The City of Shakopee is proposing to amend Figure 4.60 - Metropolitan Urban Service Areas (MUSA) in the 2040 Comprehensive Plan. The proposal is to amend the Existing MUSA Boundary to include the Whispering Oaks Neighborhood. The Whispering Oaks Neighborhood is currently served by sanitary sewer and this amendment fixes a mistake in the comprehensive plan.

A public hearing was held on November 3rd and the Planning Commission unanimously recommended approval of the amendment.

The following are the criteria evaluated in the granting of a Comprehensive Plan Amendment. The City Council may grant a Comprehensive Plan Amendment with a two thirds majority when it finds that one or more of the following criteria exists:

Criteria #1 The comprehensive plan was in error.
Finding #1 The original comprehensive plan was in error. The parcels should have been included in the Existing MUSA boundary. This amendment remedies this error

Criteria #2 Significant changes in community goals and policies have taken place.
Finding #2 Significant changes in community goals and policies have not taken place.

Criteria #3 Significant changes in development patterns have occurred.
Finding #3 Significant changes in development patterns have not occurred.

Criteria #4 The Comprehensive Plan requires a different provision.
Finding #4 The Comprehensive Plan does not require a different provision.

Staff finds that the amendment meets 1 of the 4 criteria necessary to be approved by the City Council.