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-32- Mike Black, Royal Oaks Realty, stated that the property is currently zoned commercial along CSAH. #5, and the westerly portion of the property is zoned single family. The City's most recent draft of the Comprehensive Plan identifies the site as mixed use. The plan being presented to the Commission was in conformance with the Comprehensive Plan and reflects the "blue print" the City has for the site. Mr. Black also noted that he did meet with the adjacent neighborhood to discuss the development. The key points that were taken from the meeting were that the area is unique and they don't want to lose that, they like the linear f,~ails across the property that are. currently heavily used. He explained to the residents that.,~i:~ail system is a big element of their plan and they would like to expand on it, as well as ke~g the nature view of the existing wetland. Mr, Black stated that the majority of the n ('undersi°od that development would occur some day on the property and they are n°tT'a:~ins~:~'~development, but they do want to make sure that it is done fight. They would like t0>See as man~:~es, saved as possible. He did discuss the possibility of hihng a tree spade: d' transplanting ~'7~nY pine trees to the outer edge of the development. On the upper teveF0f the development trees would have to be removed in order for the to ~t~t the ro,~d. Way and Put services. The neighbors expressed a strong desire to %ri~i:~ol tree rem~f around the.per/meter and he has pledged to do that. Once they have cleared thee ~i'~t of,:w~ ~r road construction they will take another look at tree preservation. The other area 6:f,~0n~e~r~ had to do with. the increase in traffic. Mr. Black explained that there would only b~:~i~¢, connection to the existing neighborhood to the north. The other mai~?o£:concern had ~o Ga:with the retention ponds. They are currently proposing retention pc}n~:;'$~7¢~i' gite that ar~i~ired by the water shed district. Those ponds are there to handle m~i~2off fr~,.!~:i~pervio~}: ~urfaces. Some of the ponds will be dry ponds and some will be w4'~ ~!onds,~: ~"~:~lsdf!ii~e'a of concern had to do with the extension of 145~ Court. ~He explained that ~e?¢k~'ting neig~i~ors are very concerned with keeping the natural aesthetid~:: !i~! :Black has ii~d]~/ted to those neighbors that those seven lots would be custom lots,~ Wtfich meansi':that they ~i~}be left in there natural state and then the developer will decide k;~o develog~l~ site once'~, have a buyer. Tom Chesness, 572i: :i45~!:: Cou~} l~a"m:~¢i;:,st~i;~(~t he was told that the land across from his home could not be dev~i~P:ed ~e~ause ther8 waS~'.iiot enough high land and know they are being told that i,t'~ii~(5~ ~evelope3:;~i~::~e personally did not th/nk the site was buildable. cm~n/~ioner Sweet*~nq~fi*ed a.q:::-~i~y Mr. Chesness did not think the land was buildable Mr!: Chesness replied becafi~e it is not a big enough piece of Property. He stated that if would have ~'~;~,that the lot waS)b~aildable he would not have built h/s home in the location that it is in. If a ho~:~}.f~(:built on the::~ it would have to be very small home and would not fit in the area. Paul G?, 57~:i~5¢:c';Urt, Ramsey, stated that his house would be across from the "dog house" lot and what theY:~hve been told by Mr. Black is that the lot would need a variance in order for construction of home to take place because it is a narrow piece of property. He stated that he understands that expansion needs to happen, but it does need to be done fight and thinks Mr. Black has those intentions. If a vmance is granted making the site buildable, he felt that it Planning Commission/June 5, 2001 Page 10 of 30