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HomeMy WebLinkAbout01/10/2007 P&Z MinutesAPPROVEDMINUTES CITYOFLINOLAKES PLANNING&ZONINGBOARDMINUTES I.CALLTOORDERANDROLLCALL : Chair Tralle calledtheLinoLakesPlanningandZoningBoardmeetingtoorderat 6 :33 p.m.on January10,2007 . II.APPROVALOFAGENDA Theagendawasapproved aspresented III.APPROVALOFMINUTES: December13,2006 Mr.Rafferty madeaMOTION to approvethe December13 ,200 6 Minutes without changes .Motionwas supportedby Mr.Nelson .Mo tion carried 4 -0.Mr.Hyden abstained . IV.OPENMIKE Chair Tralle declared O pen M ike at 6:35 p.m. Therew asnoonepresentforOpenMike. Mr.Laden madeaMOTIONtocloseOpenMikeat6:36 p.m.Motionwas supportedby Mr.Pogalz .Motioncarried 5 -0 . V.ACTIONITEMS D ATE :January10 ,200 7 TIMESTARTED :6 :33 P.M. TIMEENDED :7 :24 P.M. MEMBERSPRESENT :MichaelHyden,Perry Laden,RobertNe lson ,Brian Pogalz (ViceChair),Rob Rafferty ,PaulTralle (Chair) MEMBERSABSENT :MichaelRoot STAFFPRESENT :PaulBengtson ,JeffSmyser &JimStudenski Pl anning&ZoningBoard January10,2007 Page 2 APPROVED MINUTES A.AmendmenttotheCityofLinoLakesComprehensivePlantoincorporatethe HodgsonRoadandCountyRoadJMasterPlanfortheareaaro undtheintersection ofCSAH49/CountyRoadJ Mr.Smyser present edthestaffreport.Mr.Sm ysernotedthattheupdateddraft master plan includedrevisionsonpage35a swellasremovalofthe bigboxalternativefigure. StaffrecommendedapprovaloftheComp rehensive PlanAmendment. Mr.Smyser remindedtheboardt hattheplanwasbasedonall owingexistingbusinesses toremain. Mr.NelsonaskediftheBrunnBrotherswouldrequire approval fromtheneighboring propertyownerinordertodeveloptheirproperty.Mr.Smyserstatedthattherearesome interimpo ssibilitiesofhowtheycoulddevel op .Hestatedthatit is possibleforaroadt o beconstructedwithplansfor future connections. Mr.Tralleopenedtheopportunityforpubliccomment. Mr.WayneBrunn,ownerof 10acresonWareRoadandCountyroadJ,askedtobeon recordthatthey s tronglyopposethelocationoftheproposedroad (neartheirproperty). Hesaiditd oesnotbenefitthemandtheycannotuseit.Hesaidthatp ropertieswith road frontageonbothsidesdegradesthevalue and hindersthesiteplanning.Healsostated t hattheirp ropertyisnotintheMUSAbutsewer&waterisavailable andad joining propertiesarewithintheMUSA.Heaskedtheboardt orecommendthattheirpropertybe addedtotheMUSAwiththeproposedCompPlanAmendment. MikeWitham,211Woodridge Lane,sp okeasarepresentativeof residentsonWoodridge Lane .Hed istributed alettersignedbyanumberofWoodridgeEstatesresidents supportingthe draft 49/JMasterPlan .Mr.Withamread aloud theletter f ortherecord , pointingout thebenefitsof themasterplan.Hestatedthattheya greethatthemasterplan guidesfuturedevelopment andthatthisisanopportunity toestablish49/Jasagatewayto thecity. Mr.Smysersummarizedaletterthatthecityreceived f romthecityofShoreview.He a lsocorrectedastatementthathemadeattheworkshopregardingsignalized intersectionsinthecity ofShoreview. Mr.Tralle referredtotherequest byMr.BrunnforMUSA .Mr.Smyserstatedthatth is wasnot consider ed aspartofthestudy.Heexplain edthatthecitya llocatesMUSAas eachdevelopmentoccurs andrecommendedthattheydonot vary fromthesystem. M r.Ladenasked if MUSA allocation isaddressedintheC omprehensivePlan.Staff repliedthatitisnotspecificallydescribedinthe C omp P lan ,andthatthecity adopted their allocationpolicyinthesubdivisionordinance. Mr.Nelsonasked staff ifthe reweresafetyconcernswithpoliceandfireregarding developingthe Brunnproperty.Mr.Smyserrepliedthatafireaccesswouldbeneces sary onatemporarybasis.Otherwisethecitywouldrequirethatafullsizeculdesacbebuilt Pl anning&ZoningBoard January10,2007 Page 3 APPROVED MINUTES inorderforafiretrucktoturnaround ,whichisn ot necessarily agoodlongtermsolution forthedeveloperbecauseitcouldpreventunitsfrombeingconstru cted.Headdedthat theculdesaccouldberemovedinthefutureandthenadditionallotscouldbecreated. Staffistryinghardtoavoidcreatin goneaccesstoneighborhoods. M r.Smyser clarifiedthattheroadsproposedontheBrunnpropertywerehypoth etical, andthatit isthenatureoftheproperty,wetlands,etc.thatcreatesthesituationofwhatis possibleonth at property. Mr.Raffertyaskedforconfirmationthattheboardisnotguaranteeingthatproperty ownerswillbeallowedvariancestoord inancerequirementsinthefuture.Mr.Nelson commentedthattheproposalsubmittedbytheBrunnBrotherswouldrequiresetback variancesinordertodevelop.Mr.Nelsonstatedthathethinksthemasterplancould adverselyaffecttheBrunnproperty. Mr .TralleremindedboardmembersthatthefocusoftheMasterPlanisnottoaddress individualpropertiesanddevelopment. Mr.Ladencommentedthatthisplanwillnotcreateanyundevelopable property .Instead itallowsfordevelopmentonallproperty.Mr.Hydenconcurred. Mr.LadenmadeaMOTIO N to recommendapprovalof the ComprehensivePlan Amendmentforthe 49/JMasterPlan aspresentedwiththecorrectionsmade .Motion wassupportedbyMr.Hyden . M r .Nelson statedthat he wouldliketoseeKent St.theaccesspoint ,o therwisehewould beinfavor oftheplan . Mr.Raffertyappreciatedtheeffort s ofstaffandboardmembers andforthespecialwork session . Mr.Pogalzconcurred.Mr.Pogalza lsoappreciatedtheeffortofthecitizensthatwerei n attendance.Her eminded themthattheP&ZB oardmakesrecommendationstotheCity Council,butultimatelytheCitycouncilwillmakethefinaldecision.Het hanked the city’s consultantsand theC ityofShoreview. Mr.Ladenexpressedappreciationtos taff ,consultants ,c ounties,cities,propertyowners, businesses,and resident sfortheir involvement.Hestatedtheplanist horoughandthinks itisagoodplan .Healsoth ank ed everyonefortheirpatience.Heb elieves the planis bestforthecity.Hee ncouragedstafftoconsiderthenextareathatcoulduseamaster plan. Motioncarried4 -1(M r.Nelson votingnay.) StaffnotedthatthisitemwouldgotothefirstCouncilWorkSessionin February andto the February12City C ouncil Meeting . Pl anning&ZoningBoard January10,2007 Page 4 APPROVED MINUTES Chair Trallethanked thecity’s consultantCarolineKrall and citystaffforallthework they have done. VI.DISCUSSIONITEMS A.200 6 P&ZActionYearEndReview Mr.Smyser statedthatcitystaffprovidedthemwithalistof applications the Board consideredandthe irvotestakenin2006 . B.2006Growth Mr.Smyserdistributedtotheboardsomedataonthenumberofbuildingpermitsthat wereissuedin2006 ,notingthat 89buildingpermitswereissued.Mr.Smyserprovided comparisonstotheannualaverage.Heinclude dthe numberoflots thatwere approved fordevelopment brokendownbyyear.Hepointedoutthatthecityallocatedonly 13 acresofMUSAreserveoutofapossible36 acres .Mr.Smyserexplainedthattherewere moreunitsbuiltthanapprovedbecause some unitshadbeen approvedinpreviousyears. ChairandBoardMembersthan kedthe Woodridge neighborhoodresidentsforattending themeeting,remind ing themthatitisimportantt o stayinvolved andattendfuture meetings,and consideredtheirinvolvementh ugeandaskedthemtocontinue . VII .ADJOURNMENT Mr.Pogalz madeaMOTIONto a djournthemeetingat 7 :24 p .m.Motionwas supported by Mr .Rafferty .Motioncarried 5 -0. Respectfullysubmitted, DawnBugge CommunityDevelopmentAss istant