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CITY OF ST. ANTHONY PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES • August 20, 1985 1 The meeting was called to order at 7-:33 P.M. by Chair Pro Tem Hansen. 2 3 Present for roll call : Hansen, Bjorklund, Madden, and Wagner. 4 5 Absent: Franzese Carrived at 7:35 P.M. Q., Bowerman, Jones. 6 7 Also present: City Manager; David Childs. 8 9 Motion by Commissioner Bjorklund and seconded by Commissioner Wagner to approve 10 as submitted the minutes of the Planning Commission-meeting held July 16, 1985. 11 12 Motion carried unanimously. 13 14 Chair Franzese arrived at 7 :35 P.M. and reported that Commissioner Bowerman had 15 called her to let her know he would .be unable to attend either the August or . 16 September Commission meetings. Before the vote on the minutes was taken there 17 was a brief discussion related- to the format used to amend motions in the minutes. 18 No firm decision was made related to a change, but it was generally agreed the 19 motions always appeared in whole form when the Council approved them. • 20 - 21 Commissioner Madden said he wasn't certain from the report in the minutes just 22 how his comments to the Chair, when he informed her he would not be present at 23 the July meeti-ng,.. had been conveyed to the other Commissioners but he wanted to 24 reiterate that- hi;s...own concern °that the conditions limiting the hours of operation 25 which had been. pr.oposed for.-the Blanske-variance during the Commission's June 18th 26 meeting "had been way out in left field" had__been. supported° by both the City 27 Attorney and the' Council when the-final motion of approval was made by the 28 Council , June-23rd. The Commissioner also said .he had perceived that during the 29 long, involved dissertation on how long the mini-warehouses should be open,` hlis 30 own concerns about the identification- of the warehouse facility on the side of a .31 truck/trailer parked across Foss Road near, his. home had been somehow lost and that 32 signage which he perceives is clearly in non-conformance with the City Sign 33 Ordinance, i-s still in place where -it can eas-ily be seen from the Commissioner 's 34 home, Mr. Childs said- he,would :contact -Mr. Blanske, who, he was certain, would 35 be willing-to remove the sign since he had said as much during the hearing . 36 . 37 Commissioner Madden indicated .he believed in the future the Commission should stick 38. to matters. which are directly applicable to the variance request and conceded that 39 his own comments about the sign might not have been valid in that regard either. 40 41 At 7:40 P.M. the Chair opened the hearing to consider a petition .from P.E.J. , Inc. , 42 10-4 Metro Square Building, St. Paul , for a conditional use permit which would 43 allow the operation of a tanning studio in the Northgate Office Park Condominiums 44 being constructed at 2526 .Minnesota Highway 88. • 45 46 The notice of the hearing had been published in the .'August 6th Bulletin and mailed 4-7 to all property owners of record within 200' feet of the subject property. No one 48 present indicated failure to receive the notice or objected-to its content.