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CITY 01 ANDOVER
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SPECIAL MEETING
NOTICE
There will be a Joint Meeting of the City Council
and the Planning and Zoning Commission on Thursday,
August 28, at 7:30 P.M., at the Community Center.
1685 Crosstown Boulevard NW, Anoka. Minnesota 55303.
Purpose of the meeting is to review the Andover
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Comprehensive Development Plan and the comments on
it from Metro Council.
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Call Dave Jack for additional information
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CITY 01 ANDOVER
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SPECIAL MEETING
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August 28, 1975
HINUTES
A Special Meeting of the Andover City Council and Planning and
Zoning Commission was called to order at 7:45 P.M. by Commission
Chairman, Dave Jack, on August 28, 1975 at the Andover Community
Center, 1685 Crosstown Boulevard NW, Anoka, Minnesota 55303.
Council Members Present: Winslow Holasek, Mayor Richard Schneider,
Robert Rither, Mary VanderLaan, and Jerry Windschitl
Commissioners Present: Ken Heil, Dave Jack, Art Jaworski, Dean
Johnson, Arleane Nehring, and Ken Orttel
Commissioner Absent: Mark Arnold
Also Present: Norman J. Werner - City Administrator
Purpose of the Meeting: ANDOVER'S COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT PLAN
(Discussion and Review)
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Chairman Jack reported the meetings, etc. on the Plan as follows:
2-6-75 First Public Hearing; 2-19-75 Continued Public Hearing;
4-8-75 Special Meeting of the Planning & Zoning Commission in
which they listened to and discussed portions of the tapes from
the Public Hearings; 4-10-75 Sent letter to City Council stating
changes; 4-18-75 A letter was drafted to Metro Council requesting
review and comments of the Comprehensive Plan; 4-28-75 & 6-18-75
Received letters from Metro Council regarding their review; 6-25-75
Special Meeting of Planning and Zoning Commission with Metro Council's
Local Planning Assistance Group to discuss Metro Council's first
draft of the Comprehensive Plan; 7-10-75 Joint meeting of City
Council, Planning & Zoning, and Development Framework Committee
for review; 7-17-75 Confirmation. Andover's Comprehensive Plan
is still the only one in the Northern Metro area that the Metro
Council has reviewed. made comments on. and passed positively.
Chairman Jack stated that: 1) the plan has a lot of work put into
it, 2) it's a valid plan, 3) it has citizen input, 4) favorable
comments from Metro Council, and 5) there should be direct action
on these recornroendations. The action should be in the form of
alternatives, amendments, or adoption by the City Council. He
distributed copies of an article by Charles R. Krussel, Executive
Vice President of the Greater Hinneapolis Chflober of Commerce,
and read portions of a letter from City Engineer, Dewey Kasma,
regarding the Sewer Service Capacity Charges.
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Special Meeting
Minutes - August 28, 1975
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Chain;lan Jack \-1('13 ~lsk(>d if there WDS Dny mention mo;;uc to the l-ictro
Council of the siGned petitions opposin[; the proposL,,1 ;1Crf'''2'C
in tb:',f' ?l1'm. He replied that the Plan would have been rejected
by Metro Council with less than 10 acres and other cn18unities
~lith less <lcrcnee required will have to have much more stringent
building restrictions. Discussion followed on the ~erits of
10 acres versus 2~ acres in regard to sewage systems, public
services, etc. The Metro Council had previously given their
verbal consent to support Andover in c~se of a legal challenge
because of the acreage. requirements.
The Council members advised the Plannine ~nd Zonine Co~ission
to I:1al:e a fomal recol,)D"enc1.1tion on the Cor::prehcl1s1vc 1'1",1, tivil1L
<t ccn:pos ite of COlllIDissioners' impressions and thoughts. The
revie\1 of the Plan will be on the Agenda of the Planning and
Zoning for September 9, 1975.
Neeting adjourned at 9:45 P.M.
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Deloris J. anson
Corr~ir.sion Clerk