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HomeMy WebLinkAbout06/14/2006 P&Z MinutesAPPROVEDMINUTES CITYOFLINOLAKES PLANNING&ZONINGBOARDMINUTES I.CALLTOORDERANDROLLCALL : Chair Tralle calledtheLinoLakesPlanningandZoningBoardmeetingtoorderat 6 :3 0 p.m.,June14 ,2006 . II.APPROVALOFAGENDA Theagendawasapproved. III.APPROVALOFMINUTES: May10 ,200 6 Mr.Hyden madeaMOTION to approvethe May10 ,200 6 Minutes as presented andwas supportedby Mr.Rafferty .Motion carried 6 -0. IV.OPEN MIKE Chair Tralle declared O pen M ike at 6:3 2 p.m. Therew asnoonepresentforOpenMike. Mr.Rafferty madeaMOTIONtocloseOpenMikeat6:3 3 p.m.,andwassupportedby Mr.Hyden .Motioncarried 6 -0. V.ACTIONITEMS DATE :June14 ,200 6 TIMESTARTED :6 :3 0 P.M. TIMEENDED :8 :22 P.M. MEMBERSPRESENT :MichaelHyden,Perry Laden,RobertNe lson ,Brian Pogalz (ViceChair),Rob Rafferty ,Michael Root and P aul T ralle (Chair) MEMBERSABSENT :None STAFFPRESENT :PaulBengtson,JeffSmyser ,&TomPrew(TKDA) Planning&ZoningBoard June14,2006 Page 2 APP ROVED MINUTES A.CONTINUEDPUBLICHEARING foraRezone,PreliminaryPlatandMUSA AllocationforPheasantStrollEstates Mr.Smyser presentedthestaffreport.Staffrecommended denialoftheapplicationdue toinadequateroadissueswiththeproject.Mr.Smysernotedthatnorevisedplans ha d been submittedsincethelast P&Z meeting. WayneBrunn,BrunnConstruction,stated thatthey had r e c eived nowrittencomment or direction ontheroadalignmentfromcitystaff.Mr.Brunnexplainedsomebenefitsofthe development asproposed.Heexpre ssedthathefelttheir proposalwillworkwellwith theCompPlan.Mr.BrunnrequestedsomedirectionfromthePlanning&ZoningBoard astothelocationoftheaccessfortheroad.Heaskedifthe site wouldhave toconnectto thecommercialproperty ,andiftheyfavoredan accesspointoffofWareRd.Mr.Brunn askedifthe P&Z Boardwould allowforMUSAallocationforthesite. Boardmembersexpressedconcernoverroadissues,includingthelengthofthecul de sac,parking ,andaccesspoints.Boar dmembersstatedthatthe planneedstomeet setbacksand Countyrequirements.Boardmembersagreedthattheproposedplanwould notwork,andthatthepropertyshouldbeconsidered aspartof theCSAH 49/CountyRd J MasterPlan.Boardmembersencouraged stafftocompletethemasterplanforthisarea assoonaspossible. Mr.Root madeamot iontoclosethepublichearing.MotionwassupportedbyMr. Pogalz.Motioncarried 6 -0. Staff commentedthattheyintendtocompletethe49/Jmasterplanas soonaspossible , andnotedthattheyhavebeen workingwith the countyon the issueofaccesspoints. Staffwillattemptto havesomedesignproposalspriortothenextP&Zmeeting. Mr.Brunn expressedconcernoverthe buildabletimelinedueto the appr ovedlot maximumperyear.Mr.Brunnwouldliketogetgoingonaredesignassoonaspossible. Mr.Pogalz madeaMOTIONto recommend denial ofthe Rezone,PreliminaryPlatand MUSAAllocationforPheasantStrollEstates .MotionwassupportedbyMr.Roo t . Motioncarried 6 -0 . B.CONTINUED PUBLICHEAR INGforRezoneto PlannedUnitDevelopment andDevelopmentStagePlan/PreliminaryPlatforThePreserve Mr.Smyser presentedthestaffreport.Mr.Smysernotedthisitemwascontinuedfrom theMay P lanning &Z oningBoardmeeting.Staffrecommendedapprovalofthe application. Mr.Smyserexpandedonstewardshipforth e project ,notingthatthed eveloperwilldo mostof the restoration workupfrontwiththedevelopment andthath omeowner contributionswill contributetomaintenance. Planning&ZoningBoard June14,2006 Page 3 APP ROVED MINUTES Mr.Pogalz asked what had happenedwithparking/trafficissues.Staff repliedthat parkingwillbe prohibit ed ononesideofstreetwithsignageaspartofdevelopment. Staffwasunsureofthepolicyonspeedlimitsigns. Mr.Laden questioned howtrails are designatedfr omthestreet.Staffrepliedthat anon - streettrailmeans peoplewalkon the shoulderoftheroad.Duetolimitsonfinancial resources,thisisacommonmeansofprovidingpedestrianroutesinLinoLake s. Boardmembersagreedthatatrailshouldbeexclusivefromtheroadway.Ataminimum, atrailshouldbestripedorsigned.Boardmemberswereconcernedaboutthesafety issues,andagreedthaton -streettrailswerenot adesirabledesignforthecity . BoardmemberssuggestedaddingturnlanesonBirchStreetaspartofthedevelopment. Staff notedthattheStoneybrookprojectwas adjacentto B irch St.,thereforeitwas allowabletodothis.Staff statedthattheyare attemptingtoimprove B irch S t .witheach opportunity. Brian Bourassa ,M FRAEngineering,representingIntegraHomes ,waspresentfor questions.Boardmembersstatedconcernoverpotentialcomplicationswithtrucks haulingindirttothesite,andsuggestedthatthe developermakeit cleartohaulers, residents,andanyoneinvolvedtobeconscientiousthatimpositionstohomeowners may occur.Mr.Bourassa commit ted toimplementinganysuggestionsbystaff andagreedto conversewith the gradingcontractortoavoidanyissues.Staff addedthattheywilltakea proactiveapproachtoavoidproblemswiththisdevelopment. Mr.Tralle reopened the publichearing . Michael Prieve,1047 A spen L ane ,statedthathe has twoconcerns withtheproposed development .Hepointedoutthatthe co nnection to BirchStreet inthisareais unique in that BlackDucktothenorthhasanexcessivenumberofresidents ,thereforetwo very largeneighborhoods willcompeteforaccessinthe samearea.Hestatedthatthiswillbe abadsituationuntilr oads gothrough.Mr.Prieve’ssecondconcernwashow conservationwouldaffecttheneighboringproperties.Hewondered iflandwouldbe burned,ifanumberoftreeswouldberemoved,andhowtheneighboringresidentsm ight beaffected.Mr.Prievealsowonder ediftherewouldbean yadditionalburninginthe future.He requestedthattherebe anacceptableplan inplacebecausearearesidentsare concernedabouttheaffectsontheirq ualityoflife . Mr.Pogalzmadea Motiontoclose thePublicHearingat8:0 5p.m.Motionwas supportedbyMr.Nelson.Motioncarried 6 -0 . CitystaffsuggestedthatMr.HusvethbepresentattheCityCouncilmeetingtoaddress theseissues.Staffalsosuggested thatMr.P rieve contactMartyAsleson,the city’s environmentalco ordinator ,toanswerquestionsregardingburnsandwetland areas . Mr.Nelson madeaMOTIONto approvethe the PlannedUnitDevelopmentand DevelopmentStagePlan/PreliminaryPlatforThePreserve .Motionwassupportedby Mr.Pogalz .Motioncarried 5 –1 .(Laden voting nay). Planning&ZoningBoard June14,2006 Page 4 APP ROVED MINUTES VI.DISCUSSIONITEMS A.RulesofConduct Boardmembersagreedthatabulletedhandoutofmeetingrulesandconductc ouldbe helpfulforattendeeswhohaveneverattendedameetingbefore.Analternatesuggestion madewastoprinttherule sonthebackofallagendas.Boardmembersmadea recommendationforstafftoproposethat theCityC ounciladopt thesevenruleslistedon thecityofHugo’sPublicHearingGuidelinesandaddthemtoLinoLakes’existingrules ofconduct,aswellasreo rganizetheexistingOpenMikerules. B.Summaryof JointMeeting for Nature’s Refuge Mr.Smyser askedforadditionalcommentsfromthejointcouncil /board/committee meeting that tookplaceonMay31,2006at6:30p.m.tocommentondevelopmentofthe propo sedsite.Mr.Pogalzand Mr.Nelson notedthattheywerenotabletoattendthe meeting.Boardmembersagreedthatthejointmeetingwasworthwhile andagood opportunitytog iver esidents the abilitytocomment. VII .ADJOURNMENT Mr.Hyden madea MOTIONtoadjournthemeetingat 8 :22 p .m.Motionwas supported by Mr .Rafferty .Motioncarried 6 -0. Respectfullysubmitted, DawnBugge CommunityDevelopmentAss istant