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.7 MEMORANDUM Tai Members of the Planning Commission CC: Heather Worthington, City Administrator; Peter Lindstrom, Council Liaison From: Deb Jones, Staff Liaison Subject: Planning Commission Meeting on November 23 Date: November 19, 2004 There are two significant agenda items this month, a variance request from a resident in University Grove and additional discussion of issues related to storage under our zoning code. • On the variance, there is no Staff recommendation this time. We have decided to defer to the Commission's judgment. This is another case that is not very clear cut. There are points to be made on both sides and room for a broader discussion of how the commons parcels in the Grove should be reckoned into zoning provisions. The discussion on storage was recommended at the June, 2004, meeting, at which the Commission considered (and recommended denial of) TIES' application to amend the B-3 code. The City Administrator would like the Commission to have a substantive discussion on this issue Tuesday. She will be there, as will a representative of the City Attorney and the Executive Director of TIES. We are not revisiting the decision on that particular zoning amendment application but looking at the whole issue in the context of the code review we have been conducting this year. The only action requested is some recommendation toward next year's code revisions, if you feel this is an area that needs change. I am still pulling in research material and will give a presentation Tuesday on how these issues are treated in other city codes. In the meantime, the staff report recommends some sections of our code you may want to look at again. If you have time, you might also wish to a little web research of your own, especially for out of state cities. My material is all from Minnesota. Finally, we need to do some planning and set some dates on our calendars. Heather and I are in the process of organizing a training opportunity for Commissioners on a Saturday morning early next year; we need to find your best date for that. Also, we would like to try to set up one last workshop on Chapter 9 in that same time frame (or sooner). The Planning Commission will, as usual, not have a regular meeting in December. • If you are unable to attend Tuesday's meeting, please let Staff know as soon as possible. We need a quorum!