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PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES
February 21, 1985
7:00 p.m.
Dennis Miller, Acting Chairman, called the meeting to order at
7:00 p.m. in the Lakeville City Council Chambers.
Roll call of members was taken.. Present: Cammack,_Langhorst,
Miller, Walters. .Absent: MacGibbon, Sizer
.Also present: Tom Grundhoefer, City Attorney; Alan Brixius,
City Planner;. Jim Robinette, Community Development Director;
Shirley Sorensen, Recording Secretary.
Acting Chairman Miller called for additions or corrections to
the minutes of the February 7, 1985 planning commission meeting..
85.22 Motion was made by Langhorst, seconded by Walters, to approve
the minutes of the February 7, 1985 planning commission: meeting.
Roll call was. taken on the motion. Ayes: Unanimous
Acting Chairman Miller called for the. final plat of Dodd Pointe
2nd Addition. Mr. Peter Bishop :represented Shamrock :Builders
and stated there had been no :changes made in .the preliminary
plat that was previously approved.
85.23 Motion was made by Miller, seconded by Cammack, to recommend to
city council approval of Dodd Pointe 2nd and 3rd Additions,
subject to any recommendations by the City Engineer, City
Planner, City Administrator, or Community Development Director..
Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes: Unanimous.
Acting Chairman Miller opened the public hearing to consider the
application of Searle Grain. Company for vacating a portion of
.208th Street W, 15 feet wide and 118.02 feet in length, west of
Holyoke Ave on which grain storage facilities now exist. _Mr.
Grundhoefer stated that the. proper mailed and. published notices
had been given for this hearing.
Mr. John Allen of Despatch Industries asked if there would be
any change in the street,_as far as :their access was concerned
and Mr. Robinette said there would not.
85.24 Motion was made_by Langhorst, seconded by Walters, to close the
public hearing.
Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes: Unanimous
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February 21, 1985
85.25. .Motion was made by Cammack, seconded by Miller, to recommend to
city council approval of the application for vacating a portion
of 208th Street W, 15 feet wide and .118.02 feet in length, west
of Holyoke Avenue on .which grain storage #acilities now exist.
Roll call was taken. on the motion.. Ayes: Unanimous
Acting Chairman Miller opened. .the .public hearing. to consider the.
application of_Hitchcock Industries for rezoning two parcels of
property in Airlake Industrial_Park, along Cedar Avenue and
Highway 50, from I-2, General Industrial District, to B-3,
Auto-Oriented Business District. Mr. Grundhoefer stated the
proper. mailed and published notices had. been given for this
hearing.
Mr. Brixius went over. his report dated. February .14th and Mr.
Maynard Johnson, Hitchcock Industries, gave,a brief history of
this property, explained what is being planned at this time, and
said this is not good land for him to .develop industrially. Mr.
.Johnson said he would be procuring the necessary easements from
Williams Pipeline to narrow it to 1:00 feet.
• 85.26 Motion was made by Walters, seconded by Langhorst, to close the
public .hearing.
Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes: Unanimous
Commission members felt this was a good use. of the land, since
the one dealership is already there.
85.27 Motion was made by Langhorst, seconded by Miller, to recommend
to the city council approval. of the application of Hitchcock
Industries for rezonng_two parcels of property in Airlake
Industrial Park, along .Cedar Avenue and Highway 50, from I-2,
General Industrial District, to B-3, Auto-Oriented Business
District, subject to a Lakeville Comprehensive Plan Amendment to
allow for commercial development at the corner of Highway. 50 and
Cedar Avenue.
Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes: Unanimous
Acting Chairman Miller opened the public hearing to_consider the
application of_Jack Lankas Construction for subdividing'S3 acres
into single family-:detached lots, to be known as Lake Marion
Estates, along County Road 64 south of Lake Marion. Mr.
Grundhoefer stated that the proper mailed .and published notices
had been given for this hearing.
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Mr. Brixius went over his report dated February 14, explaining
the street system, street right-of-way, site drainage, park
dedication, phasing plan, screening and. need for a Comprehensive
Plan amendment.
Mr. Rick Sathre, Architect for .Jack Lankas, explained that this
project is coordinated with Meadows West and they would be
amending one_of the accesses on the Meadows West plat at a
future date. This access was discussed at length previously and
will be an improvement. in the Meadows West plat.
A Mr. Hyman Edelman, Attorney for Delford Ashley, was in atten-
dance to follow-up on his letter to the City of Lakeville dated
February 20, 1985,. saying .the legal description included a
portion of land owned by Mr. Ashley. Let the record show this.
letter. has been received. Mr. Edelman wants to establish the
history of this property and who owns this abandoned railroad
property.
Mr. Tom Klausler, 10213 205th St W, lives opposite of where the
old exit was planned for Meadows West and very much appreciates
.the moving of this access.
Mr. Larry Eich, 10310. 204th St W, said his main concern was the
traffic to be generated from all this development. He would
_like to see .the road situation looked into further before all of
this building comes to pass, he just doesn't think the road can
handle it.
Mr. Robinette went over the traffic count for this area and also.
made comparisons to the traffic count in other areas of the
city. He went on-to say that when it is warranted, the road
will be upgraded. Mr. Ech still wanted to make sure that this
problem was addressed and felt the city should .take over this
county road.
The traffic count on Co. Rd. 64 now is 1400 cars per day and Mr.
Sathre said the projected count for the year 2000 is 2400 cars.
85.28 Motion was made by Walters, seconded by Cammack, to close the
public hearing.
Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes.: Unanimous
Discussion followed on lot sizes, no lake access, park or
payment of park dedication fees, drainage, accesses, flight
patterns and Comprehensive Plan change.
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85.29 Motion was made by Langhorst, seconded by Cammack, to recommend
to city council approval of the application of Jack Lankas
Construction for a preliminary plat for subdividing 53 acres.
into single family detached lots, to be known as Lake Marion
Estates, along County Road 64 south of Lake Marion, subject to
the four (4) recommendations in the planner's report dated
February 14, 1985, the engineer's report of February 14, .1985,
and any other staff recommendations.
Roll call was taken on the motion. Ayes: Unanimous.
Under any other business. Mr. Robinette stated that we would. be
holding a public hearing for revoking the conditional use permit
issued on October 17, 1983 to Dean Nelson, for .moving in a house
on 175th'Street.
He also said we would have the presentation. of he Downtown
Concept Plan at our next meeting..
85.30 Motion was made by Langhorst to adjourn the meeting.
Acting Chairman Miller adjourned the meeting at .8:30 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,.
hir ey Soren ecording Secretary
ATTEST:
Dennis Mi er, Acting Chairman, Secretary
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