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Planning & Zoning Board December 12, 2001 Page 6 Al Robinson, 8299 Fourth Avenue, stated the Comprehensive Plan had taken three and one -half years and felt that there was a very small percent of the City's population that wanted growth limited. He expressed concern about the limit of 147 homes being built a year. He stated they needed more people in the City to support the infrastructure it currently had. He indicated the City would be sending a wrong message to developers and commercial development if it went with a moratorium. He indicated Lino Lakes was anti- business and that was why the taxes were so high. He stated a moratorium would not make sense at this time. Mr. Rafferty asked if it would make more sense to wait until the Metropolitan Council had responded to the Comprehensive Plan and then address the moratorium at that time. Mr. Robinson replied that would make more sense. This was not the right time for a moratorium. Mr. Zych stated he believed there was inadequate infrastruct . in the `' 'ty the way it was. Mr. Corson asked if they waited until they had a res and then approved a moratorium, would the morator development as well as plats already in proces problems and there were no clear -cut answers to ropolitan Council, em to freeze residential yse ' eplied that was one of the Mr. Corson asked if the Metropolitan C decisions on the MUSA. Mr. Smy way to do it within the City and Judy Barthels, indicated s space would disappear i adverse affect on the d be asked to wait to make any elieved the City needed figure out a ppointed body to make those decisions. paces. She expressed concern that the open ing ". s allowed to develop and this would have an t Tom VonBisc e, Oak and developer of the Saddle Club project, stated he did not have an object . a •ratorium. He stated he was working with many Cities that had moratorium a as his experience that it was a very common practice to extend moratoriums. H tated if the City wanted to control growth, they should contact the City of Woodbury, wh were currently approving a growth plan. He indicated the City of Woodbury was controlling their growth properly. He stated Woodbury was also anti- growth. He indicated Lino Lakes would grow or not grow, but this would not control the metropolitan growth. He asked why the Village project was exempt from the moratorium, and what gave it a special position above other developers. He stated developers did not like not knowing what was going on and wanted to know where the City was going. Connie Grundhofer, 235 Linda Avenue, asked if the Metropolitan Council had 60 days to respond to the Comprehensive Plan and inquired if January was when the Metropolitan Council would respond to it. Mr. Smyser replied the Metropolitan Council could extend the deadline if they wanted. Ms. Grundhofer asked if the Ordinances could be put in place, even not knowing what the Metropolitan Council was going to do. Mr. Smyser replied the Metropolitan Council • •