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• • • Planning & Zoning Board December 11, 2002 Page 15 Mr. Uhde stated they would vigorously oppose a Comprehensive Plan amendment because of the time and money they had already spent. He stated this development was born four years ago and did address life style living. He stated it was always his understanding that because of the wetlands, this would be a higher density development. He stated this development was a good development for the City. He stated the swing towards new development was not single - family. He stated multi - family permits had exceeded single - family permits in the State. Mr. Zych stated he would like to see a storm shelter in the area. With respect to Carl Street he believed it still needed to go through. He stated he did not agree with the Comprehensive Plan amendment. Chair Schaps agreed with the Board regarding Carl Street. He stated he believed it needed to go through. He stated he understood the resident's comments, but believed there was a way to do it where the resident's property would not be affected. With respect to the Airpark, he agreed with Mr. Hunter's recommendation on Lot 9 and Lot 4 with respect to a buffer zone. He stated if Lot 4 was an issue, then they should drop the houses and create 3 or 4 more Airpark lots. He noted he was not comfortable with the reclassification of the property from low to medium density, but there were a lot of other variables that went into the approval of the Comprehensive Plan that the Board was not a part of. He stated he did not like the looks of the development with respect to the townhomes. He stated there were too many of them. He stated he wanted the multi -units in the middle to be reduced. He stated he would like to see some relaxation of the number of units in the middle. He stated Mr. Lyden's suggestion of a golf course was a good one. Mr. Lyden stated if it was the sentiment on this Board that the medium density was not appropriate, could they let the Council know that they had an issue with it. Chair Schaps stated they could let the Council know of their concerns, but right now they were boxed into medium density and they just needed to make it the best they could make it. Chair Schaps noted Mr. James Bosak, 7798 Sunset Road, had sent a letter dated December 11, 2002 to the Board which stated: "On November 7, a community meeting organized by Century Farm developer Gary Uhde was held to convey to the surrounding residents his latest plans for a new housing development. I have made some comments to the board concerning his earlier plans for his development in a letter sent prior to the first meeting on it in August. I never received any response to those comments or any indication at the subsequent board meetings I attended that they had any impact whatsoever. I nevertheless feel the need, in light of the November 7 meeting, to once again attempt to point out a couple of things that I think it would be important for the board to consider. According to Mr. Uhde, he has changed his plan significantly at the request of city planners to more fully comply with the city comprehensive plan. The changes greatly increase the housing density of the proposed density of the proposed development. Also, according to Mr. Uhde almost none of the proposed housing units will have even a partial basement. I realize that in order to have high density housing in an area with a high water table means that basements are probably a practical impossibility. Unfortunately this is also an area (Minnesota) in which a major tornado DRAFT MINUTES