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COUNCIL MINUTES JANUARY 12, 2004 APPROVED 2 Councilmember Dahl stated this Council and the Environmental Board support a lot of open space. 3 She stated that each telephone message stated their preference of medium density if it could not be 4 single-family density. She stated one caller, Mary Jo, said she thought there was too much 5 development in the area with all the cars that would be generated from the new development. 6 Councilmember Dahl stated she would not be voting in support of the requested amendment. 7 8 Councilmember Carlson stated she will vote to uphold the Comprehensive Plan that the citizens and 9 Council worked together to pass on a unanimous vote. She stated she does not believe the 10 Comprehensive Plan should be changed to accommodate high density on this site and supports the 11 findings of fact listed in Resolution No. 04-01 12 13 Councilmember Carlson stated when she joined the Planning & Zoning Board before the Council, she 14 attended the Government Training Service and Planning Institute. She read a comment from that 15 Institute related to plans and regulations; plans represent a blueprint and goal, and regulations 16 represent the implementation to reach the goals. She stated that the City's Comprehensive Plan is a 17 core document of any planning effort and the Zoning Ordinance is a tool to implement the 18 Comprehensive Plan so that comes first. 19 20 Councilmember Carlson stated on Wednesday, the Planning & Zoning Board considered an 21 application regarding rezoning from high density to medium density and several statements were 22 made that uphold State law and statutes and the Zoning Ordinance. She stated she would like that 23 document, which was the staff report for that meeting, included in the findings of fact and then read 24 each of them. •25 26 Councilmember Carlson referred to the Planned Unit Development (PUD) and noted that page 2-33 27 of the Zoning Ordinance requires consistency between the PUD and Comprehensive Plan. She 28 referred to a memorandum from City Planner Smyser regarding the amount of right-of-way the 29 County wants along the arterial road, approximately one-quarter acre. She stated that in taking the 30 numbers given, and while it may not be 100% accurate, it says the site is 4.05 acres and taking out 31 another one-quarter acre makes it 3.8 divided by 46 units which equals slightly over the high density 32 amount. 33 34 Councilmember Carlson noted that the issue of water was mentioned in the presentation by the 35 developer. She stated there are issues with problematic water connections of existing homes that 36 needs to be corrected. 37 38 Councilmember Carlson noted this project was denied unanimously by the Environmental Board and 39 the Comprehensive Plan amendment was denied twice, unanimously, by the Planning & Zoning 40 Board. She stated that at the October Council work session, four members of the Council told the 41 applicant that he should be looking at a rezone on this, rather than a Comprehensive Plan amendment 42 and, at the last Planning & Zoning Board meeting, several documents were listed as being worked on 43 in the application but all did come in after the October 22 date. 44 45 Councilmember Carlson stated that on the issue of consistency with the Comprehensive Plan, the 46 Comprehensive Plan was approved by the Metropolitan Council as meeting or exceeding the goals 47 therein. She referred to other townhome projects in Lino Lakes that were approved and that the • 48 Bruggeman property was cited as a reason to consider this one. However, with that project it was 8