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Planning & Zoning Board <br />April 10, 2002 <br />Page 12 <br />APPROVED MINUTES <br />Mr. Corson asked who would take care of the wetland buffers signs. Mr. Grochala stated <br />that would need to be worked out with the de veloper. They would be responsible for the <br />installation and reseeding of the wetland areas. He stated the City would not replace <br />those signs; this might be something a homeo wners association would be responsible for <br />maintaining. <br />Chair Schaps asked if Met Council would approve the Comprehensive Plan this year. <br />Mr. Grochala replied a lot of that would de pend on the City Council. He expected the <br />Met Council to give their input on the Plan shortly and then the City would need to <br />respond to their comments. He stated furthe r discussions would need to be held, which <br />would dictate how long it would take. <br />Chair Schaps invited appl icant to make comment. <br />Matthew Weiland and Brian Krystofiak, Tollefson Development, Inc. <br />Mr. Weiland stated they realized that traffic and safety was a big concern for this project. <br />He stated they attempted to design this projec t to protect the wetlands on site. He stated <br />they would work closely with Rice Creek Wate rshed. He realized they were waiting for <br />the Comprehensive Plan approval and they had issues to work out with the <br />Comprehensive Plan before th is project would be approved. <br />Chair Schaps asked if they would be opposed to tabling this issue. Mr. Weiland replied <br />they would not be opposed to that, and he had discussed this option previously with staff <br />as long as it would continue to forward and would not preclude them from looking at the <br />plat. <br />Chair Schaps asked the price of the lots and homes. Mr. Weiland replied the lot prices <br />would be the mid-90’s and the home values would be around $350,000.00. <br />Chair Schaps asked if they had resolved any of the residents’ concerns from the <br />neighborhood meetings. Mr. Weiland replied they were still working on the traffic issue. <br />He stated they were not opposed do do ing additional landscaping for buffering. <br />Chair Schaps asked if they opposed the signs on the streets. Mr. Weiland stated they did <br />not have a problem with making this th e homeowners association’s responsibility. <br />Mr. Rafferty asked if they had any draft of the guidelines/covenants for the common <br />areas. Mr. Weiland stated they did not have a draft of the covenants yet, but he would be <br />willing to look at other development covenants. <br />Ms. Lane stated there was no MUSA applicati on for this, and she di d not see that there <br />was any purpose in looking at this proposal right now. Sh e stated Met Council would not <br />necessarily give the City what they wanted. <br />Lou Masonick, stated they had three nei ghborhood meetings, not two. He stated they <br />were not against development, but expre ssed concern it might be going too fast. He <br />presented to the Board a summary of the concerns and questions by the neighboring