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MINUTES OF THE <br /> ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br /> Monday,March 8,2021 <br /> 6:00 o'clock p.m. <br /> 26. LA21-000014—MARK RAUSCH AND AZIZ SADDIQUI OB/O UNIVERSITY OF ST. <br /> THOMAS AND DAVID WEEKLY HOMES,NW CORNER OF WILLOW AND WAYZATA <br /> BLVD.,COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT,ZONE CHANGE,PRELIMINARY PLAT, <br /> AND DEVELOPMENT PLAN APPROVAL—RESOLUTION NO. 7177—Continued <br /> Mr. Saddiqui suggested they go on with the application,vote on it,and then obviously everything is <br /> contingent upon the Met Council approving the amendment change. Then they do not waste time,they <br /> continue to work, and continue on. <br /> Walsh agreed that makes total sense. <br /> Johnson wants to do that but thought Barnhart had an issue with that. <br /> Barnhart said no,they are fine,he just wanted to be up front with the Council as he noticed a discrepancy <br /> that he had not identified earlier and wants to be sure they were aware of it. <br /> Attorney Mattick again said they can do all four of those items in a single motion with the caveat that it is <br /> subject to the Met Council's review of this as proposed. <br /> Johnson asked if there are five items. <br /> Barnhart said there are four. The actions include Comprehensive Plan Amendment,zone change, <br /> preliminary plat and Master Development. <br /> Johnson moved,Crosby seconded,to approve Resolution No. 7177-LA21-000014—Comprehensive <br /> Plan Amendment,Zone Change,Preliminary Plat,and Development Plan subject to the Met <br /> Council's review as proposed. VOTE: Ayes 5,Nays 0. <br /> Seals asked Staff if they made any progress,as she believes they talked about changing those ranges so <br /> they are smaller for density so it's not such a wide swath. <br /> Walsh said so they could adjust it to whatever they wanted to basically. <br /> Johnson asked them to repeat that. <br /> Walsh said instead of making it a 10-20,they make it 11-20, and instead of 5-10,make it 5-11. <br /> Seals said yes,to shrink that ratio. <br /> Barnhart apologized and said if that was direction given to him,he does not have a solution for the <br /> Council in terms of an actual action. The Council is talking about introducing new land uses,which they <br /> certainly can do, and create their own range for those. That is probably a pretty robust change just <br /> because they now have to have zoning that ties to that—which again is not impossible,cities do it all the <br /> time—but it is a pretty active, intense type of development. He noted this is relatively small as they are <br /> talking about 37 units, and the Council is talking about a change that impacts the whole City. They <br /> certainly can do that and schedule a work session to talk about what the goals would be for that. <br /> Seals thinks that would be good, she noted it came up that they wanted to shrink that down. <br /> Page 16 of 24 <br />