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Regular Planning Commission Meeting
<br />Minutes – Wednesday, June 4, 2014
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<br />process, similar to an EAW which provides clear guidelines for them to follow but based
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<br />on the specific project.
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<br />Member Cunningham suggested capitalizing the “V” of “voluntary; with members
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<br />concurring.
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<br />As part of the same Section, letter C, Member Daire noted that it called for a 20’ wide
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<br />buffer, with developments adjacent to the park potentially required to provide a 20’ wide
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<br />pedestrian connection, and questioned if this was included in the initial 20’ or in addition
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<br />to, making for a 40’ buffer.
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<br />Mr. Paschke responded that, if you envisioned the Twin Lakes Redevelopment Area and
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<br />Langton Lake Park, realistically a 20’ wide buffer would occur from the single-family, low
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<br />density residential area on the north side of Terrace Drive, with pedestrian connections
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<br />running from park areas tout to the road in the existing network and wouldn’t’ necessarily
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<br />double up on the buffer. Mr. Paschke noted that the buffer ran all around the lake from
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<br />the residential area, with requirement for pathway connections, but may be different in
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<br />other areas, with some possibly doubling up in some segments.
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<br />At the request of Member Boguszewski as to what may trigger it, when language says
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<br />“may be required,” Member Murphy responded that the property itself would determine
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<br />that. Member Boguszewski further questioned if an 8’ wide pathway was always required
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<br />or if it would be determined by staff as to the specific width needed.
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<br />Mr. Paschke advised that, as it relates to pedestrian connections, staff believed that
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<br />those connections were needed from the park to the existing street and/or existing
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<br />pedestrian facilities, even though he could not specifically say where in that area, which
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<br />would depend on the proposal itself.
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<br />At the request of Member Boguszewski related to the same Section, letter D, Mr.
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<br />Paschke confirmed that the intent in listing design for windows and doors was intended to
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<br />created more visual appeal by texturing and variability in frontages and eliminate any
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<br />perception of massing.
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<br />Member Daire noted on page 11, Item D – Specific Standards and Criteria (for
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<br />conditional use), under Proposed Procedures Amendments, under Item 37.b. that
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<br />the maximum height on the last line should be “61’” rather than 51’,” to more
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<br />accurately reflect the intent.
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<br />Mr. Paschke concurred, noting that this was a typographical error, and should
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<br />change to 61’.
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<br />Chair Gisselquist, recognizing the considerable amount of time spent on these design
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<br />standards by the consultant and previous Planning Commissions, questioned the
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<br />purpose in revising the Twin Lakes District; whether it had been at the impetus of the City
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<br />Council, or if a specific triggering event had brought them forward, or dissatisfaction with
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<br />the current mix of tenants or a fear with the lack of development to-date.
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<br />Mr. Paschke advised that it was broader than that, with pre-existing documents and
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<br />ongoing discussions, thoughts and ideas not old at all. Mr. Paschke note that, with the
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<br />expiration of the AUAR, after having been updated twice, the City Council chose not to
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<br />update it again, but pursue a different direction and reconsider what they wanted to see
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<br />in the Twin Lakes Redevelopment Area, under current market conditions and the lack of
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<br />development over the years, and an examination of why it was so difficult to get projects
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<br />interested in the area. Mr. Paschke advised that the review by the City Council suggested
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<br />the need for more flexibility, with the City Council and staff focusing on specific issues,
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<br />and whether or not a regulating plan was good or bad in achieving that development. Mr.
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<br />Paschke advised that upon completion of the process, the intent was to keep consistency
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<br />throughout the code, and since the Twin Lakes CMU District was the only one with a
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<br />regulating plan, and from the standpoint of whether or not it worked, it was suggested
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<br />that something new and different was needed than the current standard. Mr. Paschke
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<br />advised that staff was supportive of eliminating it as long as heightened requirements
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