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Mr. Peterson responded that 121 lots will not work out monetarily. He felt there were some similarities to this sketch in the one he proposed. He felt the City probably would not want to have emergency vehicles have to come in off of County Road #5. Ms. Svare stated that one of the issues the neighborhood is still looking at is larger lots, graduating into something smaller. Mike Nixt, 6010 Radium Circle NW, Ramsey, stated he has a number of questions. The zoning issue - the City Council may feel that's been resolved. He received a copy of the zoning map of this particular area and he noticed the MUSA on the wall map shows this area yet the map he received from the City shows this is excluded. He stated he bought his property in 1995 and inquired of the property zoning behind him and whether or not it was in the MUSA. He stated that the City submitted this to the Metropolitan Council, they rejected it and the City resubmitted a proposal with this particular area not included. He suggested the City has not taken the appropriate action to put this area into the MUSA. He asked where the public documents are that show this property is zoned properly. He believed that this proposal is quite remarkable with significant revisions and he felt this should go back to the Planning Commission for re-evaluation, especially since there was talk about changing the setbacks, etc. Mr. Nixt added that he is not anti- development but these are important issue that need to be addressed. Another idea he had is a lead link fence which would keep the traffic from running through the existing neighborhood, but it would allow for emergency vehicles to pass. He reiterated that he feels this property has not been properly zoned and if it has, he would like to see documents stating so. Mayor Gamec noted a resolution dated October 20, 1993, wherein City staff is authorized to submit a proposed update. The City Administrator was directed to gain approval for this area. This was forwarded to the Met Council on November 9, 1993. That area was included. This was approved by the Met Council on June 12, 1995. Mr. Nixt asked why the City is distributing this map (presented it) as the MUSA today. He suggested that the MUSA proposal was rejected and a revised one was submitted and this map is what was approved. He added that the developer is making a reasonable attempt and he hoped to go further and work on the traffic issues. Council directed that staff get back to Mr. Nixt with supporting documents of the MUSA expansion. Terry Hendriksen, 15631 Ramsey Boulevard NW, Ramsey, stated that the earlier of the two dates, October 20, 1993, was when a very large MUSA expansion was proposed by Mr. Schroeder and approved by the City Council. The Metropolitan Council rejected that proposal. The second date, March 11, 1994, was when a more modest proposal was sent to the Met Council - that's the one staff is handing out as the MUSA expansion. That's the most recent proposal that's been put together - that's what you get when you ask for the plan at the front counter. A different map is on the wall. The Met Council has said that they authorized the City to expand its MUSA but we have not said that we want to to the extent authorized. We have to hold a public hearing and we have not done that. Mr. Schroeder responded that what was ultimately approved by the Metropolitan Council is shown on the map on the wall. The attachment you have in front of you is the map the Met Council uses. The City's Planning Commission held a public hearing on that larger proposal and the City Council authorized the submittal. That was submitted and the Met Council negotiated down from there. At the conclusion, the Met Council approved what is shown in pink on the wall map. It was almost a year later than Met Council approved that. He did not know anything about the legality of the City never accepting that expansion. City Council/February 25, 1997 Page 17 of 28