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SPECIAL ~ETING OF BA~SEY CITY PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION December 9, 197~ The meetir~g was called 'to order by the Chairman, Mr. Sorteberg at 7:00 p.m. Present were Mm'. Bodle, Mr. Pittman, Mr. Gamec, Mr. Emmans, ~r. Fossum m~d Mrs. Guy. This is a special meeting called for Mr. Alfred A. Albert for which he has paid $125.00~ He said when we had. a filing~fee de- cision made, he would pay it. He filed a formal .petition to re- zone land owned by Martin Gorham and Stephen Holasek. He said the most costly development there is, according to. federal sta- tistics~ is single family houses on large lots. The MSA Plans show 153rd will be completed from Highway ~7 to Highway #5. A shopping center will help to build up our tax base. It will shorten the distance to a shopping center. Northtown is 15 miles from here~ They feel it will take three years to develop.. They hope to do a good job on the planning of this shopping ~ center. It will be necessary to have a public .hearing. They plan. to call on many of %he neighbors around this area. He feels we. are in a growth area. If the neighbors do not want a shopping.center, they don't want to put one in~ He feels developers should..work with the community~ for the betterment of the wh~ole community. Mr. Gotham has 56 acres and Nr. Holasek has 3~ acres. Mr. Gorham's land is on both sides of #~7. Our 'Planning .& Zoning Ordinance requires that this Co~ission file findings with the Council for rezoning. If this rezoning is passed,, this group will. come back to Planning and Zoning Commission from time to time for further direction~ They would like to meet with the .Council on December l&th. They are planni~g on a large supermarket, and. possibly a group of other stores such as, hardware, Sears, ~spec£alty sh~ps, women' s and men' s furndshings, drug store, bakery, barber shop, fabric discount, laund~'omat, jewelry store, etc. - Mr. Emmams moved we re¢,ommend the rezoning of Mr. Gorham's 56 acres and Mr. Holasek'~ 36 acres from R-1 to B-2 according, to the plan brought in by Mr. Albert. We feel this, is a good location and will enhance the t~x base for the City of Ramsey and for the other reasontmentioned io, the petition. Seconded by Mr. Bodle. Motion carried unanimously, The secretary was instructed~to send a report of these find~.ngs to the Council. Other property owners in this areawere present: Mr. &Mrs. Aydt, Mr. Gale Gotham, Mr~ A~.bin Peterson and Mr. Harry Fleischer. They stated they had been ixL~ last summer with a request for rezoning of their property fro~ residential ~to commercial~and..trust some- thing will be done about this matter. They indicated the property they own on a map of the City of Ramsey. Mr~ Dick Johnson from the airport was present. Mr. s~rteberg asked him about the matter of I~rs. Sibbl who lives nearthe air- port. He said one of the pilots had taken Mrs. Slbbtfor a ride in his plaue that day ~nd he felt that both Mrs. Sibbl and.the pilot had come to a~ u~erstanding of each other's problems. She seemed satisfied and the pilot had more understanding~of'her problem.