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be to fill the area with houses instead of businesses and have a worse ratio of <br />residents. The smart gowth opportunity site proposes 2,000 additional homes, <br />intended as a business park. <br /> <br />Ms. Horn requested that when the Council considers the land use <br />property individually and decide how they can move that many <br />She felt that higher density developments should be located close to <br /> <br /> each <br />le <br /> <br />Mark Labone, stated that some people are worried about the ' <br />medium density will bring in less people. He felt what <br />information out to the residents so that they know the true ' <br /> <br />Richard Krueger, 7640 175~h Lane NW, Ramsey, <br />traffic but when they add the river bridge crossing <br />to develop the City otherwise they will be a bunch <br /> <br />people <br /> <br /> are saying <br /> getting accurate <br />pment. <br /> <br />,rried about moving <br /> and they need <br /> City. <br /> <br /> Mr. Feges a~eed with Councilmember Hendriksen regarding to the town center <br /> site. In their analysis and doing overlays__,., on the site it becomes i to put in <br /> housing, but more of an option of a~;)~{~i~rise and business district, would see is <br /> · . . ?'~:.-~-:~}: "4~: ~,~ ~., . : ,;;'.~i:~/' . <br /> more hke 800 to 1,000 housing ,uniBk ',& colta~a~pn of everyone w~g together makes ~t <br /> <br /> Councilmember Hendriksen questioned in:;Tthe mode[!~. Fee~;Was refernng to how many of <br /> the units would be free standing and how ~:~y ~6~ be seco./~g¢ third floor units above retail. <br /> <br /> ~. Feges rep~ed: that"abgm 60 percent w~fitd be ~ee st~dmg umts and ~e o~er 30 to 40 <br /> percent woOg':b'e blending'j'r~ail/co~ercia~¥~,ith.:~:housing. He explained ~at ~ere is some <br /> res~stanc~.;wCh combmat~o~:~e of ho~mg b'~e ~t has yet to be proven success~l m ~s <br /> <br /> David Elvig,. T~gste~;S2eet~z~' stated ~at hs main concern ~s w~ writing a good <br /> document ~d prm .to;.move fo~d w~th ~e to~ center. ~e land ~s vacant ~d no,rig ~s <br /> ~emg wi~ it. IP'~f'not generat~g ~y ~come to ~e CiW ~ it c~ently e~sts. If ~ey focus <br /> solely~'~n~mdusmal tt co~a.~esmt a problem. ~ey lemed m Chcago ~at ~ey took a four <br /> mlJ:~:.:'krea ~d mm~'::i('~"revenue of 25 million doll,s, me Met Council did not force <br /> square <br /> the pipe to;~7?extended,.~Ramsey,~' but ~e CiW made ~e request ~d at ~at. time ~ey had <br /> suggested that:49k000 u~'~%e comected. ~en the pipe w~ put it in the Met Co~cil ageed to <br /> a system of 19~000 u~ts and ~e CiW is obligated to ~at ~ount. He felt ~at there is a way to <br /> desi~ tow~o~ek so that ~ey c~ get ~pW nesters ~d young professionals into the CiW. <br /> <br />"'.'Margaret ¢b~olly, 16235 Kamocite Street ~, R~sey, stated ~at she has lived in Ramsey for <br /> m~y.,ye~s" and she has seen Ramsey do ~ngs that expedite a sho~ te~ accomplis~ent. <br /> Cu~tlY the ciW is pa~ of a study on where to locate the river bridge crossing in which the Ciw <br /> has been asked to place land in a moratorium to accommodate that bridge. ~e CiU is also <br /> <br />Planning Commission Joint MeetinWJanuary 24, 2002 <br /> Page 12 of 15 <br /> <br />-245- <br /> <br /> <br />