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Jones explained the campus housing overlay district proposed in the plan for the area on campus south of Commonwealth Avenue. The city has been approached regarding possible future construction of a fraternity house on campus at Cleveland and Commonwealth. This might come under the city's zoning controls, so the district is an attempt to prepare for that possibility or future changes at Commonwealth Terrace. When a private entity leases land for housing from the University, that land does fall under city zoning jurisdiction, which is the case for 1666 Coffman and the University Grove. Lukermann brought up discussions last year on what the city might like to see if the University were to give up any of its land for development. She noted that the current draft is very vague on this subject and asked if that was intentional. Jones described the evolution of staff thinking in this issue. The city intends to remove the existing dual zoning from all the institutional land and zone it all as public land. Then the public institutions would have to come to the city to seek rezoning if any change was planned and there could be an amendment of the comprehensive plan. It was the feeling at the staff level that this is sufficient, given the limited resources and time available to create this plan. Lukermann pointed out that there are some specifics that do address public land in the Larpenteur-Cleveland area. Jones said the plan's description of acivic-cultural-recreational hub in that area recognizes existing and planned amenities, such as the Bell Museum, and expresses a hope to dovetail with plans the University already has to create a "gateway" in that area; the city has no actual jurisdiction there. In response to another question from Commissioner Lukermann, Jones explained that the plan is proposing that before any major changes take place on Larpenteur, the city intends to conduct a corridor study along Larpenteur and then amend the comp plan, if necessary, to reflect the results of that study. The city did not have time or financial resources to undertake the study while the comp plan was being prepared, so it is being proposed as part of the implementation. The timing of the study would depend on when the Council could provide the funds for it. Anderson asked why the approval timetable was moved up. Jones explained that the city had originally planned to submit the draft, as required, to surrounding municipalities for their review and comments before the local approval process. However, staff found out that the Metropolitan Council prefers that the local approvals be done first.. The other cities must be given six months for their review, and the plan is due at the Metropolitan Council by the end of the year, so Falcon Heights approval needed to be moved up. INFORMATION AND ANNOUNCEMENTS: There were no announcements. ADJOURNMENT: The meeting was adjourned at 8:20 p.m. Respectfully submitted, i Deborah Jones, Staff Liaison City of Falcon Heights -Planning Commission Meeting of February 26, 2008 -Page 3 of 3