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,{ P& Z -1- 8/21/78 PLANNING & ZONING City of Ramsey. County of Anoka State o'f Minnesota A special meeting of the Ramsey City Planning a~d'Z0.ning Commission was held on August 21, 1978 a~ Ramsey City Eall, !5153 Nowthen Boulevard. Meeting was called to order by Chairman Ken Peterson at 7:40 p.m. with' the following in attendance: KenneDh Peterson ~ Gerald Zimmerman Kathy Scneider Arthur Dunn Item 1. Discussion of Pa~k fee. Mr. Dennis Donovan and John Lichter were present to diScUss, with the P & Z Commission the formula used for determining the Park fee subdivision in the rural area. Mr. Donovan explained that they had examined several other cities Dark fee system and found Ramsey- ,~ to be equivilent. Art Dunn asked if any of the cities examined ha~ entire areas in a rural service area.: Mr. Donovan explained that they did not want to make e×ceptions to the ordinance since the City was in need of monies for the Parks. After further discussion, it was suggested that the P & R Commission contact Burns, Andover, and St. Francis in regards to their park fee. Ken Peterson explained that the P & Z Commission realizes the ne'ed for Dark funds, and ~as looking forward to sitting do~ and discus- sing this matter again after more input was. received. Art Dorm agreed that fees are necessary, but due at present to low density in the rural area, the fee formula is appearing to be too harsh in this section of the city. Item 2. Variance request- Alex Werz. This request was orginally made on 8/7/78 and matter was tabled pending further information from City staff and Attorney. (page 2, item#2, minutes of 8/7/78). After examing a sections map presented by Gerry Zimmerman which indicated that e.asments were available, a brief discussion was held. Motion by Ar~'Dnnn, seconded by Gerry Zimmerman to recommed to t~e City Council to grant a variance to Alex Werz for a'-!0t that does not c'omply with the ordinanc8 170.0312A requiring a lot size of at least 2~ acres after April 28, 1972 due to the facts that the lot at 16960 Bision was purchsed by Mr. Werz in good faith, and ~ecausei~of~rec~i~ing~oor leigat advice is now suffering a hardship. Motion'carried 4-0. Item 3. Acceptance o~ Magnesium street. (off of Industry Blvd.) Mr. Craig Willey, the property owners representative was present ~to explain that they were willing to handle the' preparation and cost of the neceSSary legal documents, along wit~ ~he engineering costs. Mr. Willey state~ that Mr. Holm pretty much agreed to providing the necessary repairs to make the road acceptable, unless it meant an entire new road being installed. It was ~entioned that at present several property owners do not have legal access to their property and with Magnesium being a city road~, this problem woul~ be solved. The property owners are ready to give the necessary ease- ments to the City. There was discussion of whether core Samples shoutd be taken, and it was decided that this would be irrelevant unless we intend to act on the results at this time. Ken Peterson read the Engineers report and asked Mr. Wil~ if they were in agreement with this report. Mr. Willey explained that he had talked with Mr.-Raatikka in regards to the cul-de-sac.