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LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES APRIL 4, 1995 Bohrer explained the City of Oakdale was the first municipality in the VBWD district to have a developed local surface water management plan. When the VBWD was formulating their overall surface water management plan, they had a City of Oakdale plan to review. This plan showed that there would be discharges from areas that Lake Elmo viewed to be landlocked or semi -landlocked. On Oakdale Surface Water Plan, they showed the outletting of these areas by means of an arrow indicating direction of drainage for surface water. Lake Elmo had an opportunity to review that plan, and we commented that we viewed these areas as landlocked and to provide an outlet would be contrary to the philosophy of no increase in runoff. That plan was adopted and incorporated in the overall VBWD plan. Oakdale believes they have an approved plan which shows discharges in some fashion for outlets out of these areas. Mr. Zetterberg stated VBWD did not approve a surface water management plan stating that a variance was approved. VBWD would never approve anything Oakdale wanted to do on this site without cautiously granting a variance. Oakdale does not have any permission to go ahead and do what they want on that site and we (VBWD) have made it very clear to them. Bohrer pointed out that in the Exec. Summary it talks about four possible sources of funding. Funding such a project would most likely be divided between subwatershed taxing districts tributary to the Olson Lake Estates Pond (485 acres) and subwatershed OL-17 (3M land if an outlet is provide), district wide ad valorem tax and possibly a special taxing district of Lake Olson. In the expanded funding portion of the plan that fourth option (a special taxing district for Lake Olson) does not appear. Zetterberg felt the fourth option was in error and should not be included. He would make sure this option would be removed. 6. PLANNING/LAND USE & ZONING: A. Site and Building Plan Review: Adding Garage Doors, Applicant:Steve Johnson, 2945 Lake Elmo Avenue N. Steve Johnson, 2945 Lake Elmo Avenue, has applied for a Site and Building Plan Review for the purpose of putting four roll -up doors on a building located on the south side of Upper 33rd Street, west of Lake Elmo Mill and the U.S. West switching station. The building is zoned Industrial, was originally built for storage and has been used for storage. Mr. Johnson intends to do some maintenance to the building, and he will not change the size of the building. He owns the apartment building to the north (on 34th Street) and will be storing miscellaneous garage type items in the building. There will be NO outside storage of any kind. M/S/P Hunt/Johnston - to approve the Site and Building Plan for Steve Johnson, 2945 Lake Elmo Avenue N., to improve property located at the south side of Upper 33rd Street west of Lake Elmo Mill and the U.S. West switching station to be used for storing miscellaneous garage type items in the building. (Motion passed 4-0). Larry Bohrer informed Mr. Johnson, as the new potential owner, that a Bituminous Overlay project is being planned for Upper 33rd Street and there is a proposed street assessment. B. Repealing Section 301.070 D.i.b. (6) permitting Recording Studios in the Agricultural Zoning District At their March 27, 1995 meeting, the Planning Commission held a public hearing to repeal "Recording Studios" as a use permitted by CUP in the Agricultural Zoning District. There were no proponents or opponents. On a 5-0 vote the commission recommended the city council adopt an ordinance repealing Section 301.070 D.1.b.(6) - Recording Studios in the Lake Elmo Municipal Code. M/S/P Hunt/DeLapp - to direct the staff to prepare an ordinance to repeal Section 301.070 D.11.b.(6) Permitting Recording Studios in the Agricultural Zoning District in the Lake Elmo Municipal Code based on recording studios are not an Ag related use, the city will be undergoing an 1-94 study for the Comprehensive Plan. (Motion passed 4-0).