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LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES APRIL 5, 1988 PAGE 8 <br />R1 Zoning District there are 40 platted lots for sale. (These were <br />1 found by markings or signs for sale). Thirty-three of those lots were <br />platted in 1987. Total Platted lots unbuilt on were 84. Rural <br />Residential land has 10 lots for sale: Lake Elmo Heights has 4 lots, <br />Midland Meadows has 4 and Dayton -Hudson has scattered parcels. Lake <br />Elmo Heights has 11 lots not built on, Midland Meadows has 5 lots not <br />built on, Old Village or Tri-Lake area has unbuilt on lots but there <br />are significant amounts that are owned by people on adjoining houses <br />using these lots or could not be built on. In 1987 there were 48 <br />building permits issued. <br />In the 1986 Revised Comprehensive Plan on Page 30 and page 31 the Land <br />Use Inventory states 174 existing platted lots where he found 84, 189 <br />potential available R1 lots where he found 10. There are 530 <br />available platted lots in RR and he accounted for 15. Folz felt these <br />numbers are inadequate and the City should take a look and get a <br />proper inventory to relate to reality. <br />Ann Bucheck explained that Bob Overby and Dan Novak surveyed the city <br />and came up with the number of R1 lots throughout the City and these <br />lots can be purchased at this time. When this street right-of-way was <br />put through, it was put through by Mr. Peltier because the cul-de-sac <br />did not meet code --it was too long --therefore he gave the City the <br />right-of-way. The Planning Commission made it very clear to Mr. <br />Peltier that no way were they giving him any guarantee for a rezoning. <br />Also, a good deal of the land to the South is more residential and <br />belong to Durands who are now farming it. The Durands have no plans <br />to change the use now or any time in the future. The land to the <br />north is also Rural Residential and the owners want to maintain this <br />zoning. <br />- Chris Leinart, 2229 Legion, stated when she moved in, Marge Williams <br />was her Real Estate agent, and guaranteed her that it would be Rural <br />Residential because she was on the Planning Commission. <br />Councilman Graves asked Bruce Folz if the VBWD has looked at this <br />property and indicated any potential impact of development on this <br />land to water runoff to Downs Lake. Bruce Folz explained that when he <br />did the Second and Third Addition drainage plans the pond was sized <br />for all of the water and the calculations and congregations were <br />submitted to the VBWD--the VBWD approved this Second subdivision. <br />Councilman Graves stated he was wondering how we may not increase the <br />rate of runoff from the property because do we over a period of time <br />increase the amount of water that would run into Downs Lake and would <br />we be aggrevating the situation. Bruce Folz responded that this was a <br />scientific question. Generally, the surface land use has the biggest <br />effect on the rate and the amount of runoff. Probably the worst thing <br />you can do for runoff is to have cornfield cash crop farming. <br />According to the Soil Conservation Service calculations table, just <br />the mere conversion from cornfield over to grassland, reduces it far <br />more significantly than putting 1 1/2 acres into single family <br />residential houses. Based on the VBWD formula and the SCS performance <br />calculations, by putting it into grasslands in a yard signficantly <br />reduce the erosion and the amount of runoff. <br />