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Regular Planning Commission Meeting Minutes – Wednesday, January 2, 2013 Page 7 three (3) years; and that would dictate long-term plans for the parcel based on compliance with 300 conditions of approval. 301 Member Strohmeier apologized for being late to tonight’s meeting due to a prior commitment; 302 but noted his interest in attending to consider this issue. Member Strohmeier advised that he 303 continued to waffle on this request, noting that if he lived on Saint Albans, he would not be thrilled 304 about this at all. However, putting himself in the shoes of the property owner, Member Strohmeier 305 noted that proposed uses could be a lot worse than this one as well. Not knowing the Linder 306 family personally, Member Strohmeier noted that he got a sense of their reputation as great 307 neighbors to surrounding neighborhoods from others in the community; and expressed the need 308 to support small businesses in the community as well. Given the promises made that this property 309 would not be turned into a retail site, Member Strohmeier opined that this had confirmed to him 310 that this was intended as a greenhouse only and any impacts would be fairly minimal. Member 311 Strohmeier advised that he supported a three (3) year term for monitoring purposes, and opined 312 that this would be in the best interest of the City of Roseville. 313 Chair Boerigter advised that, in general, he was supportive of this project. Having given 314 consideration to public comment heard tonight, as well as written comment included in packet 315 materials, Chair Boerigter advised that at first he had been inclined to think that Mr. Linder’s lack 316 of interest in having people parking in his personal driveway may simply have been the price he 317 needed to pay for leasing the rear of this parcel. However, after further consideration, Chair 318 Boerigter advised that the Saint Albans access made more sense, as well as on-street parking 319 there versus Larpenteur Avenue, as well as having to be creative with access from that direction. 320 Therefore, despite his initial dislike of Mr. Linder’s attitude, Chair Boerigter advised that he was 321 amenable to the Saint Albans Street parking and access. 322 Keeping in mind what was trying to be accomplished by the City’s Comprehensive Plan and 323 future versus current uses, Chair Boerigter suggested a three (3) versus five (5) year term was 324 preferable, unless the City Council ultimately determined that this was a unique property and 325 location, and rezoned it for commercial versus residential. 326 Regarding current language of the staff report, Chair Boerigter questioned if the conditions 327 actually reflected the intent based on tonight’s discussions; and how the City could or would 328 regulate traffic to the site based on the number of deliveries, and whether the request would be 329 approved if there was a significant increase in traffic. Chair Boerigter suggested that staff be 330 directed to come up with condition language that would serve to regulate vehicular traffic 331 consistent with public testimony, while still allowing for some flexibility. 332 MOTION 333 Member Boguszewski moved, seconded by Member Boerigter to recommend to the City 334 Council APPROVAL of an INTERIM USE as detailed; and based on the comments and 335 findings of Sections 4-6 and recommendation of Section 8 of the staff report dated 336 January 2, 2013; amended as follows: 337  Condition A stands as is; 338  Condition B is removed, and replaced by language addressing the traffic concerns, 339 with staff directed to come up with language for a condition to regulate vehicular 340 traffic consistent with tonight’s public testimony allowing for some flexibility (e.g. “… 341 delivery/pick-up traffic limited to ____ …,”) with that specific metric to be filled in by 342 staff; 343  Condition C stands as is; 344  Condition D can stand as is, or amended as follows: 345 “The approval shall expire, [unless renewal of the INTERIM USE is obtained,] and the 346 commercial greenhouse operation shall cease and all related new improvements shall 347 be removed, by 11:50 p.m. on December 31, 2015, or upon the relocation of 348 HostasDirect off of the property, whoever comes first.” 349  Add Condition E with language to remove the existing hoop structure; and 350