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MINUTES OF THE WORKSHOP MEETING CITY COUNCIL LITTLE CANADA, MINNESOTA MAY 269 2021 Pursuant to due call and notice thereof a Workshop meeting of the City Council of Little Canada, Minnesota was convened on the 26th day of May, 2021 in the Conference Room of the City Center located at 515 Little Canada Road in said City. In accordance with the requirements of Minn. Stat. Section 13D. 021, the City Administrator has determined that an in person meeting is not practical or prudent because of a health pandemic or an emergency declared under Chapter 12 of the Minnesota Statutes. Because of the health pandemic and emergency declaration, it has been determined that attendance at the regular meeting location by elected officials and members of the public is not feasible. Therefore, some or all of the City Council members may be participating by telephone or other electronic means. This meeting will be recorded in its entirety. Members of the public may monitor the meeting on the CTV North Suburbs website (live stream) or use the meeting link provided on the city website prior to the meeting. Mayor John Keis called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. and the following members of the City Council were present at roll call: CITY COUNCIL: Mayor Keis, Council Members Fischer, Torkelson, McGraw & Miller. Absent: None. ALSO PRESENT: City Administrator Chris Heineman, Parks & Rec/Community Services Manager Bryce Shearen, Public Works Director Bill Dircks, Community Development Director Coffin Wendell, Finance Director Brenda Malinowski, City Clerk/HR Manager Heidi Heller and Bill Weber, Planning Consultant ZONING CODE UPDATES The Community Development Director stated that this is a continued discussion from the April 14 Workshop. She explained that there are seven discussion points that staff is looking for Council feedback on and there was not enough time at the April workshop to get through all of them. The Community Development Director stated that there some questions that she is looking for feedback from the Council on: I. Minimum lot size in the R-1 district: Should the minimum lot size for a detached house in the R-1 district be rolled back to what it was previously? It is presently at 11,000 square feet but until 2008 it was 10,000 square feet.