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MINUTES CITY COUNCIL DECENIBER 21, 1994 Scalze noted the comments on page 17 of the Plan whioh include the Minnesota Street area as an auto-related area. Scalze felt this was a down-grade for the area and did not feel the vacant property in that area should be identified as auto-related. Scalze pointed out the fitness club and proposed townhome development in the area. Scalze stated that she did not want to see gas stations developed in that area as she felt they would not be a good fit. LaValle agreed, and felt that identification of this area as auto related could result in problems with a potential applicant proposing an auto body shop in the area. The Planner stated that one of the issues is to better identify what auto-related commercial is in Little Canada. The Planner asked if the Council preferred to see the area identified as regional commercial. Scalze felt that would be a better fit, pointing out the school in the area as well as proposed townhome development. Scalze felt that the City should err on the side of demanding higher standards for an area rather than lower. The Planner stated that the biggest impact of this plan for Rice Street is the land use changes for the existing mobilehome parks. Scalze asked why the City would be impacted by the need to replace low and moderate income housing since the City is fully developed. The Planner replied that that was a State and regional issue and one the City may have to deal with. Due to the City's housing breakdown, there may be no impact, but this is something the City needs to pay attention to. Scalze pointed out that Little Canada has a lot of low income housing while other cities do not. The Planner stated that he wanted to be sure the City addressed the issue. Scalze suggested that there may be other ways to address it than replace low income housing should the 25