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MINUTES OF JOINT MEETING S PLANNING BOARD AND COUNCIL r-Q S P h r : I . . ; ,, _ AUGUST 6, 1962 • M A�� E�e.,c iso"• ., THE MEETING WAS CALLED TO ORDER BY MAYOR- MADDEN. THE AREA BEING DISCUSSED WAS THAT AREA LYING SOUTH OF THE S00 LINE RAILROAD TRACKS AND NORTH OF 37TH AVENUE AND LYING EAST OF SILVER LAKE ROAD AND WEST OF HIGHCREST ROAD. THE PROPOSED ZONING IN THIS AREA WAS ILLUSTRATED ON THE ZONING MAP,9+I=V BOB DOUGHERTY EXPLAINED THE PLANNING BOARDI5 REASONS AOR CHANGING THE ZONING IN THIS AREA. MAYOR MADDEN QUESTIONED THE RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY ZONING NORTH OF 37TH BETWEEN FOSS ROAD AND HIGHCREST ROAD. . BOB DOUGHERTY EXPLAINED THAT THIS WAS THE MOST DESIRABLE ZONING FOR THAT AREA. HENRY JENNIGES REQUESTS MULTIPLE DWELLING ZONING ON THE ILOTSS FRONTING ON 37TH AVENUE BETWEEN FOSS ROAD AND HIGHCREST ROAD. MR. JENNIGES STATED THAT THE 90 ACRE TRACT IN NEW BRIGHTON IMMEDIATELY EAST OF HIGHCREST ROAD WAS LEFT AS OPENING ZONING AND MAY POSSIBLY GO TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL OR COMMERCIAL. HE ALSO STATED THAT THE AREA NORTH OF SILVER LANE AND EAST OF SILVER LAKE ROAD IN NEW BRIGHTON WAS ZONED COMMERCIAL. MR. JENNIGES FELT THAT THE ZONING ALONG 37TH AVENUE FROM MINNEAPOLIS THROUGH ST. ANTHONY, NEW BRIGHTON, AND ROSEVILLE TO HIGHWAY #8 SHOULD BE KEPT MORE CONSISTENT AND IS NOT DESIRABLE FOR RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS DUE TO THE EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC CARRIED BY 37TH AVENUE. THE REPRESENTATIVE FOR MR. JARVI AND MR. ERLIEN PROPOSED TO REZONE THE SOUTH HALF OF LOT:'a; 4, LOTS 5, 6, '&- 7, OF BLOCK 11 , MOUNDSVIEW ACRES 2ND ADDITION TO MULTIPLE DWELLING. HE STATED THAT THIS AREA WAS PRESENTLY INVOLVED IN THREE DIFFERENT ZONING CLASSIFICATIONS. HE ALSO FELT THAT IS WAS NOT ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE TO BUILD DOUBLE BUNGALOWS WEST OF FOSS ROAD OR SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS EAST OF FOSS ROAD BECAUSE OF THE PRESENT WET CONDITIONS, MR. DOUGHERTY STATED THAT THE REASON MR. JARVI AND MR. ERLIEN'S PROPERTY WAS INVOLVED IN THREE DIFFERENT ZONING CLASSIFICATIONS WAS THAT THE MULTIPLE DWELLING AREA NORTH OF 37TH AND EAST OF CHANDLER DRIVE WAS MADE LARGER THAN ONE LOT DEEP TO PROMOTE A COURT APARTMENT DEVELOPMENT AND TO DISCOURAGE A ROW OF APRRTMENT, BUILDINGS ALONG FOSS ROAD AS THIS WOULD NOT BE AS ATTRACTIVE AS A COURT DEVELOPMENT. MR. CAVANAUGH STATED THAT LOW WET LAND ISN'T NECESSARILY UNDESIRABLE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. HE STATED THAT IN HIS AREA THE PRESENT HOMES ARE BUILT ON A SITE THAT WAS FORMERLY A LARGE SWAMP.