2020 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. The Comprehensive Plan, Envision Shakopee was adopted and submitted to the Met Council for approval and received final approval from the Met Council in October 2019. Envision Shakopee was chosen for the Planning in Context Award by the Minnesota Chapter of the American Planning Association. 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. As part of the agreement and Envision Shakopee, the Met Council suggested that the city complete an Alternative Urban Area Review (AUAR) for the western portion of the city, including a large portion of Jackson Township. The AUAR looks at projections and the infrastructure that will be required including sewer, water and roads along with the environmental impacts that need to be mitigated from that development. The AUAR was completed in October 2019 to the Environmental Quality Board for review and comment. It is anticipated that the AUAR will be approved in 2019 and will set the stage for further development in this area for the next five to twenty years. Envision Shakopee sets the community vision for the city and its contents have helped shape the vision of the new Parks Master Plan that was completed in 2019. The Parks Master Plan was adopted by the City Council and sets the stage for the next 15 years of park creation and redevelopment. Plans are already underway for new neighborhood parks at Stagecoach and Prairie Meadows with construction to be complete in 2020. Final construction plans were completed for Ridge Creek, the city's first nature oriented park that includes lookouts, boardwalks and a new more naturalized channel. It is expected that the project will start construction in spring of 2020. Other projects included in the city's Capital Program include additional planning and restoration work at Memorial Park and master planning of the riverfront. The city acquired the former Sweeney property and marina with plans to provide access to the public to the Minnesota River and restoration of one of the best preserved Shakopee Brick homes. 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. The BHS project began construction in 2019 and should be substantially complete in late 2020. Common Bond's workforce housing apartments began construction in 2019 with completion in 2020. D.R. Horton, the developer of the Windermere area, submitted plats to continue to enlarge the development, adding a single level home to its product line. Plans are already underway for a major subdivision along Eagle Creek Boulevard. The development would include single family home, townhouses and an apartment complex. An EAW is underway and the subdivision should move forward in 2020. The city also made major changes to its zoning code, eliminating more than 200 pages by moving to a new table system and also updated parking requirements. The city also adopted new single family design standards along with design standards for new commercial, industrial and multifamily projects.

In 2020, staff will be working on an update of the zoning code to reflect the land uses established in the 2040 Comprehensive Plan.

EMPLOYEES

PERCENT OF GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURES

5.65

Planning & Development 2.0%

4.4

4.4

4.4

Actual 2017 Actual 2018 Budget 2019 Budget 2020

Number of Employees (FTEs)