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CITY COUNCIL MINUTES, AUGUST 7, 1979 -3- V�nce,D2uglas continued - years and proposes areas where they w==-Vvc"go=n the next 10 years. Bill Boylan - Supports the idea of clustered housing. Questioned what would happen to the remaining 30 acres after 10 acres has been clustered. He is concerned the remaining 30 acres may be abandoned or fall into absentee ownership. He suggested the 5 acre minimum may be of some merit here. The land will be in control of the land owner and he has an option open to him if he chooses to exercise it. Martin Cohn - Federal Land Co. - Requested the City include t eaTi r lanT-in the Comprehensive Plan in the manner proposed by his plan. The proposal is in conjunction with a letter sent to the City from their planner. Carl Dale. They ask the City's consideration for this proposal. George Kreiger - Still feels the City should sit down with--resi"-""dents and discuss what the people want. He is against the 1 per 40 acre zoning. Maynard Eder - Many of the projections in the previous plan d3 not happen for good reasons: energy, inflation, etc. Washington County has had consistant development with very good planning. Requests the Council look at all the factors. Sit down with two groups in the City, the large land owners and residents in the northeast area; and, work out a plan they all can live with. Councilman Johnson - questioned if this plan is significantly a-ifTerent than w at we have worked under in the past. IIe does not see the changes being discussed. Ed. Whittman - Does not feel Lake Elmo has to worry about a 50,000 population. They have all this open land and no one to propagate it. He feels this plan is creating a hazard for land owners. How can a land owner dispose of his property with all these restrictions on it? He feels much of the property will end up land -locked and road costs will make sale of the property prohibitive. He suggests the minimum lot size should be 13 acre and he feels the minimum restrictions should apply.throughout the City. Lake Elmo could not be filled up with people in 50 years These restrictions do not address the needs of older residents who desire to sell their land. Mr. Jim Barton - Metropolitan Council - Lake Elmo is not uniq eueu as many communities are going through the same planning questions. Planning is -now getting more realistic. The Metropolitan Planning Act requires communities to plan for only 10 years. The S!+stems Statement identified the capacity reserved for Lake Elmo; and, planned for the Lake Elmo sewer availability. The capacity is 6,000 units. The 3M capacity was also allocated and the City should plan within these capacities. If the City needs additional capacity, the regional agencies might need as much as six years lead time.