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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes June 21, 2005 Page 13 1 City newsletter in an effort to educate residents. He stated that he would like to review several 2 items with Ms. Moore-Sykes including garage sale permits,rules for vehicle sales and proper 3 addressing for homes. 4 5 Chair Stromgren recalled that one of the earlier issues was with respect to native plantings and 6 prairie restorations. He stated that based on research most cities are changing their ordinances to 7 allow them and asked for suggestions on conditions and controls. Fire Chief Malenick clarified 8 that currently prairie plantings are not considered a noxious weed and are allowable. 9 10 Fire Chief Malenick assured the Commission that their intent is stay current and on top of the 11 housing code issues and compliance. He asked Ms. Moore-Sykes to touch base with him to 12 discuss their concerns and to set up a timeframe for review with the Planning Commission at a 13 future meeting. 14 15 Chair Stromgren noted that the Planning Commission is looking at reviewing adjustments and 16 changes to the ordinance in the July timeframe and suggested that they work to incorporate their 17 changes in time for their review in July. 18 19 10.2 LMC Land Use Issues—June 15, 2005. 20 21 Ms. Moore-Sykes stated that she recently attended the Lakes of Minnesota Land Use seminar 22 and provided the Commission with copies of the handouts she received in class as reference 23 material. She stated that one item she heard very clearly is to make sure they have complete 24 findings of fact and that each case is clearly documented in the event that there are any issues. 25 She noted that the City of St Anthony does a very good job with the findings of fact process 26 adding that they should be sure everything is in order before proceeding with an application or 27 request. She stated that she also included information on the 60-day rule and what Cities should 28 be aware of noting that it was a very good refresher course that brought her up to speed with the 29 current legislation. 30 31 XI. ANNOUNCEMENTS 32 33 Commissioner Jensen suggested placing the Public Comments section of the agenda at the 34 beginning of the meeting. 35 36 Chair Stromgren explained that it was his understanding that the Public Comments section used 37 to be at the beginning of the meeting but was shifted around by Council because they were 38 getting a lot of people who were speaking on public hearing items before the public hearing took 39 place. 40 41 Commissioner Young stated that she attended the City Council meeting last month and the 42 Council asked her to convey their sincere thanks for all of their hard work. 43 44 Commissioner Jensen noted that one of their work programs was to deal with a walkable 45 community and sidewalks in the future noting that he would be willing to forgo one of his