09-14-2009 Council Work Session Packet

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� At present we have about 2300 dwelling units in the MUSA connected to sewer. Our total MUSA area is approximately 4100�acres. Within the MUSA, we have another 200 existing homes that we would expect to connect to sewer. Within the MUSA, under our current Plan, we calculate that the zoning would allow another 375-450 new dwellings to be built (range depends on the number of units allowed on the Dumas-James sites). Since we are not expanding the MUSA, our final sewered density under the current plan is (2300 + 200 + 450) /4100 = 0.72 units per acre. • Of the potential 450 new dwellings that could be built in the MUSA, the probable density breakdown is as follows: � 60 remaining townhomes at Stonebay: density =4 units per acre (15 acres) � 200 at Dumas-James site: density=4 units per acre (50 acres) � 45 at "East Hackberry": density= 2.5 units per acre (18 acres) � 30 in Navarre/Forest Lake/Tonkawa areas: density = 1.0 units per acre (30 acres) � 115 in all other MUSA areas, 2-acre zone: density = 0.4 units per acre (290 acres) Net new-development developed density going forward from today would be calculated as: 450 units/403 acres = 1.1 units �er acre • If we also take into consideration our approved new residential development starting in 2000, we would calculate as follows: Entire Stonebay: 157 units on 25.2 net acres Willow View: 25 units on 30.7 net acres Orono Woods: 62 units on 4.0 net acres Creekside: 7 units on 5.4 net acres Glendale Cove: 8 units on 4.1 net acres Barth Addition: 2 units on 1.2 net acres Sharri Lakeview Estates: 6 units on 3.7 net acres Wildhurst Woods: 5 units on 5.3 net acres Tota1 = 272 units on 79.6 acres (272 + 450 - 60) / (79.6 + 403) = 662 units on 410.6 acres = 1.6 units per acre � In order to get to an average of 3 units per acre, one option (a poor one) might be to ban all new development within the MUSA areas zoned for 2-acre minimums. This would yield: (662 - 115) /(410.6 - 290) = 547 units on 120.6 acres = 4.53 units per acre It would also yield a rebellion by rural property owners who have long had the right to subdivide, and who would likely perceive this as a downzoning and a taking of value. � Instead of banning low density development, if we allowed the Dumas/Janles site to be the sacrificial lamb, it would have to be developed with 720 units on 50 acres, a density for that site of 14.4 units per acre, to yield an overall net density of 3.0 units per acre post-2000: [(60+720+45+20+115)+(272)] /410.6 acres= 1,232 units on 410.6 acres=3.00 units per acre Review of Met Counci!Conap Plan Initial Response Page 12 of 17 � August 28, 2009