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COUNCIL MINUTES January 10, 2005 APPROVED 145 to take care of conservation areas. He added that this plan allows the City to achieve higher value .46 using the goals and principals in the Comprehensive Plan than would otherwise be possible. 47 148 Councilmember Reinert moved to approve the FIRST READING of Ordinance No. 26-04 to Rezone 149 to Planned Unit Development, Fox Den Acres. Councilmember Stoltz seconded the motion. 150 151 Councilmember Carlson noted she has two concerns with approving this development. She stated the 152 first is the finding that this is consistent with the official City Comprehensive Plan. She disagreed 153 with this, noting it is in compliance with the Growth Ordinance recently approved, but not with the 154 Comprehensive Plan. She indicated her second concern is the traffic generation, noting this is based 155 on a ghost plan of the road in the future. 156 157 Community Development Director Grochala noted that the Comprehensive Plan is based on a lot of 158 goals and policies, many of which talk about preserving open space and trees. He reminded the 159 Council that the City Attorney opined that one policy in the Comprehensive Plan does not trump 160 another. He added that this plan has gone through the Environmental Board and the Planning and 161 Zoning Board, both of whom feel it is meeting the goals of the Comprehensive Plan. 162 163 Councilmember Stoltz thanked Staff for their hard work on this plan. He noted that it was approved 164 and recommended by the Environmental Board, the Park and Recreation Commission, the Planning 165 and Zoning Board and Staff. He commented that the project is saving almost 60% of the area, and he 166 feels it is a model project that they can all be proud of for the city. 167 168 Councilmember Reinert concurred, stating he hopes it will be the first of many, and can be a guide for db69 future quality developments. He indicated he thinks this can be the first step in achieving the policies 70 within the Comprehensive Plan that were previously only a wish list. He stated they have heard some 171 disagreement on whether the city should move in this direction but he believes future generations will 172 look back and think it is a good development. 173 174 Mayor Bergeson thanked the developer for working so productively with Staff on this project. 175 176 Vote: 3:2 Councilmember Reinert voted yea. Stolz voted yea. Councilmember Carlson voted nay. 177 Councilmember Dahl voted nay. Mayor Bergeson voted yea. Motion carried. 178 179 Councilmember Reinert moved to approve Resolution No. 04-196, a Development Stage Plan / 180 Preliminary Plat for Fox Den Acres. Councilmember Stoltz seconded the motion. 181 182 Councilmember Carlson noted her reasoning for being opposed is the same as on the first issue. 183 184 Vote: 3:2 Councilmembers Carlson and Dahl opposed. Motion carried. 185 186 Resolution No. 04-196 can be found in the City Clerk's office. 187 188 B. Consideration of Resolution No. 05-01, Preliminary Plat, Vaughan Addition, Paul 189 Bengtson 190 191 Assistant Planner Bengtson summarized the Staff report, indicating Staff recommends approval. 092 4