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Mounde View Planning Commiseion lune 1 1983 Regular Meating Page F~ve -----------------------------------------------------------------^-- Mr. Malmin clari£iad what ie exieting in the area, ae ~ far ae apartmente end duplexea and so forth, Me. Olaea atated tha apartmenta were in when ehe purchae~d her homa, but ehe felt that ainca the open land wae zoned R-1, thaC single f,smily homes would be built there. Chaii~man Mountin agreed thae the arr.a ie an ieland, as far ae tha eingle family homea, but added that the homee will always be an ieland in that araa. Mr. Williama etated he would like to make a counter proposal, aa he does not feel the developer has a reaeon- ible a7.eernaCive, and suggeated 14 R-1 lota and one duplex, He also reviewed the traffic and parking problame boiag expe.rienced presently. Mr.'Johnaon atAted he did not feel the City would be guarding the value ot the homea if they approved the proposed devalopment, as wae addressed in a paragraph Mnyor McCarty hsd read at the Council meeting, from the Comp Plan regarding its giiidelines and intent.. It was agreed among ~he Comniseionere that the value ~ o: the homes ee~mad to he tre most important iasue. ~ ~~, I'I8}`UY' DYCCtlYC,Y etated thatxmr~jor conce~n has been parking and traffic, but he feele Edgewood is designed end capable of handling as muoh trafEic as the ariginal proposal would have generated, He added that the parking and tresapasaing iasued could be handled. He etated he felt the present Planning Commiss:Lon was the best one the City had zver had. ~; Mayor McCarty recomm~nded tkat profeaeional expertiae be sought or.i the question of the value of the homes, I so that ahen the Counr_il takes ita final action, it ' would be based upon Che reco~endation of the Plann3ng '° Commiesion; wlth an experta opinion taken into i consideration. Ite added that the City needa such an j opiniott to protect itaelf, in the case of a laweuit. The Planning Co~isaion directed the developer to have a profeasianal planner look at the pLan and determine at what point thoae hemee could be harmed, and they specified that I~Sidweat Planning be used, as they are ~ che coneult3.ng egency on the Comp Plan, attd they hsve done work for the City before, very effectively, and iC wae felt the Planr~ing Commiaeion ahould require they ba ueed ae it would be in the City's beat interost. -~-. It waa noCed there ehould be apecific goal;r given to l ;the planner. a,.~ Ms. Olaen etated ehe did not feel the planner would look at the deneity iseue. Chairman Mountin replied that