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Tim Freeman presented the new concept plan indicating the changes were based on the input from the Planning Commission and adjacent property owners. The roads will be 24 feet wide, as the ordinance requires. There will be no centralized wetland treatment system, but individual tanks and some joint systems. Outlot C will continue to be Jed Wier's hobby horse farm. Open Space easements will be on the back part of the lots. The type of houses built will be prairie type houses with front porches, resembling the houses around the pond in Fields of St. Croix II, so they can look at the Village Green. Council member DeLapp asked for 18' wide roads, which he said would be more conducive to reducing the environmental impact rather than conducive to the wetlands and environment. Attorney Filla and Planner Dillerud mentioned Ag use is narrowly defined so the scope of what can be done on Outlot C is limited. Mr. Wier may not be able to continue to use the property as he has been. The treeline that has been added introduces an artificial property line. Mayor Hunt opened up the public hearing at 8:35 p.m. Neil Krueger, 4452 Lake Elmo Avenue He presented a letter, which is made part of these minutes, and provided reasons the OP Concept Plan did not meet the intent of the Cluster Ordinance. Jim Broich, 4207 Kindred Wav He didn't like the enhancement of the wetland in the previous OP Concept plan, but liked the wetland to be left natural. The walking path would go right down the delineations. He voiced the following concerns: impact on the wetland areas from Lots 1, 2, 3, and 4; monitoring of the 16 individual septic systems rather than one wetland system; would the trees survive in the wetland in Outlot A; and who would the builders be and the quality of the development. Roger Hofineister, 4179 Kindred Way He was not fundamentally opposed to a development on this property. His concerns on the density proposed and the natural resources handled on the property are listed in his memo which is made part of these minutes. The 34 acre -parcel could have been RE zoning and limited to 10 homesites, which is considerably less dense than is proposed. Deb Krueger, 4452 Lake Elmo Avenue N. If there is any disturbance of water level, the oak trees will die. Question if there will be ponding to north. Hunt no idea if a pond can be placed there. She is concern on 43rd Street ponding, runoff, people using Chem. Lawn, property delineation made so nothing will come across the road. She would like the houses taken of the north ridge and put down on the bottom. She asked about placing some houses into Oulot C and if the berms would be coming back. She encouraged Mr. Krongard not to use berms, but a variety of trees, not pine trees on the berm. LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES JUNE 4, 2002