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AA / <br />METROPOLITAN COUNCIL <br />Mnin Piiri Cffiirr 2J0 Em'- Sirrrt 5/ ‘^12 2*^1 ^ ' 2^^ rn /^u <br />#• <br />c' ^ <br />[-i- <br />i' <br />■1 ' <br />w. <br />. - *■* <br />'. . • <br />. >^ v <br />■■P- ■ <br />■ <br />:T', <br />^U-m!'vr^ <br />M <br />■yfe <br />F«bru«fy 10. 1992 ,FE3 1 2 i::2 <br />REi N#w Rur*l Af#* PoiicI®* •nd Invitation to a Planning Forum <br />p^Hf tocal Govamment Official or Staffperson: <br />On Dacanibtr 5. 1991 . tha Matropolitan Council amended the Metropolitan OevglPP^^^I <br />Inti—tiTMni Framawwyk (MOIF) to include new policies for the general rural use area rf the region. <br />S^Mmrfna?^~araa of tha region Is located outside the metropolitan urbar. service area <br />(MUai^ and la not dasignatod tor commercial agriculture. A copy of the new policies is enclosed <br />with this latter. <br />The new pofidaa continue to uphold the Council’s basic rural density standard of no more man <br />one ctwelting unit par 10 acres. However, the land area for calculating density has changed from <br />40 acres (maximum of tour units) to up to 640 acres (a maximum of 64 units). The new p^cles <br />do not apactty a mininHjm lot size. Instead, minimum lot size should be determined by <br />oanoir.tanca stwtdards. Many of the other policy changes (such as allowing clustered <br />davelopmant) are designed to provide rrwre options for local governments to tailor the regional <br />polcy to W unique conditions in their corrvnunitie^ <br />J <br />iu <br />\ <br />S9 <br />u <br />I <br />Tha Council wUI hold a PLANNINQ FORUM on THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27. from 9 to 11 a.m. <br />in tha Cour^cil Chambers (first floor, Mears Park Centre Building). <br />\ <br />:r <br />The orooram will Include the following items: a summary description of the new policies an <br />axDlanation of how tha rural area poUctas are related to policies in the Counal’s metropolitan <br />•ystama plana, an explanation of how tha new policies may result in amendments to local <br />comprahanaiva plans, and plenty of time for questions and answers on each topic, <br />Tha Council will hold a second planning forum on rural area policy sometime in May. That forum <br />u. AvAtnnidMR nf fftirai dfivdincimdnt ootions (such as dustohng) undar tho <br />I <br />W ----------r---------------- ' <br />new policy. A notica on this torum win be sent to you at a later date <br />I encourage you to attend both of planning forums. <br />Sincerely, <br />Mifv E. MctefsonMary E <br />Chair <br />MEAA <br />Endosura