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Regular Council Meeting October 23 , 1990 page 5 • 1 Commissioner Faust was in attendance representing the Planning Commission. 2 He noted that the Planning Commission meeting minutes for October 16, 3 1990 were accurate. 4 5 1 . Harstad Companies, for 3826 Foss Road, rezoning. request 6 While this request is only for rezoning at this time, members of the Planning 7 Commission had expensed concerns for other facets of this proposed develop- 8 ment. It was noted that only one call had been received from a resident 9 who was concerned that this zoning be for residential development. 10 11 Other concerns of the Commissioners dealt with the units being owner/ 12 occupied .and that another means of access be determined rather than 13 being limited to just Foss Road. It was noted that traffic on Foss Road 14 is already heavy and there might be some traffic studies done to include 15 Chandler Drive. 16 17 Site development in relationship to the ordinances will be reviewed by 18 staff. Commissioner Faust stated that access on the west would not be 19 possible as Tracy Printing has a building there and some of the area 20 is used by the Public Works Department and the Recycling Center. lt was 21 noted that vehicular trips would decrease if this area is developed as 22 a residential area. Councilmember Makowske inquired if the noise from 23 the City property could cause a problem. Commissioner Faust felt this 24 was unlikely and there was no concern expressed regarding the appearance 25 of this property. 26 �7 Councilmember Marks recalled this area as having an interesting history. 28 He noted that although it was all zoned light industrial about twenty 29 years ago, it was being used in a residential manner. Some light indus- 30 trial was scattered in the area but did not cause a problem because of 31 the type of businesses which are there. He stated that in this area is 32 Mirror Lake which is sort of a residential centerpiece and there has been 33 a pathway put around it which is regularly used by residents from the area. 34 35 Councilmember Enrooth has received some phone calls requesting that this 36 R-3 zoning remain and- not be considered for changing in the future. 37 38 Mayor Ranallo stated a similar situation developed at 33rd Avenue and 39 Stinson Boulevard where a property owner requested a residential zoning. . 40 When the request was granted it was with the understanding that it would 41 not revert back to light industrial zoning even if this were to increase 42 the value of the property. 43 44 Motion by Enrooth, second by Wagner to follow the Planning Commission's 45 recommendation which is to approve the request for rezoning for property 46 at 3816 Foss Road from industrial to R-3; and that the approval is not 47 granted and made final until such time as a final plat plan is approved 48 by the City Council for the rezoning. 49 50 An amendment approved by the Planning Commission was not acted upon.