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I ECEIVED AUG 0 8 1990 Ans'd ............ 829 PAYNE AVENUE · ,~AINT PAUL, MINNESOTA 55101 TELEPHONE: 1612) 771-5555 RONALD O~, W. YLITALO ATTORNEY AT LAW August 7, 1990 City of Ramsey 15153 Nowthen Blvd. N.W. Ramsey, MN 55303 Attention: Ms. Sylvia Frolik Acting Community Development Director IN RE: Armstrong Addition Minor Subdivision Matter Our File No. B-4465 Dear Ms. Frolik: We have been retained by Mr. Ray Wojcik, 2831 Cutters Grove, Apt. 201, Anoka, Minnesota 55303, who is purchasing property north of that owned by Fred Armstrong, with whom he has initiated a minor subdivision proceeding. We are enclosing a copy of a letter from Mr. Merland Otto of Hakanson Anderson Associates, Inc., dated May 29, 1990, addressed to the Ramsey Parks Commission, which properly states the requirements in regard to park dedication for the minor subdivision, which were approved by the Park and Recrea- tion Commission at its meeting on June 13, 1990. The Planning and Zoning Commission, however, failed to agree with the recommendations of the engineering firm, as approved by the Park and Recreation Commission. Instead, the Planning and Zoning Commission appeared to go beyond the present minor subdivision plan; they requested park dedication based upon the total acreage, including an outl~t ti~at being subdivided at this time. The Planning and Zoning Commission has no authority to require a land owner to develop and subdivide land beyond what he desires to do at any particular time. That is a decision for the land owner to make, when the time is right, and when he can afford to do so. Of course, as stated by Mr. Otto, "Any future resubdivision of the outlot will require additional park dedication." Also, it certainly is inappropriate to require dedica- tion of a 66 foot parcel along the west side of Lot 2, since it would serve no useful purpose at the current time. At such time as the land owner wishes to develop the outlot, it may