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i wu. a1vw~ v vvv~.itt a l.i1l'' --mot. 1 au1 1 lVUl.~.t 11VDJ LiullVltcil 1'11uG1~', JUL1G G/ 1 i comprehensive > plan.? While I was planning to present my documentation at the next mee ting, I > will try to drop it off at your house in the next several days so you can see > the whole history of this sad tale.? You need to go beyond reading the master > plan, and look at the underlying documentation of the 6/26/01 packet, and the > amendment the Council made on that date, evidence by the minutes of the meeting. > Wishful thinking is clouding your analysis. > Al Sands > -----Original Message----- > From: Dan Roe <~? r ,~_ ., ~ > > To _ _ __~..~ > Sent: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 3:12 am > Subject: RE: Howt o Govern a City --St. Paul Pioneer Press Editorial Friday, > June 27 > I have reviewed the 2001 master plan approval based on your earlier emails, and > I simply do not see it as proscriptive as you see it.? Even with the "scenario > la" map excluded, which is clear from reading the minutes of the meeting, and > from the master plan itself, there is another map with 4 options that is still > part of the master plan, plus the text in the master plan, when read in full, > does provide for flexibility.? > ? > How is picking zoning designations on a parcel by parcel basis less of a central > plan than an area-wide zoning designation that allows for some flexibility as to > exactly where each particular type of use goes (within the constraints of the > master plan)?? I can see the argument that. the parcel by parcel specific zoning > approach is MORE restrictive than B6.? Plus, each zoning designation comes with > a bunch of uses, some of which may meet the intent for the area, and some of ~ > which may be outside of what is intended.? (If you pick B2 because it allows one > desired use, you could also end up allowing a totally different use that you > don't want to allow.)? By using B6, you get a different specific set of possible > uses.? Depends on what you want to do.? Or more correctly, what the community > wants to do. > ? > Zoning only changes when a new proposal comes along that meets the comp plan for > the area.? Until that happens, each parcel can be used to its current > designation as fully and as long as anyone wants to.? I am fairly sure that the > B6 zoning for Twin Lakes that was done for the last project was contingent on > the plan going through, so the area should revert back to?its most recent > previous zoning designation now that the project did not happen. > ? > Prospective buyers (and sellers) DO know what use the land can be put to right r arc i ut ~~, http://webmail.aol.com/29047/aoVen-us/MaiUPrintMessage.aspx 8/7/2007