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PROCESS QUESTIONS — October 5, 1999 City of Lake Elmo Council Meeting I have a couple of questions on the process that citizens of Lake Elmo need to go through when bringing forth a project. But first there is some background I'd like to share to assure we are all on the same page. • For over three years we have been trying to work with the City Administration and the City Council to move and renovate the storage buildings east of Lake Elmo Avenue by the railroad tracks. • The buildings were built in early 1900's as storage units. They have not changed their function for over 95 years. • In 1987, the City repealed the Industrial Zoning district in the area of the sheds. To date this property has not had zoning attached to it since the repeal of Industrial Zoning. That was 12 years ago. • On August 11, 1997, the City of Lake Elmo Planning Commission supported our project and passed, with a 6-0 vote, to recommend Zoning District along the railroad tracks just • Also in 1997, the City Council supported the that the City Administration provide create a Railroad/Utilities Lake Elmo Avenue. of our project and requested to support the project. • Before we could move any further in the process, a building moratorium was, instituted in Lake Elmo, and our project was put on hold even though it was already in the works and on the table. • This spring, when the moratorium went off, we went to the City Administration to get this project back on the road to a solution. We were directed to connect with the new Lake Elmo Village Commission, which our project was approved by the Village Commission on May 12, 1999, with a 5-2 vote to recommend the City support the concept of relocating and renovating the storage buildings east of Lake Elmo Avenue.