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Regular Planning Commission Meeting Minutes – Wednesday, June 6, 2012 Page 7 Member Boguszewski opined that this use was not in violation of or not in the spirit of the 300 Comprehensive Plan. While it may not address Mr. Grefenberg’s concerns about the 301 Comprehensive Plan or if the City Council or other bodies were ignoring parts of that Plan 302 in their deliberations, Member Boguszewski offered his support of the proposed use and 303 Text Amendment. 304 Member Olsen opined that this was a change from office space to teaching, essentially 305 expanding the campus, and whether good, bad or indifferent, it still represented a change 306 and raised questions, as expressed by Mr. Grefenberg, in expansion of the Northwestern 307 College campus. From that perspective, and true intended use as a teaching space, not 308 another office space, Member Olsen opined that the use was new and different. 309 At the request of Member Cunningham, Mr. Humphries advised that the College could 310 not afford to build additional facilities on their campus proper. While this may be a 311 consideration at some future point, and allowed under the College’s footprint for their 312 Planned Unit Development (PUD), Mr. Humphries confirmed that the College didn’t have 313 the available resources to proceed with a new facility on campus at this time, thus their 314 request for this option. 315 Member Cunningham noted that here areas of most concern were in the campus 316 appearing to spill out into the community, affecting residents and businesses in those 317 areas. However, Member Cunningham advised that she would probably support this 318 request; but hoped that the City Council considered those implications as well during their 319 deliberations. 320 Vice Chair Gisselquist closed the Public Hearing for File 12-008 at approximately 7:19 321 p.m. 322 MOTION 323 Member Boguszewski moved, seconded by Member Lester to recommend to the 324 City Council APPROVAL OF THE ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT for Lincoln Drive 325 Properties, LLC, a property management subsidiary of Northwestern College, to 326 allow academic classes to be taught in office settings in addition to more 327 traditional campus settings; based on the comments and findings of Sections 4-6 328 and the recommendations of Section 7 of the staff report dated June 6, 2012. 329 Member Strohmeier opined that this request put people on edge as it was essentially 330 Northwestern College expanding again; and noted the rocky past and controversial 331 issues in the past as well. While not sure of his feelings, Member Strohmeier opined that 332 some of the questions raised needed to be addressed at the City Council level and urged 333 them to flag those issues (e.g. property tax roll status and impacts). Despite the opinions 334 expressed by Member Boguszewski, Member Strohmeier opined that this was a change, 335 and with the location of the building adjacent to Eagle Crest with many seniors walking on 336 Lincoln Drive to parks and shopping, it created concerns. Member Strohmeier advised 337 that he had heard residents from that facility, as well as in the area, express their grave 338 concerns with the continued expansion of Northwestern College and the multiple and 339 negative impacts of the expansion. Member Strohmeier opined that the traffic issue 340 should be looked at more closely by staff prior to their presentation to the City Council, 341 specific to County Road C-2 and Lincoln Drive, as well as in the general area, given the 342 uniqueness of that road. 343 Member Strohmeier stated that he would support this request, given his recognition of the 344 critical need for nurses; however, he admonished that the College needed to be a good 345 partner with the City of Roseville; and should not expand without community input. 346 Mr. Paschke asked Member Strohmeier if the use, a nursing school, wasn’t associated or 347 affiliated with Northwestern College, would he still have the same issues or concerns. 348 Member Strohmeier responded “yes,” with his concerns mostly related to traffic. 349 Mr. Paschke asked that the Commission as a whole consider this use specific to a 350 building they already own, and not associated with campus expansion. Mr. Paschke 351