Agenda - Council - 09/21/2004 - Special

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Kurak, and this is all they can do at this time. The Council is sensitive to the developer's situation. Councihnember Strommen noted it would be remiss not to be clear there is not a guarantee that the fees will be lowered. Motion by Councilmember Kurak, second by Councilmember Elvig, to adopt Resolution #04-08- 233 approving the final plat of Village of Sunfish Lake 2nd Addition subject to compliance with City Staff Review Letter dated August 20, 2004 and the applicant entering into a Development Agreement with the City of Ramsey. Further Discussion: Councitmember Strommen stated it would be prudent to table this. Councilmember Zimmerman asked what was done with the D.R. Horton Development. Assistant Community' Development Director Trudgeon replied D.R. Horton was under the old fee. The development was approved in April or May, and the $1,862 was stipulated in the development agreement. Councilmember Zimmerman inquired about the Alpine Acres development. ,Assistant Community Development Director Trudgeon replied the ? and 4th Additions of Alpine Acres were just approved under the old fees. Alpine Woods was done recently at the old fees, as well as Rivenwick. Motion cmTied. Voting Yes: Mayor Gamec, Councilmembers Kurak, Elvig, and Cook. Voting No: Councilmembers Strommen and Zimmerman. Absent: Councilmember Pearson. Further Discussion: Councilmember Elvig noted this is an unprecedented raise in the City's fees, Councilmember Zimmerman indicated the City's viewpoint was not brought up, in that they have been lagging behind and the reports brought up that their fees were ,,vaX behind schedufe. They need to look at the whole City, and they were undercharging a lot foL" the service. Case #14: Adopt Ordinance to Establish Regulations for the Operation of Personal Use Heliports Community Development Director Frolik indicated the changes requested by the Council have been added to the proposed ordinance. Staff has also received input from MnDOT regarding the ordinance. Basically, their recommendations consisted of increasing the minimum altitude over structures and people; adding standards for heliport marking and signing; and changing the evening hom-s of operation to "sunset". All of the recommendations were acceptable to staff and incorporated into the ordinance. Motion by Councih-nember Kurak, second by Councilmember Elvig, to adopt Ordinance #04-35 to amend Chapter 9 (Zoning and Subdivision of Land) of the Ramsey City Code to establish regulations for the operation of personal use heliports in the City limits. A roll call vote was performed by the Recording Secretary: Mayor Gamec: Councilmember Cook: Councilmember Ei,Ag: aye aye aye -24- Cit~, Council/August 24, 2004 Page 22 of 25