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Council Meeting March 22, 1982 Mr. Weible's comments were addressed to the Comprehensive Plan and his objections to some of the provisions. He also felt that this Plan had been adopted without the proper input from the public and that a task force should be formed to review and recommend desired changes in the plan. Mrs. Elsenpeter disagreed with Mr. Weible's remarks on the lack of public input - she noted that the Planning and Zoning Board had formulated this plan, not the Council. This Plan had been in the process for at least two years and all meetings were open to the public. The Plan had at least one Public Hearing and had been approved by both the Planning and Zoning Board and the City Council at open meetings. Mr. McLean, from the audience, concurred with Mrs. Elsenpeter, stating that this planning process has been an ongoing action over several years. Mr. McLean suggested that perhaps since Mr. Weible is a fairly recent resident of the City, he would not be expected to know this. Mr. McLean also pointed out that the composition of the Planning and Zoning Board and the Council has had many changes over the years, so that there have been a variety of persons involved in this planning process. 16U Mayor Benson concurred with Mr. McLean's statements and that the Council is in the process of looking at a zoning map and a zoning ordinance in order to implement the plan. He said that a task force will be appointed to work with the Planning and Zoning Board and to present input from the public. Mayor Benson also felt that in the next few years, this plan will need to be updated and there will be changes necessary. Mr. Schumacher suggested moving Agenda Item #12, No. 1, for discussion at this point in the meeting. The Council agreed. STATUS REPORT - ZONING ORDINANCE - FLOOD PLAIN ORDINANCE - SHORE LAND MANAGEMENT. Mr. Schumacher said this is just a brief status report to inform the Council of the work that has been accomplished toward completion of these ordinances. Mr. Bill Short, Mr. Peter Kluegel and Mr. Schumacher have gone through the zoning ordinance and made some basic changes. This will be a Planning and Zoning agenda item at the April 14, 1982 meeting. The notice of these meetings will be published in order for the public to be aware of the discussion. Flood Plain Ordinance - a copy of this ordinance had been received from the DNR. This will be typed and sent to the planner and the Attorney for their comments. Shore Land Management - should be received from the DNR shortly - this had been discussed and that agency is in the process of making some changes to make this document more applicable to. Lino Lakes. There was discussion on the task force - how many persons should this be composed of? Mayor Benson suggested that the appointing of the task force be given to the Planning and Zoning Board and they should decide the number of persons to be on this Board. Mr. Benson emphasized that this Board should be composed of persons representing all areas of the community and should be composed of residents, business people and developers - all facets of the community should be equally represented. III Mrs. Elsenpeter moved to direct the City Clerk to place an ad in the Forest Lake Times, the White Bear Press and the Circulating Pines for persons interested in working on this task force and that they should respond by April 7, 1982. Seconded by Mr. Kulaszewicz.