DRAFT City of Forest Lake 2040 Comprehensive Plan June 2018 Table of Contents I. Introduction ........................................................................................................................ 1 Vision and Goals .................................................................................................... 1 Background/History of the Community ............................................................... 2 Purpose of the Plan ............................................................................................... 3 Process ................................................................................................................... 3 Regional Setting .................................................................................................... 3 II. Land Use .............................................................................................................................. 6 Land Use Goals and Objectives ............................................................................. 6 Forecasts and Current Demographics .................................................................. 7 Existing Land Use ................................................................................................. 10 Future Land Use .................................................................................................. 15 Natural Resources ............................................................................................... 24 Special Resource Protection ............................................................................... 24 Resilience ............................................................................................................. 25 III. Economic Competitiveness ............................................................................................... 29 Introduction ......................................................................................................... 29 Economic Competitiveness Goals and Objectives ............................................. 29 Historical and Projected Employment ................................................................ 30 Employment Data ............................................................................................... 31 IV. Housing ............................................................................................................................. 39 Housing Goals and Objectives ............................................................................ 39 Existing Housing .................................................................................................. 39 Projected Housing Needs .................................................................................... 46 Affordable Housing Allocation ............................................................................ 47 Housing Implementation Plan ............................................................................ 49 V. Parks and Trails ................................................................................................................. 52 Introduction-System Overview ........................................................................... 52 Goals and Policies ................................................................................................ 52 History & Past Studies (Existing Guiding Documents) ....................................... 53 Existing Parks and Trails ...................................................................................... 53 Proposed Parks and Trails ................................................................................... 60 VI. Transportation .................................................................................................................. 62 Transportation Goals and Objectives ................................................................. 62 Existing Roadway Conditions .............................................................................. 63 City of Forest Lake 2040 Comprehensive Plan Update Table of Contents i Roadway System Plan ......................................................................................... 77 Transit .................................................................................................................. 82 Non-Motorized Transportation .......................................................................... 86 Freight .................................................................................................................. 86 Aviation ............................................................................................................... 87 VII. Water Resources ............................................................................................................... 89 Sanitary Sewer .................................................................................................... 89 Surface Water .................................................................................................... 101 Water Supply ..................................................................................................... 110 VIII. Community Facilities ....................................................................................................... 113 Community Facilities Goals and Objectives ..................................................... 113 Existing Conditions ............................................................................................ 113 Community Facility Planning ............................................................................ 114 IX. Implementation .............................................................................................................. 117 Official Controls ................................................................................................. 117 CIP ...................................................................................................................... 122 Updating the Comprehensive Plan ................................................................... 123 Figures Figure 1-1 - Community Designation Map from Metropolitan Council ........................................... 5 Figure 2-1 - Educational Attainment ................................................................................................ 9 Figure 2-2 - Existing Land Use Map ................................................................................................ 12 Figure 2-3 - Future Land Use Map ................................................................................................. 16 Figure 2-4 - Staging Map ................................................................................................................ 22 Figure 2-5 - Solar Potential Map .................................................................................................... 27 Figure 3-1 - Historical and Projected Employment ........................................................................ 31 Figure 3-2 - Total Employment ...................................................................................................... 33 Figure 3-3 - Employment Establishments ...................................................................................... 33 Figure 3-4 - Employment Concentrations Map.............................................................................. 34 Figure 3-5 - Annual Wages ............................................................................................................. 34 Figure 3-6 - Weekly Wages ............................................................................................................ 35 Figure 3-7 - Household Income ...................................................................................................... 35 Figure 3-8 - Commute Times .......................................................................................................... 36 Figure 3-9 - Workforce Inflow/Outflow ......................................................................................... 37 Figure 3-10 – Survey Results (Location of Commercial Uses) ........................................................ 38 City of Forest Lake 2040 Comprehensive Plan Update Table of Contents ii Figure 4-1 - Housing Types in Forest Lake ..................................................................................... 41 Figure 4-2 - Proportion of Housing Types ...................................................................................... 41 Figure 4-3 – Tenure by Units in Structure ...................................................................................... 42 Figure 4-4 – Tenure by Age of Householder .................................................................................. 42 Figure 4-5 – Age of Occupied Housing Stock ................................................................................. 43 Figure 4-6 – New Housing Building Permits ................................................................................... 43 Figure 4-7 - Owner Occupied Units by Value ................................................................................. 45 Figure 4-8 – Survey Results (Housing Needs) ................................................................................ 46 Figure 5-1 - Regional, State and Federal Parks and Trails .............................................................. 54 Figure 5-2 - Local Parks and Trails .................................................................................................