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MINliTES - <br />REGULAR 'PLANNING CO~'1NSISS70N MEETING <br />JAANUARY 8, 1890 <br />PAGE 2 - <br />Counclmember Ciernia stated that the Commission has many. ac ive, <br />engaged anal dedicated .people. serving ,on Commissions. then <br />considering the issue, representation will be .pant. of the discussion <br />as a31 parts of Falcon. Heights should be represented. Also, <br />whethQr or_mat the numbers cf members make discussions unnecessarily <br />cumbersome will be discussed. Mayor Baldwin suggested. that <br />the number o£ members an the Commission should be reduced to <br />expedite the-decision-making process. He suggested that other <br />communities may have smaller. Commissions. It makes for a more <br />efficient group. When choosing members for Commission appointment, <br />representation is revuewed and greatly considered. Hs sa~.d <br />he dd not want to fa'l back to 'seven Commissioners by just <br />not re-firing vacanciesbecause this action might be misinterpreted. <br />Nestingen and Black agreed that all parts of the City should <br />be re resented and should be conscousl considered when a ointments <br />pP <br />P Y <br />are made. The'Flannng Commission works ,well with itr present <br />number of.members and did not feel a reduction is in order. <br />paykn was. not opposed to a reductan taut felt a larger number <br />allowed subcommittee .assignments to be'filled more. easily. <br />After 'further discussion, Finegan mov4~, seconced by Deykin, <br />that ~t was the cnncensus of the Plarming Commission that it <br />would be difficult to maintain representation of the entire <br />City, that. diversity of .opinion has_not'created difficulties, <br />and, therefore, tie Planning Commission recommen8s that its <br />present size be maintained. The motion carried unanimously. <br />Finegan moved, seconded by Nestingen to nominate Leonard Boche <br />se Chairperson a: the Planning Commission. The. motion carried <br />unanimously. <br />Nestingen moved, seconded by Finegan, to nominate Donna Daykin <br />as Vice-Ohair/Secretary. The motion carried. unanimously. <br />STAFF UPDATE ON TSE PROPOSED SHOPPING CENTER BY PROFESSIONAL <br />VENTURES AT THE S~t7T EAST CORNER OF' LARPENTE~TR AND SNELLING <br />AVENU S T A `H--2 ZONE <br />P annex Susan Hoyt Taff advised that the City Council entered <br />itttc~ a Preliminary DQVelvpment Agreement .with Professional <br />.Ventures Developers on December 13, 1989. She reviewed the <br />site plan, type of construction, types of prabab].e tenants, <br />traffic patterns and Barking for the 66000'.square foot,. one-story <br />eommercialstructure. She also advised- that a Code change <br />w11 be necessary t© accommodate a day care center as a conditional.. <br />use, as well as other areas: whereconditanal uses and variances <br />may: be required. One of the major constraints on the site <br />