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Council Member Ryan had the following comments: <br /> • Our community does not support entrepreneurship. <br /> • We have barrier after barrier for them to move forward. <br /> • We are the third highest tax city in Crow Wing County; <br /> • This community wants a bedroom, quiet, retirement based community. <br /> • The bypass vote sent a strong signal that this community does not want the traffic <br /> in town that would be its life blood. <br /> • We are not extending services out there. You are going around town but you are <br /> not extending any water and sewer out there. <br /> • The more commerce we've got going the better we'll be. <br /> • This (Plan)is a destination, a retail destination,tourist Ian generally,with a <br /> couple of other lip service for other stuff around. That's what your gut is telling <br /> you. And I have the same sense for it but from my perspect ve it's well, if that's <br /> what the community wants,to be a bedroom ,, 'unity, we're gonna get it. And <br /> everything's in place from very restrictive d use ordinancesi4 Eck of desire to <br /> extend city services out to any place th e can ally do it. <br /> • We're schizophrenic half the time in peq �t We a t consistent i bur <br /> N �1 <br /> message. <br /> • When the road was coming through town we h r �Sibility and this retail <br /> community was viable. Ther&vwt s excitement. .'fiat's not the case. <br /> • We could implement a plan that cantmplates the nectars growth. I always <br /> � <br /> have believed commerce follows'iraffic ere is gong e traffic out there. I <br /> could have been for a bypass that skid this is were the growth needs to be. <br /> • Everything is ju <br /> _9,146MI Wul sometimes to do things that seem like common sense <br /> to me. z X33 <br /> • I'd say go ns wh it's easy. do to Cass County. It is not an easy place <br /> f r <br /> here. . <br /> � r' <br /> leg <br /> MR, WINE,A motion was mane by Bill F ' seconded by Mark Hallan,to end the discussion. <br /> All members voted"aye". Moon died. <br /> VOTE ON QTION TO REC D APPROVAL OF THE COMP PLAN AND <br /> SEND IT T01-TV AE CITY COUNCIL: 6 Aye; 1 Nay(Derksen)Motion carried. <br /> ADDITIONS OR b►EI,ETIONS TO THE AGENDA: None. <br /> OPEN FORUM: None. <br /> NEW BUSINESS: <br /> A. John Derksen suggested with the Government Drive Improvement Project <br /> perhaps now was a good time to change the name since there are no government <br /> buildings along the street. Chairman Pederson suggested this could be included in the <br /> Improvement discussions. <br /> i <br /> MINUTES 4 <br /> Pequot Lakes Planning Commission <br /> May 19, 2011 <br />