So, generally at a high level, what you're seeing are 679 residential units. This is an entirely residentially proposed subdivision.

Because this development was planned largely before the Met Council kind of changed that methodology, staff are proposing to use the methodology that this development was applied for under which is showing here and it's also indicating that the development would meet the overall density range for this area.

We appreciate that and that's something that I think we can work with. The only other thing I I really wanted to say today was as a part of that proposed access plan that means we're taking a lot of lefts on Manning onto Fifth Street and then a rights into that bin site. And so we've got a proposed trail there that would cut across that access.

I do like that the price point. I mean, houses are expensive now, but we're not putting in $1.5 million houses. There's affordable houses.

I will note that this is not a PUD, so there are no flexibilities being requested. They're meeting um all of our zoning regulations.

So looking at shorland overlay, because it is within the shorland overlay, the parcels are only allowed 30% impervious surface, which is hard cover... And this is far less than our typical commercial development.

My hope is that these aren't just printed words and that you will consider our requests.

The hardest thing is is determining means of methods where what you said the standard is 90% opacity whether that is natural landscaping or physical barrier. It's not for us to determine how that is done. that is up for them to propose how to meet that standard.

So staff at that point were comfortable not appealing the Met Council's, um, population forecasts primarily upon the ability of the city to expect that periodically these forecasts can be adjusted.

So long story short, the city has a demonstrated demand for residential growth over the last decade.

The second uh line in bold is also important. It says if a request is made uh to increase the forecasted growth for these communities, if a request is made, it may only be considered after modification of the court order, a change in local conditions or a solution to water supply constraints are determined and implemented.

So this really is quite challenging for the city of Lake Elmo because now you're facing effectively kind of a a ceiling on growth that was previously not, [snorts] you know, imposed.

I find it interesting, just a comment, that there aren't people here for this because this is probably the biggest item on this agenda tonight and yet no one stuck around or dug in to understand what it meant or am I overstating the importance of what this is in a baseline from the, you know, from the Met Council and what we can or cannot do and putting us into a difficult position.