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April 29, 2004 <br /> Mayor and City Council <br /> City of Pequot Lakes <br /> P.O. Box 361 <br /> Pequot Lakes, MN 56472 <br /> Re: Planning and Zoning Administrator's Report <br /> Dear Mayor and City Council, <br /> I do plan to be at your upcoming meeting to present these items and answer questions on <br /> this report. Please, if you have questions on any of these items, alert me prior to the <br /> meeting so that I may address them for everyone ahead of time or be better prepared to <br /> address them at the meeting itself. Please contact me at 218-828-6820 or by email at <br /> marohnOcommunitygrowth.com if there is anything I can help clarify for you. <br /> The Planning Commission met for their regularly scheduled April meeting where they <br /> held two public hearings. At this time they are forwarding the following <br /> recommendations for your consideration: <br /> 1. Request to rezone from Public to Exempt Commercial, City of Pequot Lakes. <br /> The City of Pequot Lakes has purchased the Liberty Tool building and will be <br /> relocating City Hall there this summer. Part of the financing plan includes the <br /> sale of City Hall. The City Hall property is currently zoned Public. The future <br /> land use map shows this area as future Downtown Mixed Use. <br /> After reviewing the application, the Planning Commission is recommending that <br /> you approve the rezoning based off of the following findings of fact: <br /> 1. The parcel is currently zoned Public, although there is no definition or <br /> proscribed uses for the Public zone. <br /> 2. The present development on the parcel is City Hall, a building containing <br /> offices, meeting rooms and storage areas. <br /> 3. The parcel topography is flat. There are no development constraints for <br /> either zoning classification. <br /> 4. The parcel is on a municipal street and is served by municipal sewer and <br /> water utilities. This is required for the proposed zoning classification. <br /> 5. The draft Future Land Use Map indicates that this area should contain a <br /> mix of high-density residential and commercial uses. <br /> 6. At this stage in the comprehensive planning process, rezoning this parcel <br /> to a downtown commercial use is consistent with the City's vision for the <br /> future. <br />