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Mounds View City Council October 27, 2003 Regular Meeting Page 6 Community Development Director Ericson indicated that he, City Administrator Ulrich and 1 Public Works Director Lee are working on moving the Highway 10 redevelopment project 2 forward. 3 4 Community Development Director Ericson indicated the Walgreen’s trail has been moved in an 5 attempt to keep it from being flooded. He also noted that the planter has been installed under the 6 billboard on Highway 10 and the plants will be added next year in a red and gold planting 7 scheme. 8 9 Community Development Director Ericson indicated that the City was able to extend the trailway 10 from the Mermaid up to Woodale. 11 12 Community Development Director Ericson indicated that he would be meeting with Clear 13 Channel Outdoor this week as he understands they are moving forward with new permits for 14 billboards at the golf course. 15 16 Community Development Director Ericson reminded Council that the City had received a notice 17 of noncompliance on TIF and received a settlement of not establishing any new TIF districts for 18 three months which means there were no issues of significance. 19 20 Community Development Director Ericson indicated that Staff has been working on 21 redeveloping the Amoco site for four years and, due in large part to Aaron Backman’s efforts, 22 Staff expects to see a development plan for review in November or early December for that site. 23 24 Community Development Director Ericson indicated that the Planning Commission has reviewed 25 some of the Council priorities and has agreed to look at the zoning code concerning permitted 26 uses as they are overly restrictive at this point because they were drafted in the 1960’s and 27 1970’s. 28 29 Community Development Director Ericson indicated that the Commission wants to emphasize 30 lifecycle housing and will be putting something together for consideration. 31 32 Community Development Director Ericson indicated that the Commission discussed it and 33 determined that they do not feel it is necessary to increase the minimum square footage 34 requirements for homes because of the fact that the market has really taken care of that. 35 36 Council Member Marty indicated he did not see anything on the Highway 10 soundwall. He then 37 asked if Staff is working on that. 38 39 Community Development Director Ericson deferred to Public Works Director Lee as that 40 department is taking the lead on the soundwall. 41 42 Mayor Linke asked Mr. Ericson to express a thank you to the Staff and Planning Commission for 43 all of their efforts over the course of the year. He then said they have done an excellent job. 44 45