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Pa -g6.6 Planning and Zoning October 17, 1979 Mr. Menkveld asked if Mr. Locher had addressed the commercial/residential situation near 2cd Ave. Mr. Gourley indicated the Council had taken action not to allow resi ential use in a commercial zone without a rezone on an individual basis or for a whole strip. Mr. Menkveld indicated he had a number of one -acre lots right on the highway, which he had sold as residential, and he wanted to know how this should be handled. Mr. Gourley indicated the building inspector would not issue a permit; he felt perhaps the whole strip could be rezoned at once. Mr. Menkveld indicated he had two of the loth sold asresidential,,but didn't know yet what he wanted to do with the others. Mr. Gourley indicated the Board preferred to have all the lots zoned the same rather than having one residential, one commercial, and so on. Mr. Menkveld indicated the lots were on Highway 23 and 77th Street; the corner lot was not sold, the next two were sold as residential, and the next seven were not sold. Mr. Heath suggested the corner lot be kept commercial, and the rest residential. It was also suggested that one on each end could be kept commercial. The next item on the agenda was the sketch plan for Wollen Estates; this was the re- vised layout, dated 9-27. Vi Schwankl read Mr. Gotwald's letter in reference to this. The owners, present, wanted to know what basically had been discussed at the last meeting. Mr. Gourley read the minutes of the August 15 meeting in reference to this property. He noted the Nordeen street matter still had to be taken care of. In refer- ence to the question of the commercial/residential use along the highway, the owners indicated the 5 lots along the highway would be commercial, and the rest in the back would be residential. Mr. Gourley noted the County Highway right-of-ways had been changed since the last meetin, A, ; Mr. Gourley noted the culdesac was very long, and Ordinance No. 56 stated long culdesacs are to be avoided, but they had been allowed where there were easements for a future street. The owners indicated the lots were all one acre or slightly over that, with two 10 -acre lots, one of which was very low. There was the possiblity of filling, and also they considered laying the plat out for resubdivision, perhaps offsetting the houses to one side. They indicated they would contact Mr. Gotwald about the storm sewers. Mr. Gourley noted the easement should be straightened, and the owners felt there was a better way to handle this, perhaps putting it to one side. Mr. Gourley indicated that if it could be reworked and given to the engineer and planner for their review, it could be put on the agenda again in November. Mr. Gourley noted Mr. Berget (Golden's Rice Lake Addition) was still not present. There was a letter from Mr. Mobley dated October 10 in reference to the Forrest Tagg property, which Mr. Gourley read. He requested the Clerk include Mr. Mobley's letter with the rest of the P & Z items on the next Council agenda, just as a matter of infor- mation. Mr. Gourley also read the letter concerning the Amelia Lake gravel pit. He requested the Clerk to forward this letter along with the other items to the Council as well. Mr. Gourley read another letter, which was from Elmett Dowdal, attorney at law, concerning the case of Minnesota vs Donald Holzmer. He noted the next special meeting was October 24; the Clerk was instructed to mail copies of the Five -Year Plan to all Commission members so they could review it before that meeting. Mr. Gourley and Mr. McLean reviewed what had happened at the Council -Park Board special meeting. The Clerk was also requested to notify by mail the Park Board liaison and Park Board Chairperson that they are requested to attend the October 24 special meeting. Vi Schwankl moved to adjourn at 11:00 p.m. Mr. Reinert seconded the motion. All were in favor. Motion declared passed.