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City Administrator Norman indicated if the Council directs, staff could come back with a report on these access situations throughout the City and a program that would address the situations. Councilmember Elvig indicated he is reluctant to move forward on this project and create another issue unless some of these criteria can be set. City Attorney Goodrich advised findings of fact should be prepared if the Council is going to deny this project. ' :.. City Administrator Norman advised the project that was ju~it'~PPr9~&'under Case No. 5 will not ?;oaub; tt~gsOa:ff:ard if this project is not approved;t-is tlS~i S ~i~ water was Planned t° g° Bill Thistle, 15407 Old Nowthen Boulevard, ~.~is~.d, ~:fn ~i~h'~;~'o~i:~!~ action on Case No. 6. He questioned the basis on which-:~ ~ei;t:approved':~he::?~i: He stated the dwellings on that property do not comply with th~ iC'[Wi(Si ~i4dinance regai~d[~i:t0~°mes' He stated he talked to representatives at Anoka Coun*:~i,W~!:,~0~!,...him there are two ,reas, on,s to use a PUD. One is to encourage a developer to set ~ide'}~an~ fo~!'~arks. The second, which is outlined in the City ordinance, is to provide affordable miX~h~[fi'g for seniors and lower- income families. Th4se will be rich townhO~S¢(knd~. City's o~d~n,c~ is being violated. He stated this project is an effort by the devet~P~:toraa~l;2e,the land. ' Mayor Oamec replied the City has folf~(v~d the 0~di:~c!e;J ~i5;~e City Attorney would advise them if they were not following the ordii~in~. ~ ~.~i?i/ Mr Thistle stated no one is befi~'~iii~g by Pota~ii~i slze~ ekcept the two developers. The City is taking from the poor and, givifi~::to the rich.t :iH~e:mf'~i:~here are other options in regards to P°taksium Street, and he :¢~¢believe the En~)i~fi~ Staff has not looked at them. Once these projects are approV~d~.'!i~h~"¢e'~idents have no recourse. At the Planning Commission meeting he. state&there should::b~'~ ~a!nsition zone between the Johnson property and this ten acre piecet~ Pfd~rty:,:He was in-f(~ec[~bY::staff that it is not necesSary if the development is in the MUS~}. ~:'i'~ i§iere~t~":S~ated that':~f~ ?:~ ~PP°sed to be a transition zone. ' Da¢[~:M'~tt, 15425 Old dR:.~4i ~t'ated the actions of the City Council are opening up a possible .l:aw,~uit~. with Potassium stre'~i!;:~ Council does not Care about the people that have lived here f0~'30~Yea~s~,just for the devei~p~fg: ~hat are coming in. Patric:"~.~.~n¢::.resiaen~: tassium Street, questioned the opposition to looking at the alternative ~:haXti~g:the, d'~¢rd!~er put 'a road out onto CR 5 to minimi2e Some of the impact on Potassium str~i';!-:~4~tat~d:~hb Councit would not be so quick to do what they are doing, tonight if the City was taki'~aJC'~their property. He has lived here all of 'his life and the Council is talking about taking it ~I:li:~ay from them. . Jean Hampton, 15551 Potassium Street, concurred. She stated she thinks some of the Councilmembers are trying to be decent, but some of them are power happy. The Council is the residents' elected officials and is supposed to represent them, and the residents are telling the -158- City Council / June 14, 2005 Page 14 of 29