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Attorney Filla explained the City anticipated a City standard street would be constructed and that is how the assessments were calculated. If the City builds a lesser road, they cannot go back to assess. This was placed in the Developer's Contract for restrictive purposes. Tom Prew will bring back options to the November 2"d meeting on how to proceed with the construction of 50d' Street in 2000. Mr. Carr will be notified of the meeting. 8. PLANNING, LAND USE & ZONING: A. Report to Council: Johnson Storage Building Project Attorney Filla recommended steps in the review of the Johnson proposal and suggested that all of those steps could be accomplished concurrently at the City Council level. Those concurrent actions would be determination of non-conforning use status, non -conforming use substitution determination, Site Plan, and after -the -fact Minor Subdivision. Vice -Mayor Dunn voiced her concern on the safety, liability issues when sparks from the trains cause fires and there is fiber optic cable that was recently placed in the right-of-way. The City needs a paper trail and the application process sequence needs to be followed. B. Meyer's Pine Ridge OP Development Stage Plan, Preliminary Plat and Conditional Use Permit At its October 13, 1999 meeting, the Planning Commission unanimously recommended approval regarding the three review stages required and applied for this proposal to plat a site of 40 acres into 21 new single family detached building lots and 1 existing single family homestead. Issues raised at the meeting related to impacts the plan could have on surrounding properties and the environment. The Commission believes that most of those impacts are addressed by the plan to the degree possible and reasonable. George Dege 5193 Keats Avenue, stated this land has been farmed in the past and in the springtime there is 2-3 acres of runoff. What are the plans for ponding in the plat? He asked for additional landscaping near the entrance of the development. Tim Freeman, Terry Emerson's representative, reported the plat definitely has 50% open space and the village green has been enlarged to under an acre. There is screening from existing homes and the water runoff has been taken care of. In the drainage report, which has been approved by the City Engineer, shows ponding area. There is no water running down the curbs and into the ditches on Keats Ave. The Valley Branch Watershed District has strict requirements for erosion control. The Ordinance requires 1.5- hich caliper trees to be planted. Mr. Emerson will be bringing in mature trees from another site. Planner Dillerud reminded the Council that the trees are bonded. Council member DeLapp felt that the village green did not meet the intent of the code and would not be used as a gathering place. Houses need to be surrounding the green. A cul-de-sac cannot be considered a village green, and he is not prepared to give an extra unit for what is shown. Mr. Freeman responded that by listening to the land dictated the placement of the village green. They enhanced it as a focal point of the trail system, begin and end at the village green, and wanted to keep the mature oa� trees. Planner Dillerud stated, based on tonight's discussion, everyone has a different definition of a village green. The definition of a village green needs to be clarified at an OP workshop. Council members Dunn and Armstrong has consistently brought up getting rid of bonuses in the OP ordinance. The City is not obligated to give bonuses, village green is not defined well in ordinance and up to interpretation of person doing development. Armstrong did like the large lots proposed in this development and individual septic . systems on all lots. M/S/P Siedow/Armstrong - to adopt Resolution No. 99-70, A Resolution Approving the Development Stage Plan for Meyer's Pineridge. (Motion passed 3-1: DeLapp: what is proposed is not a village green, this a cul-de-sac turnaround.) LAKE ELMO CITY COUNCIL MINUTES OCTOBER 19, 1999 3