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City of � A lE Minnesota,USA Board of Adjustments and Appeals and Regular City Council Meeting Minutes City Hall Council Chambers, 2660 Civic Center Drive Monday, January 10, 2011 Convene as Board of Adjustments and Appeals Roll Call Chair Roe called to order the Roseville City Council, convening as the Board of Adjust- ments and Appeals at approximately 6:00 p.m. and welcomed everyone. (Voting and Seating Order for January: Willmus; Johnson; Pust; McGehee; and Roe). City Attorney Charlie Bartholdi was also present. Councilmember Johnson was not present at tonight's meeting due to illness. Chair Roe briefly reviewed the process during the initial portion of the meeting as the City Council met as the Board of Adjustments and Appeals, at which he would serve as the Chair and Councilmembers would serve as Members of the Board. A. Receive Appeal from Woods Edge Homeowners Association and Old High- way 8 Neighborhood Residents regarding rejection of petition requesting a Comprehensive Plan Amendment to the land use guidance for 3253 and 3261 Old Highway 8; and referring the appeal to the Planning Commission Community Development Director Patrick Trudgeon summarized the Request for Board of Adjustments and Appeals Action dated January 10, 2011, and as amended at 4:00 p.m. on January 7, 2011, provided as a bench handout, attached hereto and made a part hereof Mr. Trudgeon reviewed the background of the petition originally filed with the Community Development Department by Ms. Ri- ta Mix representing Woods Edge Homeowners Association and Old Highway 8 Neighborhood residents on November 16, 2010, requesting that the City Council "amend the Roseville Comprehensive Plan to recommend "MDR (Medium Den- sity Residential) with future zoning to be of a density no greater than R-6 for 3253 and 3261 Old Highway 8." On December 8, 2010, Community Development Di- rector Trudgeon forwarded to Ms. Mix, as the petitioners' representative a memo- randum from the City Attorney stating that the petition should be rejected on pro- cedural grounds since neither state statute nor City Code allowed for abutting property owners to initiate a Comprehensive Plan Amendment. However, Mr. Trudgeon noted that staff included the petition as part of the case material pre- sented to the City Council on December 13, 2010 where the City Council consi- dered adoption of a new zoning map. Mr. Trudgeon noted that on December 20, 2010, an Appeal of City Council Deci- sions was received by City Manager Bill Malinen from Woods Edge Homeown- ers Association and Old Highway 8 Neighborhood Residents appealing decisions