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Mounds View City Council May 23, 2005 Regular Meeting Page 6 all owners are supposed to be notified and with respect to the golf course, all of the Residents in 1 Mounds View are owners. 2 3 Mr. Amundsen asked if this covered the entire 72-acres. He asked if this would leave the space 4 open for developing trailways and if all of the planning should include parks and trailways. He 5 noted that part of the property is wetlands and suggested designating the wetland area as a park 6 versus OFC. He asked if it would make more sense to split the space to develop the park. 7 8 Mayor Marty clarified that the total is approximately 115 acres and the golf course is 72.2 acres, 9 some of which is wetlands. He explained that it should be designated now in order to keep it as a 10 wetland because if the property were sold without designation the City would no longer have 11 control over that portion of the property. 12 13 Mr. Amundsen clarified that the City would have control of the wetland area if it were designated 14 noting that with the designation it would require that any owner of the property would have to 15 come before the Council to request approval of any proposed changes. He acknowledged that the 16 Council does have good intentions and thanked them for the clarification. He stated that 17 sometimes things are assumed and recommended that everything be as clear as possible up front. 18 19 Mayor Marty closed the public hearing at 7:56 p.m. 20 21 Council Member Flaherty expressed concerns stating that he is not anxious to designate all of the 22 acreage OFC at this time. 23 24 Council Member Gunn asked where they were considering placing the trails. 25 26 Director Ericson explained that the location discussed for the proposed trailway development 27 would be located between the Sysco property and the development area of the golf course. He 28 further explained that the City Council directed the Planning Commission to review the land use 29 designation of the golf course with the desire to make the property consistent with current 30 zoning. He stated that the OFC land use designation would be consistent with the industrial 31 zoning, including the wetlands. He stated that if they want to designate the wetlands as un-32 developable property that the City Council could rezone the area back to a park zoning. He noted 33 that they did eliminate the PF district. He acknowledged Mr. Amundsen’s suggestion regarding 34 the billboards on the property adding that at this point it would be more work not to adopt the 35 OFC designation. 36 37 Mayor Marty noted that it shows in the Staff Report that the City of Mounds View has been 38 actively exploring redevelopment opportunities at the golf course noting that this is all news to 39 him. He stated that he was a part of the City Council last year and does not recall hearing 40 anything about this until early last fall. He noted that Cresa Partners approached the City in July 41 2004 and asked if City Staff was marketing the golf course at that time. He noted that it also 42 states under the recommendation that the name be removed and amend the maps if the 43 amendment is approved. He expressed concerns stating that he was not aware that they had 44 made a decision to remove the City golf course from the Comprehensive Plan at this time and if 45