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CITY OF ARDEN HILLS . MEMORANDUM DATE: January 26, 1998 TO: Mayor and City Council FROM: K~;o RmOW.Id, Comm""'ty Dml.pm..' Di"dm ~ SUBJECT: Community Development Department Activities January of 1998 The following summarizes the activities of the Community Development Department for January of 1998, Plannin!! and Zonin!! 1. Tony Schmidt Master Plan (Planning Case 98-04), The Planning Commission at its February 4, 1998, meeting will be reviewing the concept master plan for the proposed improvements to Tony Schmidt Park 2. Sawhorse Inc" Variance, 3465 Seims Court, Planning Case 98-02. The City in June of 1992 (Planning Case 92-10) approved a side yard setback variance for a garage on the . subject property (increasing from a one car to a two car garage), The garage addition was not built within the one year window. Therefore, the approval expired, The ownership of the home has now changed hands, The new owner (Joel and Jane Kennedy) wish to build the two car garage, However, they also wish to expand living space into the side yard setback, this expansion of living space was not part of the original approval. 3. Comprehensive Plan update. The Planning Commission, Consultant, and Staff had a worksession on Wednesday, January 21, 1998, to kickoff the update to the Comprehensive Plan (Exhibit A), The consultant reviewed the general planning process behind an update, asked some questions of the commissioners, and then requested input on what the process for obtaining public input should be from the Planning Commission's perspective, In general, the meeting went well, The Planning Commission is going to have worksessions on this topic the third Wednesday of each month during the update, At this point in time, we are still in the information gathering mode, The Planning Commission will be inviting the Council and commissions/committees (a representative sample of the community) to a meeting, most likely in March, The purpose of the meeting will be to identify issues and outline strategy, after having worked on this, then go out to the general public, As details become more clear and available, I will forward them to you, .