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2/6/78 Bradley Bodle stated thatch, felt the Commission should review the fact that; t~ey had alre&dy agr~e~' to a residential zoning of the property'. in the C~mpre~hensive P]_~n~ii addition." tb the high water problem. .-,erry Z~mmerman agreed that the high water table was of concern to hmm. Ken ~eterson statSd that ~vSn though he realized Mr. Weiss orobab]y felt thi. s wa~ a good location ~o~ a filling station, the site is~'out of the urbar~ area snd does not f~l%ow the comorehensive plan. t Mr. (:;froerer aFain expres~e~ concern about the traffic problems additional commerc~.a]_ wou].~ cause inl t~e area. Phil Nereson exolained to Mr. Gfroerer that those problems would~b~ addressed at such time ~ permit was applied for. Phil Ne~eson pointe~. ~u~ ~hat even though there are complaint~-of not enouFh commercial oro~e~ty available in the u~Der part of the City, the comp~e~en:sive olan~ha~ ~o be taMen into consi~$ration .along w~th oublic sewer availability~, ~Mr. Weise pointed out that by rezoninC this ~rooerty, the City would ~a~e the opportunity of providing more services for the residents along w~th additi~'nal commercial tax base. Phil Nereson referred to the last ].ine~of the soils report which stated: "A good long r~nge solution for the sh~liow ground water conditions would be the develop- ment of s storm sewer dr~nage system for this area of Ramsey." l<'en Peter- son ssked the Commission lf'~they fel~ they had enough information on which to base a decision and to~ give Mr. Weiss an answer. Mot:inn by Al. Sorteberg~ s~cgnded by Gerry Zimmerman to recom~nend to the C~ty Council ~that rezonin~ Df the ;property located on'the corner of 167th from ~1 ~o~B1 be denied due to the following factors: _L.) ~ue~t~onable ~e~er system availability ~ue to high water table. 2.) ZnconSistsnt l'w~th~Comprehens~ve Plan. '5.) Possibility o~f ~raffic problems on 16?th Ave. N.W. Motion carried 5-0. Ken ~e~erson .explained to Mr. Weise that the Commi~;sio-~ is only advisory]and that he could go directly to the Council. Item 3. Public Hes. rin~ ~C~nditiOnal Use Permit for A_~ok .... Pamsey Congreyation of Jehovah '.~t~esses.[: . - The h~a. ring Started at 8:~0'~ p,m; wit~ Phil Nereson explaining why a conditio~a~ uae permit i~ n~cessary. Ken Peterson asked that a re- orenentative of the congregation explain their reasons for choosing this ~z~rticular site in River~d~ ,fest~ Addition. Mr. B. ohurik, 11320 Heather St., Coon Rapids, stated ~th~t this site was approximately in the center of the congrsgation and ~ad:[bee.~ reasonably priced. Mr. Churik that their request was to be. able t~ b~ild .a church 54'-x 40' with seating for 200. Mr. ~ohn Anderson, 5201 ~t;~ Ave. North~ Brooklyn Center, asked about the proceedure and time ~l~ent' involved with t~is request, and also asked about sewer a~ailability~ [~en Peterson exotained how this recommendation would i[o the the City Council, and Phil Nereson explained that in regards to sewer t~is area would be~ one' of the first for consideration though probably not until 1982 1~85. Public Hearing closed at 8:39. C~ai¥'msn l(en Peterson caIled the reFular meeting back to order, and l~r~,fl Bo~l] e asked shout e~ac~ traffic that would be generated. It was determ~.r~d that there wo~l~~ be full use of the facility on Sunday from 0 a.~. u~l noon with a~p~xlmately 25 peoole usm_..g the site on .tuesday anr~ Thur=.~ay ~evenings. ~er~y Zimmerman asked the r~presentative if the cnngreFstion was awa~e ~hat the Highway Dept. was orooosing eliminating the crop, sorer at that ].o~s. tio'n. Mr. ~nderson ans¥,erSd that they ,.¥ere awmre and did not see th~t ~his ~ould cause an.y major oroblem for the church.' ~ The point was b~o~ht.; :uP that this would caus~ tax-exe~t. prooerty in a commercial~a~ea,. The Lut~ern Church use~ as an exa~ple of a ~e$%er. location due to traffic~co~ditions.