Minutes - Council - 01/29/1975 - Public Hearing

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lights from cars and no lights will shine inward. On No. 5 would be a good location for a future municipal hall. There will be screening and buffer zones. The center will be called Ramsgate. Ackerman & Associates, 50 E. 5th St., St. Paul 55101, 226-8~88, drew this plan. Two low areas w~ll be used as ponding areas. A 3,000 pupi~ vocational school i~on a sanitary system. The new school is~on a sanitary system. What is the present value of pro- perty next to this property? There will be no adverse effect on the single family homes adjacent to this propert~ if this project is built as these plans show. The alternative to this project if it stays r-1 is 75 more single family homes in this 90 acre area. At today's costs these houses would cost $40,000 per house. 75 houses would generate $108,000 in taxes. The average students from these homes would be three at a pupil cost for schooling of $1,O00 pe~ year making this cost $225,000 which means we would be minus $116,000 for this 90 acres. The shopping center would pay $1,O00,0OO in taxes. It will cost $20,000,000 to build. On this basis we Would have a plus factor of $816,000. It takes three single family houses on one acre to carry itself tax wise. We also must take into account the Metro- politan Framework Development Guide Plan. Mr. Cox thanked Mr. Albert for his presentation. Mr. Cox a~ked Mr. Mickelson to describe the County Thoroughfare Plan. Mr. Cox asked Mr. Gorham to discuss the interceptor which goes from County road #57 east to Sunfish Lake and continues on to Nowthen Blvd. at about 158th Ave and then crosses to St. Frances Blvdoat 151st, then on to the Rum River and to Andover. Darlene Perrin: She said when they moved out here they knew how far it was to drive to their doctor, shopping center, etc. Alfred: If they wanted to locate on the other side of the City they would hear the same statements from the people living over there. The reason for putting the shopping center here is the location. Perrin: She thought it should be centrally located. Levendowski: Said the candidates said they would centralize the commercial and industrial area. Ralph Schunemann: He is opposed to spot rezoning like this. Joan Delano: Does not think a shopping center should be near a school because of the danger of traffic. Alfred: They are vitally concerned about traffic and pedestrian safety.