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6.7 ITEM=-6-r8-: 6. 7 ty of lk River MEMORANDUM J TO: Planning Commission FROM: Stephen Rohlf, Building and Zoning Administrator S�- DATE: December 4, 1995 SUBJECT: Renewal of Solid Waste Facility License and Conditional Use Permit for Northern States Power (NSP) CU 95-32/Public Hearing Background The City of Elk River originally approved a conditional use permit and a solid waste facility license for NSP in 1987. NSP's property was also zoned to solid waste facility overlay district at that time. The underlying zoning of their • property is light-industrial. NSP processes refuse into fuel to be burned at United Power Association's facility to generate electricity. NSP's facility lies east of US Trunk Highway 10 and north of 165th Avenue. A vicinity map is attached to this memo. NSP's license and conditional use permit is required to be renewed every two years. The request in front of the Planning Commission is that renewal. Attachments 1. An application letter dated November 15, 1995, from NSP. 2. A site plan of NSP's facility. 3. A vicinity map showing the location of NSP's property. 4. A revised conditional use permit and solid waste facility license. • 13065 Orono Parkway • P.O. Box 490 • Elk River, MN 55330 • (612) 441-7420 • Fax: (612) 441-7425 • Issues After the number of years of operation and the number of renewals that NSP has gone through, most of the outstanding issues have been satisfactorily resolved. A number of modifications to NSP's facility have been made over the years to avoid fire suppression water from being released outside of the building. The concern was groundwater contamination. The city routinely has NSP test run-off from this site. Odor, noise, and traffic, are additional issues that either NSP made modifications to their plant to help resolve or the city set additional stipulations in their license and conditional use permit to resolve. Staff feels that adequate conditions exist in NSP's permits to deal with the issues of importance. At this point, it is not a matter of additional conditions, it is a matter of administering the conditions already in effect. Recommendation Staff feels that adequate conditions exist in NSP's license and conditional use permit to address any future issues with this plant and ensure that it is run in compliance with the seven standards required for a conditional use permit III and the City Solid Waste Facility Ordinance. Therefore, staff is recommending approval of the conditional use permit and solid waste facility license for NSP with the following changes: A. Conditional Use Permit Staff is proposing that Item No. 24, titled "Biennial Review", is modified so that renewal of this conditional use permit takes place every four years. B. License Staff is proposing that Item No. 20 titled "Expiration and Renewal", is revised so that January 31, 2000, is the next date for renewal. • pc95-32/bz/stever NORTHERN STATES POWER 0 FIRE PULIP HOUSE\ FIRE PROTECTION • -TS STORAGE BUILDING (EL 890.5) (EL 6901 wATER STORAGE — - - — _ — - - - — I'LANK — = T ;..7,. '1,...,1 ...... . , , ---F4: GRASSY— DIESEL STORAGE-\ ---,- ..\---.......--, ;, \ % \\._ ....---••• N .-- -----___ _ ------2 . _ - --- .....1---. :- RAssy ----:..-- : tr -------_,,r:-.______ AREA" TANK & PUMP t Ie. s.T ' \ I TREES ,r)••• RIP• • _. ______,...---- _..---r- 41. ....,........................."."'.. .................,aligh........ ............, •••• .......... '\\,... .tac.-1— 1.. ' I ,......(fl..... I i f. , , , ___---, , , 1 r , ; i J ... , ••••••••••••••••••••• ••• Loom,.O•••••••••••••••••• ••• -sr •••••••••••••••• •• . t , • .. ) , , • i : . ................. - — • , ,. 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I - . .... r j 1, EXHIBIT A • AMENDED CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. 86-86 For Northern States Power Company Refuse Derived Fuel Resource Recovery Facility This Amended Conditional Use Permit No. 86-86 was approved by the City Council of the City of Elk River on December 1, 1986, subject to the following terms: 1. This Conditional Use Permit No. 86-86 (the Permit) is for the construction and operation of the Anoka County Refuse Derived Fuel Resource Recovery Facility as described in the Draft and Final Environmental Impact Statements for the Facility dated April 1986 and July 1986; and as described in the Combined Air and Solid Waste Permit No. 147A-86-OT-1 for an Air Emission Facility, Air Pollution Control Equipment and Solid Waste Processing System and Permit for the construction and operation of a Waste Processing Facility and System, No. SW-305, issued by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA); and as described in (1) "Response to RDF Information Sheet Issued by the Concerned Citizens Against the Proposed Garbage Project," transmitted to the City by correspondence dated July 24, 1986, and (2) "Responses to the City of Elk River Concerns" transmitted to Mayor Richard Hinkle on • August 19, 1986; and (3) correspondence from the Permittee to Mayor M Richard Hinkle dated October 13, 1986, and as further described in Permittee's November 28, 1989 application for renewal of conditional use permit and Permittee's correspondence of April 2, 1990, April 17, 1990, July 2, 1990, August 3, 1990, and September 6, 1990, to the City; and in Permittee's November 30, 1991, application for renewal of the Conditional Use Permit; all of which have been provided to the City by the Permittee in support of the application for this Amended Conditional Use Permit and collectively describe the Facility authorized by this Permit. The Facility consists of three (3) integrated components located in the City: (1) A facility for receiving municipal solid waste and processing it into refuse-derived fuel (Processing Facility); (2) A facility for the incineration of refuse-derived fuel (Burn Facility); and (3) The movement of vehicles transporting municipal solid waste (MSW), refuse-derived fuel (RDF), rejected municipal solid waste (Rejects), and incineration residue (Residue). So long as RDF is incinerated in the City, the conditions of this Permit which relate to the Burn Facility and Residue shall be in full force and effect. Construction or operation in violation of any of the material statements of fact, factual information, or representations in the referenced documents shall be deemed to be a violation of the Permit and all such documents are considered to be and are hereby made a part of the Permit. 111 2. Building construction, driveways, parking, grading, utilities, surface water management, erosion control, landscaping, fencing, and screening for the Processing Facility shall be provided substantially in accordance with the plans • submitted by Northern States Power Company with the original application for a conditional use permit and the November 28, 1989 application for renewal of conditional use permit, which are hereby made a part of this Permit. In addition, these plans shall be further revised to provide a hard surfaced, diked area to drop hot loads of processed RDF so that they can be put out and fire suppression water retained; and to further provide that all areas on the facility site are either hard surfaced parking and drive areas, pea rock or asphalt shavings for equipment storage, or landscaped areas with grass. There shall be no gravel or dirt areas on the facility site. The revised plans shall be submitted by December 31, 1990, and all improvements installed by September 30, 1991. 3. All utility and street construction plans and specifications as presented by Northern States Power Company for the Facility and servicing streets must be prepared by a Registered Civil Engineer in accordance with directions of and approved by the City Engineer. 4. All building plans and specifications must be approved by the City Building Inspector and Fire Chief. 5. Approval of driveway entrances, if needed, on State and County highways shall be secured from the appropriate agencies and filed with the City Zoning Administrator prior to issuance of any building permit. Street lighting and 111 acceleration and deceleration lanes for Highway 10 at the intersection of 165th Street and Highway 10 shall be installed by City to provide safe access to Highway 10 for trucks entering and leaving the Facility. Failure by Permittee to reimburse the City for the installation of said improvements within thirty (30) days of receiving an invoice for all or any part of said improvements shall be cause for revocation of this Permit. 6. The City shall have the right of access to all areas of the Processing Facility and site for the purpose of inspection to ensure compliance with all of the terms and conditions of this permit and the Solid Waste Facility License for the Facility. The City need not give prior notice to the Permittee for personnel to access the Processing Facility or site during the normal waste receiving hours of 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Saturday, or if an explosion or other emergency occurs. At any other time, at least twelve (12) hours prior notice to the Permittee is required. Such access shall be in accordance with reasonable safety standards and reasonable proprietary information requirements. Alternatively, the City may, in its discretion, upon thirty (30) days notice to Permittee, to further ensure compliance with the restrictions in this Conditional PXB 103258 2. • Use Permit and in Section 604 of the City Code of Ordinances on the handling • and processing of hazardous and dangerous waste, and to protect the public health, safety, and general welfare of the citizens of Elk River, place full-time City inspectors at the Facility twenty-four (24) hours a day. These inspectors shall have the right of access to all areas of the Facility, twenty-four (24) hours a day, for the purposes of inspection to ensure compliance with all of the terms and conditions of this Conditional Use Permit, the license for the Facility, and Section 604 of the City Code. The on-site City inspector shall have the right, at any time, to take one or more of the following actions: A. Order a load of MSW inspected, pursuant to the procedures set forth in the license for the Facility; B. Order the Facility cleaned, if a violation of the dust control plan for the Facility is observed; or C. Order the Facility shut down if necessary to bring it into compliance with the dust control plan or any other term or condition of this Conditional Use Permit, the license for the Facility, or Section 604 of the City Code. 7. All employee or visitor motor vehicles associated with Facility operation shall • be parked on Facility property, and not on adjacent lands not owned by Permittee or on adjacent streets. Adequate facilities must be provided to ensure that no vehicle desiring entry into the Processing Facility during permitted receiving hours will have to wait outside the perimeter of the Processing Facility site. 8. The City shall be notified by the Permittee immediately upon the occurrence of any explosion, fire, or other emergency at the Facility; upon the discovery, release or spill of hazardous or dangerous materials, as defined in the City of Elk River Solid Waste Ordinance, at the Facility; and of any violations of the conditions of the Permit, Air Emission Facility Permit No. 147A-86-0T-1 or Permit for a Waste Processing Facility and System, No. SW-305. The specific requirements for how, when and who to notify at the City shall be set forth in a separate letter from City Staff to Permittee. This letter may be revised or supplemented by City staff from time to time as necessary to address the City's needs for notification. 9. This Permit authorizes an average annual throughput of one thousand five hundred twenty-six (1,526) tons per day of MSW. 10. All MSW, RDF, Reject or Residue-hauling truck traffic entering or exiting the Processing Facility or the Burn Facility shall use only those highways and • PXB 103258 3. streets as allowed in writing by the City Council, avoiding the use of Main • Street and residential streets, if at all possible. Truck traffic originating in the City may use other public streets. 11. The Facility may operate twenty-four (24) hours a day. However, the City reserves the right to restrict the hours of operation of the Facility to normal business hours if noise emanating from the Facility to surrounding residential properties is unacceptable. Hours of receiving and transporting MSW at the Processing Facility shall be limited to 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday, provided that from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. the Facility may only receive MSW from the Hennepin County transfer station in Brooklyn Park. The City reserves the right to restrict further the hours of receiving and transporting MSW at the processing facility if necessary to protect the public health, safety, and welfare. Rejects may be transported during the hours of 4 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and during the hours from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on Sundays, provided that hauling of rejects on Sundays shall be limited to Highway 10 east of the intersection of Highway 10 and Highway 169 and Highways 169 and 101. RDF may be transported outside those hours, but not to UPA during the hours of 4:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. on any day. Permittee, in cooperation with the City Council, shall designate one (1) night of the Monday-Friday week when individual citizens may enter and exit the Facility until 8:00 p.m. 12. At the Processing Facility, all truck and Processing Facility wash water shall • be diverted and captured in a retention tank so that it does not enter the groundwater system. 13. The Processing Facility shall be enclosed by a minimum six-foot and no more than eight-foot high chain link fence. 14. The Processing Facility shall undertake no processing of MSW until all appropriate items in this Permit and the building permit are completed and finally inspected by the City of Elk River Zoning Administrator and a written certificate of occupancy has been issued. 15. Permittee shall test storm water run-off captured ir, the on-site retention/detention pond, and shall provide written reports on these test results to the City, as provided in the rain water run-off sampling plan submitted by Permittee. If the required tests indicate water quality problems in rain water run-off, Permittee shall submit to the City for approval a plan for addressing such problems and shall implement such solutions as are required by City. 16. The Permittee shall engage in a regular and routine litter maintenance and removal program extending (a) one-half mile east of the Processing Facility • PXB 103258 4. entrance on 165th Street Northwest, (b) southeast on Highway 10 from the • intersection of 165th Street Northwest with Highway 10 to the eastern city limits, (c) northwest on Highway 10 from said intersection to the intersection of Highway 10 and Highway 169, and (d) any other areas adversely impacted by debris related to Facility operations as may be determined by the City. Litter shall be removed from these areas no less than once per week, and more often if necessary because of spills or complaints from neighboring property owners, to ensure that these areas are kept free of litter generated by truck traffic traveling to and from the Facility. In addition, Permittee shall inspect all trucks leaving the plant to ensure that they are either fully enclosed or covered, and/or clean, and will not spread litter on surrounding streets and roadways as they leave. 17. The Permittee shall immediately pay to reimburse the City for any and all expenses associated with initial Processing Facility-related improvements on 165th Street from the Processing Facility entrance to the intersection with Highway 10, and on any other city streets used by vehicles transporting RDF or Residue which may serve as primary access for the Burn Facility. For the foregoing street, the Permittee shall also reimburse the City for all patching and repair expenses in excess of the City's normal street maintenance program. Permittee shall also reimburse the City for any and all expenses associated with installation of the acceleration and decelerations and lighting at the intersection of Highway 10 and 165th Street. 18. No exterior storage of MSW, RDF, Rejects or Residue shall be allowed, , except in enclosed trailers or trucks. 19. The Permittee represents and warrants to the City that the Facility shall at all times comply with all applicable city, county, state, and federal laws and regulations, including without limitation, environmental laws and regulations. 20. All Mixed Municipal Solid Waste not burned, including unburned RDF, RDF process Rejects and RDF Residues, shall be disposed of in strict compliance with the requirements of Section 604 of the City Code and Chapter 7035 of Minnesota Rules. 21. Responsibility for Costs: A. The Permittee shall pay all direct costs incurred by it or the City in conjunction with the application for this Permit and development of the Facility, including without limitation legal, planning, consulting, engineering, and inspection expenses (including a reasonable charge for City staff time) incurred in connection with approval of the Facility, the preparation of this Permit, and all costs and expenses incurred by the • PXB 103258 5. City in monitoring and inspecting the construction of the Facility, • except those costs and expenses normally covered by the building permit fee. B. The Permittee shall defend and hold the City, its officers, and employees harmless from all claims made by third parties for damages sustained or costs incurred resulting from Facility approval, construction, and operation. The Permittee shall indemnify the City, its officers, and employees for all costs, damages, or expenses which the City may pay or incur in consequence of such claims, including attorneys' fees. The aforesaid defense, indemnity, and hold harmless provisions shall not be in effect from and after the date that the occurrence giving rise to the claim in question is determined by a court with jurisdiction over the matter to have been caused solely by the willful conduct or negligence of the City, its officers or employees. Until the date of such judicial determination, the defense, hold harmless and indemnification provisions shall be in full force and effect and in the event of such judicial determination, the City shall reimburse the Permittee all of its costs and expenses incurred on behalf of the City in connection with the foregoing. Nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit the City from selecting its own counsel to act as co-counsel in the defense of such matters. The Permittee agrees to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the City of Elk River, its Council members, • officers, and employees from any claims or damages arising out of any acts or omissions on the part of the Permittee and any of the participating counties or their commissioners, agents, or employees in the performance of the counties' contractual obligations under the agreements with the Permittee, from any strict liability imposed upon the City pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 115B.01, et seq. for the release of hazardous waste at the Facility and from any remedial actions, clean- ups, removal, closure, post-closure activities, or monitoring requirements or costs associated therewith. This indemnity, hold harmless, and defense obligation on the part of the Permittee shall include, but not be limited to, any and all actions, claims, requirements, or claims for damages arising out of the granting of this Permit for the Facility or any variance associated with the height of the proposed Processing Facility and the inability of the City to properly respond to fire calls at the Processing Facility due to the limitations of its equipment or personnel, but shall not include willful and unjustified failure to respond to fire calls at the Processing Facility. The indemnities provided in this paragraph B are subject to the limits of liability set forth in Minnesota Statutes Sections 466.04 and 466.06, as amended from time to time, if effective as to the particular indemnified • PXB 103258 6. action or claim. Nothing in this Permit is intended to waive the • immunities to which the City is entitled by law. C. The Permittee waives and releases the City from all claims, direct or indirect, arising or claimed to have arisen out of all actions or inactions relating to the City's consideration or issuance of the Permit. D. The Permittee shall reimburse the City for all costs incurred in enforcement of this Permit, including consultant and attorneys' fees. Failure by Permittee to reimburse City within forty-five (45) days of receiving an invoice for any costs for which reimbursement is required by the terms of this Conditional Use Permit or the License for the Facility, shall be cause for revocation of this Permit. 22. Miscellaneous: A. This Permit and its conditions shall be binding upon each of the Permittees, jointly and severally, referred to collectively in this Permit in the singular as Permittee, and the successors and assigns of any one of them. The assignment by any Permittee of its interest in the Facility shall not relieve it of responsibility and liability under this Permit without the written consent of the City, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. • B. Violation of the terms of this Permit or of MPCA Permit No. SW-305 or Air Emission Facility Permit No. 147A-86-0T-1 by the Permittee shall entitle the City to any and all remedies available at law or in equity. If the City determines that such violation results in a clear and imminent danger to the health and safety of the City's residents, the City's remedies shall include immediate cessation of operation or construction, or both, without the necessity of a judicial order in advance of the same. In all other instances, the immediate cessation remedy shall be preceded by a judicial order. A revocation or suspension of this Permit shall be only as to the violating component of the Facility, not as to the components not in violation. C. If any portion, section, subsection, sentence, clause, paragraph, or phrase of this Permit is for any reason held invalid, such decision shall not effect the validity of the remaining portions of the Permit. D. The action or inaction of the City shall not constitute a waiver or amendment to the provisions of this Permit. To be binding, amendments or waivers shall be in writing, signed by the Permittee, and approved by written resolution of the City Council. The City's PXB 103258 7. failure to promptly take legal action to enforce this Permit shall not be • a waiver or release. 23. Notices: Required notice to the Permittee shall be in writing, and shall be either hand delivered to the Permittee, its employees or agents, or mailed to the Permittee by certified or registered mail at the following addresses: Elk River Resource Recovery Facility 10700 165th Avenue N.W. Elk River, Minnesota 55330 Attention: Plant Superintendent United Power Association ATTN: General Manager 17845 U.S. Highway 10 Elk River, Minnesota 55330-0800 Notice to the City shall be in writing, and shall be either hand delivered to the City Administrator, or mailed to the City by certified or registered mail in care of the City Administrator at the following address: City of Elk River City Hall • Elk River, Minnesota 55330 Attention: City Administrator 24. Review: The terms and conditions of this Permit and compliance by the Permittee shall be subject to review by the City every four (4) years from the date of the prior renewal. The City reserves the right to revoke, amend, or impose additional conditions on the Facility or the Permittee at such time taking into account the advancement of scientific knowledge relative to the health effects of the Facility, the Permittee's degree of compliance with current Permit conditions, and the criteria and standards of the City Code and Minnesota law. The undersigned, on behalf of the respective Permittees, jointly and severally, represent and bind their respective Permittees to the terms of this Permit, having fully examined this Permit and all materials referred to herein and agree to all the conditions set forth. Each person signing below on behalf of a Permittee does so upon the authority of the Board of Directors of the respective Permittee, and a resolution documenting such authority is attached hereto. This approval shall expire two years from the date of City Council approval unless the proposed work described herein has not been substantially completed or unless extended as provided in Section 900.42 of the City Code. In no case shall the Facility S PXB 103258 8. be used for the uses designated in the Permit until all of the conditions have been met by the 111 Permittee and are inspected by the City. PERMITTEE: NORTHERN STATES POWER COMPANY Dated: By: Its: • • PXB 103258 9. EXHIBIT A • CITY OF ELK RIVER SOLID WASTE FACILITY LICENSE NORTHERN STATES POWER COMPANY WASTE PROCESSING FACILITY This Solid Waste Facility License (the License) is hereby issued by the City of Elk River (the City), pursuant to Section 604 (the Solid Waste Facilities Ordinance) of the City of Elk River Code of Ordinances (the City Code) to Northern States Power Company (Licensee) for the establishment and operation of a Waste Processing Facility (the Facility) upon the property legally described as: The Southwest one-quarter of the Southeast one-quarter (SW1/4 of the SE1/4) of Section 11, Township 32, Range 26, according to Government Land Survey, except the South 468 feet of the West 495 feet thereof, subject to highway easement of record (the Site). • I. This License authorizes the establishment and operation of a Waste Processing Facility which will process up to a maximum annual average of one thousand, five hundred twenty-six (1,526) tons per day of municipal solid waste (MSW) into refuse derived fuel (RDF), as described in: 1. The Licensee's "Application for a Solid Waste Facility License to Permit the Operation of a Waste Processing Facility" and Licensee's November 28, 1989 application for renewal of the License for the Facility and supplemental correspondence from Licensee to the City dated April 2, 1990, April 17, 1990, July 2, 1990, August 3, 1990, and September 6, 1990; and Licensee's November 20, 1991, application for renewal of the License; 2. The Draft and Final Environmental Impact Statements for the Anoka County Refuse Derived Fuel Resource Recovery Facility, dated April 1986, and July 1986; 3. The Combined Air and Solid Waste Permit No. 147A-86-0T-1 for an Air Emission Facility, Air Pollution Control Equipment, and Solid Waste Processing System, and Permit for the Construction and Operation of a Waste Processing Facility, No. SW-305 (collectively referred to as the MPCA Permit), issued by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency • (MPGA). • II. This License is issued subject to the requirements and conditions set forth below in • Section III, which are imposed for the purposes of: 1. Satisfying the standards set forth in the Elk River City Code of Ordinances, including Section 604 and Article IX thereof; 2. Promoting compatibility with and minimizing any potential adverse effects upon properties and neighborhoods adjacent to the Facility or within the City; 3. Protecting the public health, safety, and general welfare; 4. Avoiding traffic congestion or hazard; and 5. Preventing land, water, or air pollution. III. Requirements and Conditions: 1. Incorporation of Plans and Application Materials. Construction and operation of the Facility shall be in accordance with the plans and other materials submitted by Licensee to the City and the MPCA, including those identified above in Section I of this License, all of which are hereby made a part of this License. Construction or operation in violation of any of the material statements of fact, factual . information, or representations made by the Licensee to the City or MPCA shall be deemed to be a violation of this License. 2. Submission of Final Plans. Final plans and specifications for the Facility must be reviewed and approved by City staff and/or consultants prior to the issuance of a building permit for the Facility. 3. Incorporation of MPCA Permit. The terms and conditions of the MPCA Permit are specifically incorporated into this License and the Licensee shall comply with all such terms and conditions including, without limitation, the "Operating Conditions," "Special Operating Requirements," and "General Conditions" of the MPCA Permit and that portion of the MPCA Permit denoted "Permit No. SW- 305." Any violation of the MPCA Permit will constitute a violation of the terms of this License. Licensee shall notify the City immediately of any violation of the terms, conditions, or requirements of the MPCA Permit, and shall advise the City as to what steps will be taken to correct said violations. 4. Incorporation of Amendments to MPCA Permit. No amendment or change to any term, condition, or requirement of the MPCA Permit shall be incorporated into the License or become effective with respect to this License until the City has received notice of the proposed amendment and has specifically consented thereto by amending this License to incorporate the MPCA Permit Amendment. • PXB 103217 2. 5. Reporting Requirements. Copies of all plans, studies, reports, and other materials • required to be submitted to the MPCA by Licensee shall be filed with the City, unless the City Building and Zoning Administrator or his designated representative specifically notifies Licensee in writing that copies of specific documents will not be necessary. Materials which must be provided unless declined include, without limitation, all plans and specifications; Operations Reports; residue management plans; annual residue reports; contingency disposal plans; and waste composition studies. 6. Incorporation of Solid Waste Facilities Ordinance. The Facility and Licensee must at all times fully comply with the requirements of Section 604 of the City Code, including specifically Sections 604.30 (3) and (4). Any violation of the City Code will constitute a violation of the terms of this License. Licensee shall notify the City immediately of any such violation and shall advise the City as to what steps will be taken to correct said violations. 7. Incorporation of City Zoning Ordinance and Conditional Permit. The Facility and Licensee must at all times comply with the terms and conditions of the conditional use permit issued for the Facility (the "CUP") and with the City's Zoning Ordinance, including the performance standards set forth in Section 900.28 thereof. Any violation of the CUP or the Zoning Ordinance will constitute a violation of the terms of this License. Licensee shall notify the City immediately of any such violation and shall advise the City as to what steps will be taken to correct said • violations. 8. Hazardous and Dangerous Wastes. There shall be no processing of hazardous or dangerous waste at the Facility. Temporary storage of Hazardous and Dangerous Wastes shall be allowed as provided by Section 604 of the City Code. Licensee shall notify the City immediately upon the discovery, release, or spill of any hazardous or dangerous waste at the Facility and shall advise the City what steps will be taken to contain and clean-up any release or spill of such waste. The specific requirements for how, when and who to notify at the City will be set forth in a separate letter from City staff to Licensee, as provided in the CUP. Licensee shall develop a plan for identifying hazardous and dangerous wastes and the generators of such waste. This plan shall include, at a minimum, the following elements: a) Licensee shall thoroughly inspect a minimum of three (3) MSW loads per week (average) selected on a random basis. This inspection shall include opening and inspecting every garbage bag in each load and all other containers. b) Licensee shall submit to the City a quarterly report containing, at the minimum, the following information for each load inspected: • PXB 103217 3. (i) The hauler and truck number of the load; • (ii) Any hazardous or dangerous waste found in the load; (iii) Licensee's efforts to identify the generator of any hazardous or dangerous waste found in the load; (iv) The identity, if known by Licensee, of the generator of any hazardous or dangerous waste found in the load; (v) The actions which Licensee is taking against the generator and hauler of any such hazardous or dangerous waste found in the load; (vi) Licensee's record of disposal of any hazardous or dangerous waste found in the load. c) Licensee shall advise the City Building and Zoning Administrator, if requested, when these loads are being inspected and the City shall have the right to have its personnel on-site to observe the inspection process. d) Licensee shall develop, for City approval, a dust control plan, including maximum allowable levels of dust in the air and on surfaces at the Facility; and shall schedule, on a regular basis, down time for dust control pursuant • to the plan, major repairs and cleaning of the Facility. City shall have the right to thoroughly inspect the Facility for dust control, cleanliness and compliance with the other terms of this License during such down time. e) To further ensure compliance with the restrictions in this License, and in Section 604 of the City Code of Ordinances, on the handling and processing of hazardous and dangerous wastes, and to protect the public health, safety, and general welfare of the citizens of Elk River, the City shall have the right, upon thirty (30) days notice to Licensee, to have an inspector at the Facility twenty-four (24) hours a day. These inspectors shall have the right of access to all areas of the Facility, twenty-four (24) hours a day, for the purposes of inspection to ensure compliance with all of the terms and conditions of this License, the conditional use permit for the Facility, and Section 604 of the City Code. The on-site City inspector shall have the right at any time to take one or more of the following actions: (i) Order a load of MSW inspected, pursuant to the procedures set forth above; (ii) Order the Facility cleaned, if a violation of the dust control plan is observed; or • PXB 103217 4. (iii) Order the Facility shut down if necessary to bring it into compliance • with the dust control plan or any other term or condition of this License, the conditional use permit for the Facility, or Section 604 of the City Code. 9. RDF and Reject Disposal. All Mixed Municipal Solid Waste not burned, including unburned RDF, RDF process Rejects and RDF Residues, shall be disposed of in strict compliance with the requirements of Section 604 of the City Code and Chapter 7035 of Minnesota Rules. 10. RDF Truck Haul Routes. To minimize the impact of the Facility on other land uses and activities in the area, all RDF hauling trucks transporting RDF from the Facility to the UPA Waste Burning Facility shall use the following routes: (1) from the facility via 165th Street to Highway 10 and from Highway 10 directly into the UPA Facility; or (2) from the Facility via 165th Street to Highway 10, Highway 10 to Main Street, Main Street to UPA Drive, and from UPA Drive into the UPA Facility. RDF trucks returning from the UPA Facility to the Facility shall use the following route: from the UPA Facility directly onto Highway 169, Highway 169 to Highway 10, Highway 10 to 165th Street, and from 165th Street directly into the Facility. Incoming and outgoing traffic from the Facility shall be controlled by the Licensee in such a manner as to provide orderly and safe ingress and egress and so as not to impede or interfere with general traffic. • 11. Processing and Storage Areas to be Fully Enclosed. All MSW and RDF receiving, processing, and storage areas at the Facility shall be fully enclosed. Adequate facilities shall be provided to insure that under no circumstances will there be any exterior storage of MSW or RDF, except in enclosed trailers or trucks. Licensee shall create a 20-foot fire break between the conveyor on the tipping floor of the Facility to the garbage on the tipping floor. All RDF haul trucks leaving the facility shall be securely covered so that no RDF or other matter may escape. 12. Hours. The Facility may operate twenty-four (24) hours a day on a temporary basis. The City reserves the right to restrict the hours of operation of the Facility to normal business hours if noise emanating from the Facility to surrounding residential properties is unacceptable. Hours of receiving and transporting MSW at the Processing Facility shall be limited to 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday, provided that from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. the Facility may only receive MSW from the Hennepin County Transfer Station in Brooklyn Park. The City reserves the right to restrict further the hours of receiving and transporting MSW at the processing facility if necessary to protect the public health, safety, or general welfare. Rejects may be transported during the hours of 4:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and during the hours from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on Sundays, provided that hauling of rejects on Sundays shall be limited to Highway 10 east of the intersection of Highway 10 and Highway 169 and to Highways 169 and 101. RDF may be transported outside those hours, but not to UPA during the 1111 PXB 103217 5. hours of 4:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. on any day. Licensee, in cooperation with the City Council, shall designate one (1) night of the Monday-Friday week when individual citizens may enter and exit the Facility until 8:00 p.m. 13. Public Drop-Off. Licensee shall provide an area at the Facility for disposal of solid waste by individual citizens and shall, in cooperation with the City Council designate one night of the Monday through Friday week when individual citizens may enter and exit the Facility until 8:00 p.m. Open top trailers shall be allowed for public drop-off of solid waste, but shall be covered at all times when the public drop-off is not open. Licensee shall also advertise on at least a quarterly basis the availability of this public drop off facility and the fee charged for it, and shall cooperate with the City in recycling efforts. 14. Wash Water and Storm Water Run-off. All truck and facility wash water shall be diverted and captured in a retention tank so it does not enter the groundwater system. Captured washdown water shall be disposed of as required by the MPCA, and shall not be disposed of in the City's Waste Water Treatment Plant. Licensee shall also test storm water run-off captured in the on-site retention/detention pond, and shall provide written reports on these test results to the City, as provided in the rain water run-off sampling plan submitted by Licensee. If the required tests indicate water quality problems in rain water run-off, Licensee shall submit to the City for approval a plan for addressing such problems and shall implement such solutions as are required by City. • 15. Security and Litter Control. The Facility shall be enclosed by a minimum six foot and no more than eight foot high chain link fence. Licensee shall engage in a regular and routine litter maintenance and removal program as required by the CUP. 16. Signage. Licensee shall erect and maintain at each entrance to the Facility a permanent sign stating the name of the Facility, the MPCA Permit number and stating the hours and days the Facility to open for public use. 17. License Fees. Licensee shall promptly pay the License application fee and annual License fees required by Section 604 of the City Code. 18. Inspections. Licensee shall make the Facility available for inspections as required by the CUP and Section 604 of the City Code. 19. Insurance and Bonding. This License shall not take effect until the insurance and bonding requirements set forth in Section 604.12 of the City Code have been complied with. S PXB 103217 6. 20. Expiration and Renewal. This License shall expire on January 31, 2000, as • provided by Section 604 of the City Code. Renewal of this License shall be governed by the procedures and requirements of Section 604.14 of the City Code. 21. Suspension and Revocation. This License is subject to suspension and/or revocation pursuant to the procedures and standards set forth in Section 604 of the City Code. 22. Violations. Any violation of the terms and conditions of this License shall also be considered a violation of Section 604 of the City Code and, in addition to suspension or revocation of this License as provided in Section 604.14 of the City Code, the City may proceed to seek enforcement of this License and the Solid Waste Facilities Ordinance under Section 604.34 thereof. 23. Indemnification of City. Licensee shall defend and hold the City, its officers, and employees harmless from all claims made by third parties for damages sustained or costs incurred resulting from Facility approval, construction, and operation. The Licensee shall indemnify the City, its officers, and employees for all costs, damages, or expenses which the City may pay or incur in consequence of such claims, including attorneys' fees. The aforesaid defense, indemnity, and hold harmless provisions shall not be in effect from and after the date that the occurrence giving rise to the claim in question is determined by a court with jurisdiction over the matter to have been caused solely by the willful conduct or • negligence of the City, its officers or employees. Until the date of such judicial determination, the defense, hold harmless and indemnification provisions shall be in full force and effect and in the event of such judicial determination, the City shall reimburse the Licensee all of its costs and expenses incurred on behalf of the City in connection with the foregoing. Nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit the City from selecting its own counsel to act as co-counsel in the defense of such matters. The Licensee agrees to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the City of Elk River, its Council members, officers, and employees from any claims or damages arising out of any acts or omissions on the part of the Licensee and any of the participating counties or their commissioners, agents, or employees in the performance of the counties' contractual obligations under the agreements with the Licensee, from any strict liability imposed upon the City pursuant to Minn. Stat. § 115B.01, et. seq. for the release of hazardous waste at the Facility and from any remedial actions, clean-ups, removal, closure, post-closure activities, or monitoring requirements or costs associated therewith. This indemnity, hold harmless, and defense obligation on the part of the Licensee shall include, but not be limited to, any and all actions, claims, requirements, or claims for damages arising out of the granting of this License for the Facility. The indemnities provided in this paragraph 23 are subject to the limits of liability set forth in Minnesota Statutes Sections 466.04 and 466.06, as amended from time to time, if effective as to the particular indemnified action or claim. Nothing in this License is intended to waive the immunities to which the City is entitled by law. • PXB 103217 7. 24. Waiver and Claims. The Licensee waives and releases the City from all claims, • direct or indirect, arising or claimed to have arisen out of all actions or inactions relating to the City's consideration or issuance of the License. 25. Costs. The Licensee shall reimburse the City for all costs incurred in enforcement of this License, including consultant and attorneys' fees, as provided in Section 604 of the City Code. Failure by Licensee to reimburse City within forty- five (45) days of receiving an invoice for any costs for which reimbursement is required by the terms of this License or the Conditional Use Permit for the Facility, shall be cause for revocation of this License. 26. License Binding. This License and its conditions shall be binding upon Licensee and its successors and assigns. The assignment by Licensee of its interest in the Facility shall not relieve it of responsibility and liability under this License without the written consent of the City, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. 27. Severability. If any portion, section, subsection, sentence, clause, paragraph, or phrase of this License, the CUP, the MPCA Permit or the Solid Waste Facilities Ordinance is for any reason held invalid, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of the License. 28. Amendments or Waivers in Writing. The action or inaction of the City shall not constitute a waiver or amendment to the provisions of this License. To be binding, • amendments or waivers shall be in writing, signed by the Licensee, and approved by written resolution of the City Council. The City's failure to promptly take legal action to enforce this License shall not be a waiver or release. 29. Notices. Required notices to the Licensee shall be in writing, and shall be either hand delivered to the Licensee, its employees or agents, or mailed to the Licensee by certified or registered mail at the following address: Elk River Resource Recovery Facility 10700 165th Avenue N.W. Elk River, Minnesota 55330 ATTN: Plant Superintendent Notice to the City shall be in writing, and shall be either hand delivered to the City Administrator, or mailed to the City by certified or registered mail in care of the City Administrator at the following address: City of Elk River City Hall Elk River, Minnesota 55330 Attention: City Administrator 411 PXB 103217 8. IV. This License will take effect when all of the conditions precedent to the issuance of the • License have been met and Licensee, or its duly authorized representative, has executed this License indicating Licensee's consent to all of the terms and conditions of this License, the Conditional Use Permit for the Facility, and Section 604 of the City Code. V. In no event shall operations at the Facility commence until all of the terms, conditions, and requirements contained in or incorporated into this Licensee have been met, including all required tests, reports, and inspections. Dated: By: Hank A. Duitsman, Mayor By: Patrick Klaers City Administrator CONSENT OF LICENSEE • The undersigned duly authorized representative of Northern States Power Company, the Licensee under this License, on behalf of the Licensee, represents that Licensee has fully examined this License, the Conditional Use Permit for the Facility, and Section 604 of the City Code; and that Licensee consents to each and every condition contained in or incorporated into the License, the CUP, and the City Code. Each person signing below on behalf of the Licensee does so upon the authority of the Board of Directors of the Licensee, and a resolution documenting such authority is attached hereto. LICENSEE: NORTHERN STATES POWER COMPANY By: Its: By: Its: • PXB 103217 9. ( ITEM NO b r8��16. ty of MEMORANDUM ILRiver TO: Elk River Planning Commission FROM: William Rubin, ED CoordinatorNy DATE: December 19, 1995 y SUBJECT: Proposed Modifications to Tax Increment Financing Plans No. 2 and No. 3 Introduction On Thursday, December 21, 1995, the Elk River City Council will conduct two (2) public hearings to consider modifications to Tax Increment Financing Plans No. 2 and No. 3 respectively. Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, the Planning Commission is required to review and comment on each proposed Tax Increment Financing Plan (or amendment thereto) prior to the City Council conducting a public hearing. This is done to ensure that the project • (or proposed TIF Plan modification) is consistent with the city's Comprehensive Land Use Plan. Background If approved, the proposed modifications would allow the expenditure of tax increment funds for purposes and activities authorized pursuant to Minnesota Statutes. These expenditures are not currently referenced in the TIF plan. Specifically, tax increment funds would be spent on business park and industrial park activities, urban renewal and redevelopment activities, and municipal infrastructure improvements. Found below is background information on TIF Plan No. 2 and No. 3. Tax Increment Financing Plan No. 2 is a housing TIF District that was established by City Council action in 1985. The TIF District was created on the Guardian Angels of Elk River, Inc., campus and was designed to principally benefit the 36-unit apartment complex known as Evans Park Apartments (please see public hearing notice map which highlights this district). Guardian Angels received a TIF grant for various infrastructure improvements, including utility installations, water and sewer connection charges, parking lot construction, landscaping, curb and gutter, and sidewalks, etc. The city sold a TIF bond to create a pool of funds for the TIF grant to Guardian Angels. Following the construction of Evans Park 13065 Orono Parkway • P.O. Box 490 • Elk River, MN 55330 • (612) 441-7420 • Fax: (612) 441-7425 • Apartments, the city has captured the new property taxes and has used them to repay the TIF bonds. Although the bonds will be repaid in 1997, it is believed that sufficient funds exist in this debt service account to enable the city to decertify this TIF District by the end of this year. This is one year earlier than anticipated. Beginning in 1996, the property taxes from Evans Park will go to Sherburne County for normal redistribution to the various taxing jurisdictions. It is believed that the debt service account will possess approximately $80,000 in additional funds after the bonds have been repaid. Because the City of Elk River desires to expend these funds on activities consistent with Minnesota Statutes, a modification to the TIF Plan is warranted. According to the proposed plan modification, the additional tax increment funds would be spent on activities in three general categories: • Business Park and Industrial Park Activities • Urban Renewal and Redevelopment Activities • Infrastructure and Improvements. The proposed expenditures in these three categories have been overstated • and total $175,000. This is done to give certain flexibility to how the actual $80,000 may be expended. The specific areas that the TIF funds would be expended are highlighted in Exhibit B-1 through B-5 of the TIF Plan. Business Park and Industrial Park activities are limited to the emerging Business Park area in the western part of the community and emerging light industrial and future business park opportunities in the eastern part of the community. Redevelopment opportunities will be limited to the central commercial district in downtown as well as the office district along Main Street and Jackson Avenue. Infrastructure improvements may include surface water management opportunities in the office district. With respect to Tax Increment Financing District No. 3, it is considered an economic development district that was created in 1986 to reflect the second phase of the Elk River Mall area (see attached hearing notice map). District No. 3 will be decertified by the City Council in 1995. However, approximately $550,000 will be available from the debt service account to fund various activities authorized by Minnesota Statutes. The proposed activities are identical to those described in the proposed modification to TIF Plan No. 2, but reflect expenditures totaling $625,000. The proposed • locations of these activities can be found in Exhibits B-1 through B-5. • To assist the Planning Commission with its task of determining that these proposed activities and expenditures are consistent with the comprehensive land use plan, a matrix has been developed and is found below. Consistent with Activity Description Location Comp Plan? Yes/No Business Utility Extensions, Western Area and Park/Industrial Park Site Development Eastern Area and Site Preparation Costs, Land Acquisition and Municipal Improvements, Etc. Urban Renewal and Infrastructure C-1, Central Redevelopment Extensions, Site Commercial and Activities Development Costs, C-2, Office District Land Acquisition, Building Acquisition, Rehabilitation, Demolition, and Mississippi Pathway • Development Infrastructure Municipal Water and Western Area Improvement Sanitary Sewer Business Park, Improvements, etc. Eastern Area Light Industrial and Business Park Opportunities, and Central Commercial and Office Districts Action Requested The Elk River Planning Commission is asked to adopt a resolution, or find by motion, that the proposed modifications to TIF Plans No. 2 and No. 3 are consistent with the city's Comprehensive Land Use Plan. The Planning Commission's resolution and findings will then be forwarded to the City Council for consideration at its December 21 public hearing. • L., " TAX INCREMENT FINANCING DISTRICT NO. 2 . ; _ Z 10 < SUBDIVISION •'.•'•' T�District No.2 ;c 4 N • rla ' P Y P O.B. ; 147.42' ,20.00' :':. .':::: :'::':: 171{4' PNT. A ,x •• �... 76-40,-0400 / / .: yam...::::::::::::::::::::::::::::Ta**::::::::::::::::::: 04 t •••rJ� ..' ....::....Ap... _ti-'!:�6L'::{mhauC::..^.^.Y:.::::'.:'}.• 76-4IOt-03]0 $ 4. 4....•.::::.: 75-401-0415 ...•i•-4,....'.:.::.."..'..*::.:.;.:. ....•. :113 �:'.YaiT6'.7.? 129.77 I PNT. C "Y6''ti'..4SY'Lr. '�$ .... ....... n-40t-6455• 10.4{' 4 42.42' 7'3-401-o s h$ I • 9 I. 3RD STREET ' ' 1640r $ 75-401-0310 ,o.00N • i N.W. ,3200' I 17200 '15 05'59.50' !0.{6• 1110' {110' {110' {170• '. I4 t vs 7',-401-030 $ y 75-443- 75-443•X. ' o,to w.o 2 I t 2 3 4 3 0. 2 3 v W 75-40-0310 n-443- 75-443-� 76 401- 0 Y 15-4C4-C*4° iOt 70��, 0130»�. 31036I $I {CR34 DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT NO. 1 ELK RIVER, MINNESOTA I . . , . .„ i City 1. Limits ii 1 1 / Development f / District ry 1 4 4 Bamdary 4 i • (D6) y ,TAX INCREMENT FINANCING DISTRICT NO. 3 `L \ • .�' r. it ! { ._ T7� ..,4.,, . •y '; , - -•. / • •• • , I. ,- •-----, 46.ii I • 1. R!Y[R AREA 1 EL/� 4:144'*7-1. 50.1OGI EEt TART PARKER SOI•• l i I i j 1 Mil SCHOOL ADMN. Euc l -. ...,,e,. ,, r,„.,....r . . ;71 , ; ...._,_ .-........ ,...,.....,. ,„„.,::„„.,,,.„„„„, =yc I vi J-,, • EL ,Y f /• , -10...; WNy 142 • • GiWillin S� •asAlt• � • soSb iv.:ix,1 � ,M M ufIW�m2 • < ,. trafilifflial yah.P1.14. el . .:..4 ...r, ' .- - ( g.• =- r '` 11311• a+ • r ii I' i ^'�" Key �1kC UAW �._..7 TIF District No.3 ' DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT NO. 1 ,r ELK RIVER, MINNESOTA 1 . • f • . f city Umits ,dio 01010'11 °Prill°111 - p I at 001 i' 3Development �� District 1 Boundary- 4d..... _ ; Li...... ..„.. ,,...„,„: t. , (D6) -' �- T- • DRAFT RESOLUTION 95 - A RESOLUTION OF THE ELK RIVER PLANNING COMMISSION 0 A RESOLUTION FINDING THE CITY OF ELK RIVER'S PROPOSED MODIFICATIONS TO TAX INCREMENT FINANCING PLAN NO. 2 AND NO. 3 LOCATED WITHIN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT NO. 1 AS BEING CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THE CITY OF ELK RIVER WHEREAS, the City of Elk River's proposed modifications to Tax Increment Financing Plan No. 2 and No. 3 (the Plans), located within Development District No. 1, have been submitted to the Elk River Planning Commission; and, WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has reviewed the proposed modifications to the Plans to determine the consistency of the modifications to the Comprehensive Plan of the City of Elk River. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Elk River Planning Commission that the modifications to Tax Increment Financing Plan No. 2 and No. 3 are consistent with the Elk River Comprehensive Plan, based on the following findings: 1. Business Park and Industrial Park expenditures, as authorized by Minnesota Statutes, are proposed within the B-P, Business Park zoning district or the I-1, Light Industrial zoning district in the western part of the community or in the eastern part of the community, and have an underlying land use of light industrial. IIII 2. Urban renewal and redevelopment expenditures, as authorized by Minnesota Statutes, are proposed within the C-1, Central Commercial zoning district and the C-2, Office District zoning district, and have an underlying land use of central business. 3. Infrastructure expenditures, as authorized by Minnesota Statutes, are proposed within the B-P, Business Park zoning district, the I-1, Light Industrial zoning district, the C-1, Central Commercial zoning district, or the C-2, Office District zoning district and have an underlying land use of light industrial, or central business respectively. Adopted this 19th day of December, 1995. Louise Kuester, Chair ATTEST: • Steven B. Ach, City Planner RESOLUTION 95 - • A RESOLUTION OF THE ELK RIVER PLANNING COMMISSION A RESOLUTION FINDING THE CITY OF ELK RIVER'S PROPOSED MODIFICATIONS TO TAX INCREMENT FINANCING PLAN NO. 2 AND NO. 3 LOCATED WITHIN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT NO. 1 AS BEING CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THE CITY OF ELK RIVER WHEREAS, the City of Elk River's proposed modifications to Tax Increment Financing Plan No. 2 and No. 3 (the Plans), located within Development District No. 1, have been submitted to the Elk River Planning Commission; and, WHEREAS, the Planning Commission has reviewed the proposed modifications to the Plans to determine the consistency of the modifications to the Comprehensive Plan of the City of Elk River. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Elk River Planning Commission that the modifications to Tax Increment Financing Plan No. 2 and No. 3 are consistent with the Elk River Comprehensive Plan, based on the following findings: 1. Business Park and Industrial Park expenditures, as authorized by Minnesota Statutes, are proposed within the B-P, Business Park zoning district or the I-1, Light Industrial zoning district in the western part of the community or in the • eastern part of the community, and have an underlying land use of light industrial. 2. Urban renewal and redevelopment expenditures, as authorized by Minnesota Statutes, are proposed within the C-1, Central Commercial zoning district and the C-2, Office District zoning district, and have an underlying land use of central business. 3. Infrastructure expenditures, as authorized by Minnesota Statutes, are proposed within the B-P, Business Park zoning district, the I-1, Light Industrial zoning district, the C-1, Central Commercial zoning district, or the C-2, Office District zoning district and have an underlying land use of light industrial, or central business respectively. Adopted this 19th day of December, 1995. Louise Kuester, Chair ATTEST: • Steven B. Ach, City Planner • DRAFT MODIFICATION OF • TAX INCREMENT FINANCING PLAN NO. 3 TAX INCREMENT FINANCING DISTRICT NO. 3 City of Elk River December 21, 1995 a • MODIFICATION OF TAX INCREMENT FINANCING NO. 3 TAX INCREMENT FINANCING DISTRICT NO. 3 Purpose The sole purpose of this modification (the Modification) of the existing Tax Increment Financing Plan No. 3 (the TIF Plan) for Tax Increment Financing District No. 3 (the TIF District) is to provide supplemental information relating to the increase in total estimated tax increment expenditures authorized by the Plan. The City of Elk River proposes to provide a means for financing certain public infrastructure improvements, redevelopment activities, and Business Park and Industrial Park activities as authorized by Minnesota Statutes. This Modification ratifies and incorporates by reference, all of the terms of • the Tax Increment Plan and its attachments in their entirety, subject only to the Modification and additional provisions provided herein. Modification The TIF Plan and Minnesota Statutes, Section 469.175, subd. 4, require modification of a TIF Plan in the event additional property is designated to be acquired by the city or in the event there is an increase in total estimated tax increment expenditures. Therefore, the TIF Plan is modified and supplemented as follows: 1.) Development Program - The goals and objectives of the TIF District and City of Elk River Development District No. 1 (the Development District) are set forth in the TIF Plan and the Development Program for the Development District. These goals and objectives include: a.) To provide impetus for business and industrial development by constructing public facilities. b.) To increase employment opportunities in the city by encouraging additional business and industrial development. c.) To preserve and enhance the tax base of the city. d.) To provide financing for public improvements within the Development District as found by the City Council to be necessary or appropriate to meet the purposes of the Development District. e.) To provide maximum opportunity, consistent with the needs of the City, for development by private enterprise. The TIF Plan states that tax increment generated by the TIF District will be used for public improvements and facilities determined by the City Council to be necessary and appropriate to meet the purposes of the Development Program. The City Council has determined that paying for certain public infrastructure improvements, redevelopment activities, and business park and industrial park initiatives identified in this . Modification is necessary and appropriate to meet the purposes of the Development District because these activities will: i) Preserve and enhance the tax base of the city, ii) Encourage additional business and commercial development through the elimination of the blighting influence in certain residential, central commercial, office, highway commercial, and business park and industrial areas throughout the city, and, iii) Increase employment opportunities in the city. These purposes are consistent with the goals and purposes of the Development Program and the TIF Plan. 2.) Property to be Acquired - In order to achieve the goals and objectives of the Development Program, it is hereby deemed necessary and appropriate for the City of Elk River or the Economic Development Authority for the City of Elk River (the EDA) or the Housing and Redevelopment Authority for the City of Elk River (the HRA) to acquire certain property located throughout the Development District. The acquisition of property in support of private development activity will be done • in conjunction with other public development activities more thoroughly outlined in 3.b. of this Modification. 3.) Development Activities - a.) Private Development Activity - Development activity within Development District No. 1 includes, but is not limited to those activities within the residential, central commercial, office, highway commercial, and business park and industrial park districts that will help achieve the goals and objectives of the Development Program for the Development District. b.) Public Development Activity - To support the private development activity, the City Council has determined that it is necessary and appropriate to provide assistance through the use of tax increment expenditures authorized by the TIF Plan and Minnesota Statutes. Such assistance includes, but is not limited to, infrastructure improvements, including off-site and on-site infrastructure extensions, acquisition of blighted • property, rehabilitation of buildings, demolition of blighted property, site development and site preparation costs, Mississippi Riverfront trail development in the central commercial district, and business park and industrial park initiatives such as infrastructure improvements, site development and site preparation costs, and land acquisition in support of private development activity. The locations of these development activities are indicated on maps attached as Exhibit B-1 through B-5 of this Modification. 4.) Financial Analysis of the TIF Plan - Cost of the Public Development Activities to be Financed: Business Park and Industrial Park Activities - Including, but not limited to, off-site and on-site infrastructure extensions, site development and site preparation costs, land acquisition, and certain municipal • water and sanitary sewer system improvements, etc. $400,000 Urban Renewal and Redevelopment Activities - Including, but not limited to, off-site and on-site infrastructure extensions, site development and site preparation costs, land acquisition, building acquisition, rehabilitation, demolition, and Mississippi Riverfront Pathway development, etc. $150,000 Infrastructure Improvements - Including, but not limited to, certain municipal water and sanitary sewer system improvements, etc. $ 75.000 $625,000 Sources of Funds: Tax Increment $625,000 • Amount of Bonded Indebtedness to be Incurred: $ -0- In accordance with the TIF Plan, the city has elected to retain the full captured assessed value of TIF District No. 3 and to use all of the tax increment generated by the TIF District for purposes identified in the TIF Plan. The TIF District will generate more than enough revenue to fund the proposed public development activities. Therefore, it will not be necessary to extend the duration of TIF District No. 3 beyond the period described in the TIF Plan, or, to increase the amount of tax increment to be received in order to fund the proposed public development activities. 5.) Cash Flow Analysis - Attached as Exhibit A to this Modification is a revised cash flow analysis for the TIF District. This analysis sets forth the impact of the proposed public development activity. The cost of the public development activities will be paid from tax increment generated by TIF District No. 3 in excess of those funds necessary to pay existing debt service. • • 6.) Estimated Impact of the TIF District on Other Taxing Jurisdictions - Because the proposed public development activities will be financed through tax increment funds currently retained by the city under the TIF Plan, the estimated impact on other taxing jurisdictions, as described in the TIF Plan, will remain unaffected. In addition, many private development activities undertaken without the creation of new Tax Increment Districts, will go directly to the local taxing jurisdictions, thereby creating a positive impact. 7.) Administrative Procedures and Requirements - This Modification is being made pursuant to the Modification Procedure outlined in the TIF Plan and Minnesota Statutes, Section 469.175, subd. 4, solely for the purpose of funding public development activities in accordance with the Plan and Minnesota Statutes. S • • TIF DISTRICT NO. 1 & 3 CASH FLOW PROJECTION Tax Debt Cash Increment Service Other Balance 1994 797,070.36 1995 210,900.02 -109,322.50 -52,000.00 (1) 846,647.88 1996 -130,810.00 715,837.88 1997 -121,585.00 594,252.88 1998 -112,200.00 482,052.88 (1) Library Bond Debt Obligation 410 • EXHIBIT A TIFCASH.XLS 11/21/95 �� 2\ s PARK Mg Z \y . ou,toT e ` �. 11 g \ -- 11 a Z . 1• ' I1Mt imp. s s; - I '+ x +ESRD 4000. _ _ / NCTONg 4 , '..1 'Sal No-3,---1----- ------------- —__ ....._ 79 APO NV 0#ii ,)• . ,., , •1,. • ., „. UNA /ti • , 111 1- 5, i ,,. ipsiva...., _._ .\:....... — I: LI 1 f.., 101105"r--m NIP . ..... •_. . •,.., t �IP,� .r`,12' fir:, h t: ® I)� PARK 1� - sin 1 I-. ) :`EI� X11 is I. _'wD I h • n;. ��-td�3 vc f �3 ) �- � -.0 ,;./v4 I �- i,!Wm 1milI 1 AxE �1 n ti __, o LAKE —1 ELK o 0-1 0 RI ORONO .. . . Potentia y__--- F------) uture 1 Redevel. . .. ; • < �_,�Phase • ji � Phases ---��, (Pha-a :.I.•usi� - _� 0. Business us ness 27- Park 1 W ar W y I N / / migi LAKE ¢ , rn u S2 �RONO ROAD '� /fit - - ua�z _ :=. \�:� •,0. \ COUNTY __ CITY COURT ,�-, 1 MALL \ /,fF, i = 0. 7itMOUSE I S� ORONO 2 g t8.-) AVE W .. } __.. .- ... -. ORONO PARKWAY ;aim IZEIvud / ' u 2 _ 4 , _ qua. }Z. . 3 � .•.116IOSTA �. !`. rn�- Z T H NZ� D.7 1 Alt` ��P ope� . �.a asp 3 3 �6{ [�� `S'l <' COUNTY ROAD 110 30 _ •t 1 'I I ' .�. ..0 _ _ i - i sip Al - . ***314'i; •-•-•5 semarzwrom , :,•-, , s.20544-gia imm a -, • h te_._# -0 -2-'42 NM 4111E11 6 17-'2' V iiidit t ti 14 ®� ,Di raft soi iv4i® _ 3 i.,‘2N U . 00 ill .. . _ . . . ISSISSIPPr Ilfl� M. 31 RIVERVIEW DRIVE ', N.® ,!L_�i t ., ( i _----------> l/ / /` 4,Lr�...yl/ ! � .-I\o)t i/ .I{ / i. 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I int: itA�'lleLifIG'ai".'Alf :l ' F + PARK •larall '; n �•'+$11 R./1ER ®:. , • J\ IIIIIIIIWIIMI MIM lig ��d, PL.-17.• ,i i c. �� _ Y i Y`�'t3�iiiO I'~�,,� „Jr, r. :iii .� 0 II yy /4.l ! F1fil�' •�'�6 `° .. ' iiH® —', oir. 'A r,„,..ii...: ____ Ti Alil --!711 1141 Or Fit EiF. "G('' !?, I milF 7 "'l -Z Yui/f; 11,16.,7,12::-.,-5/7„, ., Or INN- i.0i7 f ig,... �1k,k. . - 1" a • :%� jos . . NKI uti HIV ;INN% k -‘ ta, fej," aft---1, , . i s§k.. Pot PHI Ridgfrik ' - ''''' Q ?LAC �` gmfEi.�'iJ/__ LT 1E lr v • 1-e' ' • I " :.:,;„ , 4 1 — - - -p W a 1 Commercia .. -- I couNr Central -.J 'edevelopm: -tf lop 0•portuniti s r. D .*.* OP <o C �Q �2po -6,- - - 1;6 '' - i•. ' o oP • bc.c s• 7-7y � • /� EXHIBIT B-2 177THcy�� '--7 1; 61t12-442W-L3 4111-11kiag0 4'11'4 i . 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Office � \____j `' 1 �«,4- District -7— -_=_-r - '1 i 1 j 'edevelopm- ;s: :. �U/I f .portuniti-s 12 ...i._.: - ' qz i oel'7 3.c o� p' /0i/1/:/ ' Grp • .7 • -jam' --•- - :rr-T--"--"-- 1 78TN .S j l� ' [_—___ EXHIBIT B-3 _ 1 77-n.4 �� 4... .\ \_r__\j."', - AYI' -- __- I'9330 AWN.F r Y,/a.'h'.■`■��3• j�if I maim" art. _ � � err. �� "' �� o �i111 CHERRY. �� !!�1 !L scHom ,2J ilimillil `YliET . ® .. a L(F•� �ly� t iri , 8 ::, ,moo �..,, . - I 11 _ 0 I a,rto* • \,, ��' £14. / iti�IiWii ;��'1601� ® 5 �.•)� � 7 PABX , pA_ : {I,111!c % E41tp en p � Ant or •:Nng AIM ILL ! � I CENTER '' ,�fl� � 00 I* Mill 14 `-' - y.� .:ArrA I ® a��;AV 0%1444:® :•°241 of eERc[ Cx RIVER AREA ♦ +!^ _ _�_ . GN SCHOOL —.--T.MOI SCIIOO� LINCOLN ax �� _i IJ '_-r SCNOOL ELEM. SCHOOL ADAMN. \\\� ..r. �� ----I --,_.r-' SCHOOL STREET I ==M7-...„::: F.::::. M M/ 1't�1 .��gt ©lle 'allir L \ mi. 11 _., X11-'_ r min,, ,„„11 I. �tl�g �� ilir LION'S oamino Oi��!3�I117 R%f FK N,_C � - © 111 ict �1GKi�lrif�s�� ; e (/..•17 T. Pi r ./�: Naga I. Ili �!� Om 0 In 4 aa oh fir „ 7/7\ PARK uliR1AL:* oultii.4Q4 r• RI F.K :.. Mow iliGIMEIL"Pdsiv PI- , \ = �� •�ji�,��,{trNM ID(1 -' 11*..... .,,,,,,,..., /• I� �\\\ :T , r•,� ., =! � .P14 111► .if i:, . _-. i 0\ v-�J �� \ t 3- Q ,S1•”:r. �' ��lurk "Yo. Inn, IP WIN :‘110191611 2111 • 1011 SIM - gall IRO Ilf91 rz-- yr l iiii:\ -,''�i Illi,- ,. � `a® ,ig . its,N 1�L , , .. 4 / '� Pia ( ` . ,"�a .u ',Rafts Lr k../1 lineman Jim.4Jt k • ®am r lffill mcv/ri" 'AP 1111 I In Li ;_-:---:-. 4.„..viNfi"...._foir,fiPlfi- -2„;,:,-44--, ,,-. :-. . 7-'--,,.- iki: Ill IW"ii 41/ ■+INN IS/ i.: --RIVE'..,NoR saier PLACE 111 ..RN '1,7Eir -- - ---1 '' Nti? !£x ...\44, 1.E S6n' 4 PLAC. syr guI: . , 9, . His s is s 1p 1 ... { - - cm. Riverfront ,_____, - - ,, 'athway 'cc.• Opportuniti:_S i o14: ______ _______ P o� y' Ask IP 178TH . y /•• ti4, EXHIBIT B-4 pA. • 177TH I �" _`1 k /I / KI.EVER 5 ' i;Ii ., MA.SH V 1-1t 1 \1113iiili -. \ w 1 ' 1 g, , „ I ......,,-. 1 - Ipp...m......" V � 0111 W � t N -1 —.__L___ L—. 2> :_gj 1-Jl ( (P IVA TE) I ? 3� • AVENU\ 1 I 1757 AVENUE Iri I \ , h1 AVE. 1 `A Q � Emerging Light in ®=: Manufacturing (I-1) � • N ��0 ,, i and Business Park (B-P) j , Opportunities and __ Public Infrastructure t • �� ', . � Improvement Opportunities 1 3 1 I ._ ... .L_) ---,7 .: • . _.. _ - - - _ . - 163TH AVENUE • . --- -. -!s • 1 ti.,, %y • 4, '0_ • • • 1 I \ I N•NNN<. '"')til EXHIBIT B-5 • °RAFT MODIFICATION OF • TAX INCREMENT FINANCING PLAN NO. 2 TAX INCREMENT FINANCING DISTRICT NO. 2 City of Elk River December 21, 1995 • • MODIFICATION OF TAX INCREMENT FINANCING NO. 2 TAX INCREMENT FINANCING DISTRICT NO. 2 Purpose The sole purpose of this modification (the Modification) of the existing Tax Increment Financing Plan No. 2 (the TIF Plan) for Tax Increment Financing District No. 2 (the TIF District) is to provide supplemental information relating to the increase in total estimated tax increment expenditures authorized by the Plan. The City of Elk River proposes to provide a means for financing certain public infrastructure improvements, redevelopment and urban renewal activities, and Business Park and Industrial Park activities as authorized by Minnesota Statutes. This Modification ratifies and incorporates by reference, all of those terms of • the TIF Plan and its attachments in their entirety, subject only to the Modification and additional provisions provided herein. Modification The TIF Plan and Minnesota Statutes, Section 469.175, subd. 4, require modification of a TIF Plan in the event additional property is designated to be acquired by the city or in the event there is an increase in total estimated tax increment expenditures. Therefore, the TIF Plan is modified and supplemented as follows: 1.) Development Program - The goals and objectives of the TIF District and the City of Elk River Development District No. 1 (the Development District) are set forth in the TIF Plan and in the Development Program for the Development District. These goals and objectives include: a.) To provide impetus for business and industrial • development by constructing public facilities. • b.) To increase employment opportunities in the city by encouraging additional business and industrial development. c.) Provide adequately serviced business and industrial areas of the city to accommodate desirable users. d.) Remedy a deficiency in the storage capacity of the existing water system, which is restricting development in areas the city planned and designated for business and industrial use. e.) Preserve and enhance the tax base of the city. f.) Provide maximum opportunity, consistent with the needs of the city, for development by private enterprise. The TIF Plan states that tax increment generated by the TIF District will be used for public improvements determined by the City Council to be necessary and appropriate to meet the purposes of the TIF Plan and the Development Program. The • City Council has determined that paying for certain public infrastructure improvements, redevelopment and urban development activities, and business park and industrial park initiatives identified in this Modification is necessary and appropriate to meet the purposes of the Development District because it will: i) Preserve and enhance the tax base of the city, ii) Encourage additional business and commercial development through the elimination of blight in residential, central commercial, office, highway commercial, and business park and industrial park areas, iii) Increase employment opportunities in the city. These goals are consistent with the goals and purposes of the Development Program and the TIF Plan. 2.) Property to be Acquired - In order to achieve the goals and • objectives of the Development Program, it is hereby deemed necessary and appropriate for the City of Elk River or the Economic Development Authority for the City of Elk River (the • EDA) or the Housing and Redevelopment Authority for the City of Elk River (the HRA) to acquire certain property located throughout the Development District. The acquisition of property in support of private development activity will be done in conjunction with other public development activities more thoroughly outlined in 3.b. of this Modification. 3.) Development Activities - a.) Private Development Activity - Development activity within Development District No. 1 includes, but is not limited to those activities within the residential, central commercial, office, highway commercial, and business park and industrial park districts that will help achieve the goals and objectives of the Development Program for the Development District. b.) Public Development Activity - To support the private development activity, the City Council has determined that it is necessary and appropriate to provide assistance through the use of tax increment expenditures authorized • by the TIF Plan and Minnesota Statutes. Such assistance includes, but is not limited to, infrastructure improvements, including off-site and on-site infrastructure extensions, acquisition of blighted property, rehabilitation of buildings, demolition of blighted property, site development and site preparation costs, Mississippi Riverfront trail development in the central commercial district, and business park and industrial park initiatives such as infrastructure improvements, site development and site preparation costs, and land acquisition in support of private development activity. The locations of these development activities are indicated on maps attached as Exhibit B-1 through B-5 of this Modification. 4.) Financial Analysis of the TIF District - Cost of the Public Development Activities to be Financed: Business Park and Industrial Park Activities 40 - Including, but not limited to, off-site and on-site infrastructure extensions, site • development and site preparation costs, land acquisition, and certain municipal water and sanitary sewer system improvements, etc. $ 50,000 Urban Renewal and Redevelopment Activities - Including, but not limited to, off-site and on-site infrastructure extensions, site development and site preparation costs, land acquisition, rehabilitation, demolition, and Mississippi Riverfront Pathway development, etc. $ 75,000 Infrastructure Improvements - Including, but not limited to, certain municipal water and sanitary sewer system improvements, etc. $ 50.00Q $175,000 • Sources of Funds: Tax Increment $175,000 Amount of Bonded Indebtedness to be Incurred: $ -0- As noted in the TIF Plan, the city has elected to retain the full captured assessed value of TIF District No. 2 and to use all of the tax increment generated by the TIF District for purposes identified in the TIF Plan. The TIF District will generate more than enough revenue to fund the proposed public development activities. Therefore, it will not be necessary to extend the duration of TIF District No. 2 beyond the period described in the TIF Plan, or, to increase the amount of tax increment to be received in order to fund the proposed public development activities. 5.) Cash Flow Analysis - Attached as Exhibit A to this Modification is a revised cash flow analysis for the TIF District which sets forth the impact of the proposed public development activities. The cost of these activities will be paid from tax increment • generated by TIF District No. 2 in excess of those funds necessary to pay existing debt service. 6.) Estimated Impact of the TIF District on Other Taxing Jurisdictions - Because the proposed public development activities will be paid for with tax increment currently retained by the city under the TIF Plan, the estimated impact on other taxing jurisdictions, as described in the TIF Plan, will remain unaffected. In addition, many private development activities undertaken without the creation of new Tax Increment Districts, will go directly to the local taxing jurisdictions, thereby creating a positive impact. 7.) Administrative Procedures and Requirements - This Modification is being made pursuant to the Modification Procedure explained in the TIF Plan and Minnesota Statutes, Section 469.175, subd. 4, solely for the purpose of funding public development activities as authorized by the TIF Plan and Minnesota Statutes. • • • TIF DISTRICT NO. 2 CASH FLOW PROJECTION Tax Debt Cash Increment Service Balance 1994 123,332.35 1995 59,945.38 -22,190.00 161,087.73 A. ) 1996 -16,625.00 144,462.73 1997 -16,085.00 128,377.73 1998 -20,400.00 107,977.73 1995 59.945.38 -22,190.00 161,087.73 B. ) 1996 59,900.00 -16,625.00 204,362.73 1997 -16,085.00 188,277.73 1998 -20,400.00 167,877.73 • Comments : Illustration A shows tax increment collected through 1995 and District No. 2 decertified by December 31, 1995. Illustration B shows tax increment collected through 1996 and District No. 2 decertified by December 31, 1996. The Elk River City Council will decertify District No. 2 by December 31, 1995. • EXHIBIT A TIFCASH.XLS 11/21/95 N . a 2\ 1 `I PARK 1✓, Z \ v a WTLOT 8 WI • • Illi;NN 1 vgbs...N •�! - - 1 7 , 0. 0 i _ _, / 2 —�. "RN RN . / ,•. . , :-..-----79 411 JP/ //f : 01,1.el .,________. ._,_so rill40--,-, - lip - - -. .-----"-----,----—__, ..... . ailli � ' L4-..d, rl\ ' '.+i;i' FN • i® 'APic tAd . E • ir�-1\ '1i _, . . . _ J� .1iqjM1A ;:�Fi ill � " s \r 'E4—%IhNiiriu•,-. ', ,,,- 3u - - -Ac (-Th . . 7 _I '...,--, ./. ---t4 Va 7-4,--,:--- -- - ,--_-... ,,.. ...: —7 0 ,`, Jl NoI ___14 ‘ ....„ --- • H‘1 `' I D E,... 1\\� LAKE O —Jl a v ORONO /� ` tJ. Potentia :..� r \.) Redevel. . .1 - = • Future \ hase > Phases F'ha e -.t ;USie - a. Business gustiness %` / 1111-•!'... 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EXHIBIT B-5 4 ITEM NO. 7.1. ity of ,lk, River MEMORANDUM TO: Planning Commission FROM: Steven B. Ach, City Planner,...434/ DATE: December 19, 1995 SUBJECT: Planning Commission Annual Meeting The Planning Commission members are asked to bring their calendars to Tuesday night's meeting so a date sometime in January can be selected to conduct the annual meeting. A date sometime before the January 24th regular meeting would be the most beneficial, since the selection of a chair person and vice-chair is made during the annual meeting. • • 13065 Orono Parkway • P.O. Box 490 • Elk River, MN 55330 • (612) 441-7420 • Fax: (612) 441-7425 INFORMATION ity ofMEMORANDUM lk • River TO: Planning Commission Members FROM: Stephen Rohlf, Building and Zoning Administrator DATE: November 30, 1995 SUBJECT: City Wide Gravel Mining Update In May of 1994, the City of Elk River completed an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on mineral excavation, city wide. At the time there were nine mineral excavation companies that owned or leased approximately 2,500 acres within the city limits. The property owned or leased by these companies was incorporated within the mining district boundaries for the purpose of the Environmental Impact Statement. As part of the environmental impact statement, the gravel mining companies • agreed to get all permits (federal, state and city, including conditional use permits) up to date. On the attached map, the areas denoted as active gravel mines are required to have conditional use permits. The following is a summary of the conditional use permit status of all the active mines: 1. Barton Sand and Gravel-Current - East side of Proctor Avenue, CUP approved on November 3, 1980, for twenty years. - West side of Proctor Avenue, CUP approved on March 16, 1992 2. Baurerly Brothers-Current - CUP approved August 20, 1990 3. Elk River Bituminous-Current - CUP approved May 21, 1984, for twenty years • 13065 Orono Parkway • P.O. Box 490 • Elk River, MN 55330 • (612) 441-7420 • Fax: (612) 441-7425 Page2 • 4. McCrossan Construction-Not Mining - Not currently mining, will require conditional use permit to do so. 5. Midwest Asphalt-Current - CUP approved May 18, 1981, for twenty years 6. Northern Con-Agg (Recently purchased by Shiely Company)-Current - CUP approved May 15, 1995 7. Plaisted Companies-Current - CUP approved September 27, 1994 8. Shiely Company-Current - CUP approved September 19, 1994 9. Straightline Excavating-Pending • - Pending CUP Summary City staff is pleased to announce that once Straightline Excavating has successfully completed the CUP process, all active mineral excavation mines within the City of Elk River will have up to date permits. • pc11-30/bz/stever area. The system is comprised of 29.7 miles of sewer line along with 11 lift stations. (See Figure • 3-A). 2. Water System The City has five wells from which it draws water. One well, located at Jackson Avenue and Fourth Street, is no longer used because of the sand content of the water it produces, and also, there is no treatment on this well. This well should be abandoned in the future. The other four wells are located at Highway 10 at the Chamber of Commerce site, at the Elk River Concrete Products property near the Burlington Northern Railroad, at the Gary Street/U.S. Highway 10 site, and in the Hillside Estates development north of 193rd. Each of the four active wells also has a water treatment plant associated with it for iron removal. Currently, the city fluoridates but does not chlorinate its water. The system also has five water towers, two of which are phased out. The two being phased out are the 100,000 gallon towers located on Jackson Avenue at Fourth Street and at the Elk River Concrete Products site. The other three towers are located near the School Administration Building along U.S. Highway 169 (1 million gallon), Gary Street near U.S. Highway 10, and in the Hillside Estates Addition (500,000 gallon). The pipe network ranges from a maximum size of 24 inches down to 4 inch diameter. The system is comprised of 46.4 miles of watermain. (See Figures 3-B and 3-C). 3. Storm Drainage The City has a Draft Comprehensive Storm Drainage Plan which identifies regional storm sewer • systems and guides the construction of storm drainage facilities within the city. Currently, there are three major districts where facilities have been constructed. These consist of the Central City where a detention pond located in Lion's Park and a pipe network drain the area to the Mississippi River, discharging at the location of Main Street and U.S. Highway 10. The second drainage district is the U.S. Highway 169 Corridor, where some of the trunk lines have been constructed. There are future improvements needed as development continues in this district. The third area is the Western Area of the city. First and second phases of this drain through a large diameter storm sewer to Lake Orono. Other storm sewer facilities in the city consist of smaller diameter pipes, county ditch system, and isolated wetland areas. D. FUTURE PLAN The waste water treatment facility is projected to be expanded to accommodate future growth. This will require expanding the urban service area (Figure 3-D) and a phasing component for a systematic extension of water and sewer services. Expansion of the existing facilities in an orderly manner will serve three purposes: 1) it will allow for urban density expansion in additional parts of the city at a cost effective rate; 2) it will increase the utilization of the sanitary sewer and water facilities, thus spreading costs over a larger population; and 3) allow opportunities for additional commercial and industrial development. All future development within the boundaries of the planned urban service district will require immediate hookup to municipal water and sanitary sewer systems except for the residential area between the Elk River, County Road 35, Meadowvale Road and the western boundary of the city which will require overlay plats for future development. • 2. 5 E. NECESSARY ACTIONS • 1. A feasibility study must be completed to determine the feasibility of mainline construction, project costs, and methods of paying the costs, to two to three areas of the city. 2. Analysis of the User Charge System and city ordinances as they relate to operation and maintenance of existing facilities. 3. Adherence to the assessment policy for the extension of water and sanitary and storm sewer facilities. 4. Update capital improvement program to coordinate an orderly extension of facilities into new areas. 5. Coordinate with Sherburne County jurisdictional responsibility of current county ditch system and appropriate criteria to transfer those responsibilities. • • 24 Figure 3-A • Map of Existing Sanitary Sewer 1995 III III FIGURE 3-B • MAP OF EXISTING WATER SERVICE FACILITIES 1995 • • FIGURE 3-C • EXISTING WATER SYSTEM - 1995 1. Source (3 deep wells) Date drilled August 1949* Sept. 1974 Dec. 1992 March 1995 Location Old City Hall Elk River Gary Street Hillside Est. Concrete Depth 296' 313' 225' 410' Depth of cased hole 136' 199' 197' 320' Diameter of casing 16" 16" 18" 18" Size of hole finished 16" 16" Cavernous 18" Design pumping capacity 680 GPM 800 GPM 1,000 GPM 1,000 GPM Static level ** Flowing 7' Flowing 72' Drawdown 34' 65' 27' 38' * Redeveloped 1971 ** Well log data 411 2. Treatment: Well 1 has been abandoned. Wells 2-5 have filtration and fluoridation. 3. Storage (3 elevated towers): Tower #1 - Jackson Street 100,000 gal. * Tower #2 - Elk River Concrete 100,000 gal. * Tower #3 -School Admin. Building 1,000,000 gal. Tower #4 - Gary Street 1,000,000 gal. Tower #5 - Hillside Estates 500,000 gal. * No longer in use. III • FIGURE 3-D MAP OF UTILITY PLAN (URBAN SERVICE AREA) 1995 • • ZS IV. RESIDENTIAL PLAN • A. INTRODUCTION As the metropolitan area continues to grow, Elk River will be faced with a demand for residential development. The City recognizes these development pressures and is poised to provide a variety of residential housing opportunities. Most importantly, orderly development will enhance the opportunity for cost effective extensions of municipal services. B. GOALS AND POLICIES The following is a summary of the City's goals and objectives as they relate to residential development. 1. GOAL: Encourage the development of a quality residential community which retains a semi-rural atmosphere while accommodating growing housing needs. POLICIES: • Guide the type and location of development to achieve an orderly development pattern consistent with the semi-rural character of the community. • Continue the low-density residential development pattern through the use of open space areas and the designation of buffer areas between non-compatible land uses. • • Encourage a mix in housing opportunities in terms of costs and size while encouraging a high degree of architectural and site planning integrity. • Provide for, in appropriate circumstances, a Planned Unit Development (PUD) approach which, through the use of varying site design standards, allows for creative residential development balancing the desires of the city and development community. • Encourage "cluster developments" in residential areas particularly in the A-1 and R l a zoning districts by allowing increased density in exchange for permanent open space. 2. GOAL: Ensure that residential developments provide adequate facilities to maintain an efficient level of service. POLICIES: • Adhere to an assessment policy for the extension of water and sewer lines to accommodate new development. The policy shall provide for equitable assessment of the improvement costs while protecting the City's taxpayers and financial commitment. • Upgrade as necessary, local streets to a design standard that is consistent with surrounding conditions or city standard. • Z9 • Restrict development of private roads that may present a future burden on the City • to upgrade. • Require that all developers provide roads and utilities to city specifications before the City assumes ownership and maintenance responsibilities. • Require developers of new residential areas to either dedicate a park or playground site, or make a payment in lieu of dedication to the City's park improvement fund. • Provide storm sewers to those areas no longer adequately drained by natural systems. 3. GOAL: Develop, preserve and protect environmental resources such as wetlands, forests, water bodies and their shorelines, within the City with respect to open space, recreational uses, water and air quality and natural ecosystems. POLICIES: • Restrict insensitive development of shoreland, wetlands and drainage ways by requiring larger lot sizes and open space. • Restrict inappropriate alteration of significant natural contours and soils. • Preserve natural systems through acquisition, dedication or easements. 11111 • Require that development plans demonstrate a compatibility with natural features and systems. • Establish tree preservation and protection standards to maintain the integrity of the City's natural vegetation. 4. GOAL: Preserve, maintain and/or strengthen the physical and visual qualities unique to the community. POLICIES: • Preserve through purchase, easement, dedication or other instrument, public access to wetlands, lakeshore or other natural preservation areas. • Work with developers to preserve existing natural open space areas. • Require that developers provide buffer areas between differing, non-compatible land uses. 5. GOAL: Provide an appropriate, reasonable, and enforceable system of development controls and implementation programs for the guidance of future land use in the City. • 30 POLICIES: • • Update zoning ordinances and subdivision regulations to ensure appropriate development of residential land throughout the City. • City continue to adopt policies to assist in managing development and associated issues. • Maintain a rural density within the undeveloped areas of the urban service district to allow for efficient extension of municipal services. 6. GOAL: Encourage and promote a balanced mix of housing opportunities throughout the City's urban service area. POLICIES: • Evaluate housing stock on a regular basis to assess the housing conditions and needs of the community. • Ensure that persons or groups of persons of similar income levels have a wide range of housing choices available to them, regardless of their race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, marital status, status without regard to public assistance, or familial status. • Provide a Fair Housing Statement to all developers who request approvals from City III Hall. C. CURRENT STATUS The City's existing land use map displays four residential classifications including agricultural, low density residential, medium density residential, and high density residential. A summary of land use for the respective categories is as follows: Residential Zoning Minimum Lot Size Land Use Designation Designation Sewered Unsewered Agricultural A-1 Agricultural Conservation N/A 10 Acres Low Density R-1 A Single Family N/A 2 1/2 Acres R-1 B Single Family 12,000 sq. ft. 1 Acre R-1 C Single Family 10,000 sq. ft. R-1 D Single Family 14,000 sq. ft. R-1 E Single Family 20,000 sq. ft. Medium Density R-2A Townhouse 6,000 sq. ft. R-2B Townhouse 5,500 sq. ft. High Density R-3 Multi-Family 4,500 sq. ft. • R-4 Townhouse 2,500-4,000 sq. ft. 3t • Figure 4-A illustrates the City's current housing characteristics. In total, there are 4,754 residential units as of 1994. This number includes all single family, two family, mobile housing units and multi-family. One of the housing characteristics that stands out is 22% of the city's total housing stock is multi- family (3 units or more). Figure 4-B is a list of existing multi-family projects throughout the city. A majority of the multi-family dwellings are located along School Street between Proctor and Jackson Avenues. In comparison to other communities, this number is relatively high. However, the vacancy rate in 1994 was only 2% (Figure 4-C) which indicates a strong demand for this housing opportunity as well as a healthy market. Another important element of the City's housing inventory is the availability of housing opportunities which are subsidized by the agencies outside the City. According to a 1993 report from the St. Cloud Housing and Redevelopment Authority, 216 units (5.1% of the total housing units) qualify for a subsidized program. D. FUTURE PLAN The following plan for future residential development does not significantly alter the developing pattern of the City. Rather, it is intended to guide growth in a way which provides City officials effective policies with which to assess and work for the level of services and quality living environments the residents of Elk River expect and deserve. Figure 4-D illustrates three zones in which the different growth guidelines have been mapped. Zone 1 is located within the urban service district and provides for urban development with lot • sizes between approximately one-fourth (1/4) and one-third (1/3) acre. All future residential development within the boundaries of the urban service district will require immediate hookup to the water and sewer systems. In order to subdivide minimum lot sizes large enough will be required to allow the extension of water and sewer. The one exception is that area between Elk River, County Road 35, Meadowvale Road and the western boundary of the City which will require overlay plats for future development. Residential development within the urban service area will consist of an appropriate mixture of housing opportunities. Through the application of zoning and development guidelines, varying density of housing is planned to create a compatible residential environment. The Steering Committee has recommended an increase in density when clustering of units is utilized. The density may be increased to a maximum of 8 lots on 40 acres with a minimum lot size of one acre, with the following conditions: 1) That fifty percent (50%) of the land is forever utilized as open space through the use of a land trust, conservation district, or other mechanism. 2) Unusable land shall be discounted when determining the density of the undevelopable portion of the land. Another housing opportunity that may need to be provided for is within the downtown. The downtown commercial zone should be an area where creative housing opportunities are offered. This residential influence will diversify the land uses in the downtown and add to its vitality. • 31 Although much of the housing within the urban service area is new the city will have to • develop programs to maintain the integrity of its existing housing stock. This is particularly important for the multi-family and other rental units in the community. The deterioration of these units can have serious effects on surrounding neighbors, public health and public safety concerns. A rental inspection program of multi-family units would address the concerns previously mentioned. Residential development in Zone 2, will be guided to a minimum density of one housing unit per two and a half acres. This area is currently not planned to be served with municipal services. However, the City may amend its Comprehensive Plan in the future to have municipal water and sewer extended to serve portions or all of this area. If these services and their related costs are extended through the area many landowners may want to further subdivide their land. Therefore, the City should encourage overlay plats illustrating future development potential. Zone 2 can be considered the transition zone between the urban service area and the agricultural zone. This zone offers the semi-rural flavor with lot sizes varying from 2% acres up to 80 acres or more. To preserve this semi-rural character, cluster development will be encouraged. It has been recommended by the Steering Committee that cluster development in the Ria include a minimum lot size of one acre and require fifty percent (50%a) of developable land be forever preserved using conservation easement, land trust or other mechanism. Zone 3, the northern third of the City, is to be regulated so as to provide for large lot, rural housing and agricultural land uses. Single family lots can be subdivided from larger parcels to a development density of one unit per ten acres. Maintaining the larger lot size will protect agricultural lands from development pressure and preserve the rural character of Elk River. • Cluster development will also be encouraged within this residential area. In preparing this Comprehensive Plan, the Steering Committee discussed adjusting residential lot sizes to complement natural surroundings and provide diversity in lot size within developments. The Committee recommended that the City Council consider the following: • Increasing the minimum lot size in certain areas of Rlc (Single Family Residential) zoning districts to 14,000 square feet, with a minimum lot frontage of 90 feet, in order to protect environmental concerns such as steep slopes, preservation of trees and wetlands. • Increasing the minimum lot size in Rlc (Single Family Residential) zoning districts to 11,000 square feet with a 13,000 square foot average lot size. • Changing the zoning designation of properties currently zoned R1 b to Ri c, and to change certain Rlc zoned properties to Rld. • The Planning Commission consider changing the rear setback requirement in all residential zoning districts from the existing ten (10) foot requirement to thirty-five (35) feet. E. NECESSARY ACTIONS 1. Adopt a new land use plan which reflects the elements of this document. • 2. Modify zoning ordinance and map to reflect changes in residential classifications. 33 3. Adopt utilities plan and expansion of utilities in an orderly manner throughout Zone 1. • 4. Develop programs to protect the integrity of existing housing stock including multi- family and other rental units. 5. Establish a new zoning district and ordinance for townhome development. 6. Amend pertinent sections of the ordinance to address how residential property can be utilized prior to having city water and sewer made available. • • 34. Figure 4-A • HOUSING CHARACTERISTICS OF ELK RIVER, MINNESOTA JANUARY 1995 ACREAGE OF ELK RIVER Total Acres in the City of Elk River 28,190 Total Acres in the Urban Service District 5,194 HOUSING UNITS IN ELK RIVER Total multi-family units in the City of Elk River as of 1994 1,060 Total twin home units in the City of Elk River as of 1994 86 Total single-family units in the City of Elk River as of 1994 (This figure does not include mobile housing units) 3,559 Total mobile housing units located within mobile parks in the City of Elk River 49 • Total residential units in the City of Elk River as of 1994 4,754 PERCENTAGE OF LAND ZONE AS MULTI-FAMILY IN ELK RIVER % of land zoned multi-family within the City of Elk River 0.7% % of land zoned multi-family within the Urban Service District 4% RESIDENTIAL LAND USE CHARACTERISTICS of all residential units which are currently considered multi-family 22% % of all residential units which are currently considered single-family 75% % of all residential units which are currently considered twin home 2% % of all residential units which are currently considered mobile homes 1% SINGLE FAMILY AND TWIN HOME HOUSING UNITS WITH MUNICIPAL SERVICES Homes with municipal water and sewer 1,243 Homes with municipal sewer and private well for water 41 Homes with private septic system and private well for water 2,410 • 3 S FIGURE 4-B • APARTMENTS IN ELK RIVER UPDATED JANUARY 1995 APARTMENT COMPLEX ADDRESS # OF UNITS DATE PHONE # # OF VAC. Affords,John 330 Norfolk 4 1968 263-6191 0 Angel Ridge 280 Evans 53 1992 441-1213 0 Auburn of Elk River 631 Auburn Place 24 1989 441-2448 0 Sue Bal Moral 379 Baldwin 24 1979 441-8925 0 Billmark,Arnie 200 Freeport 4 1985 441-6835 0 Caswell,Lynn 231 Main Street 4 1979 441-5600 0 Elk Park Estates 1109 School Street 24 1986 441-8321 2 1111 School Street 24 1985 785-9214 1115 School Street 24 1987 Rita Elk Ridge Estates 11755 191st Street 18 1985 441-4036 0 441-6299 • Elk Ridge Manor 751 - 769 Freeport 6 1986 497-3270 0 801 -815 Freeport 8 1986 825 -835 Freeport 10 1986 847 Freeport 16 1986 Elk Terrace 385 Holt Avenue 23 1992 465-6841 0 Buckeye Realty 497-3270 Evans Meadows 325 Evans Ave. 16 1990 441-6299 1 335 Evans Ave. 16 1990 345 Evans Ave. 16 1989 355 Evans Ave. 16 1990 365 Evans Ave. 16 1989 375 Evans Ave. 16 1990 385 Evans Ave. 16 1990 Evans Park 300 Evans Ave. 36 1985 441-1213 0 Foster Development 241 Main 2 1979 241-0714 0 (4 units total,2 apts.,2 business office) Garden City 337 Baldwin Ave. 30 1973 0 Gramsted,Harold 1860 Meadowvale Road 8 1978 441-4345 0 Guardian Angels 350 Evans Ave. 63 1980 441-1213 0 Knollwood 365 Baldwin Ave. 12 1976 (507) 451-8524 0 • 3C FIGURE 4-B (continued) • Krueser,Eugene 420 3rd Street 6 1985 441-1738 0 433 Irving Ave. 8 1975 APARTMENT COMPLEX ADDRESS # OF UNITS DATE PHONE # # OF VAC. Lake Orono Estates 18594 Gary Street 36 1967 441-8356 3 Lansboro Heights 11798 Highland Road 30 1992 441-2642 0 Lion's Park 1001 School Street 61 1988 441-1129 0 Oak Crest 340 3rd Street 18 1987 441-6299 0 380 3rd Street 18 1988 Park Pointe 1227 School Street 51 1990 241-0020 4 Ridgewood Manor 11931 191 1/2 Ave. 16 1987 441-8510 0 11940 191 1/2 Ave. 16 1987 11951 191 1/2 Ave. 16 1987 11978 191 1/2 Ave. 16 1987 11981 191 1/2 Ave. 16 1987 River City 814 Proctor Ave. 21 1972 441-7477 0 Hecter,Alan 1175 School Street 8 1965 1179 School Street 8 1965 Riverside 925 Angel Ave. 24 1965 441-1213 2 • Royal Oaks 300 3rd Street 18 1987 441-6299 0 441-5793 Don Singer 805 School Street 12 1970 441-2334 0 Tara Hills Estates 151 5th Street 54 1986 (218) 233-3173 4 713 Company 543 5th Street 6 1960 545-6222 3 7 3rd Street 12 1972 933-2413 23 3rd Street 12 1972 TOTALS 1012 TOTAL UNITS VACANCIES: 19 Kornivich Development 1105 Lion's Park Drive 68 1994 (BUILDING NOT COMPLETE) TOTALS (INCLUDING KORNIVICH DEV.) 1080 TOTAL UNITS • 37 FIGURE 4-C • VACANCY RATES Developing Area 1993 Brooklyn Park 15.4 Osseo 2.3 Maple Grove 2.9 Plymouth 2.6 Coon Rapids 3.4 Anoka/Champlin 2.3 Subtotal 4.8 Fully Developed Area Brooklyn Center 4.5 New Hope 1.3 Crystal 3.8 Robbinsdale 3.9 Fridley/Spring Lake Park 3.0 Subtotal 3.3 Study Area Total 4.1 IIIMetro Area Total 3.7 ELK RIVER *2% * This vacancy rate is a 1994 statistic. Source: Apartment Search/Apartment Profiles, Metro Municipality Update Report, 1993 III .38 V. COMMERCIAL PLAN • A. INTRODUCTION The City is concerned with providing a variety of commercial opportunities for retail and office use and ensuring the vitality of existing commercial centers. This will encourage a broad base of employment and business opportunities which will strengthen the economic self-sufficiency of the community. B. GOALS 1. GOAL: Encourage the development of a quality community which retains a semi-rural atmosphere, while providing necessary commercial development to serve a growing residential population. POLICIES: • Guide the type and location of development to achieve an orderly development pattern consistent with the growth management policies of the community. • When appropriate, provide for a Planned Unit Development (PUD) approach which, through the use of site design standards, allows for a mix of compatible commercial and residential development. • Plan for commercial development in areas that can utilize an appropriately • designed transportation system without infringing upon residential neighborhoods. 2. GOAL: Maintain and encourage the continuation of a well-designed employment and business opportunity in close proximity to the urban core of the community. POLICIES: • Allow commercial areas to develop where they can be designed to be compatible with surrounding land uses. • Direct future commercial development to those sites which support and strengthen the existing downtown area. • Limit development of strip or scattered site commercial operations along the City's major roadways. • Allow commercial expansion within the urban service area only when services are immediately available. • Evaluate all proposals for commercial development to determine impact on the municipal utility system. 3. GOAL: Preserve, maintain and/or strengthen the physical and visual qualities unique to the community. • 39 POLICIES: • • The urban scale of development shall be consistent with surrounding land uses and general character. • Adhere to controls for the size and placement of signage and landscaping for commercial applications within the City limits. • Commercial development should include adequate buffering when adjacent to non-compatible land uses. 4. GOAL: Encourage development opportunities and provide economic vitality to the downtown central business district. POLICIES: • Consider adjusting, where possible, development standards and building codes to encourage new construction as well as remodeling. • Utilize the Mississippi River as an attraction and focal point for the downtown. • Establish design standards and other infrastructure improvements which have a common theme to strengthen the character of the downtown. • Adopt home occupation standards that carefully balance the opportunities for residents to work from their home while maintaining the integrity of the central IIIbusiness district and other commercial and industrial zones. C. CURRENT STATUS I. Commercial Zones The City has three (3) commercial zoning designations in effect. The designations are as follows: a. Central Commercial (C-1) b. Office District (C-2) c. Highway Commercial (C-3) *d. Business Park (BP) *This district is primarily light industrial district, however, allows limited commercial that is service oriented. A complete inventory of land zoned for commercial development is illustrated in Figure 5-A. 2. Central Business District The downtown or Central Commercial (C-1) district is comprised of approximately 55 IIIacres of land extending in all directions from the intersection of U.S. Highway 10 and 4 Jackson Avenue (Figure 5-B). This district extends along the Mississippi River and • Highway 10 for approximately four blocks. There are also "fingers" that cross the Burlington Northern Railroad to the north. A cursory review of a City map will reveal the reasons which dictated the location of Elk River's Central Business District. The Mississippi River and a bridge crossing, together with the rights-of-way of U.S. Highways 10 and 169 and the Burlington Northern Railroad, all converge upon Elk River's downtown. Although these arteries of travel and commerce have in varying degrees at different times provided the city with economic opportunities for growth, because of their locations they have also physically restricted the options for the central business district's expansion inasmuch as they are formidable obstacles and tend to set the boundaries of the contiguous central business district. Main Street west of U.S. Highway 10 provides access central to the city's central business district and its various businesses, financial institutions, shops and professional offices. It is a wide street capable of accommodating on-street parking while adequately meeting traffic circulation requirements. The major opportunities for central business district expansion are westerly along Main Street into an existing residential district that is experiencing some transitional uses, and the contiguous area between Main Street and U.S. Highway 10. The downtown area has recently begun to go through a transition period adjusting to the impacts of regional commercial activity along U.S. Highway 169. Change also accompanies growth, and accommodation is necessary if the vitality of a community is to be maintained at a high level. As the economics of the retail, business, and industrial sectors of a society change, so must the facilities, neighborhoods, and cities adjust to • these new realities. The economic and functional life of a building is not synonymous with the physical life. Adaptive reuse of structures is determined by their highest and best use regardless of the purposes for which they were originally constructed. A city government's role in a free market society is to facilitate, coordinate, and manage growth and change so that the community as a whole derives the maximum benefit and no person, business, group, neighborhood, or sector of the community unfairly subsidizes or is infringed upon in the process. The central business district transition process will be ongoing, gradual, and orderly. Several former residences have been converted to real estate and professional office types of uses. It is felt this can be in the best interests of the community, and through the use of appropriate zoning and incentive programs, can be further accommodated without excessively detracting from adjacent residential properties. 3. Office District The office district is basically set up to accommodate governmental, business and professional offices, and other financial related businesses. The two identifiable office corridors extend east along Main Street and north along Jackson out of the downtown area (Figure 5C). The Main Street corridor between U.S. Highway 10 and U.S. Highway 169 has recently had development activity which included removing single family homes and constructing new low profile office space. This corridor has a considerable amount of potential to become a high quality office corridor, both visually and in terms of its location. East Main Street also provides the link between downtown and the U.S. Highway 169 commercial corridor. • 41 The Jackson Avenue corridor extending north from the downtown area has a few office • buildings on the south end, however, it is primarily undeveloped at this time. This corridor once again has the potential to link the downtown to regional commercial activity between U.S. Highway 169 and Jackson Avenue. 4. Highway Commercial The highway commercial zoning district is considered the most intensive commercial district. This zoning district is primarily found along the U.S. Highway 10 and U.S. Highway 169 corridors (Figure 5-D). The purpose of this zoning district is to provide high impact commercial uses that typically require access onto the highway system and may provide commercial opportunities for a broader area than the City of Elk River. Recently, the U.S. Highway 169 corridor has received a lot of attention by large commercial developments. This highway commercial development has the greatest impact on the rural fabric of the community. The intersections of U.S. Highway 169 and Main Street, School Street and 193rd Avenue all provide optimum opportunity for commercial. As considerations for extending water and sewer east along U.S. Highway 10 materialize, additional opportunities will arise along this corridor. However, until water and sewer is made available, the eastern corridor of U.S. Highway 10 will be susceptible to development of less intense land uses that do not require City services. 5. Business Park • The business park is a new zoning district that allows primarily industrial uses along with supporting commercial opportunities. This district is currently located along west U.S. Highway 10 in the vicinity of the Sherburne County Government Center. Commercial activity as setforth in the Business Park Zoning District is being developed at the intersection of Joplin and U.S. Highway 10. D. FUTURE PLAN 1. Central Business District The Central Business District expansion includes peripheral expansion of the core area westward and infill of commercial activity between Gates Avenue and U.S. Highway 169. Specialized retail activity should be directed to the "downtown" area in the vicinity of Jackson Avenue and Main Street. Professional office and service facilities should be encouraged to provide redevelopment and infill along each of the corridors extending outward from Jackson and Main. The Steering Committee has also discussed issues facing the downtown and offered the following to shape its future: • The Planning Commission and City Council should emphasize and encourage an early 1900's architectural theme for building exteriors of new, existing and • renovated buildings downtown. 41 • A master plan for the downtown should be undertaken and should include the • opportunity for compatible residential uses with the principal use of office/retail. • The City Council address parking issues in the C-1 zoning district and give consideration to the era in which some of the buildings were constructed, and, should recognize that it may not be economically feasible for potential new businesses in those buildings to provide the same required number of off street parking spaces as required for new construction. Issues facing the downtown have been discussed by many groups. The Elk River Area Chamber of Commercial CBD Task Force has formulated an action plan to ensure that the vitality of the Elk River Central Business District is maintained. The task force plan is attached as Appendix II. The City has begun to explore redevelopment options for property along the Mississippi River. This natural resource will need further attention as a key component in formulating a direction for the downtown. 2. Office District The Main Street corridor between U.S. Highways 10 and 169 should continue to redevelop into office, medical and financial uses. Emphasis on locating parking areas to the rear and placing buildings close to Main Street will enhance the visual streetscape and pedestrian scale of this corridor. The office district extending north along Jackson should continue to the School Street • intersection. Since this corridor will have residential on the east side, the type of office/retail use developed on the west side of Jackson will have to respect its residential neighbor. In order for these two office corridors to be successful the City will have to partner with the private sector to facilitate the redevelopment efforts. Furthermore, office development should be "limited" along the U.S. Highways 169 and 10 corridor and should be encouraged along the Main Street and Jackson Avenue corridor. 3. Highway Commercial Highway Commercial has the greatest impact on Elk River because of its size, associated traffic and impact on surrounding land uses. Therefore, future commercial development will have to be reviewed in terms of its appropriate location, design, visual impact to the highway corridor and compatibility with the community. The Steering Committee has recommended limiting highway commercial development along Highway 169 from extending further north than the 194th alignment on the west side of Highway 169 and 197th avenue on the east side of Highway 169. This "line in the sand" is the point where highway commercial will begin to transition into more compatible land uses with the existing natural characteristics and residential homes. With the availability of water and sewer, new commercial development U.S. Highway 169 between U.S. Highway 10 and 194th Avenue will continue to blossom into Elk River's • commercial retail corridor. The planning and development of this corridor will need to 43 be carefully reviewed to prevent the appearance of "strip commercial" ; rather, strive 410 to maintain a high level of aesthetic quality both visually and structurally. The southeast corner of U.S. Highway 169 and Main Street has been an area discussed for future commercial. The amount of land and locational qualities ranks this area as having strong potential for commercial development. Directly across U.S. Highway 169 toward the west, commercial development of a lesser intensity would compliment the surrounding land uses. U.S. Highway 10 has two distinct corridors, the east and west. The east corridor currently does not have municipal water and sewer available. However, the Comprehensive Plan calls for municipal utilities to be extended sometime in the future. The extension of utilities will be determined based on market demands and financial ability to serve this area. In the interim, the key for east U.S. Highway 10 will be to limit commercial growth today allowing future extension of utilities to occur in a cost effective manner. Also, without city services, land values will be slightly less; therefore, attractive to less intense uses such as open sales lots, mini storage facilities, etc. When City water and sewer is eventually extended down this corridor, redevelopment of less intense land uses will most likely occur. Conversely, west U.S. Highway 10 was included in the urban service area when the 1988 Growth Management Plan was adopted. Utilities are incrementally being extended to serve the western area. The commercial activity along this western corridor is planned to occur primarily at intersections of local streets with U.S. Highway 10. For example, Proctor Avenue, Joplin and either Waco or the Zebulon alignment are planned to be III signalized intersections where commercial activity could be developed with good accessibility and minimizing impact on surrounding land uses. Commercial activity along west U.S. Highway 10 will be best characterized as neighborhood or community oriented. In other words, the larger scale commercial developments found along U.S. Highway 169 are not intended to occur along west U.S. Highway 10. The commercial uses are designed to benefit surrounding residential areas, the business park and office development and convenient service demands of external traffic. 4. Business Park The commercial element of the business park should be limited in area and provide support services to surrounding businesses. Commercial should be located at controlled intersections and on the edge or at the entrance to business park developments. 5. Neighborhood/Community Commercial The City is currently lacking a "transitional" commercial district that typically occurs in areas to serve an immediate neighborhood or a sub-area of the community. This type of commercial activity could be more compatible than highway commercial with surrounding land uses. Establishment of a community commercial district should be considered to diversify commercial opportunities within the community. Once again, the location of this type of commercial should be located at intersections of collector • streets minimizing conflicts with surrounding land uses. 44 • VIII. TRANSPORTATION PLAN A. INTRODUCTION It is assumed that automotive transportation will continue as the predominant mover of people and goods in the future. For this reason, the transportation plan focuses on ground transportation and network of streets and highways. The primary concerns of the City are: 1) to ensure proper east-west and north-south arterial corridors that tie in effectively with the existing transportation infrastructure, and 2) the orderly development of the infrastructure to ensure economic efficiency of construction and maintenance. B. GOALS AND POLICIES The following is a summary of the City's goals and objectives as they relate to transportation: 1. GOAL: Provide and maintain adequate and efficient levels of public services within the community. POLICIES: • Upgrade all primary local streets to hard-surface, all-weather roads. • • Require that developers provide roads to City qualifications before the City assumes ownership and maintenance. • Establish a transportation system through jurisdictional cooperation to achieve an efficient long range plan. 2. GOAL: Support a regional transportation system which offers convenient and adequate service within and through the area. POLICIES: • Provide for off-street parking within the commercial area to reduce vehicle congestion. • Implement an intersection and traffic control program through the use of signage and signals. • Encourage a high level of efficiency, productivity, and quality of service in modes of transportation between Elk River, surrounding communities and the metropolitan areas. • Provide frontage roads to reduce access points along major thoroughfares. • Provide collectors and local streets as appropriate to provide links to the existing 0 system. & r • Recognize the needs of the central business district by offering flexible parking and • other traffic design standards. 3. GOAL: Explore the possible need and alignment for an east-west corridor. POLICIES: Establish a joint committee with representation from the City of Elk River, Sherburne County, Big Lake Township, Anoka County, Wright County, City of Otsego and Mn/DOT and citizen representation and Park and Recreation Commission involvement in establishing east-west route. In selecting any potential corridor, the following criteria has been suggested by the Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee: a. Be sensitive to existing residential developments, environmental areas, wetlands, existing public parks, and open space. b. A route should assist in alleviating anticipated traffic problems from roads that are identified as being deficient in the transportation system. c. Existing roadways and right of way shall be used as much as possible to minimize costs for right-of-way acquisition. d. The selected route should fit into the County's transportation plan. • C. CURRENT STATUS Although no interstate freeways pass through the City, there is access to Interstate 94 approximately seven miles south via State Highway 101. Portions of U.S. Highway 101 are currently a two lane; however, Highway 101 is scheduled for upgrade to a four lane. U.S. Highways 10 and 169 converge at Elk River and intersect with Highway 101 in a south central location of the City. Highways 10 and 169 serve as major arterials serving the City in an east- west and north-south alignment. (See Table 8-A for a description of route classifications.) The existing County Highway system provides access to the Central Business District and other activity centers. County Roads 1, 12, 13, 21, 32, and 33 are considered minor arterials while others are considered collectors. Figure 8-A displays the existing transportation system. The existing network is often perceived as awkward and insufficient with respect to traffic movement across the City. The primary concern is with the lack of east-west corridors and a lack of strategic north-south corridors. Furthermore, as development continues along Highways 169 and 10, additional traffic will create unacceptable levels; necessitating various road improvements. D. LONG RANGE PLAN The draft Transportation Plan calls for an integrated network of major and minor arterials, collectors and local streets to serve the City. The City recognizes a need for an east-west corridor to better serve projected traffic volumes. Since the major and minor arterials are currently in place, the transportation plan focuses on necessary collector links to tie the existing system together. Other considerations of the transportation plan include local streets, a 411 parking system, frontage roads, public transportation, and park and ride facilities. 1. Collector Links The transportation plan calls for addition of the following collector links (see Figure 8-B for corresponding letters): A. 221st Avenue between County Road 32 (Meadowvale Road) and County Road 1 (Elk Lake Road B. 221st Avenue between U.S. Highway 169 and County Road 21 (Brook Road) C. 205th Avenue between U.S. Highway 169 and County Road 13 (Twin Lakes Road) D. 201st Avenue between County Road 1 (Elk Lake Road) and U.S. Highway 169 E. 193rd Avenue between U.S. Highway 169 and County Road 13 (Tyler Street). F. Waco Street between U.S. Highway 10 and County Road 35 G. Frontage between Waco Street and Joplin St. H. Fillmore Street between 175th Avenue and 165th Avenue I. Connection between Highland and County Road 1 (Elk Lake Road) immediately east of IIIthe Burlington Northern Railroad bed J. Connection parallel to the east side of Highway 169 between 197th Avenue and 193rd. 2. Local Streets The local street system is deployed within the grid of collectors and arteries. The intent of this plan is to ensure a complete and interconnected street system. All plats will display the location of streets that connect with existing or proposed streets adjacent to the subject property. 3. Parkway System Trails The City desires to provide an interconnected parkway system including a trail system for non- motorized transportation. Portions of the trail system will be incorporated into the existing and proposed corridor system comprised of off-street surfaces. 4. Frontage Roads The plan calls for frontage roads and limited access along U.S. Highways 10 and 169. The purpose of this transportation plan element is to enhance traffic safety along the City's major thoroughfares. • 63 5. Public Transport • Although public transit is not provided by the City or other transit companies, there is a perceived need for such services. The City encourages private transit companies to provide necessary intra- and inter- urban services. Connections are necessary to major local and metropolitan activity centers for shopping, employment, transportation. Specifically, there is a perceived need for services to airports. As the population of the community ages, local transit needs to community facilities and other services will become an issue. 6. Park and Ride Facilities The City recognizes the need for park and ride facilities due to a substantial resident population commuting to a workplace in the Twin Cities metropolitan area. The impending population growth will require the development of additional facilities strategically located within the City. E. NECESSARY ACTIONS 1. Designate proposed roadways on the City's transportation plan. 2. Coordinate efforts with Sherburne County and Minnesota Department of Transportation. 3. Establish budget for acquisition and improvement of collector streets. 4. Include corridors in the City's capital improvement program and modify the municipal aid system in accordance with transportation system. 111 5. Require appropriate land dedications or improvements as surrounding properties are developed. 6. Amend subdivision regulations to require urban street design. 7. Complete Minnesota Department of Transportation corridor study for U.S. Highways 169 and 10. 8. Adopt a long range Transportation Plan consistent with goals and policies of the Comprehensive Plan. • IX. IMPLEMENTATION IIIA. INTRODUCTION Implementation of the Elk River Comprehensive Plan includes the following elements: the text and maps, with particular emphasis on the 1995 Comprehensive Land Use Plan; official controls under the Minnesota Municipal Planning Act, including ordinances regulating zoning and subdivision of land in the City; a capital improvements program; and an economic development program. Other official controls of the City which contribute in part to implementation of the Comprehensive Plan include the entire Elk River City Code. This document contains the Land Use Plan adopted by the City in August 1988. The other elements, outlined in the appendix section although separate from this document, constitute essential implementation tools for effective growth management. The City will examine its official controls and other implementation devices to determine whether amendments or refinements to the official controls are appropriate. B. TOOLS 1. LAND USE PLAN The land use plan is an official component of the Comprehensive Plan and is intended to have legal effect according to the Minnesota Municipal Planning Act. Adoption of the Comprehensive Plan constitutes adoption of the Land Use Plan. It serves as a policy guide to the physical development of the City. The Land Use Plan encompasses all geographic parts of the city and the functional elements of future development. The • functional elements of the Land Use Plan are its land use designations including: residential, commercial, industrial, parks and open spaces. Land Use Classification (1) Public (P). This land use is intended to identify public facilities (2) Open Space (OS). Areas designated for open space include parks and open space. (3) Flood Plain (FP). This area is defined as the 100 year flood plain. Land within the 100 year flood way should be used only for agricultural purposes or wildlife preserves. Residential, commercial, and industrial development should not occur in these areas. (4) Agriculture (A). Agriculture land use allows agricultural and horticultural uses and single family residential use with minimum lot size of 10 acres, or a 10 acre per unit density achieved by way of planned unit development. (5) Low Density Residential (LR). Low density residential land use allows single family residential use with a minimum lot size of two and one-half (2 1/2) acres of which one (1) contiguous acre must be buildable. Low density residential districts are not intended for extension of municipal water and sewer. All residential development within this district must conform to Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Individual Sewage Treatment Standards(6 MCAR, Sec. 4.8040 et seq.) • together with its appendices for on site sewage disposal. For simplicity, these Standards are referred to in the remainder of the Growth Management Plan as • WPC-40 regulations. (6) Medium Density Residential (MR). Medium density residential land use guides single family residential use with a minimum lot size of approximately one-third (1/3) acre. All medium density residential land lies within the urban service district. All development within these areas requires connection to municipal sewer and water, except that certain areas may be developed on one acre minimum lots without connection to municipal sewer and water provided that the owner must provide an overlay plat showing how the lots may be further subdivided in the future when sewer and water is available. The medium density residential area will also accommodate multi-family structures including duplexes and townhomes within prescribed zoning districts. (7) High Density Residential (HR). The high density residential land use guides multi- family development including apartment buildings. All high density residential land lies within the urban service district. All development within these areas requires hook-up to municipal water and sewer. The maximum number of dwelling units per acre is twenty-two (22). (8) Central Business District (CB). The Central Business Districts guides professional and business offices, financial institutions, retail shops and stores, taverns, hotels and restaurants. It is an area of high visibility and transition. Renovation and redevelopment within the Central Business District will need to be encouraged by the City. • (9) Community Commercial (CC). The Community Commercial District is designed to provide for commercial opportunities to serve a smaller trade area than regional commercial. Uses will typically be both service oriented and convenience shopping. The Community Commercial land use is the appropriate designation to implement the commercial element in Business Park zoning. (10) Highway Business (HB). The Highway Business District is an automobile oriented service district consistent with C3 zoning. All development of highway business within the urban service district is required to hook up with municipal water and sewer. (1 1) Light Industry (LI). Light industry land use allows offices, enclosed storage and warehousing, research laboratories and light manufacturing. Light industrial development within the urban service district is required to hook up to municipal water and sewer. Light industrial is the appropriate land use to implement the Business Park zoning. (12) Medium Industry (MI). Medium industry land use guides for contracting yards, grain and feed elevators, lumber yards, concrete products processing, processing of natural resources, and truck terminals. Medium industrial development within the urban service district is required to hook up to municipal water and sewer. • 2. ZONING ORDINANCE • The Land Use Plan and the zoning ordinance both deal with the various uses of land. However, the plan indicates only broad categories for general areas of the City while the zoning ordinance delineates exact boundaries and specific uses for districts. Furthermore, the zoning ordinance specifies the detailed regulations within the various zones. The zoning ordinance serves as a primary tool for the implementation of the Comprehensive Plan. The purpose of the zoning ordinance as defined by Section 900.02 of the City Code is: To protect and promote the health, safety, morals and general welfare by lessening congestion in the public rights-of-way; securing safety from fire, panic and other dangers; providing adequate light and air; facilitating the adequate provision of water, sewage and other public services and facilities, conserving the values of properties and encouraging the appropriate use of land; promoting well-managed and staged development of residential, commercial, industrial, recreation and public areas; conserving and managing the use of natural resources and agricultural lands. The purpose of the zoning ordinance also includes the purposes set forth in the Minnesota Municipal Planning Act. Zoning Classification 1) A-1 Agricultural Conservation District. The Agricultural Conservation District is established for the purpose of preserving, promoting, maintaining, and enhancing the use of land for commercial agricultural purposes, to prevent scattered and leap-frog non-farm growth, to protect expenditures for such public services as roads and road maintenance, and police and fire protection. 2) R-1a Single Family Residential. The Rural Residential District is intended to allow for a "rural life-style" by permitting low-density residential development in areas that are marginal or not feasible for agriculture. The R-1 a district is intended to be primarily a residential district, but which may also accommodate agriculture related and accessory uses. This is the general area of Elk River which is not primarily suited to farming due to soil conditions, slope, tree cover, and other physical features better suited for non-farm housing and related accessory uses. 3) R-lb Single Family - Low Density Residential. This district is intended to provide land for attractive and diverse low-density, single-family residential development; primarily contain detached, low-density, single-family residential developments and low-density planned unit development. 4) R-lc Single Family - Sewered. This district is intended to provide single-family residents in areas with full municipal public sanitary sewer, storm sewer, and municipal water in areas that are a continuation of existing residential development patterns and the infilling of existing lots in established areas. 5) R-ld Single Family Residential - Sewered. This district is intended to provide single-family residential districts with larger lots and higher quality housing types in areas with full municipal public sewer, storm sewer, and municipal water. i �O 6) R-le Single Family Residential - Sewered. This district is intended to provide • single-family residential districts in areas with full municipal public sanitary sewer, storm sewer, and municipal water in areas that possess significant natural features including vegetation, wetlands, and topographic features. This district is intended to encourage the design of subdivisions that protect natural features while providing high quality housing sites. 7) R-2a Townhouse. This district is intended to create "townhouse" low density housing areas as a transition between single family housing and higher density residential. 8) R-2b Townhouses and Multiple Family Residential District. This district is intended (1) to create low density multiple areas with a broad range of housing types; (2) to preserve and enhance transitional residential areas between lower and higher densities in areas served by public utilities; and (3) to enhance transitional areas between low density housing and other nonresidential land uses. The district must be served by public sanitary sewer, storm sewer, and municipal water. 9) R-3 Townhouses and Multiple Residential District. This district is intended to provide a residential area which allows a broad range of housing types (townhouses, apartments, etc.) of medium density multi-family units in areas served by public sanitary sewer, storm sewer, and municipal water. 10) R-4 General Multiple Family Residential District. This district is intended to create, preserve, and enhance areas for multifamily use of higher densities for both IIIpermanent and transient families, in areas served by public sanitary sewer, storm sewer, and municipal water, with good accessibility to thoroughfares, public community centers, libraries, shopping centers and employment centers, and where such development fits the Comprehensive Plan. 11) C-1 Central Business District. The Central Business District (CBD) is appropriate for retail, service, and commercial uses to serve the shopping and service needs of the residents and surrounding community as distinguished from highway service uses. The CBD is intended to encourage uses and designs that are consistent with the historic character of the CBD. Emphasis should be placed on pedestrian access and design standards with flexibility to preserve the historic character of the CBD. Uses should be designed to eliminate any nuisance or incompatibility with surrounding uses. 12) C-2 Office District. The C-2 Office District is intended to buffer residential districts from arterial streets or from commercial districts and to provide a district which is compatible with and may be reasonably adjoin residential districts. The Office District provides for the location and development of offices and other service and light commercial uses which are subject to more restrictive controls. 13) C-3 Highway Commercial District. The purpose of the C-3 Highway Commercial District is to recognize the need for commercial establishments on or serving with immediate access to major highways. Permitted land uses should take advantage of the highway access in a manner which other business districts are IIInot afforded. In addition to retail and commercial uses, quasi-industrial and (,2' wholesale enterprises that do not meet an industrial setting and have IP considerable customer contact are acceptable in the Highway Commercial District. 14) I-1 Light Industrial. This district is appropriate for manufacturing, warehousing, and similar industrial uses because of access to thoroughfares, the full complement of urban services such as sewer and water, and distance from residential districts. These areas are intended to encourage the development of industrial uses which are clean, quiet, and free of hazardous or objectionable elements such as noise, odor, dust, smoke, glare, or other pollutants. These industries should be compatible with each other and with surrounding land uses. 15) 1-2 Medium Industrial. This district is intended to accommodate more intense manufacturing and processing than would be allowed in the I-1 District. Proposed uses would include manufacturing, production, warehousing with heavy truck traffic and other uses which may generate nominal off site impacts. 16) B-P Business Park. The Business Park District is established to encourage a planned, integrated environment for certain industrial, office, and limited commercial uses which are compatible with and compliment each other as well as the surrounding land uses. It is the intent of this ordinance that development reflects common themes using compatible architectural design and consistency in signage, landscaping, and lighting. It is also the intent to encourage businesses which generate a high number of jobs per square foot rather than predominately warehouse type uses. 11111 1 7) PUD Planned Unit Development District. The purpose of this district is to provide design and locational flexibility and variety tracts of land with adequate sewer and water systems by allowing modification of lot and building area, width, setback and other dimensional requirements. PUD's shall be developed in accordance with an overall design and an integrated development plan in accordance with the Subdivision Regulations. PUD's shall be consistent with Overlay Zoning Districts 1) SWF Solid Waste Facility Overlay Zoning District. The purpose of the Solid Waste Facility Overlay Zoning District is to protect the public health, safety, and general welfare by providing a specific zoning district for the use of land for the establishment and operation of Solid Waste Facilities. Since these uses are so unique, their demands upon public services, such as transportation, are so intense and their potential for causing harm to the environment and to the public health, safety, and general welfare is so great, a special zoning district is necessary. Solid Waste Facilities shall not be permitted nor conditional uses in any other Zoning District. 2) AT Antenna Tower Overlay Zoning District. The purpose of the Antenna Tower Overlay Zoning District is to protect the public health, safety, and general welfare by providing a specific zoning district for the use of land for the establishment and operation of Antenna Towers. Since this use is unique, a • special zoning district is appropriate, and the City of Elk River reserves the right to 0 determine the suitability of an Antenna Tower request based upon compatibility . with surrounding land uses. Antenna Towers shall not be permitted nor conditional uses in any other Zoning District. This section shall apply to all antenna towers over sixty (60) feet in height. 3) ME Mineral Excavation Overlay Zoning District. The purpose of the Mineral excavation Overlay Zoning District is to protect the public health, safety, and general welfare by providing a specific zoning district for the use of land for the establishment of mineral excavation operations and related facilities. Since these uses are so unique, the demands upon public services such as transportation are so intense, and their potential for causing harm to the environment and to the public health, safety and general welfare is so great, a special zoning district is necessary. Mineral excavation operations and related facilities shall not be permitted nor conditional uses in any other zoning district. 3. SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS Subdivision regulations are ordinances adopted by the City which governs the process of converting raw land into building sites. They are authorized by the Municipal Planning Act, Minn. Stat. , Subdivision . The Statute sets forth the authority and purposes of the subdivision regulations. The City has adopted subdivision regulations, currently codified in the Elk River City Code, Section 1008. The primary control device is a mandatory plat approval procedure, under which a developer is not permitted to make improvements or to divide and sell land until City approval is obtained for a plat detailing the proposed design, dedicated lands, and street and utility systems of the subdivision. 0 The subdivision regulations serve an important role in implementation of the Comprehensive Plan. They enable coordination of otherwise unrelated plans of a great many individual developers. They ensure that provision is made for such major elements of the land development plan as rights-of-way for transportation corridors, parks, water and sewer lines, and surface water management systems. Also, they enable control of the internal design of each new subdivision so its pattern of streets, utilities, drainage systems, lots, and other facilities will be safe and economical to provide and maintain. To ensure conformity in standards, the City should review its subdivision regulations and development policies with respect to the goals, policies, plans and actions specified in this Comprehensive Plan. This review should take into account, but not be limited to, creative design, lot sizes, frontage requirements, and transportation impacts. 4. CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM The City's capital improvements program is an integral tool for implementation of the Comprehensive Plan because it provides for an orderly extension of water and sewer service. In doing so, it influences the location, timing and intensity of urban development. The City's capital improvements program should be revised to reflect the changes identified in the Utilities and Transportation Sections of the Comprehensive Plan. 411 i 0 5. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Economic development plays a vital role with respect to the commercial and industrial development of the City. The City has an Economic Development Authority pursuant to Minnesota law which acts to promote the City's industrial and commercial growth. In addition, the City has a Housing and Redevelopment Authority to address urban renewal and housing issues. The City has a full-time economic development coordinator to act as professional staff to both the Economic Development Authority and Housing and Redevelopment Authority in its endeavors to promote the city's industrial, commercial, housing, and redevelopment opportunities. Pertinent sections of the Comprehensive Plan provide and identify additional opportunities for location of new or expanded industrial and commercial uses with excellent access to U.S. Highways 10 and 169. Additional sections identify redevelopment opportunities in downtown Elk River. Development of all areas will enhance the employment base as well as the tax base of the City. • • 1I APPENDIX I - DATES OF MEETINGS TO UPDATE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN • Date Group Topic March 23, 1994 City Council/Planning Commission Discuss update of plan April 27, 1994 Steering Committee Introduction May 25, 1994 Steering Committee Industrial Development July 14, 1994 Steering Committee Commercial Development August 25, 1994 Steering Committee Intro. to Residential - North Planning Area September 22, 1994 Steering Committee Transportation/Utilities October 27, 1994 Steering Committee Southwest Planning Area December 1, 1994 Steering Committee Southwest Planning Area/ Central Planning Area January 12, 1995 Steering Committee Southeast Planning Area • February 9, 1995 Steering Committee Park Plan/ Residential Housing March 9, 1995 Steering Committee Urban Service Area March 23, 1995 Steering Committee Urban Service Area/ Transportation April 6, 1995 Steering Committee Transportation Plan April 20, 1995 Steering Committee Industrial/Commercial Development, Downtown May 4, 1995 Steering Committee Industrial Development May 25, 1995 Steering Committee Commercial/Industrial Devel. June 15, 1995 Steering Committee Commercial Development, Downtown July 6, 1995 Steering Committee Residential Development July 27, 1995 Steering Committee Residential/Parks Plan 4111 1 Z Date Group Topic • August 17, 1995 Steering Committee Review Committee Recommendations Sept. 21, 1995 Steering Committee Approved "Draft of Comp. Plan October 26, 1995 Planning Commission Consider Draft of Comp. Plan November 27, 1995 City Council Consider Draft of Comp. Plan • • 13 E. NECESSARY ACTIONS 1, Establish new community commercial zoning district. 2. Continue to review home occupation ordinance for compliance with commercial goals and policies. 3. Designate appropriate commercial areas on Land Use and Zoning Maps. 4. Review development standards to ensure quality development. 5. Examine commercial redevelopment opportunities. 6. Prepare a Central Business District Focus Area Study and Master Plan. • • 4s- FIGURE 5-A INVENTORY OF COMMERCIAL PROPERTY (AS OF 1994) ♦` TOTAL ACRES ZONED COMMERCIAL 873 ACRES 0 C1/ Central Commercial - 55 Acres 0 C2/ Office District - 56 Acres 0 C3/ Highway Commercial - 622 Acres 0 Planned Unit Development (Business Park) - 140 Acres ♦ TOTAL ACRES DEVELOPED 469 ACRES ♦ TOTAL ACRES VACANT 4114 ACRES 0 Restrictive Areas for Development - 27 Acres • TOTAL 27 ACRES ♦ TOTAL NET ACRES AVAILABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT 377 ACRES ♦ TOTAL ACRESWITHIN CURRENT URBAN SERVICE AREA 375 ACRES 0 Developed - 227 Acres 0 Vacant - 148 Acres 0 Restricted - 10 Acres 0 NET AVAILABLE ACRES - 138 ACRES • TOTAL ACRES OUTSIDE CURRENT URBAN SERVICE AREA 499 ACRES 0 Developed - 242 Acres 0 Vacant - 257 Acres 0 Restricted - 17 Acres 0 NET AVAILABLE ACRES - 240 ACRES • '441 VI. Industrial Plan • A. INTRODUCTION The City is concerned with providing an appropriate industrial base to supply jobs for its residents and to ensure a strong tax base. There is a need for lands designated for industrial use to ensure ample opportunity for a wide variety of industrial applications. B. GOALS AND POLICIES The following is a summary of the City's goals and objectives as they relate to industrial development. 1. GOAL: Maintain and encourage the continuation of well-designed employment and business opportunities in close proximity to the community. POLICIES: • Limit development of strip or scattered site industrial operations along the City's major roadways. • Encourage industrial expansion in close proximity to existing services. • Evaluate all proposals for industrial development to minimize impact on municipal and natural systems. 111 • Industrial development should be located next to adequate transportation system and the transportation system should complement industrial development. 2. GOAL: Preserve, maintain and/or strengthen the physical and visual qualities unique to the community. POLICIES: • Establish controls for the size and placement of signage, screening, noise and other visual concerns for industrial operations within the City limits. • Require that developers provide for a buffer area between differing, non- compatible land use, whenever possible making use of the natural land characteristics. • Encourage well designed buildings that are visually consistent with the surrounding area. C. CURRENT STATUS 1. Industrial Zones The City has three industrial zoning designations in effect. The designations are as follows: • 41 a. Light Industrial (L1) • b. Medium Industrial (L2) c. Business Park (BP) A complete inventory of land zoned for industrial development is illustrated in Figure 6-A. D. LONG RANGE PLAN There are four focal points to the Industrial Plan. These include: 1. Infill of the existing industrial areas served by sewer and water, 2. Preserve land for development of a business park along west U.S. Highway 10 between Joplin and Waco Streets, 3. Consider light and medium industrial development opportunities in the southeast sector, 4. Utilize the gravel mining area for future industrial opportunities. a. Industrial Areas served by Sewer and Water The industrial areas served by sewer and water (Figure 6-B) are primarily designated for light industrial and business park use. Rail access is available to the Elk River Industrial and the McChesney Parks via Burlington Northern Railroad while truck access is available via County Road No. 1 and Meadowvale Road, respectively. The first phase of the business park is accessed by U.S. Highway 10 and Joplin Street. This business park area was started in 1995 and will provide a wide variety of opportunity in the coming years. • b. Highway 10 Business Park The plan identifies a business park along the south side of Highway 10 between Joplin Street and Waco Street (Figure 6-C). The business park zoning standards allow for a mix of commercial and light industrial uses. Access will be provided via a frontage road connecting Joplin and Waco Streets. The general land use configuration should consist of commercial nodes at the Joplin/frontage road and Waco/frontage road intersections. The land area between these intersections will be the light industrial and office component of the business park. An additional area that may be considered for business park development is the county fairgrounds site which lies immediately southeast of the Joplin frontage road intersection. c. Southeast Sector There are currently several large parcels of land in the southeast area zoned for light and medium industrial. The Comprehensive Plan endorses a continuation of this zoning designation and preserving these future industrial opportunities. Although water and sewer is not available at this time; it is envisioned this area may provide future opportunities for industrial and commercial. However, there is the chance sewer and water may never be extended far enough to serve the extreme southeast corner. • 4e4 In addition to the areas currently zoned for industrial the plan Steering Committee has • recommended some potential sites that should be rezoned for light industrial (see Figure 6-D). One of these areas is along the south side of U.S. Highway 10 between 167th and the Oliver Kelley Farm. It has been recommended this area be considered for business park development. d. Gravel Mining Area North of the existing urban service area is where a considerable amount of gravel mining is occurring. Although this mining is scheduled to continue for 25 to 75 years, the future use of the property could be industrial. e. County Road 13/County Road 12 An area identified by the Steering Committee for potential business park zoning is an area of land containing approximately 150 acres at the intersection of County Road 13 and County Road 12 (Figure 6-E). This area is within the urban service boundary and is relatively close to existing utilities. However, there may be some issues associated with transportation and land use compatibility. E. NECESSARY ACTION 1. Designation of industrial areas on the City's Land Use Map. 2. Designation of industrial areas on the City's Zoning Map. • 3. Review development standards to ensure maintaining a quality industrial sector. • 1. • Figure 6-A INVENTORY OF INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY • TOTAL ACRES ZONED INDUSTRIAL 1,532 ACRES 0 Light Industrial - 877 Acres 0 Medium Industrial - 524 Acres 0 Planned Unit Development (Business Park) - 131 Acres ♦ TOTAL ACRES:DEVELOPED 719E ACRES ♦ TOTAL ACRES VACANT 813 ACRES 0 Restrictive Areas for Development - 147 Acres 0 Gravel Mining Area (Not in Prod.) 140 Acres 411 0 Property Owned by Cargill - 233 Acres TOTAL 520 ACRES • ''TOTAL NET ACRES AVAILABLE FOR DEVELOPMENT 293 ACRES • TOTAL ACRES WITHIN CURRENT URBAN SERVICE AREA 636 ACRES 0 Developed - 423 Acres 0 Vacant - 213 Acres 0 Restricted - 117 Acres 0 NET AVAILABLE ACRES - 96 ACRES ♦ TOTAL ACRES OUTSIDE CURRENT URBAN SERVICE AREA 896 ACRES 0 Developed - 296 Acres 0 Vacant - 600 Acres 0 Restricted - 30 Acres 0 Gravel Mining Area (Not in Prod) 140 Acres Property Owned by Cargill 233 Acres • 0 NET AVAILABLE ACRES - 197 ACRES ,'V 1, _11_1_4, ,......1r, 1 1 , 5, 78w/li 111 , 1 G I( �--- fl asia tiki .,y I I 1( I i/,---P111-7711 ,T,,'> ,/, / : kik Am 11111 _...adii 4n ; `,�'� Jom,.; I c �� .(f. �, J �) / \\ / �� J� ` I / \\ F1/: . •KE �•,,, �► •,,,:i ( 2--, i-______ RIVED -�1 p Cr ' '� � ! 1 OR ON O /, it i � ` 1 / \ �,'i a I i W ,�,,PAPP, �� N la N . 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I2 AND 13 lamiC__CONSIXTJR ENGINEERS Elve r VII. PARKS AND OPEN SPACES • A. INTRODUCTION The anticipated growth of the City during the next 20 years will dictate a need for additional park and recreation and open space areas. The City recognizes this need and also recognizes many existing opportunities to create an appropriate park and recreation system. A key component of this system is a trail system that will connect commercial areas, public facilities and residential neighborhoods. Large parcels of undeveloped land exist in areas surrounding the urbanized core. The intent of the Master Park Plan (an addendum to the City's Comprehensive Plan is to identify land which should be preserved for recreational and open space purposes as development takes place within the city. B. GOALS AND POLICIES The following is a summary of the city's goals and objectives as they relate to parks and recreation. 1. GOAL: Encourage the development of quality residential community which retains a semi-rural atmosphere. POLICIES: • • Continue the low-density residential development pattern through the use of open space areas and the designation of buffer areas between non-compatible land uses. • Enhance the community's quality of life by utilizing active open space, comprehensive trail system, and natural open space. 2. GOAL: Provide and maintain adequate and efficient levels of public services within the community. POLICIES: • Create and maintain a trail system that allows for safe pedestrian movements throughout the city and provides access to parks and other open spaces with active and passive recreational opportunities for residents of all ages. • Maintain and improve the City's existing public recreation facilities. • Require developers of new residential areas to either dedicate public open space or make a payment in lieu of dedication to the City's park improvement fund. • Provide adequate number of recreational fields for youth and adult programming. 3. GOAL: Develop, preserve and protect environmental resources, such as forest, wetlands, water bodies and their shorelines, within the area with respect to open space, • recreational uses, water and air quality, and natural ecosystems. 5414 • POLICIES: • Restrict development of shorelands, wetlands, and drainage ways. • Restrict alteration of natural contours and soils, and restrict removal of natural vegetation. • Preserve natural systems through acquisition, dedication, or easements. • Require that development plans demonstrate a compatibility with natural features and systems. 4. GOAL: Preserve, maintain, and/or strengthen the cultural, social, historical, physical and visual qualities unique to the community. POLICIES: • Reserve through purchase, easement, or dedication, public access to wetlands, waterways, lakeshore, or other natural preservation areas. • Work with other public and private agencies to identify, preserve, and protect, sites of historical, architectural, and cultural significance. • Work with developers to preserve existing natural open space areas. III • Require that developers provide for buffer area between differing, non-compatible land use, whenever possible making use of the natural land characteristics. C. CURRENT STATUS The city is endowed with significant recreational assets in the form of rivers and lakes. The Mississippi River has long stretches of undeveloped land along its shores. This land is conducive to development into park land and trails for active and passive recreational use. Also, the Elk River and Lake Orono provide opportunities for active and passive water related recreation. Following is a summary of parks and associated facilities located within the city (Figure 7-A). D. FUTURE PLAN It is the City's desire to provide a variety of passive and active recreational activities and opportunities for its citizens. Therefore, the City desires to improve the existing parks and develop new parks consistent with future overall growth patterns. Priority items identified by the City include: 1) Development of existing neighborhood parks and area wide parks to effectively serve the recreational needs of the population (see Master Park Plan for classification for criteria of Parks). 2) An integrated trail system for pedestrian and bicycles which effectively ties together existing and proposed parks and other public areas. 3) Acquisition of land for future parks. The long range parks and trails plan (see Master Park Plan) considered natural features, existing • development and projected development. Features considered favorable for park land include: forested areas, wetlands, shoreland of lakes, streams and rivers and abandoned railroad beds. Designated locations of parks on the Park Plan are generalized in nature and • are subject to review as land develops. Figure 7-B illustrates existing parks throughout the community. E. NECESSARY ACTIONS 1. Adopted a revised Master Park Plan 2. Acquire appropriate lands for future parks. 3. Refine ordinances and policies regarding park development, use and maintenance. 4. Prepare development plans for undeveloped parks. 5. Negotiate agreements with other governmental units necessary to implement the Master Park Plan. 6. Track and react to park and recreation participation. III IIII FIGURE 7-A • CITY PARKS 1. BALDWIN PARK- 1/4 Acres-Open CURRENT STATUS- Developed-Playground equipment-no parking OPPORTUNITIES- Meet some neighborhood park needs. 2. BARRINGTON PARK- 2/3 Acres- Open CURRENT STATUS- Developed playground equipment and basketball court-on street parking. OPPORTUNITIES- Same as current. 3. COUNTRY CROSSINGS PARK- 7 Acres- Wooded CURRENT STATUS- Undeveloped OPPORTUNITIES- Skating, neighborhood park needs, and natural setting for trails and picnic area. 411 4. DEERFIELD 2ND PARK- 20 Acres- Mostly wetland. CURRENT STATUS- Undeveloped OPPORTUNITIES- Trails- Open Space 5. DEERFIELD 4TH PARK- 2 Acres- Open CURRENT STATUS- Developed-Sliding hill, playground equipment-Limited parking. 6. ELK HILLS PARK- 2/3 Acre CURRENT STATUS- Undeveloped OPPORTUNITIES- Neighborhood park needs 7. HILLSIDE PARK- 80 Acres - Mostly wooded CURRENT STATUS- Undeveloped OPPORTUNITIES- Possible limited sports facilities. Natural setting for trails and picnic areas- parking can be accommodated. • FIGURE 7-A(continued) • 8. JACKSON & MAIN STREET- 1/2 Acre CURRENT STATUS- Picnic tables and parking OPPORTUNITIES- Restoration of bandshell 9. LIONS PARK- 34 Acres open with pond CURRENT STATUS- Developed-playground equipment, basketball court, sliding hill, and picnic area-limited parking. OPPORTUNITIES- Trail system 10. MEADOWPARK- 1/4 Acre CURRENT STATUS- Undeveloped OPPORTUNITIES- Neighborhood park needs. 11. MEADOWVALE 40 Acres-mostly lowland. Approximately 12 acres of HEIGHTS PARK- wooded high ground. CURRENT STATUS- Undeveloped. OPPORTUNITIES- May meet neighborhood park needs and accommodate ID athletic facility and parking. 12. MOLDENHAUER PARK- 1 Acre - open/grass CURRENT STATUS- Grass play area - no parking OPPORTUNITIES- Could provide some neighborhood park needs. 13. NORTH TERRACE TOT LOT- 1/4 Acres CURRENT STATUS- Undeveloped - limited access OPPORTUNITIES- Limited -serves immediate neighbors. 14. OAK KNOLL ATHLETIC FIELDS- 11 Acres (City portion) CURRENT STATUS- Developed baseball/softball and soccer fields- can also be used for football-connected to City trail system- parking available. OPPORTUNITIES- Same uses as current. City may acquire a greater portion of 1111 the facility. 15. OAK KNOLL PARK- 12 Acres - Wooded island. • CURRENT STATUS- Undeveloped. OPPORTUNITIES- Take advantage of natural setting of the Elk River-could possibly accommodate some neighborhood park needs. 16. ORONO PARK/ BALL FIELD COMPLEX- 45 Acres -Adjacent to Lake Orono. CURRENT STATUS- Developed with picnic areas, sand volleyball courts, hiking trails, fishing pier, boat launch, softball fields, and swimming beach- parking available. OPPORTUNITIES- Possibly more sports facilities (ball fields, tennis courts, and hard courts). Lands adjacent could accommodate a civic center. 17. ORONO PARKWAY PARK- 3 Acres - Open grassy area. CURRENT STATUS- Undeveloped. OPPORTUNITIES- Possible neighborhood flower garden and/or tennis courts. 18. RIDGEWOOD EAST PARK- 5 Acres - Wooded • CURRENT STATUS- Developed- playground equipment, basketball court, sliding hill, and picnic area - limited parking. OPPORTUNITIES- Same as current. 20. SHIELY PARK- 50 Acres -Threatened dry subtype oak forest. CURRENT STATUS- In process of acquisition. OPPORTUNITIES- Addition to Woodland Trails Park. 21. WOODLAND TRAILS PARK- 164 Acres - Mostly wooded. CURRENT STATUS- Developed with multi-purpose trails (hiking/cross country skiing) - parking available- natural area. OPPORTUNITIES- Equestrian trail around perimeter- natural learning center. 22. RAILROAD TRAIL- 73 acres (5.5 miles) of abandoned railroad right-of-way. CURRENT STATUS- Developed as an unimproved trail corridor. OPPORTUNITIES- Multi-purpose recreational corridor. • NON-CITY FACILITIES A. BABCOCK PARK (STATE) B. COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS C. ELK RIVER COUNTRY CLUB D. HANDKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL E. KELLEY FARM (HISTORIC) F. MEADOWVALE SCHOOL G. PINEWOOD GOLF COURSE H. SCHOOL CAMPUS (VANDENBERGE AND SALK JR. HIGHS, AND ELK R RIVER SENIOR HIGH) • • 40°