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City of Gem Lake Planning Commission Meeting-- October 11, 2022 Meeting Minutes Planning Commission Chair Don Cummings called the meeting.to order. at 7:0I p..m. Commission Members. Stephanie Farrell, Joshua Patrick and Art Pratt were present. Commission Member Derek Wippich was not.present. Also present: City Attorney Patrick Kelly and Acting City Elerk Melissa -Lawrence. October 11.2022 Aeenda A.motion was made.by Commission Member Pratt to accept the agenda, seconded by Commission Member Patrick. Voice vote taken, all voted yes, motion passes, agenda accepted. Minutes A motion was made by Commission Member Patrick, seconded by Commission Member Farrell to approve the September 1.3; 2022,Planning Commission Meeting minutes. Voice vote taken, three (3) voted yes, motion passes, minutes are approved. Commission Member Pratt abstained. Public Hearings None Old Business Discussion of Permitted Uses in.the Consolidated Lane Use Ordinance Commission Chair Cummings reiterated what .was discussed .at.the September B., 2022 Planning Commission meeting regarding permitted uses, specifically permitted uses in the Gateway District. Commission Member Patrick likes the. idea.of leaving the description vague because. it.gives the City more control. Most corporations. tooking to build in a municipality can be creative and work with the City ifthey fir•,. really are interested. This topic .will continue to be discussed at future meetings. New Business Discussion of Metropolitan Council System Statement The.Metropolitan. Council recently revised:and updated the 2049 Transportation Policy P.lan..and the.2040 Regional Parks Policy Plan, which May. require. amendments to local comprehensive plans, .Metropolitan system.plans are.long=range comprehensive plans for the regional systems ---transit, h:ighways,. and airports; wastewater services;:an.d parks and open. space — along with the capital budgets for metropolitan wastewater services, transportation, and regional..recreation.open space. 5ystem.state ments explain the imp Iications..of metropolitan system plans for each individ.ua] community in the metropolitan area. They are intended to help communities prepare or update their comprehensive plan, as required by the Metropolitan Land Planning Act.. Since the last:systeul statement release in 2015, there have been two adopted updates Io the TPP;.a.long with several administrative modifications and adopted amendments: The.TPP was updated.in October.20.18. and November 2020, administratively Modified in September 2021 and February2022, and: amended in March 2422. The TPP updates -also included changes to policies. that: communities are encouraged to. respond to in their comprehensive plans, such as: policies identifying and describing investment priorities for the Regional Bicycle Transportation Network (RBTN). One of the major items that affects Gem Lake is the seven transit ways that now have identified funding, with the major one impacting Gem Lake being. Purple Line. Nothing seems to have changed with the. parks in regards to Gem Lake. No action was taken on the statement.during.the meeting, the Commission would like to hold off until a formal response can be developed after discussing the.statement further with City Planner Evan Monson.. ............................................................................................_.................................................................... _ ............ ........... City of Gem Lako Planning Commission. Meeting Minutes October 11, 2022 11 P a g e