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! I Jack Miller 4140 Terrace Lane Minnetonka, stated that owns the ro e' known as , , p p rty _ Estates. He stated that he wanted to have an opportunity at some stage in this process to~g-ive ...... --';~.Z:~:: I view on the situation. He explmned that he has spent a good majority of his adul~f~'~ghting for things and it ~s often &fficult to see the issue from the other point of vlew.~b'fi{i~tory and .. facts usually overcome emotion. Ramsey is in Anoka County which is m the ~n coug~:~rnetro ' · ~5~'.''' · a?E~. · i area and there are laws that have been passed to make ~t so that all of ~i~ount~es are..::~ ~t together" and their responsibility is not only to their own background. Miller revi~; 462 and Chapter 473 that dealt with local government and m~opol~!'g~vemment. · Chapter ~ emphasized on the issue that cities are required to have an adopted'ft~8~hens~e Plan and ff a ......... ~ cities Comprehensive Plan is m confhct with the zomng ord~nanee~e or,Trance shall be brought .... ,,~'~;' .~,~' . . . ffi into conformance w~th the Comprehensive Plan. Mr. Mlller~presented the Counml w~th a map ~ depicting the different types of development in Ramsey~,~'g back t9~71. He stated that the urban developments that have occurred in the C1 o rural plat~;,}tia~ve done so with no ~ complaints and were done m comphance w~th the mpreh0 . The C~ty ~s ~ keying the density transition ordinance and the proposed~'.~.~.'l~re~gSve Plan on a unlawful ~ premise which is the validity of the Charter Amendment. that the ordinance is not ~ lawful and if the Council does not agree with that, they should gYf~m)al lega~opinion going " back to when the Charter Amendments~was placed on the ballots. Cffff~!y ~ two lawsuits -- against the City they will have a~dec'f's~'-,s~ER9-~regardlng the legality of er Amendment I pertaining to density and that the,~~?d on the spirit oft er. · Councilmember Henddksen sta~ect that'~e may na ~t he thought the person on ~ a ¼ acre lot was the enemy, but when ffx~Kurak~i~erty was':~.~mpted to be developed into townhomes, he qmckly learned that ¼ acr~::l~ o,v~ers have tk~(~me concerns. He indicated that , ~.~¢i~' ' . ~: . . . ffi the statement that~e~other developments~?Oemrred wlthout controversy is false. Slgmficant I ~ battles were f,.0~tv~OV~}~[ban developm'Eg~. Apple Ridge was the reason the Charter Amendment~dopted. ~e~re may or may~'e!~:a loophole to overturn the Charter Amendment, ~ ~t ,~ th~$~a=~ ,~ ado~*,~ the ~oo~ ~ ~w~y =dm. ~,~,~ ~a~ q~,t · Mr. Miller mqu~' ' '"'~"Nt [f~'CiO~%~~o know if the Charter is legal prior to adopting the -- oralnance. '~ . · ~6i~;ember, Andersoa:3~que{.g,~ned~ if Mr. Miller knew why the already developed area was Mr. Miller rep~ that he ~as not sure as to why ~at ~ea was included in ~SA. ~ ':~ c: M~u.:~;::68 Juniper mdge, E~y, ~tat~d ~at for ~w. :~W~: ~r~ iS ~' different ~ -,., o~i~io~ ~g~ea ~a~ h~ ob~ts ~h~ ~o~t to ~e ia= that peo ~, *o~ ~ ~ot~ ha~ ~o ~'~om sma~ s because that ~s not the c~e. ~. Miller does not hve here and does not ~ow ~e peo~le~nere. ~e ts me reason as to wny mey neea to pass m~s wpe or oram~ce oecause mere ~e dev~fffirs that w~t to come into the ~ea ~d build a development to its m~imum densi~ and. g~Y . ~ey don't care about ~Nng in ~e co~uniW o~er ~ m~ng money. I Ci~ Counc~ecember 12, 2000 Page 19 of 25 -81-