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..) .. . . - 2 - P&Zl/13/75 because things change. We need more tax base and we need employ- ment and places to trade, etc. If the Metro Council would pay us to hold our wet land for keeping open land, it would be a good idea but so far this hasn't been a fact of life. In wet areas, in the interest of the public health, safety and welfare, the Building Inspector will have to say no building per- mits. We must tighten up the ordinance to prevent sewer from coming in. This is what we are being told by the Metro Council. Joseph Prause: He said Mr. Steffens had made a very good presen- tation and said many of the things he might have said. He said we have very valuable land but have used some of it for pol~ build- ings, one of which has a valuation of $6100 on an acre of indus- trial property. We could set aside some sort of industrial park where such buildings could be put up. We should set up criteria for these industrial parks for building set backs, parking, etc. We should also have B-6-12 curb and gutter around the parking area. The reason for this is that it gives us controlled devel- opment. In Brooklyn Center underground sprinkling systems are required. You have to have a meeting of the minds on esthetics for the industrial and commercial areas. The planners of a devel- opment should be informed in the preliminary stages what the grade should be. In Coon Rapids three sets of plans are required, one for the engineering department, one for the planning department and one for the building inspector. Then all three departments get together and after they have arrived at a plan, then they have a meeting with the contractor. There are no hard and true guide- lines. It always has to be tailored to the area, location and situation. Coon Rapids is just getting into industrial develop- ment now. They have Evergreen Industrial Park. It is all ready for industrial development, located between University Avenue and old Highway 10. Streets, curbs, gutters, sewer and water are in. When they put in sewer and water, they had to have some place to put the dirt so it was put in Sand Creek Park which was wet and low. Now they have a very nice park there. Don Greenberg: They have one area where they will not sell land unless they put up a concrete building. In Coon Rapids they build what their plan shows or else it eoes back to the Planning Com- mission. The sooner we set up tighter restrictions, the more the legitimate companies will want to come up here. These restrictions must be put into such language that they will stand up in court. The Building Inspector can only enforce the ordinances, not make them. Mr. Greenberg feels it is up to the City of Ramsey to set the criteria for the buildings. He also feels the industrial and commercial areas should be engineered right now for grade and levels. There is no point in putting in blacktop streets before sewer and water, etc. are in. Calcium chloride can be used in the summer to hold down the dust. Blacktop increases the taxable base of any property. We are not making proper use of prime land. "1: j;~"