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City of Gem Lake <br />Planning Commissioh :Meeting — October 11, 2022 <br />Meeting Minutes. <br />Planning Commission Chair Don Cummings called the meeting to order at 7:O1. p.m. Commiss'sort MembersStephanie.Farrell, Joshua Patrick and Art Pratt were present. Commission .Member Da-ek W ippich was not present. <br />Also present: City.Attorney Patrick Kelly and Acting City Clerk Melissa: Lawrence; <br />October 11, 2022 A¢enda <br />A motion was made by Commission Member Pratt to accept the agenda, seconded by Commission Member Patrick.. <br />Voice.vote:taken, all voted yes; motion passes, agenda..accepted. <br />Minutes. <br />A motion was made by Commission Member Patrick, seconded by Commission Member Farrell to approve the <br />September 13, 2022, Planning Commission Meeting minutes. Voice vote taken, three (3) voted yes, motion passes, <br />minutes are approved: C-6mmission Mcmber Pratt abstained. <br />Public Hearings. <br />None <br />Old Business <br />Discussion of Permitted*Uses.iti the Consolidated Lane Use Ordinance <br />Comnission Chair Cummings reiterated. what was discussed At'the September '13, 2022 Planning <br />Connnission meeting regarding permitted uses; specifically permitted uses in the Gateway. District. <br />Commission Member Patrick likes the.idea:of leaving -the deseriptiomvaguebecause it gives the City more <br />-co", Most corporations looking to build in a.municipality can be creative and work with the City if they <br />really aM.interested. This•topie:will continue. to be discussed atfutttm meetings. <br />New ftsinesir <br />Discussion of Metropolitan Council System Statement <br />The Metropolitan Council recently revised'. and updated the 2040 Transportation Policy.Plan.and the 2040 <br />Regional Parks Policy Plan,. which may require amendments to local comprehensive plans. Metropolitan <br />system plans are long-rangetomprehensive plans for the regional systems —transit, highways, and airports;. <br />wastewater services; and parks and open space - along .with the capital budgets for metropolitan <br />wastewater services; transportation, and regional recreation open space. System statements explain the. <br />implications of metropolitan system plans for.eachindividual community in the.metropolitan area. They are <br />intended: to help communities prepare or update their comprehensive plan, as required by. the Metropolitan <br />Land Planning Act:. <br />Since the last sjisietn.statement release in 2015. there have been tv0d4dopted updates to the TPP, along <br />with. several udmjhistft ive modifications and adopted. amentimeets..The TPP was updated in October 20:18 <br />and November 2020, administratively modified in September =,Land. February 2022, and amended in <br />March2022. The:TPP:updates also inc iuded:changes to policies that communities.are encouraged to <br />respond to in their comprehensive plans, such as policies identifying and describing investment priorities <br />for the Regional Bicycle Transportation Network: (RBTN). One of the major items that affects Gem Lake is <br />the-.sev' en transit ways that now have iderififted funding; with the major one impacting Gem Lake being <br />Purple Line. Nothing seems to have changed with the parks in regards to Gem -Like. <br />1 to action was taken on the statement..du.ring the :meeting, the.Cotnmission would like to. hold off until a <br />forma response. can be. developed after discussing the statement further with City Planner .Evan Monson. <br />City.of Gem LAke.PIanning.Commission Meeting Minutes Actober 11, 2022 <br />Ilt�agc <br />