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