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Planning Commission Regular Meeting Minutes August 20, 2024 Page 5 2.1 Opportunities for housing, and particularly affordable housing, are a key 2 component of the City’s compliance with Metropolitan Council housing goals, and 3 for the City’s compliance with these goals. 4 3.5 The proposed use retains the existing building and site conditions, the 6 improvement and/or replacement of which was an aspect of the City’s approval of 7 the original PUD. 8 4.9 The City entered into an agreement to remove the commercial use from this 10 property in exchange for the ability to relocate affordable housing objectives to 11 this parcel. 12 5.13 The proposed amendments to the PUD do not achieve the goals of the PUD for 14 creation of affordable housing as was anticipated. 15 6.16 The proposed site plan in the PUD amendment request reduces impervious surface 17 slightly, but leaves other paved surfaces in place, retaining more impervious than 18 the approved PUD. 19 7.20 The applicant has not provided adequate documentation to verify compliance with 21 the goals of the PUD, or the narrative descriptions of the amendment application. 22 8.23 Market conditions that disrupted the original PUD completion are constantly 24 changing and may reasonably be expected to change again in ways that help make 25 the previously approved residential use more feasible. 26 27 Mr. Grittman summarized stating staff believes there are adequate reasons to recommend 28 approval of the proposed amendment, given the expanded description of the proposed use on 29 the site. However, there are still details arising from that proposal that cannot be verified with 30 the material submitted as a part of the application submittal. The Commission should consider 31 the components of the application – both land use and development plans – and recommend 32 the policy that is most consistent with the City’s land use goals. If approval, staff has provided 33 a set of conditions that should accompany the approval recommendation. Regardless of the 34 Commission’s recommendation, the Planning Commission should consider findings 35 supporting its recommendation. The suggested findings above may serve as the basis for the 36 Commission’s decision and may be supplemented or amended based on the discussion during 37 and after the public hearing. 38 39 Also provided for Commission’s consideration were the Tibyan Center Application 40 Amendment Email, Site Plan Proposed – Landscaped, Application, Question-Answer 41 Application Supplement and Email Responses from Applicant to Staff’s Questions. 42 43 Commissioner Rude asked if currently this site could only be used for low-income affordable 44 housing. Mr. Grittman stated there is not a restriction that housing on the site be affordable. 45 Commissioner Rude asked how this impacts the Met Council’s requirements. Mr. Grittman 46 stated Met Council assigns the City an affordable housing goal which is adopted in the