HomeMy WebLinkAbout1991.02.27 PC MinutesMINUTES FOR THE HUGO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING OF FEBRUARY 27. 1991
The meeting was called to order by Chairman Peltier at 7:00 PM.
PRESENT: Barnes, Thoreson, Oswald, Henry, Peltier
City Administratory, Ken Huber
Acting Secretary, Mary Ann Creager
Representatives from Howard Kuusisto's office, Eric Wharton and Ken Weber
ABSENT: Bill Mezzano
Oswald made motion, Barnes seconded, to approve the minutes for the
Planning Commission meeting of January 23, 1991 as submitted.
All aye. Motion Carried.
Newly -appointed Commissioner, Dan Davis, took the Oath of Office, and will
serve a term to expire December 31, 1992.
COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENTS (DISCUSSION)
The City Administrator noted that in May of 1990, the City received a
letter from the Metropolitan Council requesting that the City review the
changes in the Metropolitan System Policy Plans and that Hugo look into
how these changes may affect our comprehensive plan. This request has
been turned over to the City's engineer who is working with the
Metropolitan Council to prepare a response and recommendation for
Comprehensive Plan Amendments. The Planning Commission received a copy of
a procedural outline indicating what our engineers will address in
bringing our comprehensive plan up to date. Eric Wharton of Kuusisto
Engineering then reviewed the outline with the Planning Commission.
The City Administrator then stated that in conjunction with the work being
done on the City's comprehensive plan, the City Council has directed the
City engineer to prepare a plan that would address the extension of
utilities and streets within our MUSA and adjacent areas. In that most of
the development in the City is occurring within the MUSA, we feel it
essential to begin addressing the need to extend utilities, improve our
water system, and plan for street extensions before development takes
place. With leapfrog development occurring in the City, it is difficult
to plan infrastructure improvements, and we feel that this aspect of our
comprehensive plan should be updated and addressed in more detail.
It was then pointed out that the City is in the process of doing
preliminary research for the preparation of a water management plan to
address surface water and ground water issues. This water management plan
must be dovetailed with the plans of the watershed districts and will
become an integral part of our comprehensive plan by reference. Over the
last several years, the Planning Commission has held numerous meetings to
discuss needed changes in the City's comprehensive plan map. Because the
current comprehensive plan map is so similar to the zoning map, it
provides very little direction with regard to the future growth and
development of the community. The City Council has requested that the
Planning Commission look at our comprehensive plan with regard to future
development and provide some recommendations that are more applicable to
our growth patterns and other development issues. In the spring of 1990,
the planning commission completed a draft comprehensive plan map which was
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referred to the City Council for their review and comment. The City
Council met and reviewed this plan and made several suggestions with
regard to areas of concern.
Representatives from Kuusisto Engineering were present to review these
matters and answered questions posed by the Commission.
After a lengthy discussion of the above issues, the Planning Commission
requested that the engineer's office consider the following matters in
their revisions of the comprehensive plan map:
1. Expansion of the industrial zones along Highway 61.
2. Do not designate depth of commercial strip along Highway 61.
3. Commercial area westerly on Frenchman Road be included in the proposed
MUSA area.
4. Leave the commercial designation on north side of 120th Street, just
east of Highway 61.
Commissioner Debra Barnes left the meeting at 8:45 PM.
Commissioner Chuck Henry asked the Commission to review Ordinance 240,
which creates the Planning Commission, and their operating and
administrative procedures for possible revisions. These will be discussed
at a future Commission meeting.
Thoreson made motion, Henry seconded, to adjourn at 9:05 PM.
All aye. Motion Carried.
Mar' CreagerAct & Secretary
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