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Regular City Council Meeting <br /> Monday,January 28, 2019 <br /> Page 18 <br /> number of units. He stated he struggled a little bit if the applicant was proposing <br /> four units and not able to make that work in LDR-1. <br /> Mr. Trudgeon indicated the letter that came back from the Met Council was on <br /> November 26, so the City had nine extra days and without any other recourse to <br /> look at any other possibilities or the law, he thought the time was up. <br /> City Attorney Gaughan stated the City Council has already approved rezoning <br /> subject to Met Council approval so to not approve this now would be an added <br /> difficulty. <br /> Mayor Roe thought the action the City Council took was just to approve the <br /> change of land use designation in the Comp Plan and send it to the Met Council. <br /> He did not think the City Council took any action related to the zoning. He <br /> thought this property was just LDR guidance-wise and the zoning was applied for. <br /> Mr. Paschke stated there was no action taken on the zoning. <br /> Mr. Trudgeon stated the Planning Commission did recommend LDR-2. <br /> Mayor Roe stated if the sixty-day window has passed, the applicant has their <br /> LDR-2 zoning because that is what the applicant applied for. <br /> Councilmember Groff stated the Planning Commission was presented with the <br /> plan with the four properties and this conversation never came up there. <br /> Councilmember Etten believed the conversation did come up at the Planning <br /> Commission meeting because there was discussion regarding why LDR-1 versus <br /> LDR-2. <br /> Mayor Roe read the motion the City Council took according to the minutes. He <br /> indicated the Council only approved that a portion of the area be changed from <br /> LDR to Institutional, which is what went to the Met Council and the only action <br /> the City Council took as a result of the application. However, the application was <br /> a full rezoning of the area. <br /> City Attorney Gaughan stated that was correct and under State Law, the zoning <br /> application extended sixty days after the Met Council's process is completed <br /> which appears to be November 26. <br /> Councilmember Etten asked if the City Attorney felt the City Council needed to <br /> legally approve this. <br /> Mayor Roe thought this application was already approved and no matter what the <br /> Council does, it is approved by State Law. <br />