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MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING PLANNING COMMISSION LITTLE CANADA, MINNESOTA MAY 5, 2022 Pursuant to due call and notice thereof a regular meeting of the City Council of Little Canada, Minnesota was convened on the 5th day of May, 2022 in the Council Chambers of the City Center located at 515 Little Canada Road in said City. Chair Chris Kwapick called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m. and the following members of the Planning Commission were present at roll call: PLANNING COMMISSION: Johnson, Kulousek, Kwapick, Mitchell, Buesing, Thorson, and Quarles (arrived at 6:10 p.m. ALSO PRESENT: Community Development Director/ Planner Corrin Wendell ADOPT AGENDA The agenda was approved as presented. MINUTES Commissioner Buesing made a motion to approve the April 4, 2022 Planning Commission minutes as submitted. Commissioner Kulousek seconded the motion. The motion was unanimously approved. OPEN TO THE PUBLIC No comments. PUBLIC HEARING COMMISSIONER BUSINESS: PRELIMINARY PLAT – U.S. HOME, LLC, AND LENNAR PID# 05-29-22-21-0024, #05-29-22-21-0032, #05-29-22-21-0031, #05-29-22-21- 0030, AND #05-29-22-21-0029 – CASE #1412 The Community Development Director presented a preliminary plat request from U.S. Home LLC and Lennar to construct a townhome community with 178 townhomes including a mix of row townhomes and back-to-back townhomes. She stated that the property is composed of five parcels for a total of 19.77 gross acres which includes 4.6 acres that are allocated to an overhead powerline easement. She stated that the proposed density would be nine units per acre and while the current zoning is R-1, the property is guided for medium to high density within the Comprehensive Plan. She stated that the proposal would include a rezoning to match the guiding of the Comprehensive Plan. She displayed the development site plan as proposed noting a