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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes May 16, 2000 Page 2 • 1 Commissioner Stille agreed to attend the City Council meeting on Tuesday,May 23,as the Planning 2 Commission Liaison. 3 IV. REQUESTS FOR POSTPONEMENTS OR WITHDRAWALS OF APPLICATIONS. 4 1. Withdrawal of Hillcrest Development's request for zoning_map change and zoning code 5 amendment. 6 Assistant City Manager Spencer Isom provided background information on this subject for the 7 Commission by stating that on April 18, 2000, the Commission heard Hillcrest's request for the 8 following (1) an amendment to the Comprehensive Plan to accommodate an office/High-tech 9 designation; (2) a petition for new zoning district for Apache Plaza property from a C-1 to a C-2- 10 Commercial which would allow a change from strictly retail use to office,commercial,warehouse, 11 and light industrial uses; and (3) an amendment to the zoning ordinance for a change from C-1 to 12 a C-2 district. During the April 18,2000 meeting,the Commission asked Hillcrest to withdraw their 13 request for items two and three. 14 Consequently,Hillcrest Development has submitted a formal request to withdraw its application for 15 zoning map change and zoning code amendment. Motion by Melsha, second by Tillmann, to accept Hillcrest Development's withdrawal letter, as written by Anthony J. Gleekel, dated April 25, 2000. 18 Motion carried unanimously. 19 V. NEW APPLICATIONS/PUBLIC HEARINGS. 20 1. Public Hearing. Ordinance 2000-006 relating to zoning and planned unit developments; 21 amending section 1655 of the St. Anthony Code of Ordinances in its entirety. 22 Chair Bergstorm opened the public hearing at 7:08 p.m. 23 Assistant City Manager Spencer Isom reviewed for the Commission that Ordinance 2000-006, a 24 copy of which is in the Commission's agenda packets,is consistent with the May 4,2000 update of 25 the critical path for the planned unit development/ordinance process and Hillcrest Development's 26 redevelopment of Apache Plaza. The ordinance was drafted by the City's planning consultant 27 ("DSU") and subsequently edited by City Attorney Soth. 28 In this respect,Isom invited planning consultant John Shardlow,DSU,to address the Commission. 29 Mr. Shardlow reviewed that the firm of DSU had been contacted to assist the City with the Apache 30 Plaza redevelopment project. Subsequently, Mr. Shardlow recommended that the City pursue a 31 Planned Unit Development ("PUD"), but in order to do that, the City needed to create a new land use designation. That designation would be a commercial mixed land use designation,and there is 0 currently an application pending before the Metropolitan Council for a minor amendment to the 34 Comprehensive Plan.