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ii4INUTES PLANNING COP~I,4ISSION APRIL 12, 1982 PAGE ~ Erma pointed out that when the last census was taken, no one could believe that between 1.970 and 1980 the population had dropped between 500 and 600 people. Vdth instruction from the City Council, the City took their own census and found the figures to be correct. Therefore, she feels that at this point with only 271 people over 5,000, the population shou~.d be increased because when you divide the expenses of the city among a certain number of people the more people you have to pay those expenses, the less it is going to cost. Some people may feel that living in Falcon Heights is worth the price but not all feel this way. As a member of tree Planning Commission she feels she has the responsibility to make sure that everyone in the community can afford to continue to live here. ERMA OLSON • • Darold. Nilsen volunteered to go down to the Highway Department to actually HAROLD NILSEN see what the aids are and what the population needs to be to receive those aids. Carolyn Gay, 1930 Summer, asked if the 5,000 population included those people living on University property and whether commerical property development had been considered for this area. Every viable outlet had been pursued for that property, Sandy Larson advised P~7rs. Gay. Harold Nilsen advised that the City was glad to have the Hewlett-Packard company located in I~'alcon Heights but that companies of this type want visibility and would not be willing to build without it. P,rIrs. Gay feels the City is worrying too much about keening the population above 5,000. Al Stefanson advised that a developer has purchased the property and intends to build residential structures on the property and not commercial. Larry Stowe advised that the PUD would. apply to all areas of the property in question and emphasizes the fact that the property should be developed with less density on Tatum and more density in the other areas staying with a density figure of 1~Q percent, which he feels is liberal. He made some points that he felt needed to be clarified such as the bonus points for drainage and the road through the University property. PJIr. Stowe feels that the Neighborhood Task torte and Carl Dale are in very close agreement but there is still some distinct difference in the density issue and it is the same density issue that eras discussed for the past three months. Erma Olson questions why the Planning Commission is establishing criteria for a PUD when no one has asked for a PUD. The developer is platting the land for single family housing and is developing it. She does not under- stand why at this point the Commission is discussing criteria for a PUD. Al Stefanson advised that the Planning Commission requested the Task Force to develop criteria and they have now done so. Olson said she could under- stand why the Planning Commission might do this to put it into the new zoning ordinances for a future PUD but she does not understand how it could apply to this property unless the owner of the property requests it but he hai asked for one and was refused so he is apparently settling for CAROLYPd GAY, 1930 SUIVIlUIER LARRY STOWE ERr4A OLSON