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Lake Elmo Planning Commission Meeting Minutes: 1-23-23 <br />1 <br /> <br /> <br />City of Lake Elmo Planning Commission <br />Meeting <br />City Council Chambers – 3800 Laverne <br />Avenue North <br />Minutes of Regular Meeting of <br />January 23, 2023 <br /> <br />CALL TO ORDER: Commission Chair Risner called to order the meeting of the Lake Elmo Planning Commission <br />at 7:00 p.m. <br /> <br />COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Risner, Rehkamp, Steil, Vrieze <br />COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: <br />STAFF PRESENT: City Planner Sophia Jensen <br />Pledge of Allegiance at 7:00 PM <br />Approve Agenda: <br />M/S/P: Vrieze / Steil: made a motion to approve the agenda. Vote: 4-0, motion carried unanimously <br /> <br />Approve Minutes: <br />M/S/P: Steil / Rehkamp made a motion to approve the 1-9-23 meeting minutes. Vote: 4-0, motion carried <br />unanimously. <br /> <br />Public Hearing: <br />a)Text Amendment- Landscaping Ordinance. The City of Lake Elmo has initiated a zoning text amendment to <br />amend the landscape requirements section of Article VIII Environmental Performance Standards. <br /> <br />As the City continues to develop and uses of different intensities develop side by side the City should review its <br />standards for mitigating the impacts of a more intense use on a less intense use. One of the ways cities do this is <br />through landscaping standards. At the September 13, 2022 workshop, the City Council directed staff to bring back <br />to workshop screening standards that would address current concerns and add clarity to the code requirements. <br /> <br />At the December 13th 2022 workshop, the City Council reviewed the proposed amendments to the landscaping <br />provisions related to screening, top soil, water, and other previously identified revisions that would aid in executing <br />the ordinance. Council directed staff to bring forward the items related to screening for a public hearing while <br />holding off on the top soil and watering provisions until further review is completed. The proposed amendments <br />have also been reviewed by the City's Landscape Architect. <br />Revising the landscape ordinance is an item within the Planning Commission work plan for 2023. <br /> <br />City Planner Jensen gave presentation and answered questions. <br /> <br />M/S/P: Steil / Vrieze moved to open the public hearing at 7:21 PM. Vote: 4-0, motion carried unanimously. <br /> <br />No response from the public <br />M/S/P: Rehkamp / Steil moved to close the public hearing at 7:22 PM. Vote: 4-0, motion carried unanimously. <br />