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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes
JANUARY 6, 2005
The January 6, 2005 Planning Commission meeting was called to order by Chair
Stolte in the City Hall Council Chambers at 6:00 p.m.
Flag pledge and roll call of members:
Present: Reuvers, Pattee, Stolte, Detjen, Grenz, Drotning, ex-officio Arvidson.
Absent: Swecker.
Staff Present: Daryl Morey, Planning Director; Jay Rubash, Assistant City Engineer;
Andrea Poehler, Assistant City Attorney; and Penny Brevig, Recording Secretary.
ITEM 3. APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES:
The December 1b, 2004 Planning Commission meeting minutes were approved as
presented.
The December 16, 2004 Planning Commission work session notes were approved as
presented..
ITEM 4. ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Mr. More indicated that a memo from. Associate Planner Frank Dempsey outlining
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a request by a property owner for consideration of a Shoreland variance was
distributed to Planning Commission members before tonight's meeting and
requested the opportunity to briefly discuss this item at the end of tonight's work
session.
ITEM 5. ELECTION OF 2005 PLANNING'COMMISSION OFFICERS
05.01 .Motion by Reuvers, Second by Pattee to nominate Commissioner Swecker to the
office of Chair for the year 2005, to nominate Commissioner Drotning to the office
of Vice Chair for the year 2005, to nominate Commissioner Detjen to the office of
Secretary for the year 2005, and to close nominations.
Ayes: Reuvers, Pattee, Stolte, Detjen, Grenz, Drotning.
Nays: 0
Mr. Morey indicated that. the new Chair will begin her duties at the January 20,
2005 Planning Commission meeting. He will contact Commissioner Swecker to
inform her of the vote and to schedule an orientation session.
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Commissioner Drotning informed the public that Commissioner Swecker was
unable to make tonight's meeting due to a family emergency, but had been aware
of her possible nomination.
ITEM CONSENT AGENDA
05.02 Motion by Drotning, Second by Pattee to recommend to City Council approval of
the January 6, 2005 Planning Commission Consent Agenda as follows:
Approve the application of Kathleen Navarre for athree-year extension of a
Special Home Occupation Permit to operate a massage therapy business out
of her home, located at 20865 Holiday Avenue.
Ayes: Pattee, Swecker, Stolte, Detjen, Grenz, Drotning, Reuvers.
Nays: 0
ITEM 7. NEW BUSINESS
Mr. Morey stated that°Chair Stolte and Vice Chair Drotning will be attending the
. January 10, 2005 City Council work session to provide an update on the Planning
Commission's review of specific Brandtjen Farms design elements. He indicated
that the next Planning Commission meeting will be January 20, 2005.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at .6:05 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
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Penny v'g, Recording Secret ry
ATTEST:
• owell Miller Stolte, Chair
Meeting Notes
Planning Commission Work Session
Thursday, January 6, 2005
Marion Conference Room
The Planning Commission work session commenced at 6:15 p.m. in the Marion
Conference Room at City Hall.
Commissioners Present: Lowell Miller Stolte, Dale Detjen, Karl Drotning, Gerry Grenz,
Steve Pattee, Paul Reuvers, and ex-officio John Arvidson.
Staff Present: Planning Director Daryl Morey, Planning Consultant Daniel Licht of NAG,
and Assistant City. Engineer Jay Rubash.
.Also Present: Rob Wachholz, Marc Putman and Roger Tomten representing Tradition
Development, and Bob Shaw with the St. Paul Pioneer Press.
Brandtien Farms
Mr. Morey stated that the Planning Commission has held five work sessions to date to
discuss various design elements associated with the Brandtjen Farms PUD. Tradition
. Development prepared a colored workbook summarizing the work session. discussions,
which has been provided to the Planning Commission. In addition, Daniel Licht
prepared a memorandum dated December 28; 2004 that included a summary table of
the agreed upon design elements, which was also provided to the Planning
Commission. Mr. Morey requested the Planning Commission provide modifications or
clarifications they have to these two documents for presentation to the City Council at a
work session to be held on January 10, 2005. The Planning Commission made the
following comments:
• Regarding Streetscape 5 on page 2.7 of the workbook, the Planning Commission
does not support this design for. higher volume streets due to concerns over the
ability to make. safe turning movements in to and out of the perpendicular parking
stalls. In the case of .higher traffic volume streets, the 24 foot wide, two-lane
traffic aisles must be widened. This streetscape design will only be considered
for very low traffic volume streets where turning movements will not cause a
traffic safety concern.
• Streetscapes 7 and 8 on page 2.7 should have a 13 foot wide, one-way drive
lane with an 8 foot wide parallel parking aisle consistent with the Planning
Commission's agreed upon design standard for the minor collector parkway.
• The Planning Commission expressed their support for the proposed 60 foot wide
single family cottage lots provided the houses constructed on these lots are
consistent with the examples identified in the workbooks.
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• The Planning Commission clarified that they support one stall garages only when
utilized for attached multiple family units, provided additional parking is
constructed on site, and/or as a separate structure providing a third garage stall
for single family uses.
• The Planning Commission recommended that the information sheet on
Accessory Residential Spaces (page 3.15 from workbook #4) be .provided to the
City Council at their January 10, 2005 work session.
• The Planning Commission recommended that Mr. Licht's memo `be revised to
separate the bullet regarding density transfer and location of dwelling unit types.
• Staff recommended that the term "mining" in Mr. Licht's memo be changed to
"aggregate processing" to reflect the on-going activities that will occur on the
Nordic Square site after the aggregate mining is completed on the Brandtjen
Farm site in 2005.
Kirben Avenue Variance
Mr. Morey presented the issues described in Associate Planner Frank Dempsey's
January 5, 2005 planning memo regarding a potential variance request fora .property
• 'located at 17155 Kirben Avenue to allow an addition to an existing single #amily home
with a private septic system. The .property is
non-conforming with respect to lot area and setback from the OHWL of Orchard Lake.
The existing septic system is failing and must be replaced by the property owner. The
majority of the residents along Kirben Avenue recently told Engineering Department
staff at a neighborhood meeting that they do not support a public improvement project
to extend City sewer and water and .pave a rural section street. due to the cost
(approximately $40,000/property owner).
The Planning Commission stated that they would not support a variance due to the lack
of an undue hardship unique to the subject .property. They stated, however, that they
would support a conditional use .permit to allow the construction of a detached garage
on anon-conforming lot,provided both the garage .and the new septic system meet the
100 foot setback .requirement from the OHWL for a unsewered lot.
The work session was adjourned at 7:25 p.m.
spe fully submitted,
• Da I M re Plannin irector
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