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MzriuTrs <br />Ci.ty Counci.l. <br />Apcil. 3, 198i <br />Mr. DeLonai.s pointed out that the area is Light Inctustri.al anci asiced <br />who wi.ll. pay Eor the land i.f. the Ci.ty rezones it to i3-7_. yr. Fahey <br />commented that tttat *.oould depend on the value of: Li.ght Industri.a]_ land <br />versus R-2. <br />Mr. DeLonai.s pointed out the R-2 d¢vel.opment ~i_n Vadnai.s }Iei.ghts and <br />stated that he would rather see R-l. in thi.s area than the Cype of R-7_ <br />that Vadnais Hei.ghts has. <br />Mr. I~ahey aslced if the soil woulcl sapport the type of bu~ildings thaC <br />Yorkt.on Industri.al. Parlc has. 'L'he Enp,ineer repli.ed that it wouLd. <br />'Che T;n;ineer stated that there are some Uad spots i.n the area and <br />al.so recommended that the pond i.n t:he area be retained. <br />Mr. DeLonais stzited that the only problem wi.th the aeea i., that there <br />is not a nood layout f.or roads. T4r. Pahey pointed out that in the <br />Payne Avenue area the Cit.y deveLoped a thoroughfare plan. Pahey <br />supgested that in Ch:is area Che Ci.ty could restrict the buildi.ngs Co <br />concrete and deve].op a thoroughFare pl1n. <br />Mr. DeLonais stated that i.t was hard f.or one devel.oper to take over <br />a pi.ece of property I.i1ce this because the various property owners have <br />di.ff.erent values for their. property. <br />Mr. Duchar.me reported that Larry Lee has i.ndi.cated that I~e would not <br />be i.ntcresCed in developi.np thi.s parcel due to the high waCer Cabl.e. <br />Ducharme also reported t:hat at a Plann:i.n~; Commissi.on meet.i.nn a <br />real.t:or. stated thaC the area wotil.d be easier to develop i.f it were <br />R-2 property. <br />Mr. Johnson i.ndicaF.ed that the so~i.l. i.s sa[i.sfactory for one-story <br />concrete structures. Johnson statect that Cheir pl.ans [or the <br />development of Che.i.r. parcel i.nclude a street networlc system such <br />as was shown i.n Plan I, 'Ck~ey ~aould develop their parcel i.n a campus <br />setti.n~;. <br />P1r. P'ahey aslced ,Tohnson i.f he has developed :i.n other citi.es thaY. <br />require concreCe rather than metal. structures. Mr. Johnson repLied <br />that he has not, but: f.el.t that Chis was the trend. <br />Mr. DeLonai.s aslced about the drainage of: the area. 7'he Engineer. reptied <br />that the property drains mostly to the northwest and ~;oes out a l.arge <br />culvert in Er.ont of. the SCen~er p,ara~;e. The Engi.neer stated that <br />dependi.ng on the development of the area, the ditch would someday <br />have to be pipe<l. <br />Mrs. Scal.ze suggeste<1 that bef.ore Ckie area develops, Che City shoul.d <br />ta11c about storm sewer. Fahey agreed that i.f the area stays industrial <br />the Ci.Cy wi.ll need a storm sewer plan. <br />Page -4- <br />