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MINUTES OF THE REGUL}1R MEETING CITY COUNCIL LITTLE CANADA, MINNESOTA JULY 10, 1996 Pursuant to due call and notice thereof a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Little Canada, Minnesota was held on the lOth day of July, 1996 in the Council Chambers of the City Center located at 515 Little Canada Road in said City. Mayor Michael I. Fahey called the meeting to order at 6:30 P.M. and the following members of the City Council were present at roll call: CITY COUNCIL: Mayor Mr. Michael I. Fahey Council Member Mr. Jim LaValle Council Member Mr. Steve Morelan Council Member Mrs. Beverly Scalze MEMBERS ABSENT: Council Member ALSO PRESENT: City Admin. City Attorney City Planner Cable TV Prod. Admin. Asst. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mrs Bob Pedersen Joel Hanson Tom Sweeney Steve Grittman Greg Schroeder Kathy Glanzer COMP PLAN Mayor Fahey opened the Public Aearing to consider a REVIEW complete revision of the City's Comprehensive Land Use Plan. The focus of this hearing will be all property within the City of Little Canada located on the east side of Interstate 35E. On June 26th a public hearing was held which focused on all property within Little Canada located on the west side of the freeway. The City Planner reported that part of the process in updating the City's Comprehensive Plan was to inventory existing land uses. The Planner presented a map showing the existing land uses within the City. The Planner pointed out that the vast majority of Little Canada is already developed. There are only a few pieces of undeveloped property remaining, and most of these are undevelopable because they are wetlands or there are other site constraints restricting the property. The Planner reported that the Land Use Map lays out the framework for zoning as well as other kinds of land-use type decisions made by the Planning Commission and the City Council. When a developer comes in with a proposed land use, that use must be consistent with the 1