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-3- Mr. Sopcinski stated his desire for a public forum on any such changes and expressed his concern that the Commission might be • contemplating "spot zoning" when they had recently spent . so much time and effort trying to correct what they perceived were zoning inconsistencies of the past. The absence . of three Commission members was pointed out to Mr. and Mrs. Spielman by Mr. Enrooth .who .told them they might be able to successfully convince the absent members that 'his proposal was justified but he believed. it would take six months of hard work to prepare a convincing case. Sid Johnson, a local developer in St. Anthony, appeared to seek the Commission' s reaction to the preliminary site plans for a 25 unit townhouse development he proposes for the undeveloped tract of land in the Hedlund. PUD if he can negotiate a favorable purchase price with the owner. In response to concerns raised about the avail--- ability of parking spaces for guests in addition to that provided in the double. garage planned for -each unit, Mr. Johnson said�_the plans could probably be refined down to .the point where parking, snow storage and refuse facilities can be provided in a manner which will bring the proposal into conformance with the PUD requirements . He said the building heights will be below PUD requirements and reported each unit will have roughly 13 ,000 square feet of finished area including the half basement. There will be a deck on the . rear of each unit, he explained. When Mr. Jones .mentioned the degree of energy efficiency which had • been attained. for recent- developments in the Phillips area of Minneapolis and wondered if there were funds available from other .sources to provide a study of how the same results could be achieved in this development, Mr. Berg said the project does not seem to meet the low to moderate income criteria set for CDBG funding, but he will research the availability of funding. from other sources. Mr. Sopcinski believed if energy efficiency is sought by buyers "the saleability of the units should be left to the ingenuity of the developer to provide what thebuyer wants" . It was hoped that if Mr. Johnson ,finally develops this problem piece of property he will be able. to. do so in such a manner that no variances to the PUD requirements will be needed. A copy of Mrs. Makowske"s, February 27th letter to the.. Council con- veying her concerns that 'the City ordinance being developed will include prohibitions against pornography for Cable T.V. as well. The Commission was told_ the. City Attorney had advised that medium was covered in the proposed obscenity ordinance. There was general agreement with the Manager 's recommendations regarding housing maintenance codes for both single family and multi- family dwellings- which he had included. in the cover memo for the housing survey recently conducted in the City. The staff was com- mended for seeking this important information from the residents. • The secretary left the meeting at 9 :10 P.M. prior to the sign ordinance consideration.