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Councilmember Anderson stated that one of the things that does not come through in the findings of fact is that the City is dealing with an out-of-date Comprehensive Plan and out-of-date Chapter 9 of the City Code. City Attorney Goodrich suggested adding a new finding of fact stating "That the City of Ramsey has spent a lot of money to draft a new Comprehensive Plan which is up for review as well as Chapter 9 is under review." Motion by Councilmember Anderson, seconded by Councilmember Hendriksen, to add #19 to the findings of fact stating "That the City of Ramsey has spent the last several years and substantial funds to update the City's Comprehensive Plan as directed by the State of Minnesota, the plan is currently under review at the Metropolitan Council. Chapter 9 of the Ramsey City Code is also being rewritten to coordinate with the new Comprehensive Plan." Motion carried. Voting Yes: Mayor Gamec, Councilmembers Anderson, Hendriksen, Connolly, and Zimmerman. Voting No: None. City Attorney Goodrich reviewed the suggestion of Councilmember Anderson to include the following as a finding "That the subject property is being reviewed under the current, but out-of- date Comprehensive Plan and the companion out of date Ramsey City Code, Chapter 9." He stated that he would not object to including the statement as a finding of fact. Councilmember Zimmerman stated that he was uncomfortable with using the wording "out-of- date". City Attorney Goodrich suggested using the wording "inconsistent" rather than "out-of-date". Consensus of the Council was that the statement was not relevant to the findings of fact. City Attorney Goodrich reviewed the suggestion of Councilmember Anderson to include the following as a finding of fact, "Residents living in the adjacent surrounding properties have testified to developer promises of development of homes on lot sizes similar to their own lots of one acre or more on the subject property." Councilmember Hendriksen inquired if the original preliminary plat granted for the development included the subject property and if it was it platted similar to the adjoining neighborhood. City Attorney Goodrich replied that he was not aware that the subject property ever went through the preliminary plat process. Kerry Manuel, 15668 Juniper Ridge Drive NW, Ramsey, stated that he has an original drawing from the City showing the 114 lots, which was consistent with the advertisement the developer was presenting. City Council/September 13, 2000 Page 9 of 19