2019 City of Shakopee Budget

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Budget Impact: The Planning Division sets the stage for future development of the community through the Comprehensive Plan. Staff spent the last year receiving input from more than 3,000 citizens for Envision Shakopee. The plan has twelve big ideas that were generated by the community. The draft plan has been sent out to surrounding communities for comments and the final plan will be adopted sometime in 2019. The City of Shakopee is expected to grow to more than 60,000 residents by 2040 with much of that growth occurring the Jackson Township. The city has an Orderly Annexation Agreement with Jackson Township that allows 250 acres to be annexed annually by the city with additional property at the property owner’s request. Windermere, the largest subdivision in the western end of the city, has been adding land for new development that includes a mixture of housing types including single family, townhomes, apartments and a world-class senior living facility by BHS. This area will also include the latest additions to the city’s parks and trails system. Planning staff also processed numerous apartment developments for the community including Trio in Southbridge, a 300+ unit market rate development; the Sixton, a 133-unit market rate development adjacent to HyVee. Staff also worked on a number of single-family subdivisions including Ridge Creek, a 103 unit single family home development by Lennar and Stagecoach Estates, a 60 unit single family subdivision with a new city park. The planning staff also took over park planning in 2018. The Planning Commission, Parks & Rec Advisory Board and City Council now review how Park Dedication Fees collected can be used to directly benefit a development when there already isn’t an existing nearby park and also has been looking at ways to link the existing park system. As part of that planning, the city retained Confluence Design to complete a Parks, Trails, and Recreation Master Plan that will be completed in 2019. The plan will look at the long-term park build out citywide along with ongoing operation and maintenance of parks and facilities. The plan has already received substantial public input with the appointment of a 15- member oversight committee of residents and members of the business community. There will be additional public meetings in 2019 as the plan begins to develop implementation strategies and financial models for the parks, recreation and trail system.

EMPLOYEES

PERCENT OF GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES

5.65

5.4

Planning & Development 2.4%

4.4

4.4

Actual 2016 Actual 2017 Budget 2018 Budget 2019

Number of Employees (FTEs)