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more children to the area. She stated that she has been very, involved with the school distdd~:~:~d, she to has some concerns, but also felt that there are things that need to be in terms of budgeting. Ms. Hunter stated that when the Pulte developed came f0rwa:rd talked about .2 children per housing unit. She questioned what an average sing{e:i:~y would br/ng in terms of additional children. A medium density development woul&~i~¢'~kefing to singles, empty nesters, seniors, and young couples. Mr. Feges stated that the latest evolution of townhouses and cluster homes i~"4kfferent than they saw with townhomes in the late 70's. ,Typically the townhom~?~e~bsor~3' by the members of the community and who don t want to leave th~*~a~ ye~:~ want to have less responsibility. There is more of a trend for upscale congegat~¢'h~uses. Th~ big key is the detail in the design to'maintain the character of the community..¢~!i,}:¢?}~/ ~:~,~ Mr. Bertzyk stated that there have been seven ma./or~}~d:;~Prnent that,:ls~ ~ed down by the City Council that w~ould have brought 3.5 million d¢llars :C[tyl 5hich would have cancelled the City's 25 percent tax increase. He stated that if~ C~ :does not do anything with the development they will continue to have tax increases. ::::}ii~ii:.:~::..~:~ Mr. Regor inquired as to what the n~;r~e~Fould be, Chairperson Nixt replied thati.'~,i,~e~ii~ext r~ar:i~i!~.rm/.'~g Co ~mm~}i~:;n meeting they will receive some feedback from Cf~'staff r~g~ding s0me ,~£1th:e::~§nes aiSd they will then have some general discussions amongst the Cornmi~iOn memb~'-~d th~i!~ake a formal recommendation to the Cl, Council. Once it is sent to ~ Ci~} -~'0uncil ~ilI take formal action on the Terry, Hend~s-en~ 15631 l~sey Boulevar~(~t~,:!:garnsey, stated that none of the proposed changes ~-:fi~ar his house~'!~d everyone ir('l~hel;7~ity pays taxes, which makes the issues importafii~i~}everyone. He -}¢ted that his k: t 'concern was with the area between Ramsey moul Xa'fd i stron g6 '.d. es_.ard: Wh en::.th Comprehensive 'Plan process started many years ago they decid~e~'~hat~ad~:'~fi~'~{~k~:W~as ..... to keep the area industrial and identified the area at the west end ~./.h,.'6~ North Fork for medmm density with a low density buffer. The reason ~,:j?i~'~y2~id~,that was be=~i~Se the net tx,: value from commercial and industrial is much higher than r~laann~-:, ResidentiaI~t-~Xes are~basically' a wash. If they fill up the site with residential they are doing n°th_~ng~,bnt raising"'(,~/~:~:'~ Now the entire area is being idenSfied as mixed use. Think there is a plkC~;for mixed~.:m'~"in, the City and inclined to support that. The problem is that the area around "th~t Wilt become residential. He stated that he sat with the Met Council representative }'~d forged the last portion of the Comprehensive Plan agreement prior' to receiving the C~;Thorp ~ant, The planning for the site has become what they want not what is ':;~}'i.i.i~!. best for the ,.C~r~.' The plan calls for 2,000 homes in the area and plan for t0,500 sewered houses, ':::dot businesseS: not gallons per day, but houses. The fact is that it is five times the number of ~eW~erecl/:h0U'~e~ that are currently in the City. His last point was that all of the in-fill sites within the:City'}hey want to fill with residential. His fear is that if they desig-nate the entire area as raked~ use and residential is a component of that in a period of time from now the tendency will -244- Planning Commission Joint Meetin~January 24, 2002 Page 1I of 15 I ! I I I I I I I I I I I,