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necessary then proceed. Councilmember Hendriksen stated that if Mr. Black withdra~]/fi's rezoning request and says that he is willing to work on the development then he i!i?!.. .... i:iii: his motion. Mr. Black withdraw his rezoning request. Councllmember' Hendnksen' and Councilmember Anderson withdrew their mofi6~::'-.~:/?.? Councilmember ~derson requested that staff research the procedUre':for co~pl'eting a Comprehensive Plan amendment =d to resolve as many issue.s:-~S'P~ssiblei'So that the process is ~. Shoberg stated that Mr. Black is not a resident off,ms,y, and the ~sidents came to Rmsey for the natural enviroment of the area. 85 resident~'~i:~¢G'~e petition:fo~ ~e. EAW ~d would like mat to go t~ou~, me EAW is a ~id~g factor i~ their right to Brace Iverson,.14301 Neon Street, Ramsey, stated that he submi~:reco~endafions for improving the The Ponds" develop&~nt He does not t~ that the:A&e~pment should be approved as proposed, but woul&-~e t0-s~e'-th~'Ci~ continue to work ~ffi 'the developer. He does not want to see the projecf~t°Pp'ed~:~but w~nts~t6~}~e sure that it'i~/~'ia=ed to the guiding p~cipals. He suggested that;me lot~:':adjoining me:~P~hd'~b~':~c~ased in size to mZch the existing neighborhoods. ~e People' t~t' move~i~'~:-the ~me{~hborhood will be making conscious decisions on density in the toW~me:~'~, but pe6~}:~' along the wetland will be le~ with the decision rome by the Council. ('H'~:~;chose Ramse~ because of the co~i~ent to prese~e wetlandS, witdIife ~d trees. Councilme~¢~Hendriksen.-~ted thZ the Cah~fl '~ in the process of t~ing to resolve their differeneei :about the Comprehensive P~= an6~¢0~'a of mode issues has to do with densi~. The mosf~e~e~t~fdra~ of the;:c0mprehensive Pi~:]ays out density of [5 units per acre for high densi~, 7 unit'~~ ~e fdF~ed-[u~ d~nsi~~'=d 3 units per acre for low densi~. The medium and ~gh densi~ ~uk~ments are twice '0fwhat they were previously proposed. '~9or'~amec stated th& ~e CiO'needs to have a ce~ain amount of development to keep the tax Mr. Iverson s~ that aWhe is asking for is ~e size of the lots along the pond be increased. Councilmemb~ Hendfiksen stated that findings of fact gt0 needs to point out that the , development 'did exceed the Comprehensive Plan in tow~ome densi~. He stated that the ~':= :findings 0ffa~t' should not be a ve~cle to promote a particular position. ~12 regulations say that they c~ot-have private streets. Wish staff would be more care~l in dra~ing ~is to state what the Ci~?S zoning ordinances are. City Council]June 26, 2001 Page 18 of 27 -72- I I I I I I I I I I I I