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• Minutes of the Washington County Planning Advisory Commission June 25, 1974 CALL TO ORDER The meeting wascalled to order at 7:30 p.m, in the Washington County Office Building Cafeteria by Chairman Lundquist. MEMBERS PRESENT Bill Lundquist, Ken Whitaker, Harold Hohlt, Pat Gannaway, James Crawford, Ed Spiess, Ed Lemmerman, and Fred Ottem. OTHERS PRESENT Bill Schwab, Mary Peterson, Don Raleigh, Dave Champion, Chuck Swanson, Paul Johnson, John Waldo, Neil Herman, John O'Connell, Richard Arney, Lowell Torseth, Ralph Neubel, Carole Salus, Leone Stiefel, Teddy Bell, Bob Davis, 011ie Byrum, and Jim Broede. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Minutes of the May 28, 1974, meeting were approved as submitted. REZONING OF KERN PROPERTY FROM LB TO GB The property in question is located west of the A & W Root Beer Stand and east and north of the Crown Auto Store. The front portion of this property is zoned general business and the rear portion is zoned limited business. The The request brought to the Planning Advisory Commission was to rezone the rear portion to. general business. ;: Mr Richard Arney, representing the Nash-Finch Company, discussed with the . . Planning Advisory Commission the public hearing held by Stillwater Township. • He also presented. a site plan showing the recommendations requested by Still- water Township. Mr Herman, of the Nash-Finch Company, explained to the Planning Advisory Commission the type of business the Company wants to put in and its operation. • He stated this would be a discount grocery which is the only one of its kind in the area. He also said the store would carry a limited amount of produce and no fresh meats. There was some discussion between Mr Herman and the Planning Advisory Commission as to the need of such a store. A motion was made to recommend to the Washington County Board of Commissioners that they approve the rezoning of the property from limited business to general business provided the Nash-Finch Company conforms with the stipulations set forth by Stillwater Township. Carried. METROPOLITAN GROWTH CONTROL. Mr 011ie Byrum,. of the Metropolitan Council Staff, discussed with the Planning Advisory Commission the Metropolitan Development Framework. • He talked about • the areas around the Twin Cities that are fully developed, active urbanization and the free standing communities. He showed drawings indicating the five planning areas which are: (1) Metro Centers, Downtowns Minneapolis and St Paul;