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LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES MARCH 17, 1987 PAGE 9 Elmo does not have the services for development this far out. There have been five weeks to look at this proposal, the Planning Commission turned down this proposal by a vote of 9-0, an hour presentation was given at the last City Council meeting, and the City Council members' phone numbers were advertised by Erickson in the newspaper to invite the public for their input. With all this input, adequate information has been given to vote on this proposal. Councilman Graves commented on the concern of the Comprehensive Plan. The Comprehensive Plan is put together to reflect the needs, desires, and the direction the community is going to take over the next 10-20 years. This is done in a thoughtful manner and is not cast in stone, so it can be modified as the City Council and community feels is necessary to respond to different pressureslto address the needs of the community. Graves felt the Comprehensive Plan should be paid attention to, but not to use as a single point for rejection of the proposal. Valid concerns have been brought up by the community. He had talked to the Washington County Sheriff's office, Principal and Vice -Principal of the School and the MPCA about these issues and none of them expressed any negative comments relative to the development. Sheriff Green felt they could address any potential problem that could arise and would reject the contention that another police officer would have to be added to the Lake Elmo area solely in response to this development. It would be appropriate to add another patrol officer to the community based on the increase in the population that has occurred. The problem of drugs at the Oakland school is diminishing, and they don't feel the truckstop would represent a serious concern relative to the sourcing of drugs. Graves added this is a concept plan and if accepted the Council would be willing to have Erickson go into more detail to meet the number of concerns. The preliminary proposal can be rejected if they do not put the proper safeguards in that are needed. If the development proceeds, there is a developer's agreement that would be entered into between the developer and the community with a number of performance criteria established. Graves stated, "The basic question that I'm trying to resolve in my own mind is do we want development along I-94 and is this the type of development that would fit into this area?" The considerable response that he has received has been very strongly in support of the project. Graves would like to see the process move along further to look at details of the plan, which the Council did not have the opportunity to look at in this stage. Councilman Moe referred to Page 1 of the 1979 Comprehensive Plan which states "It is the intention of Lake Elmo that this plan be used as a policy guide for making decisions. The plan is intended to be flexible so that it can respond to unique situations as they arise". Moe felt this is such a unique situation. He had talked to Sheriff Ralph Bader regarding the Hudson Truck Stop and found out that Frank LePlant runs a good operation and they are the one that brought the problems up to the Sheriff's Office. Sheriff Bader informed Moe about the new rest area that is being built and the probability of prostitution there. Moe talked to the Asst. Principal who felt the truckstop would not add to the truancy in the school and felt the drug problem was not as bad as it was ten years ago. The Asst. Principal