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• • • DRAFT CITY OF LINO LAKES MINUTES CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL WORK SESSION DRAFT 2030 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN REVIEW DATE 'TIME STARTED TIME ENDED MEMBERS PRESENT MEMBERS ABSENT : October 27, 2008 . 7:15 p.m. : 10:05 p.m. : Conncilmember Gallup, O'Donnell, Stoltz, Reinert and Mayor Bergeson : None Staff members present: City Administrator, Gordon Heitke; Community Development Director, Michael Grochala; City Planner, Paul Bengtson; Economic Development Coordinator, Mary Alice Divine; City Engineer, Jim Studenski. Mayor Bergeson noted that the purpose of this special meeting is to continue review of the Draft 2030 Comprehensive Plan (the Plan). He recognized community members in the audience who wanted to provide input. Dan Waldoch, trustee of 1001 Main Street owned by the Dan Waldoch Family Trust, wants to see the ratio stay at 1 in 10 rather than 1 in 40, keeping the situation more feasible for the trust to see the property develop in their lifetime. Community Development Director Grochala confirmed that the Planning & Zoning Board did make a recommendation, and staff has incorporated into the draft, a change back to 1 in 10. Jeff Joyer, Waldoch Group, acreage at Lake Drive and Main Street, offered thanks to the Planning and Zoning Board for their extensive work and for making the change back to 1 in 10 and also addressed another parcel in the area (guided medium density in the proposed Plan). Regarding that parcel, it is less than a quarter of a mile from the main intersection of Lake Drive and Main Street but proposed sewer and water development is put out 20 years from now (stage 3). This was originally a stage 1 property in the 2010 plan. He suggests that the 11 acre area could be a catalyst for housing development that will occur. The owners don't currently plan to develop the parcel but want to preserve the ability to do so. The Planning & Zoning Board discussed a change extensively but did not pass a change. Community Development Director Grochala explained that extensive review went into setting the boundaries. To change the land use would require taking an equivalent land area from the stage 1 plan.