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• Motion carried. Gordon Hedlund, owner of approximately 5 acres of land across from Apache Plaza, John Daubney, his attorney and Carl Dale of St. Paul who was identified as a consultant and land development advisor for a number of metropolitan communities , were present to discuss with the Board the disposition of Mr. Hedlund's undeveloped lots as well as an existing structure on one lot. Mr. Daubney said it had been established that this was to be an informal hearing at which no specific proposals would be made. He then described Mr. Hedlund's land holdings as being cldssified as R-2 "under the hybridized classi- fications of the new zoning ordinance and old zoning map which differ in their classification of usages" . He traced the history of Mr. Hed- lund's difficulties in securing an economical development of the land over the past 10 years in which time he said the land owner had not been able to find financial funding for residential development. The attorney said Mr. Hedlund's efforts had been further stymied by either refusal of proposals for uses of the land or when the City held up decisions for such a length of time that prospective buyers lost in- terest. Mr. Daubney felt at least a partial rezoning would be a viable alternative to the impasse. Mr. Dale who has been involved in the revitalization projects in White Bear, Golden Valley and Egan among others, then reiterated the pro- fessional studies and opinions which had been made about that parti- cular area of the City including the 1973 North Area Study by Nason Wehrman and Chapman, the 1975 opinion from the same firm's representa- tive, and the 1962 Midwest Planners, Inc. , study which pointed up the changing complexion of the area. Permits for Twin City Federal and Herfurth Fox Realty were sited as examples of such changes . The planner then made the following assumptions about the development of Mr. Hedlund's land: 1. Agreed that there should be a limitation on the number of driveways on Silver Lake Road. 2 . Considered the site not acceptable for a high density usage such as a McDonald's restaurant or a car wash. 3 . Believed the development of the land should prove to be an asset to the community which is well landscaped and will differ from the example set by other commercial projects in the past. 4 . Said protection should be provided for home valuations in the neighborhood to the east. 5 . Felt no traffic from the commercial area should be introduced onto Penrod Lane. 6 . Stipulated that buildings should be low profile and not multi- story nor of great bulk. (3)