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City Council Minutes Page 13 May 21, 2001 Tom Warner, 18198 145th Street - Stated that rezoning th_is property to PUD would not be consistent with the comprehensive plan and will create an adverse impact on the surrounding neighborhood. Most of the lots in the area are large acreage lots. He stated that 20 feet is not wide enough for private roads and they should be designed to city street standards. Mr. Warner stated that if people are parked on these private roads then it would be difficult for emergency vehicles to access the area. He stated that with the density of this development too many trees would need to be clear cut. Mr. Warner commented that the wetlands are not a useable space and there should be more park area. Kelly Barry, 14415 183'd Avenue - Stated that she is concerned with the density of this proposed development and would like to see more of the trees saved. Mike Ziemer, 18228 145th Street - Stated that he is concerned about density and safety due to increased traffic. John Kuester, Park and Recreation Representative - Stated that the city should be allowed to have an interest in the playground design. He stated that there is a need in this development for more park area due to the density and that the park proposed could be improved. Mayor I~dinzing closed the public hearing. Councilmember Kuester questioned where the development would put the snow that is removed from the private streets and she stated that inadequate off street parking tends to be a problem in these developments. Mayor Klinzing stated that she couldn't support this project because of the density. Councilmember Tveite stated that he doesn't support rezoning this property. He stated that it is set in the comprehensive plan that the zoning for this property is Rlc and it was zoned this way for a reason. He stated that too many developers are rezoning properties to PUD so that they can develop it however they wanted. He stated that when residents move to a location they don't expect that the property around them is going to be rezoned to something different; they have an expectation of what will be built around them and buy for that reason. Councilmember Motin stated that he could support the zone change because the city would then have more control over a PUD rather than the R1 c. COUNCILMEMBER KUESTER MOVED TO APPROVE ORDINANCE 01-08 AMENDING THE CITY OF ELK RIVER ZONING MAP TO REZONE CERTAIN PROPERTIES FROM R1C (SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL) TO PUD (PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT) BASED ON THE FOLLOWING FINDINGS: 1. THE REZONING IS CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.