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CASE # REQUEST FOR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT; CASE OF GM LAND DEVELOPMENT COMPANY By: Sylvia Frolik, Asst. Community Development Director Background: Gene Shellerud of GM Land Development Company has submitted an application for a subdivision of property located in the southeast quadrant of C.S.A.H. #5 and Alpine Drive. The property being platted is currently owned by the Developer, City of Ramsey, Dr. Tom Anderson (Ramsey Dental), and 3 residents. The Comprehensive Plan Land Use Map and the official City Zoning Map identify these properties as Places to Shop (B-1 Business), Public/Quasi Public, and Low Density Residential (R-1 Residential). The development proposal consists of platting single family lots along the north and east boundary of the plat and reconfiguring 3 existing residential lots in the southwest comer of the plat. The proposal also preserves two sites for future Public/Quasi Public use: (1) a fire station in the northeast comer of the plat to replace the existing fire station in the City Hall building that will eventually be vacated; and (2) a future potential school site. The following items are enclosed for your information: a) Site Location Map b) Preliminary Site Plan for the subject property c) Planning Commission meeting minutes dated November 3, 2005 d) Proposed Resolution authorizing submittal to Metropolitan Council Notification: State law requires that the City notify property owners within 350 feet. Staff sent the public notice to property owners within 700 feet. Observations: The City is proposing to swap some of the Public/Quasi-Public land it owns in the north half of the proposed plat for residential land to the south of City Hall. GM's proposal for single family homes on the property south of City Hall would then be transferred to the area north and east of City Hall. This land exchange would provide the opportunity for the City to combine the residential land to the south with the remainder of the City Hall site and preserve it for a future potential school site directly across the street from the existing elementary school. As part of the land swap, GM would also reserve a lot in the northeast comer of the plat for a future fire station.