HomeMy WebLinkAbout2006.05.08 CC Minutes - Preservation OrdinanceMINUTES FOR THE CITY COUNCIL LISTENING SESSION MEETING OF MAY 8, 2006
Mayor Fran Miron called the meeting to order at 7:00 pm.
PRESENT: Granger, Haas, Petryk, Puleo, Miron
City Administrator Mike Ericson and CD Director Bryan Bear
PLANNING COMMISSION PRESENT: HoBbeck, Schumann, Kleissler, and Rosenquist
This special meeting was called to allow residents an opportunity to address the Council on the City's
Rural and Open Space Preservation Ordinance. CD Director Bryan Bear provided Council and
audience with a PowerPoint slide show reviewing the history of the Rural & Open Space Preservation
Task Force and its meetings over 2 %2 years. The goal of the Task Force was to preserve open space
and a number of methods were discussed, including the transfer of development rights. Members of
the Task Force determined that the former Cluster Housing Ordinance was the tool to achieve the goal.
They also determined that 10 -acre parcels at 330' x 1320' were not a good way to preserve open
space.
A large number of residents gathered in the Council chambers, with the following expressing their
dissatisfaction with the ordinance: Jan and Dale Goode and their letters, which are a part of the public
record; Bob and Diane Coderre; Tom Tschida; Brian Schmidt; Doug Kruse; Dick Charest; Kate
Drewry; Sherry Collins; Jim and Carol Laumer; Steve Sadowski; Sue Bragg; and Janie Strub.
In favor of ordinance: Dave Wlaschin; Ron and Cathy Scobie; Steve Wlaschin; Ed Greeman; and
Dorothy Furlong. A signed petition was also received by the Mayor after the meeting, and it contained
signatures of 16 residents in support of the new ordinance.
Neutral: Tom Crever
Residents opposed to the ordinance cited the following reasons: clustering houses does not preserve
rural character; loss of wildlife; storm water impacts to Sunset Lake; Rural Preservation Program does
not preserve rural areas; Comprehensive Plan says cluster developments permit housing on 2 '/2 acre
lots; density bonuses too easy to obtain; base density too high; %2 acre lot size too small; and concern
how to permanently preserve open space.
Residents in favor of the ordinance cited the following: preserves open space forever; old ordinance
wasn't being used to preserve open space; and we need to do something to preserve open space and
the new ordinance does something.
ADJOURNMENT
Haas made motion, Petryk seconded, to adjourn at 10:00 pm.
All aye. Motion Carried.
Michael A. Ericson
City Administrator