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• <br />MEMORANDUM <br />To: Members of the Planning Commission <br />CC: Justin Miller, City Administrator; <br />Laura Kuettel, Council Liaison <br />From: Deb Jones, Staff Liaison <br />Subject: Planning Commission Meeting on February 27, 2007 <br />Date: February 23, 2007 <br />This month's formal agenda is very short, preceding two workshops. The workshops will <br />be off camera. Please bring the binder you received last month with the zoning chapter <br />and the comprehensive plan. <br />• The first workshop will be an orientation on variances, kind of a "mini-training," because <br />we expect to receive a variance application in March. We recommend that you read <br />Section 62 of the zoning chapter before the meeting, as well as the material in the packet. <br />The second workshop is in preparation for a planning application we expect to receive <br />from the UM chapter Alpha Gamma Rho. They have a fraternity house across the street <br />from the Falcon Heights Campus and are in negotiations with the University to build a <br />new house on campus. Because they would occupy the land under along-term lease, the <br />project would come under our zoning jurisdiction, and there is a lot of process that will <br />have to happen to make that possible. We recommend that you review the comp plan <br />before the meeting, because the broad question you will need to consider is whether this <br />use, which is not provided for in our zoning code, is compatible with our existing <br />comprehensive plan. <br />GTS has informed me that fall would be the soonest they could set up a custom training <br />for us, so we need to consider the options again. The final GTS 2007 training brochure is <br />now available. It has been emailed to you, or it can be downloaded from their website. I <br />will have some copies available at the meeting. <br />If you are unable to attend the meeting, please notify Staff as soon as possible. Thank <br />you! <br />C7 <br />