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METROPOLITAN COUNCIL 300 Metro Square Building, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55101 Rural Area Task Force Minutes of the GENERAL RURAL USE REGION COMMITTEE MEETING July 14, 1978 MEMBERS PRESENT: Crosswhite, Klein, Murphy, Schmokel, Siniff, Ray Swanson - Chair, Dick Swanson, Theis. MEMBERS ABSENT: Baldwin, Booren, Jerich, Karth, Levi, Lyons, Nereson, Orning, Scherman, Sannerud, Ylitalo. OTHERS PRESENT: Robert Lind, Alda Peikert. The meeting was called to order by Ray Swanson at 10:10 a.m. Minutes of the June 23 meeting were accepted as written. The subcommittee decided to meet as one group for the reviewal and adoption of the recommendations submitted from both the Rural Life Style & Services Work group and the Local Controls and Administrative Requirements work group. RECOMMENDATIONS ON LOCAL CONTROLS & ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS Mary Abdul-Rahman, staff, introduced and distributed revised recommendation proposals for the Local Controls and Rural Life Style work group. Group members were then asked to review and comment on these recommendations. In response to these recommendations, the following changes were made, as underlined: Finding II Recommendation 5: County and regional professional planning assistance to rural communities should be continued and made available to rural communities at their request. First Finding IV should be changed to Finding III on page 2 of the revised recommendations. Finding IV Recommendation 8: (last line) ...community education, input, and continued involvement in the planning process. ~rhe group commented on other parts of the recommendations indicating some changes and additions were necessary. Staff will revise the recommendations and present them for final adoption at the next meeting, July 28, RURAL LIFE STYLE AND SERVICES RECOMMENDATIONS Recommendations were reviewed and discussed. The following comments and changes were made as underlined: Finding 2 Point #4: The Metropolitan Council standards for lot sizes or densities in the rural area should be stated in relationship to certain planning goals that may be selected by a rural community, and applicable technical data. Finding 10: Under key assumptions: It is also separate from highway business nodes that may be designated at appro- priate locations adjacent to major highways. RURAL LIFE AREA - SUITABILITY OF LAND USES III. Conditional - severe service implications 13. Commercial animal training, animal boarding kennels, veterinary clinic. IV. Not suitable (These are uses which are not compatible with the rural life style, have severe service implications, and are usually most appropriate in rural centers and sewere~ areas where traffic control and other services can be provided in an efficient manner.) In response to additional comments from the group, staff will make additional revisions of the recommendations and present them for final adoption at the next meeting, July 28, "Nuts & Bolts" Issues for the new work group on the rural planning process The proposed list of nuts and bolts issues was reviewed and accepted with the following additions: 1. Comprehensive planning: a) Part of local .... "develop"/grow. b)Frustration occurs between local officials and citizens because of citizen apathy in planning process, until it affects them personally.