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e e " Minutes of Ramsey Focus Group Meeting #4 DATE: December 29, 1997 TO: Focus Group Members and City Staff SUBJECT: December 22 1997, Focus Group Meeting Prepared by Fred Hoisingron Prese~ Focus Group Members: Blaine Edmundson. Margaret Connolly, Erika Sirz. Terry Hendrikson, Cindy Wirz. Tom Kurak, Marlys Williams. Teri Svare, Del Fredrick~~ Jerry Bauer, Jim. Dea~ John Enstrom, Mike Sjoquist. Others Qresent: Mayor Tom Oamec, rani Kurak, Sylvia Frolik, Brad Scheib, and Fred Hoisington. The meeting was caned to order at 7:05 p.m. at Anoka Electric Cooperative. Fred Hoisington explained that the purpose of the meeting is to finish the resolution of issues that were defined by the Focus Group. He asked for any additions or corrections to the December 16, 1997 minutes. /t should be noted rhat Erika Sitz was present at the December 16, 1997 meeting. Terry Hendrikson suggested that the MUSA expansion issue was improperly captured in the minutes of Deoember 16. It was his understanding that MUSA expansion for commercial and industrial development would not extend northerly of County Road 116. While this opinion was only Mr. Hendrikson's, the group agree unanimously to remove the map attached to the December 16 minutes and instead characterize an acceptable MUSA expansion as westerly along the Highway 10 conidor. Mr. Hendrikson and Margaret Connolly also raised the question of planning n referendum. Their point was that the comprehensive planning process would be identical for both except that the present charter requires a referendum on any proposed MUSA expansion. There was some discussion about whether the charter should be amended to eliminate the referendum provision but the vote was equally split. There was, therefore, no resolution of this issue. Fred Hoisington declared the December 16 minutes approved with the elimination of the map and a more general reference to MUSA expansion in a westerly direction. Issue 5 . Individual PrODertv Ril!htc; Considerable discussion ensued regarding the rights of landowners to develop n the rights of residents to oppose development that they feel is inconsistent with existing development. It was generally agreed that both have rights but that there is no way to define what those rights are short of litigation. The question of rights is also something that is not able to be addressed by the Comprehensive Plan. It was agreed that the definition of property rights is less important than establishing compatibility between existing and proposed developments through some means of transition. It was also agreed that there is no way that the property rights issue can be resolved by the Focus Group. ~~:91 ~6, 6G J3Q !;0d ~170 ~31930~ N019NISIOH 8~898~~-G19