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• <br />• <br />ENVIRONMENTAL BOARD MEETING MARCH 27, 2002 <br />• As long as the developer was requesting a re- zoning would he consider a PDO <br />to preserve an additional 17 acre additional open space. <br />• Signage should be placed on buffer boundaries to indicate buffers exist, and <br />covenants should be established with the homeowners' association prohibiting <br />encroachment. <br />Halen seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously. <br />6. DISCUSSION ITEMS <br />A. Development Regulations Task Force Update <br />Chair Kukonen presented the update. They were asked about their desire to have <br />development patterned after non- sewered, Jackson` -Me ows and apply the <br />principles used there. The Comprehensive Plan requires 1 -2,5 houses per acre. <br />Asleson stated that the issue was economics, r and the lots were nc tnecessarily <br />variable within the development, but closer to the street that achieved open space <br />in the back. The costs effecting infrastructure were narrowing the roadways, <br />reducing the length of the pipes, and tihi , costs. <br />Grundhofer questioned economic incentives as a Activation. Asleson answered if <br />the market supported the change, the developers Would do it. <br />Chair Kukonen urged the Board to take pictures of attractively designed <br />neighborhoods and parks, so that a)slide presentation could be compiled. <br />Asleson stated that vista creation an <br />were popular. <br />loses closer to the streets with porches <br />Chair Kukonen noted that the City had considered making it a three step process, <br />with the Environtiental Board receiving a sketch plan to work with the developers <br />earlier on in the process. Gretz answered that it was not going to pass, because it <br />would not allow for enough time for the City to respond within the 120 day <br />period. Instead, it would be rolled into the preliminary plat requirements. <br />Asleson addressed the ownership of buffer areas and greenways. He urged the use <br />of covenants in buffer areas. The greenways needed to be public ownership, not <br />for maintenance purposes, but for the good of the public with no encroachment of <br />easements or property lines. <br />B. Goals /2003 <br />• Asleson stated the Board was very active with the Task Force and it was still <br />involved with the Landcover Classification. <br />6 Draft Minutes <br />