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Home My WebLink About2008-05-06 P & Z tervi{{e 'Estafj{isfzetf 1857 PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA TUESDAY, May 6, 2008 6:30 p.m. I. CALL TO ORDER 1. Roll Call II. APPEARANCESWRESENTATION(~ PUBLIC HEARING (S) OLD BUSINESS The location for the May 6, 2008 Planning & Zoning Commission Meeting has been changed to 2085 Cedar Street, the new Public Works Building. III. IV. V. NEW BUSINESS VI. DISCUSSION ITEMS 1. CodeAJnenWnen~ VII. CONSIDERATION OF MINUTES 1. April 2, 2008 P & Z Meeting Minutes 2. April 2, 2008 Joint W/S Meeting Minutes VIII. ADJOURNMENT * * REMIND ERS * * City Council Work Session - May 6,2008,6:30 p.m. Council Chambers (Street Project) 16th Annual City Wide Garage Sale Days/8th Annual Clean Up Day Parks & Recreation Committee Meeting - May 7, 2008, 6:30 p.m. Council Chambers City Council Meeting - May 14, 2008, 6:30 p.m. Council Chambers City Council Meeting - May 28, 2008, 6:30 p.m. Council Chambers CITY OF CENTERVILLE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION April 2, 2008 Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, the Planning and Zoning Commission held its regularly scheduled meeting on April 2, 2008, at 6:30 p.m. PRESENT: Chair Brian Hanson Commissioner Ben Fehrenbacher Commissioner D. Love Commissioners Mark Pangell Commissioner Thomas Wood Commissioner Darrin Mosher ABSENT: Commissioner Roland Parucci 'e.o..... d,'a... n .. ._ '" d . . . - .. . ... ',' ,- . lA',',', p.... p""'>>: f>'({F\,/ iC..r .'. ",..K \0\0/ '... \..t9 .,.' N>'.. } 0""""'" ti{" }.R> },.....} \.,."",. . )0\\,/""'" .... '.' "~Co .. .... ..... o. .... ..... COUNCIL: Council Member Broussard STAFF: City Administrator Dallas Larson I. CALL TO ORDER Chair Hanson called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.rn. 1. Roll Can D. APPEARANCES/PRESENTATION(S) Mr. Trevor Russell of "Friends of the Mississippi River" made a presentation to the Commission. His organization provides volunteers with training to do stream and lake monitoring. He reported that volunteers have tested Clearwater Creek and found the stream in better health than they expected, but it does show stress from pollutants. He indicated that they have funding to continue the program in 2008 and are looking for new sampling locations. It was suggested that Clearwater Creek be sampled as close as possible where it enters the City and where it discharges into Peltier Lake to see if the stream health is adversely impacted by Centerville. It was noted that most of Centerville developed after 1980 and therefore has drainage ponds that should be reducing pollutant discharge for most of the City. m. PUBLIC HEARING(S): None IV. OLD BUSINESS A. COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. Mr. Brendon Slotterback, Bonestroo, reviewed the Comprehensive Plan and the comments received at the open house on March 27,2008. Page 1 of3 City ofCenterville Planning and Zoning Commission April 2, 2008 The comments were attached to his memo. The Commission discussed the parcels along Centerville Road that had been suggested for High Density Housing. When this location was ftrst discussed, it was thought to be a good location for senior housing; however, the City cannot be certain that a speciftc housing type would be built. It was the consensus of the group that the location be returned to its prior designation of low density, single family housing. Comments were also received from Mr. & Mrs. Mark Brilowski, 7124 Main Street requesting that their property not be included in the Mixed Use District. They do not want the distinction of being classifted as a non-conforming use. The Commission felt that the property should be zoned Mixed Use, along with the LaLonde property to the north. The Commission reviewed the Parks and Trail Map that would be inserted into the plan. The. City has received a transportation enhancement grant that would be able to fund most of the trail linkages shown on the map. The map will be reviewed at the AlI- Committee meeting due to be held on April 3, 2008. It was agreed that if the larger group desired to modify the map, those changes would be incorporated into the ftnal verSIon. Motion by Commissioner Love that the Commission recommend to Council that the Comprehensive Plan be approved for distribution to nei2hborine: communities for iurisdictional review. The motion was seconded bv Commissioner Fehrenbacher. all voted in favor. The motion carried unanimously. B. CODE AMENDMENTS. The City Attorney Glaser continues drafting the ordinances that would amend Chapter 154, ZONING. The amendments should be available at the next meeting. It is anticipated that a public hearing should be scheduled for June. v. NEW BUSINESS: None VI. DISCUSSION ITEMS: None VII. CONSIDERATION OF MINUTES 1. March 4. 2008. Planning and Zoning Meeting Minutes Motion by Commissioner Pane:ell. seconded by Commissioner Love. to approve the Minutes of March 4. 2008. as presented. All in favor. 1 Abstention (Chair Hanson). Motion carried. Page 2 of3 City Council 2008-04-02, 7:30 p.m. Minutes of Work Session Present were Mayor Mary Capra, Council Members Michelle Lakso, Jeff Paar, Linda Broussard-Vickers and Tom Lee. Also present were City Attorney Kurt Glaser, Engineer Mark Statz and Administrator Dallas Larson. Present from the Planning and Zoning Commission were Brian Hanson, Darin Mosher, Ben Fehrenbacher, Mark Pangel, D. Love, and Tom Wood. Present from the Parks and Recreation Committee were Suzanne Seely, Savannah Lee, Mark Haiden, Pat Branch, Kevin Amundson, and Kevin Selandar. Absent were Lori Harris of Parks and Rec., and Roland Parrucci ofP&Z. Mark Statz of Bonestroo reviewed a park and trail map and discussed the possible priorities for construction of trails using grant funds recently approved by Met Council. The grant envisions a project of about $1.1 million with a local match of about $350,000. Work under the grant could start this summer, if the City can determine which trails to construct. Council Member Paar asked how the local share could be financed. It appears likely that the City may need to borrow through municipal bonds or that an internal loan may be necessary to provide financing. Parks and Rec. Members expressed support for building more trail connections. The consensus of everyone present was that the trail map as presented should be included in the Comprehensive Plan, even though all of the trails may not be built. City Attorney Glaser discussed ethics issues, conflicts of interest, Open Meeting Law and Government Data Practices issues. He expressed concern that emails are a potential source for violation of the Open Meeting Law and suggested that the council and Members of the commissions and committees never use "Reply to All." This can be an inadvertent violation of the open meeting requirements by sharing opinions outside of a public meeting. He also indicated that emails relating to City business are public records under the Data Practices Act. The Council Goals for 2008 were reviewed. Possible community signs and a new City Hall message board were discussed as was the Comprehensive Plan. The Comp Plan is ready for distribution to neighboring jurisdictions. They have six months to review the plan, after which the plan can be finalized and submitted to Met Council. The Administrator provided information on a new community development website that is available through Anoka County funding. The site called MetroMSP is a site designed for business and industry site selection professionals. The site has capabilities to generate business and demographic data related to industrial or commercial sites that are listed. The City has the ability to list City owned property as well as redevelopment districts. The Community Survey was discussed. Not everyone has seen it, so the Administrator will send copies. The Survey gave generally high marks for city services, but the City scored rather low in value for the taxes paid. The Council will discuss the survey at a future work session to determine if anything should be done to respond to areas of low satisfaction. Mark Statz reviewed the status of work in Hidden Springs Park. He indicated that he is waiting for some recommendations from Mr. Greg Thompson of the Association of Metro Watershed Districts, on what additional steps are needed to stabilize the shoreline. As soon as that information is received, Bonestroo will complete the shoreline work. Veit Company should be returning soon to finish the other items remaining. The Administrator reviewed locations where the City has had complaints of encroachments in the street right of way. The issues ranged from shrubs planted around transformer boxes to landscape rocks and fences in the right of way. City Attorney Glaser indicated that the Council can decide to what level they wish to enforce the city code and that selective enforcement is often necessary due to limited resources. The Council will put this matter on a work session in the near future. Council Member Broussard-Vickers expressed the desire to have a separate work session on this matter to allow an appropriate amount of time to be allocated to the issue. Council Member Lakso reviewed the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) program. Currently approximately 30 residents are attending CERT training. The purpose is to provide training to volunteers making them more prepared to help in community emergencies. Council Member Lakso asked the Council to consider the option of providing some ongoing funding in the budget to allow CERT to be sustained into the future. She also encouraged those present to consider getting involved in CERT. The meeting adjourned at approximately 9:05 p.m. Dallas Larson City Administrator