Minutes - Council - 03/24/1975 - Laserfiche WebLink

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munity. No formal action was taken on this motion. Mr. Gorham said he was very much in favor of a program for children. The cost of this program is $550 per week. He said with all the people that would like to help out, has no one thoUght of a program that could be manned by these people? Rev. Lea: He said no one had expressed an opinion against the com- munity school tonite. Motion: Mr. Gorhammoved the City of Ramsey enter into an agree- ment 'with the School Dist ll for a summer school program for the summer of 1975 provided the playgroundand equipment is ready on June 1st, for a cost of $3,300. Seconded by Mr. Reimann. Mr. Cox, Mr. Gorham, Mr. Reimann and Mr. Mickekson voted yes. Mrs. Oliphant voted no. Motion carried. Community school will again be brought up before the Council the last meeting in July of this year. ~zoni.nE on Highway 5 and 47: Mr. Albert: He said according to the Metro Waste Control Commission today, they said the only intel- ligent reply they had received on their report was from the. City of Ramsey. He complimented the City of Ramsey on this fact. Mr. Cox asked if anyone ~had any comments at this time. Mr. Cox said the Council had met with the following groups: officials from the County Highway Department, County Commission, Mr. Fields, Metro Council staff members, Mr. Charles Weaver, Senator Anderson and Representative Clawson, Planning & Zoning Commission, and engineer~ lng firms regarding this proposal, and they were in favor of it. Motion: Mrs. Oliphant ~ove~ to deny the request for rezoning to M~.' £1ber~ by Hy. 5 and ~7 for a shopping center because she felt the timing was not appropriate, population doesn't require it, it is premature, the area under consideration should not be rezoned until the developer prepares a sketch plan that can be reviewed; there are a substantial number of residents who are against it; location is not consistent with the rural character of our City; it is too close to an elementary school and hazardous for the child- ren of our community. Motion died for lack of a second. Mr. Reimann feels Rams'e~ycould use some commercial property. Mr. Mickelson said Ramsey had a land use plan before he was elected. It was adopted in May of 1973. He feels Ramsey has to come up with some co~_m~-ercial property. It does not necessarily mean this will come at the present time. Mr. Cox recommended we reserve commer- cial property for future use so we have it when it is needed. Mr.. Cox further stated that any commercial property will have to sup- port its own on si~.e system and will not bring in sewers. No shop~~ ping center will be built until there are enough people to support a center. People who do not want the shopping center do want ad- ditional services and this is one reason we needcommercial pro- perty. People want more fire protection, more police protection, a full time inspector when we only had three building permits in a month and there is no way a bedroom community can support this.