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• combined with the $3, 747 allocated to the City from the Metropolitan Council for the comprehensive plan for the entire community which has been mandated by the Metropolitan Land Planning Act. Under this proposal the area bounded by Kenzie Terrace, St. Anthony Boulevard, Highway 8 and Lowry Avenue would be dealt with under the comprehensive plan as one of the problem areas in the community. Desiring not to have overlapping studies, some of the Board saw merit in the proposal in view of the apathy of some of the merchants to the rennovation of the center and difficulty in contacting some of the ownership of the center. However, when the Chairman said there was a possibility there might be a trasnfer of ownership for the major portion of the center and the Board concurred with him that funds designated for the study of the area should be kept to establish some guidelines for improving the economic viability and aesthetics of the area. They wanted more immediate and specific steps taken than would probably result from a community wide planning which might be years in coming. Doug Jones , 2505 Silver Lane, said he would like to see traffic patterns viewed with the residential character of the community in mind when the study is made. Mr. Fornell said the increased de- velopment north of the City might make it difficult to design roads to accomodate only residential traffic. Motion by Mr. Rymarchick and seconded by Mr. Cowan to keep the Community Development funds for the purpose for which they were origin- ally designated and separate from the Metropolitan Council funds for • the mandated study and to request the Acting Manager to submit sug- gested guidelines and objectives to be considered when interviewing planning firms who will make a study of the shopping center area. Motion carried unanimously. At 8: 12 P.M. the Chairman opened the Public Hearing to consider a variance petition for the recreational building proposed by Brigadier Kish and the Salvation Army Camp Director, James Brown, to be con- structed on the campgrounds within 100 feet of Silver Lake. No one present reported not receiving the required notification of the hearing. Consideration was given to the August 10th letter from Mr. Brown citing the justifications for granting the variance to the Recreational/Open Space zoning which requires a 200 foot setback from the lake as well as the camp director's August 9th detailing of future plans for the camp. Also included in the Board's deliberations were Staff assess- ments and recommendations as contained in Mr. Fornell 's memorandum of August 12th. Plans and a model of the recreational building which will house a swimming pool and gymnasium and which at one point will be built within 100 feet of Silver Lake, were presented by Cliff Komedahl of Vanman Construction, 13000 Muriel Road, contractor for the project. • (2)