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COUNCIL MINUTES JANUARY 23, 2006 APPROVED 025 Councilmember Stoltz arrived at 7:20 p.m. 226 227 Councilmember Carlson stated she will vote for this, as she believes the community has waited a long 228 time for it, and the YMCA is a good fit with their family -orientation. She indicated she thinks it is 229 important that additions to the YMCA are met, as the City is putting in the full contribution. 230 231 Councilmember Stoltz echoed the comments that the YMCA will be a great addition to the 232 community, and also that the expectation is that the townhomes, restaurants and businesses in the 233 Town Center will have high-quality facades. He stated he does like the addition of brick to the 234 YMCA building, but would encourage them to make it the best building they can in accordance with 235 the Town Center Standards. 236 237 Motion carried unanimously. 238 239 Resolution No. 06-09 can be found in the City Clerk's office. 240 241 E. Consideration of Resolution No. 05-153, Approving Comprehensive Plan Amendment, 242 Village of Hardwood Creek, Jeff Smyser 243 244 City Planner Smyser summarized the Staff report, indicating Staff recommends approval. 245 46 Kendra Lindahl, representing Hardwood Creek, stated this is a three-step process, and tonight is step 47 one. She noted they are only asking for three parts of the Comprehensive Plan Amendment, and the 248 rest of the items are clean up being requested by City Staff. She stated if this is approved, the next 249 step is where they will get at the details of the project. She indicated that they are requesting to do a 250 master plan development of 372 acres, which is a great opportunity for them and for the city. She 251 reviewed the scope of the project, and showed a layout of the concept plan. She talked about how the 252 mixed-use land use would allow them to integrate residential with commercial. 253 254 Ms. Lindahl explained that they completed a market survey and found Lino Lakes is ready for this 255 type of development. She stated their proposal is consistent with the guided land use plan, and they 256 are requesting approval. She noted that the proposal would provide improvement for CSAR 21, 257 which is currently a problem for residents. She reviewed how this project meets the requirements that 258 will allow the City Council to approve numbers beyond the growth management plan. She indicated 259 that 20 to 25% of the project will be permanent open space. 260 261 Ms. Lindahl advised that they started the process two years ago, the entire time open about their 262 desire to exceed the growth limits set in the Growth Management Plan. She stated that they feel this 263 would not open the floodgates for development as has been mentioned because the Comprehensive 264 Plan has specific requirements that have to be met. 265 266 Ms. Lindahl stated they are not asking for public assistance with this project, and the development is 267 proposing to do all of the necessary public improvements. She indicated they are also participating in *68 off-site improvements that are needed whether this project goes through or not. She stated that the 6