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Mounds View City Council July 11, 2005 Regular Meeting Page 16 somewhere south of Highway 10. He stated that the billboard contract on each billboard doesn’t 1 start until the billboard is placed, which means the contracts could run well beyond the thirty 2 years. 3 4 MOTION/SECOND. Stigney/Gunn To Approve the Second Reading and the Adoption of 5 Ordinance 760 Authorizing the Sale of Land Comprising The Bridges of Mounds View Golf 6 Course to the Mounds View Economic Development Authority and waive the reading. 7 8 City Administrator Ulrich called a roll call vote as follows: 9 10 Mayor Marty – Nay 11 Council Member Stigney – Aye 12 Council Member Gunn – Aye 13 Council Member Flaherty – Aye 14 Council Member Thomas – Aye 15 16 City Administrator Ulrich stated that the motion passes 4 to 1. 17 18 Ayes-4 (Stigney, Gunn, Flaherty, Thomas) Nays-1 (Marty) Motion carried. 19 20 C. Resolution 6540, Approving a Comprehensive Land Use Amendment for The 21 Bridges of Mounds View Golf Course Site. 22 23 Director Ericson stated that this is something that originated back in 2003 when the City rezoned 24 the property from public facilities designation to industrial. He explained that Minnesota Statues 25 indicate that the Comprehensive Plan and zoning should be consistent with each other noting that 26 earlier this year, in January, the City Council directed the Planning Commission to review the 27 designation of the golf course and come up with an amendment that would be appropriate given 28 the zoning of the property and the possible future reuse of the property. He stated that in 29 February 2004 the Planning Commission adopted a resolution, which would recommend the 30 office designation as the appropriate land use. He stated that subsequent to the Planning 31 Commission recommendation the amendment was forwarded to the Metropolitan Council, who 32 took significant time to review the amendment and found issues associated with other agencies 33 including transportation issues. He noted that at the same time the City was going through the 34 AUAR process on the same land, so they were looked at in the same light in terms the potential 35 impacts. He stated that on April 27th the Metropolitan Council did recommend and approve the 36 Comprehensive Plan Future Land Use Amendment to office. He stated that the City held a 37 public hearing on May 23, 2004 and there is a resolution before Council that would effectuate the 38 change from outdoor sport/recreation and passive outdoor to office. He stated that this is 39 something that could be acted on regardless of what happens with the Medtronic project and is 40 something that is necessary based on the fact that the City rezoned the property in 2003. He 41 acknowledged that there are some ties to the previous item adding that this something that has to 42 occur regardless for statutory compliance. 43 44 Duane McCarty, 8060 Long Lake Road, stated that he is so glad that the Council wrote into the 45