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Variance Board Meeting 1 City Council Chambers, 2660 Civic Center Drive 2 Wednesday, January 7, 2015 – 5:30 p.m. 3 1. Call to Order 4 Chair Boguszewski called to order the Variance Board meeting at approximately 5:30 p.m. and 5 reviewed the role and purpose of the Variance Board. 6 2. Roll Call & Introductions 7 At the request of Chair Boguszewski, City Planner Thomas Paschke called the Roll. 8 Members Present: Chair Michael Boguszewski; and Commissioners Robert Murphy and 9 Shannon Cunningham 10 Others Present: Alternate Variance Board Member James Daire 11 Staff Present: City Planner Thomas Paschke 12 3. Review of Minutes 13 MOTION 14 Member Cunningham moved, seconded by Member Murphy to approve meeting minutes 15 of December 3, 2014 as presented. 16 Ayes: 3 17 Nays: 0 18 Motion carried. 19 4. Public Hearing 20 a. PLANNING FILE 15-001 21 Request by Pizza Lucé, owner of the property at 2851 Snelling Avenue, for a 22 VARIANCE to the tree replacement formula of Roseville City Code, Section 23 1011.04G (Tree Preservation and Restoration in All Districts) and a VARIANCE to 24 the parking lot island requirements in Section 1103.03.C (Landscaping and 25 Screening in All Districts), to allow redevelopment of the former Countryside 26 Restaurant site into a new Pizza Lucé location 27 Chair Boguszewski opened the Public Hearing for Planning File 15-001 at 5:35 p.m. 28 City Planner Thomas Paschke summarized the request and staff’s analysis as detailed in 29 the staff report dated January 7, 2015. 30 At the request of Member Cunningham, Mr. Paschke clarified that, under the current City 31 Tree Preservation Ordinance, a property’s tree inventory was cumulative, with no credit 32 given for trees defined as “significant,” only those defined as “heritage trees,” thus 33 prompting the requested variance. Mr. Paschke noted that this development plan, and 34 associated variance request, was occurring for Pizza Lucé while the City Council was 35 having discussion on potential revisions to the current Tree Preservation Ordinance, but 36 current code was in effect for consideration of the variance request. 37 Mr. Paschke displayed a revised tree plan received from Pizza Lucé developers that met 38 required parking stalls on the property, and removed some required parking islands to 39 facilitate creation of a larger proposed island to preserve remaining existing heritage 40 trees on the site. 41 Mr. Paschke advised that staff supported the variance request for caliper inch 42 requirements and elimination of four parking islands to allow preservation of and removal 43 of some existing trees, as outlined in their analysis in the staff report. 44 Mr. Paschke noted that the City’s Forester was present to address any questions of the 45 body. 46