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Jeffrey Menth, 14726 Ramsey Boulevard NW, Ramsey, stated that he owned the identified as #3 on the land use map. He stated that he is the property owner and does ~ot::'wa~ :; ~ thelandlanduse willUSe changednot chan~e.at this time. He questioned what assurance the City can ~ve~"that, 7,!:, the Principal Planner Trud~eon explained that the request was brought forwaz~i'b~ Bright Keys_ at which time they had ir~dicated that they were negotiating with Mr. Merit{ ~.ut since tha~'~e, staffhas been made aware that those negotiations are no longer occu~g. Mr. Menth replied that that was correct. .:~;51::27 Principal Planner Trudgeon stated that at this point there is~f~'~;heed to make the land use change. · Mr. Menth stated that he would hke stronger language!~han' "there,~ '~,~::~-:,, is Pr/ncipal Planner Trudgeon replied that that will have to be a d~k~?:':"~ade by the City Council. Mr. Menth stated that he was not in favor of the land use change at tt~s':i{ime. ~H~,i.~so requested clarification on the policy of exten ~din.~:~fty:.:Ee.~er and water. He thought.f[!~as a requirement that if the City is goin to e×tena:ii itY,,s ::the.Y had to ubmit R. amsey. : ~'~":' ': .~c-~¢ .::~ ~ ',,:~ Chairperson Nixt replied that he would"~e to hav~i~a:n'~oppo~'~'to get a response from the City Attorney before answering that ques~;h~ ~Plained, ~a~:~:~he Planning Commission wilI discuss those issue, at:the next Planning C~'mm~Ssion meeting at which time he can ~ve heir. Menth a responsdTt~0; big question. Mr. Mentta.~ended the ~kident for his co~ts'pePtaining to the wildlife and the quality of .life in R~rhi4-ey. He stated ~ if Bright Key.~':'~'d~ going to develop the land he does not want area ~1;:i:~6~ecl to mediurfi~a~/Zy-_...He wan~;i-~'left as low density residential. CoUncilmember Ffendn-xsen inquired if Bright Keys withdrew their request for ail of the property .... ;~::?~7~"d~ifified on the lar~}~e_map or just the area owned by Mr. Menth and his neighbor. ~}~J~:~*'principaF'~-l~nner Trudge;'~t-ied that it was his understanding that Bright Keys would not be ~'"'~' developing ~i}~nd. Bill Henderson~Bfight Keys, 1809 NW Avenue, Stillwater, stated that had not withdrawn any request. He e1~i¢ined that they were in negotiation with Mr..Menth and his neighbor and at that ~-:~%,fime both pr.O~ owners were willing to rezone the property to medium density. Because they '4~'-j~:~a~/e not conib"to any negotiation or agreement it does not make any difference if the property is "i~4zSnec[ c~':d0t. They will withdraw their proposal for medium density, but would like to proceed with ~e;{'and they currently have acquired that is already rezone& Mr. Henderson explained that BG~f Keys has a purchase ageement for 43 acres, with some of the land already being rezoned Planning Commission Joint Meetin~January 24, 2002 Page 5 of 15 -238- I I I I I I I I I