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Lake Elmo staff recommend amending 2040 numbers after Met Council forecasts; White Bear Lake issue leaves 2050 uncertain
Summary
City planning staff proposed a 2040 plan amendment to carry higher near-term population forecasts into the comprehensive-plan process, and warned that Met Council will withhold a revised 2050 forecast until the White Bear Lake methodology is resolved; council asked staff for fiscal, sewer and water-allocation analyses before final action.
Lake Elmo planning staff told the City Council on April 14, 2026, that Met Council system-statement forecasts released last fall appear low for Lake Elmo and that the city can amend its adopted 2040 plan to use updated local projections while the larger Imagine 2050 and White Bear Lake methodology issues are resolved.
Jason Stoopa (city planning staff) said the Met Council's system-statement numbers show population and household forecasts lower than the city's development pipeline suggests. Staff recommended a 2040-plan amendment that would raise the near-term forecasts the city uses for sewer, utilities and land-use…
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