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6 Mr. Van Housen stated that Lino Lakes must now give him its goals for planning, whether to remain single - dwelling, or to add multi - dwelling or industrial or a blend of these. He mentioned the problems of waiting for a Ham Lake site de- cision- -that the airport had helped Bloomington to get into a good tax situation. Mr. Bohjanen asked whether, in single and multi - family dwellings, if certain places can be set aside for a certain price- range. This is not usually done, but certain areas seem to develop on their own, since these things seem to dictate themselves. He felt that the contractor or builder would control this themselves. However, he felt that a planned unit development of a compatable arrangement of various multi - family dwellings were well -liked by bankers and financiers. How- ever, before we can plan anything along this line we must have sewer and water. As for parks, Mr. Van Housen felt that the Metro Council parks plan was good since we should leave something for our children. One acre of park area should be left for each 100 people. He felt that Metro Council should pay for this land; it should not be a gift. The fiscal disparities of compensation for the loss in tax base was brought up by Mr. L'Allier. Mr. Van Housen felt that this loss could be made up by having multi - family zoning. He felt that the Village should be left for now in the current usage and that a proposed future usage plan should be drawn up. The strip zoning should be policed. He felt that the freeways should help this as the commercial will move toward them. Mr. Bohjanen asked what type of light industry Mr. Van Housen meant. This would be such as Control Data or Univac, assembly line variety with no air pollution. Mr. Van Housen thought that the area between the intersection of 35E and 35W might be zoned industrial. Any plan would have to be available to change and not rigid. He stated that this was the most virgin area that he had had to work with and it was to our advantage. Mr. L'Allier agreed that we have little choice but to come up with a balanced mix- ture of single -, multi - and industrial zonings. Mr. Van Housen stated that it will not be easy to sit on the Council as the planning develops. He felt that our amended trailer park ordinance 39A was all right, but that other places have developers put in ball fields and leave parks to the Village's responsibility. If the Metro Council develops parks here the local population will use them the most. Financers won't grant funds for projects not including pools and recreational areas. Mr. Van Housen mentioned that the Village can grant one or two more units to de- velopers who provide recreational or extra facilities in a multi - family unit development. The plan should provide something for anyone who wants to live in Lino Lakes, Mr. Van Housen stressed that L.L. is responsible for all problems on the 35E interchange. Mr..Karth asked what happens on townhouses when they start to deteriorate. This would depend on whether the units are rented or owned. A homeowner's association sees that the buildings are kept up if the renter or owner won't do it himself. The Village can do something along this line by planning so that masonry is used instead of wood for containing fires, for example. Mr. Van Housen mentioned hi -rise buildings, that we should see that they are properly done, that sprinkler systems are used on each floor, and more open -space is used in connection with them. Six to eight stories for these is average.