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HomeMy WebLinkAbout10-06-2010PROCEEDINGS OF THE MOUNDS VIEW PLANNING COMMISSION CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW RAMSEY COUNTY, MINNESOTA Regular Meeting October 6, 2010 Mounds View City Hall 2401 Highway 10, Mounds View, MN 55112 1. Call to Order The meeting was called to order by Chair Stevenson at 7:00 p.m. October 6, 2010. 2. Roll Call Members Present: Commissioners Cramblit, Miller, Rundle, Schiltgen, and Smith. Absent and Excused: Commissioner Meehlhause and Stevenson. Also Present: Planning Associate Heidi Heller Community Development Director Ken Roberts Index to Minutes Page VR2008-005; Re -Approval of Variances for the Select Senior Living Development; Applicant: Joel Larson, Select Senior Living 2 Discussion about Variances 3. Approval of Minutes July 21, 2010 2 MOTION/SECOND: Commissioner Cramblit/Commissioner Schiltgen. To approve the minutes of the July 21, 2010 regular Planning Commission meeting as slightly amended. Ayes — 5 Nays — 0 Motion carried. 4. Citizens Requests and Comments on Items Not on the Agenda None. Mounds View Planning Commission October 6, 2010 Regular Meeting Page 2 5. Planning Cases A. VR2008-005; Re -Approval of Variances for the Select Senior Living Development Applicant: Joel Larson, Select Senior Living Planning Associate Heller stated Select Senior Living received approval for variances for a 95 - unit senior housing project in 2008, just about the time the banking industry collapsed. The developer has now secured financing for the project. The variance approvals have become void due to non-use after one year. Select Senior Living has requested that the Planning Commission reapprove the variances for their senior housing development. The resolution in front of the Planning Commission is the same as the one approved in 2008. Vice Chair Miller questioned the financing using housing revenue bonds and asked for clarification. Planning Associate Heller stated the City is not funding the project but has allowed the developer to go through the state bond pool for financing. Also, by doing this, the City will receive a fee in the process. MOTION/SECOND: Commissioner Cramblit/Commissioner Smith. Resolution 934-10, Re - Approving Variances to Allow for Increased Site Density, Reduced Unit Sizes, Reduced Number of Parking Spaces and to Allow Roof Overhang and Building Setback Encroachments at the Select Senior Living Development to be Located at 2865 County Highway 10 and 7980 & 8020 Groveland Road. Ayes — 5 Nays — 0 Motion carried. 6. Other Planning Activity A. Discussion about Variances Community Development Director Roberts stated the Supreme Court case ruling of July 21, 2010 has changed the way cities can handle variances. He provided a brief history of the court case and clarified the new ruling. He stated the state statute is very restrictive and unless there is no other use for the property then you cannot grant the variance. He stated Mounds View could have difficulty with this new hardship interpretation, but added that a City can set their own individual criteria for determining variance requests and continue with the process. There is hope that when the legislature meets next year they may change the state law to let cities have more control over granting variances. He felt the Planning Commission should take a harder look at approving variances in the future. Commissioner Schiltgen questioned the ramifications of the City approving a questionable variance. Mounds View Planning Commission October 6, 2010 Regular Meeting Page 3 Director Roberts stated if the approval was challenged, it would need to go through the court process. 7. Next Planning Commission Meeting: A. October 20, 2010 B. November 3, 2010 8. Adjournment to Agenda Session There being no further business before the Planning Commission, Chair Stevenson adjourned the meeting at 7:35 p.m. (The meeting immediately adjourned to the Agenda Session) Respectfully submitted, Ken Roberts Community Development Director Transcribed by: Barbara Suciu TimeSaver Off Site Secretarial, Inc.