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Planning Commission Regular Meeting Minutes August 18, 2020 Page 7 Commissioner Socha indicated she was also going to suggest there be an easement 1 requirement as a condition for the back-row parking. She also wondered if this would be 2 economically feasible to get an easement for the back row or would it make the project no 3 longer feasible. Mr. Holst explained the real concern they would have with any sort of 4 requirement on the easement is that the other project is also zoned multi-family. They hope 5 the Unofficial survives and thrives and they certainly have no plans to redevelop that site, but 6 he was concerned with any sort of easement language and the development potential of that 7 site. His preference would be to not have any sort of requirement. 8 9 Commissioner Neumann did not know why at this point the Commission wants to add 10 requirements, the Commission is just giving its recommendations and at the end of the day the 11 Mayor and City Council are going to do what they want to do and it does not matter what the 12 Commission really recommends. When the Commission gets into this minutia and start 13 acting like they are the architect and contractor and also the lawyer, it really takes up time and 14 she gets irked. She is speaking because obviously they have a relationship with an entity that 15 is already here in the City, that the powers to be, prior to the Commissioners, thought was a 16 good idea and that right now with the triple pandemic is not doing too well. This is obviously, 17 from what she has heard, is a new project type that the developer is trying out because they 18 like their tenants and want to succeed. 19 20 Commissioner Socha stated although she does have concerns with the parking being tight she 21 understood the concerns about making the easement formal at this stage and based on those 22 concerns and that it could tie up development of the other property and also make it more 23 expensive to proceed, she is not supportive of requiring an easement as a condition at this 24 point but rather trusting their reasonable assurances that it will all work out. 25 26 Motion by Commissioner Socha to recommend that the City Council approve an amendment 27 to the Silver Lake Village Planned Unit Development (PUD) at 3725 Stinson Blvd., with the 28 conditions as detailed in the staff report. 29 30 Motion failed due to lack of a second. 31 32 Commissioner Neumann thought that the Commissioners were not satisfied with whatever it 33 is. She thought people had different perspectives on this. She is more than happy to re-34 examine it if people are going to say they want certain allowances. She really needs an 35 allowance in there, some kind of collaboration with the community. She did not know if it is 36 going to be with one of the youth programs here so that the whole aspect of how this is a more 37 equitable community here in St. Anthony Village can also be reflected in these new 38 developments that come in but are not really here to necessarily serve that piece of the 39 community but that are also welcome. In this case it has a relationship with the already 40 existing business. 41 42 Commissioner Socha asked what were the concerns of the other Commissioners that did not 43 second the motion. 44 45