09-23-19-R - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

ARDEN HILLS SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION — AUGUST 12, 2019 4 neighborhood meetings notification on their websites or on social media unless the City is facilitating the development. The cities do post public hearings on their websites. Community Development Manager/City Planner Mrosla commented staff is reviewing options to post land use application information on the city's website. A growing number of cities are providing development information on their websites. The information generally includes a brief summary of the project and contact information. This allows residents not impacted by the project to review the proposal and contact staff if they have any questions or concerns. He requested feedback from the Council on the neighborhood meeting notification process. Councilmember Holden stated she heard from several different people at National Night Out that more people should be invited to neighborhood meetings and not just adjacent property owners. Mayor Grant supported the City notifying residents that live within 500 feet of a project area to neighborhood meetings. He indicated he could be lobbied to go even higher on this. Planning Consultant Kansier recommended the Council find a number and stick with it. She did not believe the Council should be using different numbers for different projects. Mayor Grant suggested the notification radius be set at 1,000 feet. Community Development Manager/City Planner Mrosla stated this could be set as the notification standard. Council consensus was to set the neighborhood meeting notification radius to 1,000 feet. Community Development Manager/City Planner Mrosla asked if the Council wanted to require developers to hold neighborhood meetings for all preliminary plats, conditional use permits, planned unit developments, rezonings, comprehensive plan amendments that are located within neighborhood developments. Councilmember Holden asked when these meetings were held. Community Development Manager/City Planner Mrosla reported the neighborhood meeting could be held prior to the developer making application or after an application has been submitted. Councilmember McClung stated he liked the idea of developers meeting with neighbors prior to submitting an application. Mayor Grant supported neighborhood meetings for all of the staff listed requests. Councilmember McClung agreed. Community Development Manager/City Planner Mrosla commented a second neighborhood meeting could be held after an application is submitted after plans have been revised to take into consideration the neighbors concerns and prior to the item being reviewed by the City Council.