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<br />Planning Commission Regular Meeting <br />City Council Chambers, 2660 Civic Center Drive <br />Minutes - Wednesday, August 03, 2011 <br />1. Call to Order <br />1 <br />Chair Daniel Boerigter called to order the regular meeting of the Planning Commission meeting at <br />2 <br />approximately 6:30 p.m. and reviewed the role and purpose of the Planning Commission. <br />3 <br />2. Roll Call & Introductions <br />4 <br />City Planner Thomas Paschke called the Roll. <br />5 <br />Members Present: Chair Daniel Boerigter; and Members Joe Wozniak; Peter Strohmeier; <br />6 <br />John Gisselquist; Michael Boguszewski; Glenn Cook; and Joe Wozniak <br />7 <br />Members Excused: Member Jeff Lester <br />8 <br />Staff Present: City Planner Thomas Paschke; Associate Planner Bryan Lloyd <br />9 <br />Others Present: City Attorney Charlie Bartholdi <br />10 <br />3. Review of Minutes <br />11 <br />MOTION <br />12 <br />Member Boerigter moved, seconded by Member Cook to approve regular meeting minutes <br />13 <br />of July 6, 2011 as amended. <br />14 <br />Corrections <br />15 <br /> <br /> Page 1, include Member Lester as present at the meeting (Recording Secretary) <br />16 <br /> <br /> Page 9, 489-492 (Strohmeier): attribute comments to Member Lester rather than Member <br />17 <br />Strohmeier <br />18 <br />Ayes: 6 <br />19 <br />Nays: 0 <br />20 <br />Motion carried. <br />21 <br />4. Communications and Recognitions: <br />22 <br />a. From the Public (Public Comment on items not on the agenda) <br />23 <br />None. <br />24 <br />b. From the Commission or Staff <br />25 <br />None. <br />26 <br />5. Public Hearings <br />27 <br />Chair Boerigter reviewed the purpose and process for public hearings held before the Planning <br />28 <br />Commission. <br />29 <br />a. PLANNING FILE 11-020 <br />30 <br />Request by Meritex Enterprises, Inc. for approval of a PRELIMINARY PLAT of <br />31 <br />Outlot A created in the recently-approved Highcrest Park Addition plat <br />32 <br />Chair Boerigter opened the Public Hearing at 6:35 p.m. <br />33 <br />Associate Planner Bryan Lloyd summarized the request of Meritex Enterprises to plat the <br />34 <br />portion of Outlot A at 2285 Walnut Street, lying immediately north of the triangle platted <br />35 <br />under the Highcrest Park Addition plat, leaving the remainder of the parcel as an outlot <br />36 <br />until future development plans necessitate platting more of the property; as detailed in the <br />37 <br />Request for Planning Commission Action dated August 3, 2011. <br />38 <br />Mr. Lloyd advised that the request had been prompted by plans to develop a 120,000 <br />39 <br />square foot FedEx office/warehouse facility in the southern portion of the existing Outlot <br />40 <br />A, created by the first Highcrest Park Addition plat approved by the City Council on July <br />41 <br />11, 2011. Mr. Lloyd noted that the nature of an “outlot” is such that it may not be <br />42 <br />developed until it is re-platted, and as in this case proposed for development when future <br />43 <br /> <br />