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P&Z-1- 2/5/79 Planning & Zoning City of Ramsey County of Anoka State of Minnesota A regular meeting Of the Ramsey City Planning & Zoning Commission was held on February 5, 1979 at Ramsey City Municipal Center~ 15153 Nowthen Blvd. N~W. Meeting was called to order by Chairman Ken Peterson at 7:27 p~m~ with the following in attendance: Kenneth Peterson Brad Bodle Also Present; Kathy Schneider A1 Sorteberg Lloyd Schnelle Ron West Art Dunn (~erry Zimmerman arrived 10:35p~m,) Approval of Agenda: Agenda was approved with the addition of Election of Officers, and Report on Wehrman & Chapman charges on critical rivers plan. Approval of Minutes: Motion by A1 Sorteberg, seconded by Ron West to approve the minutes of January 2, 1979 as read. Motion carried 6-0. Gateway North Industrial Park Plat 2 - Preliminary Plat Approval: Mr. Schnelle reminded the Commission of the fact that this plat is shown as being located in the transitional area which has the 2.5 acre requirement, and the plat presented has 1 acre lots. Discussion regarding this fact followed with the consensus of the Commission being that they were in favor of the less than 2.5 acre lot size, but that they didn't know the best way to handle this. Commission members stated that they would prefer an amendment to the Comprehensive Plan versus granting a variance on the plat. The Commission would like an opinion from the City Attorney regarding the best way to handle this. In discussion of the Engineer's Report, Mr. Greenberg stated that he w~s puzzled that there were still so many points to be cleared up as his engineer was sup- posed to be working on this. Mr. Veve stated that he has been trying to conduct business in the City ~or numerous years without adequate roads and would like to see this plat finished. Motion by Art Dunn, seconded by Brad Bodle to table this item until later in the meeting so that Mr. Greenberg has time to review the engineer's findings, and the lot size problem can be worked out. Motion carried 6-0. Sorteberg Addition - Proposed Preliminary Plat: The Engineer's report of 2/2/79 was reviewed, and discussion held. Mr.Sorteberg was asked what he would like to see done in regards to 161st Avenue, and he stated that he would not like to see anything done that would cause removal of the trees lining the street. Commission members agreed that this is actually a City street and even upgrading with class 5 would be expensive, and should not be the entire burden of the plat. Art Dunn stated that since it was a City ~oad_ the developer ~as no~ responsible. on ~est questmon~d the park dedication stating that in his opinion 2.5 acres plus cash with plans for adding an additional 2.5 acres when the adjoining property is platted would be a better idea. Motion by Brad Bodle, seconded by Brad Bodle to recommend to the City Council to approve the preliminary plat of Sorteberg Addition with the following recommendations: