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<br />Planning Commission Meeting Minutes <br />July 10, 1996 <br /> <br />Member Harms asked if this plan would address the height of fences and the location. <br />The city should have buffer assessments for businesses that grow adjacent to it. There <br />may be an incompatibility that should be corrected through the construction of fences and <br />assessment costs. <br /> <br />Member Cunningham stated that the existing scotch pines die off at the base, what is the <br />existing most quickly growing evergreen that can reach a maximum of20-25 ft. and be <br />planted underneath the existing evergreens. (Answer: Arborvitae.) Chuck Stifter noted <br />that deciduous trees perform best on the north side of the shady area rather than conifer <br />trees. <br /> <br />Scott Wickland, a member of MIDC, asked for clarification regarding the timing and <br />approval dates for such a plan. <br /> <br />Matt McCloud, 1433 Rose Place, stated there are some areas where none of the <br />prototypes are demonstrated on the current map. <br /> <br />Molly Redmond, 1455 Rose Place, described the deciduous trees and expressed concern <br />with the assessment values in the neighborhood. She stated she supports the strongest <br />screening and incentives to both the industries and the residents. <br /> <br />Martha Hansen, 1432 Rose Place, asked for details of the buffer line near her home. <br /> <br />There was no further comment. Chairman Wietecki closed the public hearing. <br /> <br />MOTION: Member Wietecki moved, seconded by Member Wilke to recommend <br />adoption of draft Resolution PC7 II 0/96a by the City Council to amend the City's <br />Comprehensive Plan to incorporate screening and buffers along the common east-west <br />property lines of parcels and platted lots within an area bounded by County Road C, <br />Hamline Avenue, Rose Place, and Snelling Avenue; and to adopt the plan as a standard <br />set of screening and buffer measures and implementation strategies for other projects <br />throughout the city; and to submit the plan for review to the Metropolitan Council; and <br />further, to have the plan emphasize evergreen and conifers use, density of screening, <br />implementation incentives for both industry and residents. <br /> <br />Member Cunningham asked if residents would be allowed landscape easements for <br />landscaping to a property depth on their property. Chairman Wietecki explained that the <br />easement ties the hands ofthe residents, but that the land owner could do this voluntarily. <br /> <br />Roll Call: <br /> <br />5 <br />