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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I Councilmember adoption: introduced the following resolution and moved for its RESOLUTION #02-03- A RESOLUTION DENYING AN AMENDMENT TO THE COMPREHENISIVE PLAN WHEREAS, on November 26, 2001, the City of Ramsey received a written request for an amendment to the Comprehensive Plan from Thomas Kurak (the Applicant) for the purpose of amending the land use designation of the property shown on Attachment A (the Subject Property); and WHEREAS, on January 14, 2002, the City notified the Applicant in writing that it was extending the time permitted to act, pursuant to Minn. Statute 15.99, for an additional 60 days, thereby extending the City's last date to act on the application to March 26, 2002; and WHEREAS, the 2001 Comprehensive Plan shows the Subject Property's designated land use as Low and Medium Density Urban Residential; and WHEREAS, the Applicant is requesting that the Subject Property's designated land use be changed to Mixed Use; and WHEREAS, the Ramsey Planning Commission and City Council conducted a public hearing on January 24, 2002 in order to take testimony regarding the proposed land use change; and WHEREAS, the Ramsey Planning Commission met on February 7, 2002 and recommended that the Ramsey City Council approve the request for an amendment to the Comprehensive Plan; and WHEREAS, the Mixed Use section of the Rarnsey Comprehensive Plan, as presently drafted, does not state the maximum allowable density of residential units per acre; and WHEREAS, the area to the north of the Subject Property is comprised of large-lot rural residential lots; .and WHEREAS, as of the date hereof, the City has not established a maximum amount of density for residential development which can take place within a Mixed Use guided area and this creates a potential conflict of uses between the existing low density neighborhood to the north of the Subject Property and any new development which would be permitted if the Subject Property were guided for mixed use, and; WHEREAS, the City approved a Comprehensive Plan on December 18, 2001, that designated the Subject Property as being Iow and medium density urban residential and that was a culmination of five years of dialogue between the community and City Council; and -215-