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with the planting of the required trees inside the blvd., as code indicates. The trees would be planted inside the right-of-way rather than on the private lots, which are required to have 10 additional trees. The Development Agreement, all HOA documentation, and easements have been reviewed by the City Attorney. All construction plans have been approved by the City Engineer for compliance with current OP and Subdivision design standards of the City. Open Space easements have been drafted to run to the City pending a decision and processing from Minnesota Land Trust. No easements for the Open Space will be recorded until Land Trust activity is complete. The Park Superintendent is reviewing Public Park development plans. The $40,000 minimum developer expenditure for those improvements is addressed by the Development Agreement. M/S/P Siedow/DeLapp — to approve Resolution No. 2000-03, approving the Final Plat and Final OP Development Plan of Tana Ridge, based on the consistency with the approved Preliminary Plat/plan and the City Code requirements for a Final Plat and authorize the Mayor and City Administrator to enter into the Development Agreement. (Motion passed 3-1:Armstrong:Lots are too small. If we are trying to keep the rural character this is not what we are after with the OP concept. We are going overboard on small lots.) B. Final Plat: Final Plat OP Plat/Plan and Development Agreement - Fields of St. Croix 2"d Addition Planner Dillerud reported a Conditional Use Permit for non-residential use of Outlet A was denied by the Council. Since the approved Concept Plan did show a "Farmstead Market" use in Outlet, the City can expect the developer to resubmit a CUP request, Site Plan, and replatting for this outlet in the future at a reduced scale from that which was denied. Outlets are not eligible for building permits. The plat/plan approval assumed transfer of 17 "unused" units from the Phase I Fields Plan with transfer of 2 units to the Tana Ridge Plan. The landscape plan submitted meets the requirements of Chapter 300 by providing for 697 new trees where 660 are required by the 10 trees/lot formula. Council member DeLapp would accept the landscape plan with the planting of the required trees inside the blvd., as code indicates. The trees would be planted inside the right-of-way rather than on the private lots. The Development Agreement, HOA documentation, and easements have been reviewed by the City Attorney. All construction plans have been approved by the City Engineer for compliance with current OP and Subdivision design standards of the City. Open Space easements have been drafted to run to the City pending a decision and processing from the Minnesota Land Trust. No easements for the Open Space will be recorded until Land Trust activity is complete. The Park Superintendent is reviewing Public Park development plans. The $40,000 minimum developer expenditure for those improvements is addressed by the Development Agreement. There was concern regarding the location of the trail corridor extending west and south from the development to the direction of the Old Village. M/S/P Siedow/DeLapp — to approve Resolution No. 2000-04 approving the Final Plat and Final Op Development Plan of Fields of St. Croix, Phase 2 based on consistency with the approved Preliminary Plat/Plan and the City Code requirements for a Final Plat and authorizing the Mayor and City Administrator to sign the Development Agreement. (Motion passed 3-1:Armstrong: the lots are too small, 74% in townhouses that are less than .6 of an acres, the transfer of density was not a valid operation.; Dunn The staff and Council are working with our OP code so we don't have the small lots.) 9. CITY ATTORNEY'S REPORT: None 10. CITY COUNCIL REPORTS: Council member DeLapp reported on an article in the New York Times reporting 1000 barns a year are destroyed in Iowa alone. The City of Lake Elmo has saved 4 barns. Council member Dunn pointed out that March 7 is Precinct Caucus night so they would have to reschedule Council meeting. The Downs Lake Study is on the January 13, 2000 VBWD meeting agenda. LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES JANUARY 18, 2000 5