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