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2. The.applicant is required to acquire a building permit from the city forthe proposed structure and: to submit a grading and erosion control plan to city staff for review prior to .issuance of a building permit, so as to ensure drainage issues are mitigated. 3. The applicant would not be allowed to turn this structure into a secondary residence on the.property and would remodel the existing. nearby shed to:itiatch the siding o.f the new garage. within one'year:of garage completion. 44.. Any connections of the.proposed accessory structure to city utilities would ad.liere.to applicable city requirements. 5. The -applicant is required to adhere to all applicable local, State or l:ederal regulations. f. The applicant is required to acquire any other applicable local, State.or Federal permits for this request. New Business Luther Cadilhic Project Request and. Anticipated Re.=application An application. fora new car dealership that spanned.:two cities {Gent Cake and Vadnais Heights} was.approv.ed in 20.19. Due .to the pandemic and other factors, the project:had to be. put on hold foraperiod of time. Luther Cadillac now wishes to restart thC.. project with slightly revised. plans. The .projact involved a car dealership and large parking lot.,ne building would be entirely in Vadnais.Heights. The north end of the. parking lot would be.iit Gem Lake, Revised plans were "shown to the Planning Commission: by Steve Sabraski of Land Form Company, who is managing the.. construction planning, The new plans show a smaller sales building that is set back further from Highway 61 and `the access road. The parking lot is essentially the same,. although revisions.a[[Qwed for theelinihiatioii or the retaining wall and the installation of more landscape screening on the north end of thie:project. Commission memhers. asked several questions; but generally regarded the:pIans as essentially the same as. I[to se approved three years. ago Far that portion of the project that is in Gem Lake. Sabrmki added that Vadnais Heights had already approved the revisions and that -Luther was ready to start in March .or whenever Gem Lake -could Provide their official stamp of approval. He "added that watershed approval had .already been obtained. The application will. be sent into the city in the rooting week. It will be the subject of public hearing on April. 12, with council discussion and potential approval on April 19. 2020. Gern La Ice. Comprehensive Plan A'finaI draft of the Gem Lake Comprehensive Plan was submitted to. ilia Metropolitan Council approximately one year ago, following a public }tearing, [n Decemher.of 2021; a.letter was: received back from the Metropolitan Council asking for additional changes: The consultant working on this project for the City,. did not feel the changes were significant and could .be coniplcted fairly quickly..0he or two of the requested. changes involved the City's engineering firm. SEH is currently.seeking cIArifcation. from the Metropolitan Council on one or two of the requests for. revision. ❑nce-the final version is re -submitted to. the ivletropoIitan Council, Artig-SwomIey an d. C urn m i ngs disetissed having. a joint informational meeting. on the -plan. This: informational meeting. could be part of the April or May City:Council meeting. April is.preferred if the tinting can be managed. Artig-Swonilcy.said she. would get in touch with the consultant who helped write the plan and see:if he is available on Apri[ 19 Future: Meetings City Council Mecting; APri1 12.., 2022. at Heritagc.l:hall.. This meeting wiII include a public hearing on the. Luther Cadillac applicati.on.. Adjournment Being there no further business, fallowing a rootioit from Patrick; seconded by FarreII, the meeting adjourned at 9:05 p. M. Respectfirll): submillecl GretehM 4reig=Swonde3p City DI'(;cm Lake Planning Cammiss1on Meeting'Minutes March 8, 2022 2 1 f' u g