12/19/2001 Environmental Board Minutes

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ENVIRONMENTAL BOARD MEETING DECEMBER 19, 2001 facilitating the meetings. All the work would need to be done in about ten months. Each Board would choose the members for the task force. Kukonen inquired about the possibility of alternates if someone was unable to attend. Grochala responded that he was trying to build continuity and consensus. He would be returning to the Board in January. A land use workshop would be held and Council is strongly urging attendance. NEMO would be making a presentation in the beginning on January 26, 2002, food would be provided, and the workshop would run from about 8:30 a.m.- 3:30 or 4:00 p.m. The task force would probably begin in February. Kukonen asked who would be conducting the workshop. Groc, unsure who would conduct the workshop. ed he was y7 Trehus inquired if the Conservation Handbook on geenw ysmwould a coming into la Grochala stated it would playa bigpart in setting u` the csidential PDO. The play. � g p �,f greenways would be in the Subdivision part. He atteinp ed; to reak out the policies in the areas of the Environmental Board, the greenways4, and the Park Board. Trehus stated the suitable land use for greenway"woual, and the City should attempt to correlate it with the buffers. Hp, e the memo dated April 11, 2001 had useful information to incorporate, or to use as a s wing point. Grochala indicated it would be benefit iate,if a developer follows a given list of rules, the project would probably Vele ommended. It would avoid the conflicts of the past. Trehus noted the most imp circles. Kukonen asked if thosco Conservation Subd ii on in the Handbook was the three intersecting ing *workshop knew that a goal was to establish a ante. Grochala assured the Board that they knew. Donlm e pressedreonceni o cr,the two numbers in the Comprehensive Plan, 147 new households/veal a'ka and aa20,500 population cap assuming 2.5 people/housepl`Grochala answered that household sizes could fluctuate over the 20 year plana%" period. Donlin reiterated that the two numbers meant everything. Grochala noted that Pheasant Hills was the only development that could be approved if the moratorium went through. January 14, 2002 was the deadline to be heard by the Planning and Zoning Board in February, and go to Council in March. The Moratorium will probably cover only residential developments. The Metropolitan Council had not signed off the Comprehensive Plan. 9