Minutes - Council - 01/22/1975 - Joint with Planning

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COMBINED MEETING CITY OF RAMSEY COUNSEL AND PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION January 22, 1975 Framework development guide from MC The meeting was called to order by the Mayor, Mr. Cox at 7:30 p.m. Present were Mr. Gotham, Mr. Reimann, Mr. Mickelson and Mrs. Oli- phant of the Counsel and Mr. Sorteberg, Mr. Bodle, Mr. Pittman, Mr. Gamec, Mr. FossumandMrs. Guy of the Planning and Zoning Com- mission. Mr. Barton of the Metropolitan Council was also present. Mr. Steffens spoke about the position statement of issues and con- cerns. He does not feel the Weaver bill will be of benefit to this community for a long time. In the Framework Guide policy 13 is the most important to us at this time. On page ~5 "inadvertant" is an extremely dangerous wording for this community. On page 3 last paragraph "standards around landfills are constantly changing and being upgraded." Another point is the question of population projection. Another point is the implication that we should not have commercial areas. Mr. Cox stated this framework guide has been thoroughly reviewed and he wants to thank Mr. Steffens, the Council and the Planning and Zoning Commission because he realized it took a lot of time. They are actively soliciting public input. He said this statement would have more impact than a public hearing. There was discussion on sewer and transportation as relating to Highway #~7. Mr. Cox stated the population projections used by the Metro Council are absolutely unrealistic. Discussion on retarding growth in Ramsey. Discussion on holding land for a Highway #~7 corridor for traffic to the recreation areas north of us. Mr. Cox told Mr. Barton we certainly appreciated the fact that the Metro Council was now beginning to listen to the outer communities. Mr. Barton said government subsidizes 90% of transportation. Mr. Barton will take a letter back to Mr. Boland and set up sessions with the Council and Planning and Zoning Commission to discuss many of these points, one by one. The MC is going before the legisla- ture to specify items of this type to provide money for planning. Mr. Barton said he would take a letter to Mr. Boland from the City of Ramsey but it was decided Mr. Steffens would write a final draft and mail it in. The MC is trying to provide assistance to communi- ties. We can discuss industrial and commercial with them but this does not mean we will get it. He asked how we stand as far as com- petitiveness with the rest of the area is concerned. Most communi- ties underzone. We should keep our objectives open. We have to have a time and location schedule on sewer before rezoning in cer- tain areas. Mr. Steffens asked what certain types of assistance were available now. There are unique wants which deserve assistance on the part of the MC now. They can provide some guidelines as to