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City of Lake Elmo
Planning Commission Meeting
Minutes of September 26, 2011
The Planning Commission watched a recording of Randall Arendt's presentation "Land
Matters — Rethinking Main Street" at 6:00 p.m.
Chairman Van Zandt called to order the meeting of the Lake Elmo Planning Commission
at 7:00 p.m. COMMISSIONERS PRESENT: Bidon, Fliflet, Hall, Haggard,
Obermueller, Van Zandt and Williams. Absent: Pelletier and Ziertman. STAFF
PRESENT: Planning Director Klatt and Planner Matzek.
Minutes —July 11, 2011
M/S/P, Williams/Bidon, move to approve as presented. Vote: 5:0. Abstained: Fliflet
and Van Zandt.
August 8, 2011
Commissioner Fliflet said she was present at that meeting.
M/S/P, Williams/Fliflet, move to approve as amended. Vote: 6:0. Abstained: Haggard.
Business Items — Comprehensive Plan Staff Updates
Planner Matzek stated that the South of 10th Street area work group has met five times
and there have been three stakeholder meetings since May of 2011. She said staff is
planning an open house for the stakeholder group as well as other existing neighborhoods
in October. She said the groups have formed a Vision Statement and set of Goals which
has been in front of the Planning Commission and Council and will be working on
revising the Future Land Use map.
Chairman Van Zandt asked if the work group has discussed encouraging additional
landscaping or how to get businesses to build right up to Hudson Boulevard like what
was discussed in the video shown earlier.
Planner Matzek said there has not been that level of detail discussed.
Commissioner Hall suggested two story buildings for that area.
Commissioner Williams said that one of the work group members is a developer who has
indicated that some of the items that Arendt has identified as far as pitched roofs and
landscaping is not out of the question as long as the developer knows what he must do
right from the beginning.
Commissioner Fliflet asked that a topic of discussion be added to address how the retail
would be oriented — toward the freeway and only accessed from the frontage road or
pockets of smaller development with a different orientation.
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Planner Matzek said that the City is moving forward in starting its own library. She said
there is a Friends of the Lake Elmo Library group who has been accepting donations.
Commissioner Williams asked about the City Administrator.
Planning Director Klatt said he will be starting at his new position on November 1st.
Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned at 9:08 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Kelli Matzek
Planner
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