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PUBLIC HEARING RAMS'f;'[ TOW~;SiI[P PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION Sept~ 3, 1975 ~!~.~?t__e r__~_~al 1 e¥ .P.l. at The hearin~i was <:t~Jle6 to order at 7:00 p.m. by the Chairman, Mr. Sorteberg, Present w~r~ Mr. Pittman, Mr. Game~, Mr. ~ans, ~. Fosse, Mr~ Bodl~'~ and ~r~:-~. Ouy. Mr. Neilson place~] a tape recorder on the table stating he was go- ing to tape record the hearing and meeting. Mr. Neilson explained in detail the Carter YaJf[ey P].at. He stated the owners of this plat only want to plat six lots along the east border of this plat, not put in any roads o~ their own but to use Germanium Street in the BrookvJew Estates !/i~at~ and give money for parks. Mr. Jim ~tarton o:[~ the ~%~tropolitan Council was present. He said he was here to try to prese:cve the natural waterways as much as possi- ble. The. flreen belt s~s'i:,em coincides with the waterways. Trott Brook is C--l, which :~_s ~::; acres per lot. Mr. Neilson said he re- alized our ordinance c a.'i.i~s for the entire plat to be in the prelim- inary plat~ Mrs. Sundeen: They feel 'that the $1,500 which has been tied up for a long time because of the Carter Valley property should be re- solved s<, this money ~o'~ld be released before this plat is ac- cepted. Mr. Reimann: He ask<~d bt~. Neilson if the Carter's planned on only platting six lots if 'riley are going to propose ~ giving 7% of the whole plat or just g:i. v ln~] money. He said the Planning and Zoning Commission and the Tow.~ Board are trying to have plats developed in an orderly manner~ Mz~ Neilson asked what the Township was go- lng to ask as far as a ~!adication for parks. Mr. Neislon said the developers would meetia~ the State requirements as far as chainging the entrance on ~ighwaz No. ~7. Mr. Neilson read the minutes of the August meeting, of which he had a copy with regard to the park requests~ Mr. (lox inf~ed Mr. Neilson that this complete plat has not teem discussed by t~e Town Board, that only the parks had been discussed~ Mr. Neiir~,on stated tha; the developers do not wish to use lots ~, 5~ 6, and 7 as park lo:.~.., He stated the developers said these were the most valuab].e tots i~ the plat. Question was asked as to what the deve~lopers plan on d~,ing to compensate the Township for the road they are taking out of the present park south of this plat on 170th Ave. N.W~ ['~r. NeJ.lson r;'i;ated they do not plan on compensating the Township for- this road through our present park. He said the de- velopers will not agre; to putting lots ~, 5, 6, and 7 in Block lO. He said 'they might possibly agree to lots ~ and 5. Mr. Reimann said that prior to this 'the Carters wanted to give us a swamp for a park. There are 1~/+ acres in t]~e present plat. It was determined when the firs;t sketch plan :ame in on this land that the road by the river was not ::~.afe or suitable and would have to be moved.