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Page 2 City Council Minutes February 27. 1988 e Gary Santwire was present to indicate that he has a proposal for the apartments in Barrington Place to be of the low and moderate income classification. The property for these apartments is already zoned for multi-family use and Mr. Santwire was looking for a statement from the City Council that it was not opposed to such apartment units. Mr. Santwire was directed to get placed on the March 7. 1988. City Council agenda for consideration of his request. The third topic discussed was the need for a permanent City Hall facility that has adequate space to provide for the long term needs of the City Staff. It was noted that the existing City Hall facility was planned to be a "stop gap" measure and that within three to five years a long term facility would either be located or constructed for City Hall. Various sites discussed for the construction of the new City Hall facility or the purchase of an existing facility included the County Administration building. old City Hall site. City owned property along 169 north of Elk Hills Drive and Larry Morrell's property on the corner of School Street and Jackson Avenue. e The fourth topic discussed was vacant commercial sites which have municipal utilities available. The Building and Zoning Administrator indicated that he has been rece~v~ng a number of requests for large parcels of property that have utilities available for commercial activities. The City Administrator mentioned again that during the Growth Management Plan approval process. a great deal of input can be given on the location for such sites. He indicated that it is anticipated when the northern access for Deerfield Third is matched into the realignment of Jackson Avenue that street signals will be installed. As municipal utilities are available near this vacant land on the east side of Highway 169. a great deal of pressure will be exerted by developers upon the City to open this area up for commercial activities. He indicated that this does not conflict with the growth management concepts being discussed and that some of the area on the west side of the City between the two rivers is planned for more of a light industrial activities when municipal utilities becomes available. The area planned for such light industrial activities is near the county government center. The fifth topic discussed related to building and zoning applications and other requests that could be handled at the Staff level without proceeding to the City Council and Planning Commission for its review and action. The Building and Zoning Administrator indicated that during his upcoming meeting with the City Attorney. he would receive input on what type of applications could be handled at the Staff level. He would then relay this information on to the Planning Commission and City Council to receive input on if code amendments to allow such activities are acceptable and appropriate. The group took a ten minute break at this time. e When the Planning Commission and City Council reconvened. Councilmember Tralle updated the group on progress that is being made in the efforts to upgrade Highway 101 to a four lane. Mr. Tralle noted that a project manager has been assigned to this upgrading project by Mn/DOT and that this is a very important step as it virtually assures the project will be done within five years. The upgrading project has been taken off the "indefinite project" list and is in