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e In reply to a question by Mr. Haws, Mr. Allen estimated the sewer would extend 2,000-3,000 feet past the urban service boundary area to the river. Mr. Bradley wondered how much of the area outside the urban service boundary would be served by the storm sewer, to which Mr. Allen replied, very little. Public hearing was opened. Bruce Anderson, 101 East Broadway, represented a group of citizens who were petitioning LCDC regarding the recent Cone/Breeded annexation. He expressed appreciation to staff for their help in the past week in providing information regarding this grant. He made some specific points as to why he felt the City had not acted appropriately in this grant application at this time. He noted the City changes its policies from time to time as the goals change, citing the recent adoption by LCDC of state goals and guidelines, which will require cities to take a more specific look at the use of agriculture land. A legal point he raised was whether the grant had been properly made under the EDA guidelines. He said the grant application agreement asked the three jurisdictions that the three agencies reconsider and resubmit the application if a planning target was reduced. He did not feel this had been done. He requested that Council compare the land-use planning carried out in the 1960's to the present land-use planning under state Goals and e Guidelines, and further, that Council not accept the grant, but that it attempt to find alternative uses for the money. A second choice he suggested to Council was that the money be accepted with the stipu- lation that the City staff be directed to work with representatives of the petitioners to LCDC to secure a substitute project, and not to irrevocably commit the money to storm sewer project. A third recommendation was that if the City decided to use the funds for the Coburg Road storm sewer, it would not commit those funds for spending without ten days advance notice, and not before other alternatives have been looked at. He continued that the 1990 Plan Update is going to have to be more specifically identified in the future, and felt there would be more stress on agricultural land for agricultural production. He said if that happens, the City should not have committed these lands to any other use in the interim. Jerry Rust, 260 East 21st, spoke as a private citizen against accep- tance of this money. He noted the urban service boundary should be site-specific. He felt the classes of soil in the surrounding area should be looked at, saying there was very little of class 1 and 2 soils, and with the City encroaching on more class 2 soil as it pro- gresses north toward the McKenzie River. He felt the community's ideas were changing about land use and felt that agricultural land needed to be protected. He suggested an alternative might to be to accept the grant and commit money for a storm sewer only to the area within - the city limits. 9/6/77--3 ~~g