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2180 SPECIAL P~EETING OF NOVEMBER ?~, 196l~ u 1 LJ Pursuant to due call and notice, the special meeting was called to order at 8s00 P.M. Purpose of the meeting was to hear from citizens regarding application to rezone a part of Lindig's Addition. Present were Mayor Harold Nilsen; Trustees Millis Warkentien, William Black, and Charles Stone. Also present wereEngineer Bradford Lemberg, Attorney Michael Galvin, and Deputy Clerk Tina Vavoulis. Absents Clerk W. A. Mortenson. .HEARING Pdayor Nilsen read the Notice of Public Hearing as published on September 9, 196t~ Rezoning a part of Lindig's in the legal newspaper. He advised that Additions under date of October 16 notices were sent to residents..concerned with this rezoning. The recommendation of the Planning Commission as contained in the minutes of the meeting of October 1J~, 19bl~ was read. Art Lindip: I am in favor of rezoning. Moneyv~rise, I will not gain anything. The village will gain considerable in taxes. It amounts to approximately a revenue of X1.700 to X1800 a year. If I leave it vacant, it will bring in only about X15 a year. As far as value, T can get 3ust as much either way. In ten years, that amounts to quite a little. As far as devaluating the property, I cannot see it. I have my doubts on that. It will benefit the people tax mrise. Police and fire hazard - that isn't the kind. of building that will be a hazard. If there are any questions about it, I will be glad to answer them. Cleon Garley The only argument I put forth is that I would think that Builder: this lot would look better. Usually when you have larger buildings, there is more room for side yards, front yards, parking is better too. The alternative would be to squeeze a building on a smaller lot. In this case, I envision the larger building. As far as encroaching on the Village, the Village can put an end to that any time it wants to - each time an individual zoning action comes up. I don't see any appreciable difference in zoning this fifty feet. I do plan . a luxury apartment building probably the nicest ever built in Falcon Heights. I think it would be an asset. School children - everybody has their owri idea about that. I can not change anyone's idea about that. In Roseville, they have .rude a very real survey and there has been an average of 1.5 children per apartment unit. 'That is indicative of the usual. The taxes run from $300 to ~~.00 per unit. There is a tax break. Florian Lauer I would like to speak in opposition to the proposal. To 173b No. Tatum: begin vrith, I think if we consider a tax situation, if there is an advantage to converting A-1 land to R-3, by extension, we can zone the whole Village and load it with apartments. I think for the rest of my arguments, I have them summarized in a 1e tter I wrote the Village Clerk about a month ago. The arguments are: 1. It does not appear to be a vat id reason for extending the currently zoned R-3 area, that R-3 area is unsuitable for R 1 because of its proximity to Larpenteur Avenue.