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Planning Commission Regular Meeting Minutes December 16, 2025 Page 3 1 Morello recommended not including it in the 2026 Work Plan because it will be coming up in 2 2027 with the Comprehensive Plan activities. Ms. Morello stated that affordable housing can 3 be added. 4 5 Commissioner Corneille referred to #1 under Specific Tasks for 2026 and asked for some 6 examples of updates. Ms. Morello stated there is no specific update. He stated he would be 7 interested in hearing more about Commissioner Mayne’s thoughts on the updated corridor. 8 9 Commissioner Mayne stated he is not prepared to expound in detail, but in general, he would 10 envision Silver Lake Road not to have residential on both sides of the street. Other 11 communities that have a main artery have rezoned busy streets like that. Silver Lake Road 12 could have an opportunity for ground-level retail with housing above. This is pursuant to the 13 tax increase. More density needs to be added to the makeup of our tax base. 14 15 Chair Socha stated, as far as affordable housing, add explore affordable housing deliberately 16 and explore options to increase it. 17 18 Commissioner Anderson stated that first-time homeowner assistance for people who work in 19 the community. Chair Socha stated there are a lot of options, including grants, partnerships, 20 easing up aesthetics, etc. At this point, she prefers deliberate exploration of options to increase 21 it. Ms. Morello suggested using “Support affordable housing initiatives.” 22 23 Commissioner Corneille stated he had mentioned to Mr. Grittman the Met Council 24 requirements for the point of sale inspection for water intrusion. This was adopted by the 25 Council. The impact is that the cost of mitigation before the sale of the house will result in the 26 house price increasing. This is an example of impacting the cost of housing in the community. 27 There may be other ways the City could help mitigate that cost increase. Ms. Morello stated 28 that each year the City applies for a Met Council grant to help pay some of those costs. 29 Commissioner Corneille stated there are options to have the cost not be a condition of sale. 30 Ms. Morello stated this would not be appropriate to be included in the Planning Commission 31 Work Plan. Commissioner Corneille stated this would go along with affordable housing. 32 33 Chair Socha stated that it never came before the Planning Commission. Valid points are being 34 raised, but not part of the Planning Commission’s purview. Chair Socha asked Ms. Morello to 35 pass that comment on to the Mayor and Council. 36 37 Commissioner Corneille asked how affordable housing fits within the Planning Commission’s 38 scope. Chair Socha stated that there are a number of zoning regulations that talk about density. 39 There have been a number of joint work sessions where this was discussed. Commissioner 40 Corneille asked if ADUs could be rental properties. Ms. Morello stated the topic would come 41 before the Planning Commission to review the ordinance language. 42 43 Chair Socha stated that the work the Planning Commission does on the Comprehensive Plan 44 is heavily policy-based on zoning and regulation, and land use decisions policy is in mind. 45 The Planning Commission advises when considering policy, and they do not just review