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LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES JULY 17, 1990 PAGE 4 indicated County Road 17 is a popular road, but the Deputies were not dealing with this street any differently than any other street in the City. Attorney, Carl Blondin addressed the following comments written by Mr. Acree. (1.) it is too expensive to prosecute citations at the lower level. Blondin: there is a flat fee per month. (2.) the judges throw the citations out of court. Blondin: this is not true. (3) the City does not pursue this enforcement because it would have to send a prosecuting attorney to each court appearance. Blondin:It is a flat fee and he would be there. He looses one out of every 200-300 cases. D. Traffic Concern on 33rd Street The Council received a petition from Mark Jechort, 11035 33rd St. N., with signatures of other residents in the area regarding the traffic conditions on 33rd Street. Mr. Jechort indicated 33rd street was narrow and with no curbs for the many walkers and bikers. He also noted the increase in traffic since the County put up the directi.onl signs to the Park Reserve. The City Engineer was hesitant to place any stop signs on the street until we can monitor the area after the speed signs are put up along with the "Children Playing" signs. If- these signs do not change the speeding conditions on the street, the Council recommended he bring this back to the Council to consider further action. M/S/P Armstrong/Hunt - to direct the City to erect a 30 mph sign on h, 33rd Street, "Children Playing" signs, and consider moving the directional signs to the Lake Elmo Park Reserve. If these signs do not change the speeding conditions of the street, Mr. Jechort should come back to the Council for consideration for further action. (Motion carried 3-0). 10. PLANNING/LAND USE AND ZONING: A. PUBLIC HEARING: Variance for lot size to create Agricultural Zoning District. Applicant: Ray Salus, 404 Lake Elmo Avenue. Ray Salus is requesting a variance to lot size so he can have his land rezoned to Agricultural and proceed with his golf driving range. Mayor Dunn opened up the public hearing at 8:00 p.m. in the Council chambers. The Public Hearing notice was published, July 5, 1.990, in the St. Croix Valley Press. Florence Bradley, 520 Lake Elmo Avenue, voiced her disapproval of the City granting a variance to the lot size for Ag Zoning based on: (1) A golf driving range would be detrimental to house market value. (2) There is a higher tax base with Rural Residential. (3) This would set the stage for a one -mile corridor for commercial development.