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LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES APRIL 2, 1991 PAGE 5 M/S/P Mottaz/Dave Johnson - to accept the new park dedication ordinance and request cash in lieu of park land for Arabian Hills plat. (Motion carried 4-1: Hunt: He would prefer receiving feedback from the Park Commission.) M/S/P Williams/Mottaz - to approve the Preliminary Plat of Arabian Hills with the conditions that prior to submittal of Final Plat approval, the developer shall: (Motion carried 5-0). 1. Submit landscaping plan (screening and berming plan) agreeable to the Council for the purposes of mitigating the impact on the Raleigh property; 2. Show on the grading and landscaping plan appropriate changes to reflect the additional screening required on the west side of Keats Avenue; 3. Obtain from the VBWD an acceptable plan and permit for grading and driveway placement on Lot 10, Block 2; and this plan shall also be approved by our City Engineer; 4. The cash dedication be calculatd at the time of. the Final Plat approval. 3. Ordinance Protecting Existing Farming Operations At their. March 25th meeting, the Planning Commission recommended that the City adopt the language and intent of the State Statute protecting existing farming operations. In regard to State Statute 561.19 (c) Family Farm, Councilman Williams voiced his concern about land that is owned by one person and rented to someone totally unrelated and are we allowed to include this as an additional situation which would be covered by the proposed ordinance. The Council asked the City Attorney to consider Councilman Williams' suggestion as an addition and report back to the next Council meeting. D. Comprehensive Plan Amendment: Future Land Use Map (Clifford Adkins property) Attorney Paul Wolff, repesenting Ciff Adkins, explained Mr. Adkin's is opposed to any amendment to the Future Land Use map and requests the City leave this property in the SRD zoning district. The parcel is approx. 12 acres and is surrounded by three sides of SRD, all of which is currently in Rl zoning. The RED Zoning district requires a minimum of 20 acres for an RE development, but this is only 1.2 acres and does not qualify for RED zoning. Wolff indicated this is the only property in the City within the SRD district which is not already zoned R1. Mayor Johnson and Councilman Mottaz supported the Planning Commission's recommendation of March 11, 1991 that Mr. Adkins' land stay SRD as designated on the Future Land Use Map.