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CITY OF RAMSEY ANOKA COUNTY STATE OF MINNESOTA Pursuant to due call and notice thereof a public hearing on the rezoning of the Rural Service Area from ten acres to two and one-half acres was held on February 26, 1979, at the Ramsey Municipal Center, 15153 Now-then Blvd. N.W., Ramsey, Minnesota. Present: Mayor Gamec Councilman Reimann Councilman Mickelson Councilman Cox Also Present: City Administrator Schnelle City Attorney Goodrich City Engineer Raatikka Mayor Gamec called the public hearing to order at 8:03 P.M. and led in the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. Mayor Gamec explained that the public hearing had been called for the purpose of getting citizen input on the rezoning of the Rural Service Area from ten acres to two and one-half acres. He also stated that the City would have a better control over platting of land and thcre weu!d be-~ metes and bounds descriptions. Ms. Valerie Benson, 8506 - 173rd Avenue N.W., stated she was concerned with getting it rezoned from ten acres to two and one-half and was in favor of the two and one- half. Mayor Gamec stated there was also a letter from Ms. Benson also stating she was in favor of the rezoning. Ms. Benson asked that it not be read. Mayor Gamec stated there were also some letters from J. Steven Schmidt and Mr.~ and Mrs. Dennis Donovan who were also in favor of the rezoning. ~z~ ~~~'~ ' Mayor Gamec read a letter from the Engineer in regards to the rezoning. Mr. Bruce Bacon stated the Comprehensive Plan the Council adopted two or three years ago is now found to contain deficiencies as'far as preserving the land such as agricultural land. He stated he had information which should have some bearing on the Council's decision and asked them to look it ove~ and consider all aspects of it. Mayor Gamec stated we have lost control in the Rural Service Area and by rezoning this it will be a way of having better control. Councilman Cox stated that some years back the Land Use Planning Act required all municipalities such as Ramsey to have zoning of four houses per 40 acres and that Ramsey had objected to those proposals. They finally settled on anything north of Trott Brook could be the ten acre zoning and anything south would be two and one-half acres. The Metropolitan Council had projected a 8,500 population in the year 1980 but to date the population is somewhere near 10 - 11,000. Bruce Bacon asked if the population was evenly distributed throughout the City. Mayor Gamec stated that with this particular type of zoning we are controlling the development. Bruce Bacon asked what kind of limitations has the City found in the ten acre zoning.