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Planning Commission Regular Meeting Minutes • February 17, 1998 Page 3 1 Commissioners were asked to submit any additional items to Ms. Moore-Sykes prior to February 2 25, 1998 at 12:00 P.M. 3 3. Goal Setting Retreat Report. 4 Chair Bergstrom noted the Team Building and Goal Setting Retreat Report. This retreat was 5 facilitated by Barbara Amey, Government Training Service. Chair Bergstrom stated the Goal 6 Setting Retreat he had attended two years ago resulted in action items which were very broad and 7 lacked specificity. The January 1998 Goal Setting Retreat was much better. It resulted in 8 specific major action items that Staff, the City Council and the Planning Commission are asked 9 to address. - 10 Chair Bergstrom reported the meeting began with team building with the Council. This provided 11 unity for the new Councilmembers. The meeting then addressed Staff and Council team 12 building. This included the establishment of ground rules,priority policy from Council, the 13 successes of the past two years, identification of possible trends which could be changing over 14 the next 2-3 years, and goal setting. The goals were prioritized by the number of votes received. 15 The goals were then utilized to determine Action Plans for the top nine goals. The Myers Briggs 16 profile was also utilized to determine personality profiles and discuss the strengths of the team 17 and the challenges of individual differences. 0 Chair Bergstrom encouraged Commissioners to read over the report prior to the March 4, 1998 19 Joint Meeting to familiarize themselves with the issues and the priority of the issues. He noted 20 the only specific goal for the Planning Commission is 8. Housing (c) "Develop a program to 21 improve housing stock which may include a point of sale ordinance". 22 Ms. Moore-Sykes stated she agreed with Chair Bergstrom that the Goal Setting Meeting two 23 years ago had a lot of noble goals to try and attain but it was difficult getting there. The 1998 24 Meeting set several attainable goals. She believed this was due in part to the facilitator. 25 VI. PUBLIC HEARINGS - Continued. 26 1. US West- Conditional Use Permit for Wireless Antenna. 27 Chair Bergstrom opened the public hearing at 7:22 P.M. 28 Ms. Moore-Sykes reported that Scott Hoelscher, Site Administrator for US West Wireless, has 29 applied for a Conditional Use Permit for the installation of a 75-foot Personal Communications 30 Services (PCS) monopole antenna and base station equipment cabinet at 2801 - 371 Avenue NE, 31 which is owned by Ken Solie of Village Properties. The property is zoned Light Industrial and 32 the proposed antenna and accessory base station equipment is an allowable permitted use in this 33 District. Mr. Hoelscher is proposing to install a 75-foot monopole antenna, which is as tall as Section 41 1160, Subd. 2 of the City Ordinance allows. The City Ordinance states that the setbacks for the 36 Light Industrial District are 15 feet in the rear yard and 15 feet for the sideyard. Mr. Hoelscher is