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PLA1~ING COMMISSION l~ETING Februa~ 27, 1978 7:30 P.M. l..."r/~ 5 5':: r Members Present: Comml.ssioners Toth, Rootes, Fredericksen, Lucas, Fox, Thompson, -- Nelson, Zabee, and Building Inspector Jack Holmes. The minutes of the January 30, 1978 meeting were reviewed and the follo"~ng corrections were made: The vote regarding Conditional Use Permit for Dungarvin Inc. was 5-1, Commissioner Fredericksen voting against. Neil Larson's twelve- Unit apartment building proposal vIas presented by Jack Holmes. Mr. Larson was not present at the meeting. Commissioner Zabee's Motion regarding recom- mendation of City planner to the City Council was seconded, in fact, by Commissioner Lucas and was carried by a vote of 6-0. The last paragraph was deleted. Developer Torn Koehler and property o~~er Tom Noon were present regarding proposed golf course development. The cost is estimated at about $225,000. The course would be beneficial for women and children as it is to be a "Quick-play" course. The course should start making a profit in four years. This is the first development of this type in Mirillesota. However, a course such as this has never failed. Homes would be located in the center of the course. This would be a planned community development for 23 lots, about 170 feet X 135 feet or around one half acre per lot. Income realized from the sale of these lots vlould be used to keep up the course and later to build tennis courts, racquet ball courts, saunas, etc. There would be no building in 1978 and probably not until June 1979. He is not in a hur~ to develop the lots and would hold off perhaps two years before selling four to five lots per year. Sites would be for higher priced homes and the real estate taxes realized would be of benefit to the City. Commissioner Lucas questioned the size of the lots. Mr. Noon explained that persons buying a home in this type of development are not looking for acreage and that it would not be profitable to make the lots bigger. If the proposed development would come to a vote, after the Moratorium, a suggested stipulation was that if the golf course should fail, aQY land use change would require a public hearing and approval by the Planning Board. In view of the 90-day Moratorium, the Board could only say they would not discourage Mr. Noon from having his architect draw up more detailed plans. Four planning firms' representatives were present ~~th resumes. Each was given a presentation and a question and answer period. The firms and representatives were; 1. Mateffy Eng. & Assoc; Inc. - Zack Johnson and Doug Derr. 2. Sovik-Mathre-Sathrum==Quanbeckc=..ltrchitects and Planners - Charles Riesenberg. 3. Rieke Carroll Muller Assoc; Inc. - Harold Jesh and George Brophy. 4. Wehrman, Chapman Assoc; Inc. - Bill Chapman and Lee Gilbert.