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LAKE ELMO CITY COUNT: MINUTES DECEMBER 1, 19, . 2 Mayor Hunt called the Council meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers. PRESENT: Armstrong, Hunt, Johnston, DeLapp, City Attorney Filla, City Engineer Prew, City Planner Dillerud and Administrator Kueffner. ABSENT: Council member Dunn. 1. AGENDA M/S/P DeLapp/Johnston — to approve the December 1, 1998 City Council agenda, as amended. (Motion passed 4-0). 2. MINUTES: November 17, 1998 M/S/P DeLapp/Johnston - to approve the November 17, 1998 City Council minutes, as amended. (Motion passed 4-0). 3. CLAIMS M/S/P Johnston/DeLapp - to approve the December 1, 1998 Claims, as presented. (Motion passed 4-0). 4. PUBLIC INOUIRIESANFORMATONAL: A. Public Inquiries — NONE B. Oak Park Heights Public Hearing Administrator Kueffner provided the Council with a copy of the Oak Park Heights Planning Commission Meeting Agenda for December 3, 1998, which included a public hearing to consider establishing a B-3 Highway Business and Warehousing District in the Oak Park Heights Zoning Ordinance, and to consider rezoning the Kern Center from 0, Open Space to B-3, Highway Business and Warehouse District. She referenced Page 4, b., which states "The Conformity with Present and Future Land Uses in the Area". "Land uses within the City to the east and within Lake Elmo to the east and south would be compatible with the Kern Center as a B-3 District. Within its Comprehensive Plan, the City has planned for a detachment and annexation of the areas within Lake Elmo directly to the west and south of the Kern Center. The land use plan has anticipated land uses compatible with the B-3 zone as part of this area designated for future annexation. To the east, Highway 5 acts as a border for the transition to retail commercial areas and the Stillwater Area High School." Administrator Kueffner stated she did not believe that one City could plan for another City. Lake Elmo has seen a draft of an Oak Park Heights Comprehensive Plan, which was deemed by the Met. Council to be incomplete and put on hold. She stated she advised Oak Park Heights, and the preparer of the Plan that the City would expect to review the revised Plan when it was completed. Lake Elmo and Baytown had spent $50,000 on the annexation issue of this property and the Municipal Board has made a decision. Lake Elmo adopted a moratorium for this area while a Comprehensive Plan amendment was prepared that has been sent to the Met. Council for comment. Also, there is a moratorium in the Brown's Creek Watershed endorsed by the City, and adopted by Washington County, that affects a portion of this area. She stated she felt that ignoring two moratoriums, and the planning rights of another City, was the epitome of arrogance and insensitivity, and asked that the Attorney be directed to review the analysis and report back at the December 8`h Budget meeting. Planner Dillerud talked to Scott Richards, drafter of this report, regarding Baytown Township and their land use plan, which includes 200 acres in Lake Elmo. Dillerud asked him how could extra territorial planning be justified. Richards replied that the original blueprint calls for some of these areas to be urbanized within the near future. Richards will send Lake Elmo a copy of the proposed Land Use Plan, which has not been adopted. OPH had already done a water system plan amendment and submitted the plan to Metro Council, but again not to Lake Elmo. Exhibit C of the report shows OPH corporate limits after the annexation; the land use map does extend to the south and west. A copy of this report, secured by Lake Elmo, was sent to Pat. St. Claire, Baytown Township Clerk, who also had not seen it. Baytown Supervisor, Brian Nichols, was in attendance at this meeting. He said Baytown would discuss this at their meeting on Monday and added he was not surprised that Baytown was LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES DECEMBER 1, 1998