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East Bethel planner outlines Met Councils 2025 system statement and next steps for the 2050 comprehensive plan
Summary
Planning staff summarized the Metropolitan Councils 2025 system statement, which guides the citys work on the 2050 comprehensive plan. Staff said East Bethel is projected to reach about 15,400 residents and 2,540 jobs by 2050, reviewed community designations and service-area maps, outlined an affordable-housing guidance of 108 units, and noted
Planning staff provided an overview of the Metropolitan Councils 2025 system statement and what it means for East Bethels 2050 comprehensive-plan update.
Grace, the citys planning staff member, told the council the system statement is a required first step in the decade-long planning cycle and that East Bethels forecast is for roughly 15,400 people, 5,900 households and 2,540 jobs by 2050. Staff said about 3,200 of those future residents are projected to be served by city sewer and water. The Met Council guidance assigns East Bethel the designations of "rural center" and "diversified rural," which carry…
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