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I i e e Sherman stated that she feels the church's plans can be accommodated under the mixed residential designation. Commissioner Johnson stated that because there is nothing tying Lord of Life to the property, he is reluctant to plan for their development when they can easily dispose of the property. Motion by Commissioner Johnson and seconded by Commissioner Dempsey to retain a mixed residential land use designation on the Lord of Life property. Motion carried. Voting Yes: Chairperson Anderson, Commissioners Johnson, Dempsey, Kociscak, Nixt and Wivoda. Voting No: None. Absent: Commissioner Jensen. Ms. Sherman stated that in her opinion there is a pent up demand for high density housing in Ramsey and the Katnis property should not see a decline in value with land use change from commercial to high density residential. Mr. Scheib also noted that the draft plan contains two nodes for commercial development on S1. Francis Blvd.; a commercial land use designation on the Katnis property would compete with the other two nodes in close proximity. Motion by Commissioner Johnson and seconded by Chairperson Anderson to retain a high density residential use on the Katnis property. Motion carried. Voting Yes: Chairperson Anderson, Commissioners Johnson, Dempsey, Kociscak, and Wivoda. Voting No: None. Abstain: Commissioner Nixt. Absent: Commissioner Jensen. The Commission directed Ms. Sherman to inform the affected property owners of the decisions made regarding land use designation. The next land area discussed was the vacant 52 acres in Rivenwick, south of Hwy. #10; half is proposed as commercial and the other half as high density residential. Ms. Sherman noted that staff met with a developer considering a large commercial venture on the property. The developer indicated that their development would be a draw to other commercial development and the City may not want to restrict that from happening by designating half of that vacant area as high density residential. Commissioner Kociscak stated that he resides in the single family residential portion of Rivenwick and he will be abstaining from this discussion. Concern was expressed for a high traffic use in a traffic problem area. Motion by Chairperson Anderson and seconded by Commissioner Johnson to leave the land use designations as proposed on the Rivenwick property pending the outcome of the future Highway # 10 corridor study. Further Discussion: Commissioner Dempsey stated that it seems arbitrary to assign a high density residential use to one-half of an area currently zoned commercial; perhaps the use should be changed to mixed use to allow some flexibility. Ms. Sherman noted that with a mixed use Planning CommissionIFebruary 16, 1999 Page 5 of'