05-10-2018 Planning Commission Minutes

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MINUTES PLANNING COMMISSION MAY 10, 2018 Commission is charged with the duty to review and comment on the sale of property by the City (EDA) in terms of compliance with the Comprehensive Plan. Pursuant to the 2030 Comprehensive Plan currently in effect, this area is guided as industrial and the proposed use by Q3 Contracting would be in compliance with the proposed land use. Johnson recommended adopting the following statement: The proposed sale and ultimate land use for 53 & 167 South Owasso Boulevard is in conformance with the City's Comprehensive Plan and the contemplated sale should proceed. Motion and amendment seconded by Kwapick. Motion carried 7 — 0. DISCUSS The City Planner explained that he has been working on getting the draft of COMPREHENSIVE the Comprehensive Plan ready for public hearing and a formal review by PLAN UPDATE adjacent communities and groups. He stated that he is going to review things that were looked at during the open house, and some of the contemplated land use changes and how they compare to forecasts from the Metropolitan Council. He stated that the Metropolitan Council will review each city's plan to see how it fits in to their regional systems plan through the year 2040. The City Planner explained that the Comprehensive Plan shows how we want our community to look over the next 20 plus years. The City Planner explained the process to completing the Comprehensive Plan. He stated that the Metropolitan Council will review and make comments, but there are not typically many changes in fully developed cities. He noted that most comments are in regards to the goal numbers that each city is given, but Little Canada has objected to some of these numbers, such as for affordable housing and employment growth. The City Planner reviewed the existing land use map and explained that it must be consistent with the zoning map. He stated that Met Council's employment number projections have high forecasted growth in 2040. He stated that Little Canada's new affordable housing target number for the years 2020-2030 is 79 units. The City Planner stated that there are redevelopment areas indicated throughout the city, along with a concept for a downtown area that the City Council will be discussing more this year. He reviewed several redevelopment concept overlays and the potential higher land uses. He noted that the City has indicated that they would not aggressively pursue redevelopment, but encourage it if the property owners were interested.