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Planning Commission Regular Meeting Minutes July 15, 1997 Page 12 1 Ms. Moore-Sykes stated she did not know when the pylon would be removed and that the 2 name of the Shopping Center would remain Apache Plaza as it has metro-wide recognition. 3 Commissioner Goindorchin noted there is a home on Silver Lane that has a lot of cars and 4 other junk and appears to be conducting business activity. He asked Staff to investigate this 5 issue. He also noted the letter presented to the City Council from the Commission in regard 6 to split liquor was warmly receivedwith no negative comments: There was no action taken. 7 Chair Bergstrom complimented Commissioner Thompson on his article on roses. 8 Commissioner Thompson stated he could not believe the amount of water problems in the 9 City. He also stated he hoped the Freedom gas station would not be approved by the City 10 Council. He felt it was a poor use of the site and a polluter. He had visited the Freedom gas 11 station in Fridley and it is beautiful in its place but it has no place in St. Anthony on Lot 4 of 12 Apache Plaza. 13 Commissioner Horst stated he was disappointed in the City Council in not granting the Rosar 14 request as they did not acknowledge a tangible hardship. It is not up to the Planning 15 Commission or City Council to decide if we want or need the business in the area. If it is a 16 permitted use that is not detrimental to the general populace, it should be allowed. He stated 17 it was discouraging sometimes as he felt the recommendations made by the Planning 18 Commission were not listened to. 19 Commissioner Gondorchin stated he felt the public had a great impact on the City Council 20 decision in regard to the Rosar request. He noted that the owner of Great Clips had basically 21 stated at the meeting that it was okay with him if he did not get the additional signage. 22 Commission consensus agreed with Chair Bergstrom suggestion that the Planning Commission 23 and City Council should meet jointly at work session on an annual basis. 24 Ms. Moore-Sykes reported she had received several calls.from Mr. Rosar over the past week 25 and he is intending to abide by the conditions of the conditional use permit. He is currently 26 in the process of working with the Rice Creek Watershed District to install a catch basin and 27 then intends to redo the parking lot. He will also be addressing the landscape issue. He is 28 very upset with the City Council decision. 29 30 IX. ADJOURNMENT. 31 Motion by Horst, seconded by Delmonico, to adjourn the meeting at 9:39 P.M. 32 Motion carried unanimously. 33 Respectfully submitted, 34 Lorri Kopischke 35 TimeSaver Off Site Secretarial