Agenda - Council - 10/27/1981 - Laserfiche WebLink

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I I I i I I I I I I ! I I I I I I I J. STEPHEN S CHMID T P.O. BOX 71 ANOKA, MINNESOTA 55303 I~a ge--5-- "Then I wouldn't have to drive to town for Business Objections F~rom my experience at past hearings and from hearing of the planning and zoning meeting, it appears that the principal business objections come from the tenants of the Ramsey Medical Center. Admittedly, their location obviously has problems, else why the great vacancies? However, the Ramsey City Council is certainly not the guarantor of their success. As I indicated previously, I would have spoken in favor of a rezoning around Hwy 47 and 167th Ave because that is where I believe it belongs. I would have encouraged the realtor and the Clinic to seek land and zoning at the site today proposed for rezoning WHICH I DID NOT THEN OWN. I was not consulted. In short, it appears to me that all of the objections now put forth are founded on the realtor's failure to pursue through the proper channels zoning which would have allowed them to locate at 167th & Hwy 47. This was the site or general area they wanted all along. The record fails to show that they made any application to secure proper zoning through a procedure such as this. Their objections, while sincere, are not founded i.n fact, and must be called "sour grapes." 3) METRO COUNCIL As I understand it, action is near regarding adoption of the City's Com- prehensive Plan. If this council believes that our proposal provides rem benefit to our community, as I do, it should adopt the plan showing the area around 167th andtfwy 47 as a commercial site. I believe it is the City's job to first and foremost provide for the well being of its' citizens. This rezoning will do that. Look back to the very first comprehensive plan accepted by the Metro Council, that of Ravenna Township, a community of 1460 people in Dakota County. These headlines from the Metro Monitor, September 1979 tell the story. "Ravenna: Comprehensive Plan First to Pass" "Ravenna Differs With Coundl ..... , "Although the Council found that no major changes could be required in Ravenna's plan because it presented no substantial, potential impacts on metropolitan systems, the Council and Ravenna did clash over two issues". -continued-