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City Council Minutes Page 2 May 4, 2004 7.1. Request to Rezone from Public to Exempt Commercial, City of Pequot Lakes Report presented by Chuck Marohn. Planning Commission recommended rezoning of the City Hall building from public to exempt commercial based on six findings of fact listed in the Planning and Zoning Administrator's report. COUNCIL MEMBER SJOBLAD MOVED TO APPROVE A ZONE CHANGE FOR THE CITY HALL PROPERTY FROM PUBLIC TO EXEMPT COMMERCIAL BASED ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S FINDING OF FACT. COUNCIL MEMBER PFEIFFER SECONDED THE MOTION. MOTION CARRIED 7-0. 7.2. Adoption of Comprehensive Plan Mayor Malecha gave the background on the creation of the draft comprehensive plan. She recommended that the Council vote to approve the plan so that the Planning Commission can move on to drafting and adopting the ordinances. She further recommended that the transportation plan be re-examined due to the references of the by-pass. MAYOR MALECHA MOVED TO APPROVE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AS RECOMMENDED WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE TRANSPORTATION PLAN, WHICH SHOULD BE RE-EXAMINED AND ALL REFERENCES TO THE BY-PASS CORRECTED. COUNCIL MEMBER SJOBLAD SECONDED THE MOTION. ROLL CALL VOTE: AKERSON — NAY, BOLZ-ANDOLSHEK— NAY, JOHNSON — AYE, MAYOR MALECHA— AYE, PFEIFFER— NAY, RYAN — NAY, SJOBLAD— AYE. MOTION FAILED 3-4. Tom Adams indicated he was disappointed in the City Council's decision and indicated that the Planning Commission would like to see more specifics as to why the plan was not approved. Council Member Ryan indicated that PLADO would like to review the comprehensive plan, specifically the economic development portion, prior to its adoption. Council Member Ryan further indicated that he had some concerns with the economic development portion of the plan and also that there were inconsistencies in the plan.