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-142- Motion by Commissioner Kociscak, seconded by Commissioner Johnson to recommend that the City Council approve the request to rezone the subject property from B-1 Business to I - Industrial, based on the findings of facts. Motion Carried. Voting Yes: Chairperson Nixt, Commissioners Kociscak, Johnson, Brauer, Reeve, Sweet and Watson. Voting No: None. Absent: None. Case #4: Request for Preliminary Plat Review of West Ramsey Indu~i Park; Case of J.R. Land & Cattle Co. Chairperson Nixt closed the regular portion of the Planning Comm~sqi'0g meet~hg~a~ .,8, :06 p.m. in order to call the public hearing to order. Public Hearing Chairperson Nixt called the public hearing to order at Presentation Community Development Assistant Walc~l~::;~ai J.R. ~'"; Cattle Co., L.L.C. is proposing to plat property located north of:~ig~l~.)~:0::~gg the Ci~,"!i~ ~0mmon border with Elk River. The area to be platted is approx~!y 17~ n,,~/~ze.'%:The preliminary plat is proposing to plat one 4.3-acre lot and One 2.3'.'~re Iot:-f~¢d~'~f0p'¢bnt. Lot I is proposed for a light industr/al use. The pre!i~ plat is P~!~'~o also pla~? two outlots. Outlot A is for future platting and develop~a/iii:.ian479utlot B ~il,b'~ preserved for a future road connection to Alpine Drive· The develOP&'has a~3 to conve~i~Outlot B to the City upon request. Lots 1 and 2 meet the minimum:'~Of~rea widt~7;i~quirement~4¥ndustrial parcels. Lot 1 and Lot 2 are proposed to recezve'.ptl~!~c street ~.c~i~-t~¢~5~,.e,~ron of 156 Lane NW from Elk River into the Plat. The extensi~o~-,156};~ahe::~li"~ struction of the road on a small portion of a drainage and utility eas~i~3~ti~'o'~ted in the City of Elk l~iver. It is Staff's-understanding that the applican~;:'~!~5;~.ting~jS_'_.;.t:eff°rt with the 'City of Elk River. Staff will be requesting confirm:a' fi:~5~;{:th~ii~'.ee, men~;b'~'cm, een the applicant and the City of Elk River prior to submittal of ~:.i~i plat. Co~ty De,7~!¢t~ment Assistant Wald noted that the 2001 Comprehensive P,~iS~tates that new co~cial de,~iopments should be serviced with urban utilities in order to iriY~gh quality devel6~)~ent. Municipal water and sewer are not available to the site at this time~'~)~efore, the de~>pment agreement will incorporate language requiring parcels to connect'-~']a,rban sem~}¢- with/n 2 years of availability. The Minnesota Department of Transporta~{h.a,._s ini~[~i~t a TH 10 Interregional Corridor Management Plan for State Highway #10. Howard':~}(~i/bbn Company recently made a presentation to the City showing different options for the p6rt~on of Highway #10 located in the City of Ramsey. She explained that one option includes an expressway that would eventually be converted to'a freeway. Another option the City may be presented with is to implement the freeway system without going through the phasing plan of an expressway then convert to a freeway. The exact alignment of the expressway/freeway has not yet been determined, however it would appear that MnDot prefers Planning Commission/February 7, 2002 Page 5 of 29 I i I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I