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September 26, 1979 The special meeting of the Planning and Zoning Board was called to order at 8:10 p.m., September 26, 1979 by Chairman Ken Gourley. Members present: Bob Doocey, Vi Schwankl, Jerome Heath, Lawrence Johnson, Vernon Reinert and Council Liaison John McLean. Members absent: James Shearen. Also present were Mr. Short, planner, and his associate, Kevin Locke. It was not thought necessary for Mr. Gotwald to attend. Mr. Gourley turned the meeting over to Mr. -Short for his presentation, and indicated there would be a break later in the evening to take'care of three items of business on the agenda. Mr. Short indicated that this ,was to be an informal work/discussion meeting, the second of two meetings intended to address land use. The purpose at this point was to generate a land use plan with general committments on location,densities, and so forth on which to base the rest of the Comprehensive Plan process. A street system or thoroughfare plan, a sewer plan, and a park plan update would be included. Mr. Short had drawn up a land use draft plan map and had available other maps and drawings which were consulted throughout the meeting. Mr. Short briefly reviewed the first map, outlining the conditions in- fluencing the way the community developed, both opportunities such as access points, and constraints to construction and movement. He had broken land use down into three basic categories at the previous meeting: commercial, industrial and residential. The commercial uses map showed those areas presently zoned commercial, those outlined in the 1974 plan and those recommended by Mr. Short. He had shown commercial use along County Road J, as discussed at the previous meeting, in what he felt were logical market areas. It was his opinion that the population of Lino Lakes, North Oaks and Shoreview would be capable of supporting what was referred to as neighborhood centers, which would be similar to the one in Lexington, only smaller. These would be about ten acres in size, to support a grocery market, drug store and a few small shops, with a total of about 100,000 sq. ft. of retail space. He had allotted two parcels ten acres in size on either side of Highway 49 and north of County Rd J as a logical size and location for commercial; there was some commercial and residential there already. He also recommended a ten -acre parcel on the northwest corner of County Rd J and 1-35 E, which was a half -diamond interchange for City -bound traffic only. Presently, White Bear township had about a 15-acre parcel zoned commer- cial and also industrial, both developed and undeveloped along Center- ville Road; with that use and the potential for growth with the exis- ting commercial south of County Rd J, he felt the demand for commercial on the Lino Lakes side of the interchange was good. Mr.Johnson asked if there were a wildlife center on the northwest cormer presently; Mr. McLean indicated that this was privately owned and there was state coo- peration for protection of the wildlife, but it was not.a goverment unit The old gravel pit was next to that, was commercially zoned, and the owner had in the past proposed various commercial developments for the property. It was suggested his whole piece, about 19 acres, be designa- ted commercial. 1 Mr. Short summarized the consolidation of commercial land use at the major intersections rather than the strip zoning along Lake Drive. The proposed locations were: The interchange of 35-W and Lake Drive, the interchange of 49 and County Rd 23, the County Rd J areas, the Main