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LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MEETING, MARCH 15, 1983 -2- 10. ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT: C. SOO Line TrailExtension - Whittaker aprised the Council of ( a letter from the DNR,_d teed March 7, 1983, which outlines a pro- posal to further develop the Soo.Line recreational trail. Eder noted that this is consistent`with what is and -has been done; 8. PLANNING COMMISSION REPORT: A. New Zoning Map - Whittaker reviewed the proposed revisions to the Zonirig Map,,Map,, these include: 1. Incorporating all rezonings adopted by Ordinances 7901, 7902, 7903, 7906, 7912, 7913, 7914, 7922, 7924, 7929, 7935, 7937, 7931, 7933, and 7945 onto the Zoning District Map. 2. Correcting Zoning District classifications in the Old Village. 3. Correcting the Zoning District Map along Lake Elmo Avenue where land once planned to be included in the Regional Park. Reserve, but never purchased for such purpose,be rezoned from Public to R-1. 4. Correcting the Zoning District classification of property now included in the Regional Park Reserve from R-1 to Public. 5. Rezoning that property purchased by the State of Minnesota, Department of Transportation, for the reconstruction of I-94 and the interchanges and frontage roads to Rural Residential, as provided for in the City's Comprehensive Plan. Parcel numbers a:re listed for all of the above properties in the the Public Hearing Notice. 6. Listing and location of all_-Conditional.Use..Permits in the -City. The Planning Commission held a Public Hearing and voted unanimously to,recommend approval of the revised Zoning Map. The map will become a new section, 301.070, in the Zoning Ordinance. Deferred Items B, C, and D, until 9 p.m. 7. ENGINEER'S REPORT: B. Cottage Grove Ravine Watershed Plan - Engineer Bohrer referred the Council to his letter -of March ll 983, which itemized the information, he believes, should be identified to protect the City's interest with either a Joint Powers Agreement or a Watershed District for the Cottage Grove Ravine Project. Estimated cost for a basic Drainage Plan for that portion of Lake Elmo within the Cottage Grove Ravine Watershed was $12,500. Whittaker noted that contingency reserves would have to be used to finance this work. --Fraser - questioned the possibility of assessing property owners in this area for a portion of the cost as th --Whittaker - could assess under Statute 429 or if the property owners would petition. Not':•pos Uble_ to subsidize the plq_n through assessment unless the property owners agree,. --Fraser - more appropriate that the benefitted property owners contribute to the cost rather than having the entire City absorb the cost. --Nder - recommended setting up a special district and assessing the lands within this district for the study - new Watershed law provides for this. --Fraser - would like to see alternate financing approaches. --Whittaker - want to get the input in before the planning process is started . If the problems in Lake Elmo are better defined, then the needs of the City can be better determined in the planning process.