RES 14-29RESOLUTION NO.: 2014 - 29
CITY OF OTSEGO
COUNTY OF WRIGHT, MINNESOTA
A RESOLUTION INTERPRETING POLICIES OF THE 2012 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
REGARDING WASTE WATER TREATMENT FACILITY CAPACITY WITHIN THE
WEST SEWER DISTRICT.
WHEREAS, the City of Otsego has adopted a Comprehensive Plan most
recently amended on 12 December 2012; and,
WHEREAS, the Comprehensive Plan establishes goals, policies and programs
to provide direction, guidance and management for on-going development of the City;
and,
WHEREAS, City staff has reviewed the listing of tax forfeited parcels to make
recommendations as to potential public uses of said properties; and,
WHEREAS, the Comprehensive Plan establishes a policy that thirty (30) percent
of available waste water treatment facility capacity within each sewer service district
shall be reserved for commercial and industrial uses; and,
WHEREAS, the intent of this policy is to allow for urban development to occur on
a staged basis providing for logical expansion of City services and promote balance in
the City's tax base; and,
WHEREAS, City staff has completed an analysis identifying that residential
development with approved final plats within the West Sewer District has almost fully
utilized the available capacity within the West Waste Water Treatment Facility allocated
for such uses in accordance with the policy of the Comprehensive Plan; and,
WHEREAS, the City staff analysis identifies that almost all of the capacity
reserved for commercial or industrial uses within the West Sewer District by the
Comprehensive Plan has not been allocated to approved developments; and,
WHEREAS, the City Engineer and Utilities Operations Supervisor state that
actual flow to the West Waste Water Treatment Facility is approximately 48 percent of
permitted capacity; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council will need to consider the possible expansion of the
West Waste Water Treatment Facility including factors related to the timing of such
action, projections for continued demand for additional capacity, funding options for the
cost of an expansion, the regulatory approval process and construction schedules; and,
WHEREAS, the City needs to continue to approve development and allocate
sewer capacity for waste water treatment in accordance with the growth management
provisions of the Comprehensive Plan so as to maintain a supply of developable
property for residential, commercial, and industrial uses; and,
WHEREAS, continued development of residential, commercial, office and
industrial uses provides for payment of utility availability and connection charges
required for debt service related to construction of the City's sanitary sewer and water
utilities; and,
WHEREAS, the memorandum dated 30 April 2014 prepared by the City Planner,
The Planning Company LLC, is incorporated herein by reference.
WHEREAS, the Otsego Planning Commission, at their regular meeting on 5 May
2014, considered the West Sewer District capacity issue and by a 4-0 vote recommend
that the City Council approve the proposed resolution based on the aforementioned
findings.
that:
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Otsego
The City Council will consider approval of additional residential development
within the West Sewer District that would result in allocation of capacity at the
West Waste Water Treatment Facility for such uses in excess of 70 percent of
the currently permitted capacity.
2. Approval of any development proposal shall be consistent with all other
applicable policies of the Comprehensive Plan including but not limited to:
Allocate available municipal sanitary sewer and water service only to
lands within the immediate urban service area on a first come, first serve
basis.
Expand the boundaries of the sewer service district only when the criteria
established by the Urban Service Staging Plan are satisfied.
3. Allowance of residential development within the West Sewer District that would
utilize more than 70 percent of the currently permitted capacity at the West
Waste Water Treatment Facility shall be an interim measure expiring upon the
awarding of any contract to expand the treatment capacity of the facility.
MOTION BY: Heidner
SECOND BY: Schroeder
ALL IN FAVOR: Stockamp, Heidner, Schroeder, Warehime
THOSE OPPOSED: None
ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Otsego this 12th day of May,
2014.
ATTEST:_' D`�
Tami Loff, City Clerk
CITY OF OTSEGO
BY: a-Wft Qk am—,-, ica L. Stockamp, Mayor