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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes – Wednesday, April 06, 2011 Page 4 c. PLANNING FILE 3663 144 Request by Pulte Homes of MN, LLC for VACATION of a storm sewer easement in 145 support of the proposed plat of property in the NW corner of Lexington Avenue 146 and County Road C-2 147 Chair Boerigter opened the Public Hearing at 6:10 p.m. 148 Associate Planner Bryan Lloyd reviewed the request of Pulte Homes for vacation of the 149 existing storm sewer easement that crosses the parcel at the intersection of Lexington 150 Avenue and County Road C-2. Mr. Lloyd noted that a reconstructed storm sewer line will 151 be located within a new easement and rights-of-way as part of the current plat of the 152 property, as detailed in Section 5.1 of the Request for Planning Commission Action 153 (RPCA) dated April 6, 2011report. 154 Staff recommended approval of the proposed EASEMENT VACATION of the property in 155 the northwest corner of Lexington Avenue and County Road C-2; based on the 156 comments and findings of Sections 4-6, and the conditions of Section 7 of the RPCA 157 dated April 6, 2011. 158 Discussion among Commissioners and staff included ramifications should the Pulte 159 Homes project not proceed; with staff advising that the vacation request would coincide 160 with Final Plat approval at the City Council level; and that the Public Improvement 161 Contract would provide further stipulations and guarantees. 162 The applicant was not present at tonight’s meeting. 163 Public Comment 164 Chair Boerigter closed the Public Hearing at 6:14 p.m.; no one spoke for or against. 165 Member Gisselquist, for the benefit of new Commissioners and/or those Commissioners 166 not present at previous discussions related to the Pulte Homes project and Preliminary 167 Plat review by the Planning Commission, opined that this request represented additional 168 fine-tuning of the plat proposal, and should cause no concern. 169 MOTION 170 Member Gisselquist moved, seconded by Member Boerigter to RECOMMEND 171 APPROVAL of the proposed EASEMENT VACATION of the property in the 172 northwest corner of Lexington Avenue and County Road C-2; based on the 173 comments and findings of Sections 4-6, and the conditions of Section 7 of the 174 RPCA dated April 6, 2011. 175 Ayes: 7 176 Nays: 0 177 Motion carried. 178 It was noted that this case is scheduled to be heard at the April 18, 2011 City Council 179 meeting. 180 d. PLANNING FILE 3663 181 Request by Ramsey County for renewed approval of the household hazardous 182 waste collection site at Kent Street and Larpenteur Avenue as an INTERIM USE 183 Chair Boerigter opened the Public Hearing at 6:16 p.m. 184 Associate Planner Bryan Lloyd reviewed the request, as detailed in the Request for 185 Planning Commission Action (RPCA), of the Ramsey County Department of Public 186 Health for a five (5)-year extension of their INTERIM USE approval to allow continuation 187 of the operation of a satellite household hazardous waste (HHW) collection facility at the 188 County’s site along Kent Street just north of Larpenteur Avenue, pursuant to City Code, 189 Chapter 1009.03 (Interim Uses). Mr. Lloyd advised that the Development Review 190 Committee recommended renewal based upon their review. 191 Staff recommended a five (5)-year renewal of the INTERIM USE for Ramsey County to 192 continue operating a HHW collection facility at the Kent Street location; based on the 193