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LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES NOVEMBER 17, 1987 PAGE 4 D. Rezoning from Rural Residential (RR) to Agricultural (A) Douglas DeCoster/Thomas Armstrong. The request for rezoning is application by Mr. DeCoster. The property concerned involves a 20 acre parcel of RR zoned land abutting 10th Street on the South and abutting Mr. Tom Armstrong's property on }he east and the south. The City Code requires (Section 301.090B Contiguous Parcels) that the 20 acre parcel "be combined with adjacent lots or parcels under the same ownership so that the combination of lots or parcels will equal one or more parcels of land each meeting the full lot width and area requirement of this Ordinance." Mr. Armstrong explained he intends to combine the 20 acre parcel with his adjacent property, so that it can meet the 40 acre lot size minimum needed for Agricultural zoning. The combination of parcels will be done before the publication of the ordinance amendment allowing the rezoning from RR to Agricultural. The Planning Commission reviewed this request on 11-9-87 and recommended that the City Council approve the request. Concilman Graves asked City Attorney Knaak if there was any problem where part of the 114.6 acres are Ag and the other portion of land is Ag Preserve. Knaak res(onded that there was no problem. Rose Armstrong asked City Attorney Knaak if he felt she had a conflict of interest in downzoning from RR to Ag and no economic gain. Knaak responded that it was a conflict of interest, but it was a judgement for her to make. M/S/P Johnson/Graves - to adopt Ordinance 8009 for rezoning 20 a --es of land located on 10th Street in Section 28 from Rural Residential to the Agricultural zoning district (legally described as the Southeast 1/2 of the Southwest 1/4 of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 28, Lake Elmo) as being consistent with the 1986 Lake Elmo Comprehensive Plan, subject only to the requirement that the 10 acre parcel be combined with adjacent parcels prior to the effective date of the rezoning. (Motion carried 4-0-1>Abstain: Armstroriq>). E. Zoning Ordinance Amendment: Parks Corn ;.;; on f4eet_i nc - The Pa" Jil-lar Illeeting from the first Monday to the third Monday of the month. The ordinance needs to be amended to allow this meeting change. The City staff felt that the meeting requirements could be deleted from the Code and put in the City's Policy Book. This change would allow future meeting schedule changes without having to amend the ordinance again. The City Council discussed this ordinance amendment at the meeting and requested a copy of the draft ordinance amendment prior to taking action.