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City Council Regular Meeting Minutes September 28, 2004 Page 2 1 Library Association. He continued in noting that page sixteen,lines eight and thirteen should be 2 Operational Engineers rather than Environmental Engineers, adding that the address on line 3 fourteen is 2829 rather than 4829. He concluded in referencing a final change on page sixteen, 4 line twenty-five,which should read the County of Anoka rather than the City of Anoka. 5 6 Motion by Councilmember Horst, seconded by Councilmember Faust to Approve the September 7 14, 2004,Regular Council Meeting Minutes with the Changes Noted. 8 9 Motion carried unanimously. 10 11 IV. PUBLIC HEARINGS. 12 None. 13 14 V. REPORTS FROM PLANNING COMMISSION—Victoria Young,Commissioner, 15 presenting. 16 Commissioner Young reported that the Planning Commission held a Concept Review for Sunset 17 Memorial Park, in which an architect, from Alderwoods Group, spoke on their behalf. She 18 indicated that the request presented was to re-zone the property from R-1 to Recreational Open 19 Space,with the addition of conditional use as a funeral home. She noted that the Planning 20 Commission viewed this request as logical,however, continued in presenting an area of concern; 21 their request to tear down of the existing building to build a new funeral home. 22 23 Ms. Young stated that the some members of the Planning Commission,herself included, 24 expressed concerns with maintaining the historic architecture and landscaping that already exists 25 on this site. She noted that the original architect designed the existing building in the 1920's, 26 and was also the architect to design the Capital building in the 1940's. She continued in 27 reporting their plan to reconfigure Central Boulevard to in include more space for parking, 28 therefore,being detrimental to the landscaping. 29 30 Ms. Young continued in noting that the architect who spoke in their behalf indicated that he 31 conducted a preliminary search, via the internet and City documents,to determine if the location 32 was deemed as a historical site, either at a State, or national level; it was not. 33 34 Ms. Young also reported that the Planning Commission has had a request to revise City Code 35 Section 8-10 with regard to native prairies. She indicated that the City Code currently allows 36 weeds to be six inches maximum, whereas, in this case, the request would allow weeds that 37 would be much taller than that. She stated perhaps that the outcome of this request would be of 38 great interest to many residents. 39 40 Ms. Young concluded in noting that the Planning Commission heard City Engineer Hubmer's 41 presentation and were in unanimous support with regard to the flood plain ordinance. 42 43 VI. GENERAL POLICY BUSINESS OF THE COUNCIL. 44 A. City Engineer Report - Todd Hubmer, reporting. 45 1. Ordinance 04-007; Flood Plain.