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. ,I MINUTES OF REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING Village of Arden Hills ~londay, December 13, 1971 - 8:00 p.m. V I II age Ha I I Ca f f '1"0 Order The mE;ei-ing was called -to order ,,1" 8:00 p.m. by Mayor Crepeau. Roll Call Presont:- Mayol" Ci"epeaU, Councilmen Dlmsl;, Ho! lenhoi-st, Henderson and Herrick Absent: None Ai~o Present: Clerk Administrator Lorraine Stromquist. Treasurer Richard O'Kelly, Attorney Vincent P. Courtney, Engineers Donald Lund and Donald Christoffersen. 11 , ) Appr~~~1 oL-~U~~ The Minutes of the Regular Council Meeting of NOVember 29, 1971 were approved as amended. The Minutes of the Special Council Meeting of December 7, 1971 were approved as submitted. ~rden HiJ 15 Spo~~!l_~,U..:!E. , Mr. Roy Anderson, President of the Arden Hi lIs Sportsman Club, ap~eared on behalf of the club. He asked that the property owned by the club described as Lot I, Block 5, Shady Oaks Addition, be'rezoned from R-I to L-B, and that a Special Use PsnnU b(~ ap~roved "rO al 'O~I the cons','ruc- tion and operation of a clubhouse on the property. Mr. 'Anderson read a prepared statement,(dated December '3, 1971, and on file at the Virlage office) which detailed the history of the SportSfilan Club and i i"5 act I v j t j as I n the commun i ty. He further out lined the past activities of the club in its acquisition of the property j nvo I ved, and the past cHarts by club members ""0 obta i n a perm i t "rO construct a clubhouse on the property. He listed reasons to show that the proposed clubhouse would be an asset to the area and would not cause adjoining property va~~e9 .to decline. Mr, Dick Nielson, clubmsmber and teacher from Mounds View HighSchooi, was Introduced. He described the site plan and building design. He said the building and grounds will be designed and landscaped to blend with natural surroundlng5.~hat the ciub Is considering a plan fpr a n~ture Melklng trail, and that the club intends to proper~y maintain The property. Mr. Anderson submitted a petition containing 239 names, which stated t~at they ware in favor of allowing the Arden Hi I Is Sportsman C1ub to build the proposed ~lubhouSB. Mayor Crepeau then asked for questions from the f~oor and from Council members. Councilman Dimen aSked how the site felt about the proposal. i.o it in some cases. residents Immediately adjacent to ths Mr. Anderson s~ld there was opposition Icollnci Iman HerTicl< as!\oc! wlHlt and egress to the site. , kind of plans have been made for Ingress Mr. Anderson said plans submitted at this meeting show what 15 done to date. The Counel I discussed the Ra~sey County Open Space program, and the Bction of the County Board of November 27, !971, to acquire a 53-acre open space site, which Included the Sportsman Club property. The Council Indlcatod concern that the c'ub proposaj might jeopardIze the County land acquisition plan. Mr. Anderson said that, to date~ theciub has not been approached by the County concerning property acquisition. He further stated that he feit the proposed club house would be compatiblo to the open space usa of the adjoining land. .. ~ .....