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Forest Lake planning commission begins scoping 2050 comprehensive plan update, debates Met Council density targets
Summary
Planning commissioners discussed a two-year process to update Forest Lake's comprehensive plan for 2050, weighing outreach strategies, how to meet Metropolitan Council density and affordable-housing guidance, and options to translate broad goals into measurable objectives.
Forest Lake City Planning Commission members spent the bulk of their meeting discussing how to scope a two-year update of the city's comprehensive plan, which staff said must be completed and approved by the Metropolitan Council by Dec. 31, 2028.
Staff member Michael told the commission the update will be a roughly two-year project and that the city has already appealed parts of the Met Council's 2025 system statement. "The city council has appealed the system statement on three factors," Michael said, citing changes to community classification, minimum density expectations and housing-growth forecasts.
Commissioners focused on two related challenges: how to reach residents for meaningful engagement on a long-range (2050) plan, and whether Forest…
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