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Planning & Zoning Board July 10, 2002 Page 11 APPROVED MINUTES County about putting a plan together to mon itor locations. He stated they intended on monitoring West Shadow Lake Drive, 12 th Street, and possible Ware Road as development increased. He stated one problem was the lack of left turn lanes on Birch Street. He stated they would have problems with traffic gaps until they put in traffic controls. Mr. Lyden made a MOTION to approve Spirit Hills Commercial Development, corner of Birch St./Ware Rd., Rezone to GB/PDO, Site Plan Review, Conditional Use Permit subject to staff’s recommendations and c onditions as outlined in staff’s report. The motion was supported by Mr. Hyden. Motion carried 5-1 (Zych) Mr. Corson made a MOTION to approve Spir it Hills Commercial Development, Site Plan Review subject to staff’s recommendati ons and conditions as outlined in staff’s report. The motion was supported by Mr. Hyden. Motion carried 5-1 (Zych). B.PUBLIC HEARING, Stoneybrook, Birch St ./Sherman Lake Road, Comprehensive Plan Amendment/MUSA allocation, Rezone to R-1X, Preliminary Plat Chair Schaps opened the public hearing at 7:50 p.m. Staff presented the application by Tollefson Development, Inc. by explaining applicant had submitted an application for prelimin ary plat approval of Stoneybrook, a 102 lot single family residential subdivision. Th e request also required approval of a Comprehensive Plan Amendment to allocate MUSA to the site and a Rezoning from R, Rural District to R-1X, Single Family Executive Residential District. The site was located adjacent to and south of Birch Street and a quarter mile west of Centerville Road. Staff presented its analysis by explaining the pr oject consists of a 78 acre parcel that was currently in agricultural use containing ap proximately 19 acres of wetland. Surrounding land uses include sewered residential to th e north (Pheasant Hill s Preserve), unsewered large lot residential to the west and sout h, and a single family dwelling, pasture and wetland to the east. The project site was currently zoned R, Rural District. Surrounding zoning includes R- 1X, Single Family Executive to the north, a nd R, Rural to the east, west and south. The applicant was requesting the allocation of approximately 54.73 acres of MUSA to service the proposed development. In 1996, the Metropolitan Council provided the City of Lino Lakes with a 150-acre “MUSA Re serve”. The reserve was intended to