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COUNCIL MINUTES JANUARY 27, 2003 APPROVED .1 Councilmember Reinert asked if that included multi -use zoning. City Attorney Hawkins indicated 2 affirmatively, stating that zoning is a legislative decision. Councilmember Reinert stated that was the 3 Council's control. 4 5 Councilmember Carlson stated she had asked when the proposal for The Village first came up, and 6 was still asking, about The Village being presented as a demonstration project. She indicated she has 7 a concern with a couple other areas of the City named as possibilities,if Lino Lakes will be asked to 8 follow through and duplicate this. 9 10 Mayor Bergeson indicated that he took demonstration project to mean in Lino Lakes as an example 11 for similar projects in other cities, not that Lino Lakes would be asked to participate in additional 12 developments. 13 14 City Planner Smyser stated that in order to be a Livable Communities Project, Lino Lakes would have 15 to be part of the application. He indicated no one could tell the City they had to participate unless the 16 City wants to. 17 18 Councilmember Carlson stated she has seen one proposal for The Village, and realizes you cannot 19 build apartments in pieces, but asked if there were other ways the project could be done like a 20 Comprehensive Plan Amendment or spreading out the units over the length of the 2020 21 Comprehensive Plan. 22 23 City Planner Smyser stated he hasn't seen a sketch plan for The Village yet. He added there are MI24 infinite possibilities until something definite comes in. He asked that the Council keep in mind that 25 what is being said is only 147 dwellings, except for The Village. He stated that the direction from the 26 Council was to exempt The Village, so that is the direction Staff has taken. If that decision is now 27 going to be reversed, it would put the process back three or four months and Staff would have to re - 28 look at the whole plan. He stated he hopes that is not the case. 29 30 Councilmember Carlson stated the Council doesn't need a crystal ball to see that The Village will 31 likely be 400 or more units. She stated the first proposal was in the range of 200, and the second 32 proposal was 380 units. She indicated she would not be surprised to see 400 units, and if that is the 33 case the City will be much above the 147. 34 35 Mayor Bergeson stated the first developer is gone, and there has been no proposal from the landowner 36 and current developer. He added that the City owns part of the property and has some say in how it is 37 developed. 38 39 Community Development Director Grochala indicated that with The Village the City does not know 40 how many units there will be. He indicated it is unfair to break it out and divide it through 2020, 41 because the City does not know how many units to break out. He stated that the Council decision was 42 147 dwellings not counting The Village, and with that basis they laid out the growth plan until 2010. 43 He added that anything after that would need a plan amendment. He asked if The Village were 44 included, would it be broken out over ten years, as this would have a significant impact on developers 45 and landowners. He stated that they have a growth management plan and a significant amount of 46 work has gone into it. He feels it will aid in the development of the community and spur new •47 infrastructure as far as the interchange goes. He stated that The Village is in a unique area and has no 48 negative impact on the surrounding areas. He advised it is in the City's best interest to set it aside. 15