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CITY COUNCIL <br />CITY OF RAMSEY <br />ANOKA COUNTY <br />STATE OF MINNESOTA <br />The Ramsey City Council conducted a work session on Tuesday, June 10, 2003, at the Ramsey <br />Fire Station Number I, 15050 Armstrong Boulevard NW, Ramsey, Minnesota. <br />Members Present: <br />Mayor Thomas Gamec <br />Councilmember Todd Cook <br />Councilmember David Elvig <br />Councilmember Patti Kurak <br />Councilmember Al Pearson <br />Councilmember Jerry Zimmerman <br />Members Absent: Councilmember Sarah Strommen <br />Also Present: City Administrator, James E. Norman <br />Assistant City Administrator Heidi Nelson <br />Community Development Director Sylvia Frolik <br />CALL TO ORDER <br />Mayor Gamec called the work session of the City Council to order at 5:40 p.m. <br />WORK SESSION TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION <br />Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Map <br />Community Development Director Frolik stated that the Community Development Department is <br />in the process of updating the City's zoning and subdivision regulations and the zoning map for <br />the purpose of implementing the 2001 Comprehensive Plan. Some of the zoning districts <br />currently being worked on are identified in the Comprehensive Plan as `Places to Work' and <br />`Places to Shop'. The Planning Commission conducted a public hearing regarding the text and <br />map changes on May 1, 2003. The parcels affected by any rezoning were notified. Several <br />comments were submitted at the public hearing, including property owners in opposition to their <br />proposed respective rezoning. The public hearing was continued to June 5 and the Planning <br />Commission recommended that the City Council review the Comprehensive Plan Future Land <br />Use Map as requested. There were three areas of concern. The first issue had to do with the <br />North Rivlyn Street neighborhood, south of Highway #10. The parcels on the north side of <br />Rivlyn Street are currently zoned Single Family Residential. The Comprehensive Plan <br />designates this area for `Places to Work'. The residents are opposed to the proposed rezoning to <br />E -1 Employment and wish to retain their low- density residential zoning. Subsequent to the May <br />1, 2003 Planning Commission hearing, the affected residents submitted a petition to City Council <br />requesting an amendment to the Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Map to change the <br />City Council Work Session/June 10, 2003 <br />Page 1 of 8 <br />