not have a
significant impact on the overall future development of the city. As such, the
Tables within Chapter 3, including, Forecasted Population, Housing &
Employment; Future Land Use Characteristics; Planned Land Use
Characteristics; Density Calculations; and Future Land Use Units/Jobs/Acres are
not proposed to be amended.
Chapter 6, Park and Trail System Plan
Two former city parks, Raymond Park and South Shore Park, are located within
the Subject Property. These parcels have recently been reconveyed from the
City of Prior Lake to the State of Minnesota, and they will ultimately be conveyed
to Spring Lake Township to continue operation as public parks under the
ownership and maintenance of the Township. This amendment will remove all
references to Raymond Park and South Shore Park from the Park and Trail
System Plan.
Chapter 8, Wastewater
The Subject Property shall be removed from Figure 8.2: 2040 Future Land Use
Map in Chapter 8, Wastewater. The City will continue to provide municipal
wastewater services to this area, so the remainder of Chapter 8 shall not be
amended to remove references to the Subject Property.
Chapter 9, Water Supply
The Subject Property shall be removed from the Future Land Use Map in the
Appendix of Chapter 9, Water Supply. The City will continue to provide municipal
water services to this area, so the remainder of Chapter 9 shall not be revised to
remove references to the Subject Property.
Conclusion
Section 10-933 of Prior Lake City Code requires a public hearing to be held
before any amendment to the comprehensive plan is adopted. The proposed
amendments shall be submitted to the planning commission for its
consideration; the planning commission shall consider the testimony received
at the public hearing, the staff report, and other material deemed pertinent and
shall report its findings and recommendations to the city council.
City staff is recommending the Planning Commission approve a motion
recommending City Council approval of 2040 Comprehensive Plan amendment
to remove references to the Subject Property as identified above.
ALTERNATIVES: 1. Motion and a second to recommend approval of the 2040 Comprehensive
Plan amendment to amend Chapter 3, Land Use Plan; Chapter 6, Park and
Trail System Plan; Chapter 8, Wastewater; and Chapter 9, Water Supply.
2. Provide direction to staff and continue discussion at a future meeting.
RECOMMENDED
MOTION:
Alternative No. 1.
ATTACHMENTS: 1. Figure 3.2: Future Land Use Map
2. Figure 3.3: Developable Land by Future Land Use Category
3. Figure 3.4: Development Staging Plan
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