08-26-2024 City Council Agenda Packet (2)

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Council Minutes -11- July 8, 2024 S. PUBLIC SERVICES DEPARTMENT REPORT No Report 6. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT REPORT A. 2"1 Reading of Ordinance No. 11-24, Approving Interim Ordinance Prohibiting Subdivision of Land for Residential Purposes The Community Development Director reported that the City Council has been considering a moratorium that would place a restriction or prohibition on the creation of new lots for residential purposes, over approximately a 980-acre area, roughly bounded by Sunset Avenue on the west, Fourth Avenue on the east, Pine Street on the north and Century Trail, and Carl Street on the south end of that. The City Council held a public hearing on June 24th of this of this year, and the Council approved the first reading of Ordinance 11-24. If the Council were to approve the ordinance as presented this evening, it would go into effect 30 days after publication which is planned for August 15th. The City Attorney requested to provide clarification on his comments related to the moratorium. He stated that there were several speakers that quoted him tonight as saying that he advised the Council a moratorium wasn't necessary. He said that he just wanted to remind the Council that one of the members had a specific question for him at one of the Council meetings, which was, are we legally required to adopt a moratorium before doing the Master Plan. And his answer was no, you're not legally required. He didn't say in his judgment the moratorium isn't necessary period. He said that was the question and his response to clarify the record. Motion to dispense with the full reading of Ordinance No. 11-24 Approving Interim Ordinance Prohibiting Subdivision of Land for Residential Purposes RESULT: CARRIED [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Ruhland SECONDER: Stoesz AYES: Rafferty, Cavegn, Lynde, Ruhland and Stoesz Council Discussion: Mayor Rafferty stated that it is about establishing neighborhoods, not communities, communities separate themselves. He went on to reference several neighborhoods including Stony Brook, Pheasant Hills, and Watermark, a large 900 plus home project. Councilmember Cavegn stated that all parties have accepted that they are going to do a Master Plan and further studies, and since that is the reason for the moratorium, he sees no need for the moratorium. Councilmember Lynde provided clarification on the pronunciation of the City name. He stated that CAIR-MN needs to know that no amount of tactics, intimidation, or bulling will taint the