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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes: 3-9-2026 <br /> <br />City of Lake Elmo Planning Commission <br />Meeting City Council Chambers – 3880 Laverne <br />Avenue North Minutes of Regular Meeting of <br />March 9th, 2026 <br /> <br />CALL TO ORDER: Commission Chair Rehkamp called to order the meeting of the Lake Elmo Planning Commission at 6:30 p.m. <br /> <br />COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Amend, Chars, Dunn, Rasmussen, Rehkamp, Sarro <br /> <br />COMMISSIONERS ABSENT: Vrieze <br /> <br />STAFF PRESENT: Senior City Planner Sophia Jensen, City Planner Ashley Monterusso, Bolton-Menk Consultant, Nathan Fuerst <br /> <br />Pledge of Allegiance at 6:30 PM <br /> <br />Approve Agenda: <br />M/S/P: Dunn / Chars made a motion to approve the agenda Vote: 6-0, motion carried unanimously <br /> <br />Commission Chair Rehkamp introduced and welcomed new Planning Commissioner Mathew Rasmussen. <br /> <br />Approve Minutes: <br />M/S/P: Dunn / Amend made a motion to approve the 2-9-26 meeting minutes. Vote: 6-0, motion carried unanimously. <br /> <br />Public Hearing: <br />a. Preliminary Plat and OP PUD - Granvia Preserve: Twin Cities Land Development has submitted an Open Space <br />Planned Unit Development and Preliminary Plat for 110 acres (PID: 01.029.21.43.0001, 01.029.21.42.0003, and <br />01.029.21.41.000). This project was previously called Legends of Lake Elmo. The proposal includes 58 single family <br />homes and over 50% open space with city water and a community septic system. <br /> <br />Senior City Planner Sophia Jensen gave presentation and answered questions. <br />Developer Ben Schmidt with Twin Cities Land Development spoke and answered questions. <br />Project Civil Engineer Mitch Honsa with Larson Engineering, spoke in regards to topsoil questions. <br /> <br />M/S/P: Dunn/ Chars moved to open the public hearing at 7:01PM. Vote: 6-0, motion carried unanimously. <br /> <br />Public Comments: <br />Nathan Campbell, 5308 Linden Trail North: Spoke further on the prior Tamarack Farms written comments. Noted concerns <br />regarding traffic/pedestrian safety. <br />Neil Krueger, 4452 Lake Elmo Avenue North: has concerns regarding scenic tamarack swamp being destroyed. <br />Email, Nate Campbell, Tamarack Farms HOA, read into record by Commissioner Sarro. <br />Email, Mark Citsay, Carriage Street HOA, read into record by Commissioner Dunn. <br />Danny Hecker, 11658 50th Street North: has concerns regarding landscaping and requested additional screening adjacent to <br />his site. <br /> <br />M/S/P: Amend / Chars moved to close the public hearing at 7:11 PM. 6-0, motion carried unanimously. <br /> <br />M/S/P: Chars/Amend moved to recommend approval of the preliminary plat and PUD requested by Twin Cities Land <br />Development on the subject property based on the findings of fact and recommended conditions of approval listed in staff <br />report. Vote: 0-6 motion denied unanimously. <br /> <br />M/S/P: Rehkamp/Chars moved to recommend approval of the preliminary plat and PUD requested by Twin Cities Land <br />Development on the subject property with the amended conditions, the sidewalks meet city requirements and impervious <br />land variation over 30 percent be identified on each individual house parcel, and based on the findings of fact and