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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes – Wednesday, June 04, 2008 Page 2 Warren Olson, 650 Larpenteur Avenue W (St. Paul, MN) Mr. Olson wanted to make sure that he had an opportunity to speak to Agenda Item 6.c entitled for Planning File 08-017. Chair Bakeman assured Mr. Olson that the item was indeed on tonight’s agenda. b. From the Commission or Staff: City Planner Paschke noted that the Variance Board needed another Commissioner to volunteer to serve for the remainder of the 2008/09 term, as Commissioner Martinson’s work commitments had changed, no longer allowing for her to serve on the Board. Mr. Paschke noted that three Commissioners, plus one alternate – Commissioner Gottfried, at this time – were preferred. Commissioner Best volunteered to serve as the third regular member of the Variance Board. Chair Bakeman thanked Commissioner Best for his willingness to serve; and Mr. Paschke advised that he would advise the City Council accordingly. Mr. Paschke updated Commissioners on development projects in the Twin Lakes Redevelopment area, noting that the corporate tenant sought by McGough Development was no longer interested in pursuing a project in Twin Lakes at this time. Mr. Paschke noted however, that McGough continued to seek other corporate tenants and/or other options. Mr. Paschke advised that developer interest in the Twin Lakes area continues at the staff contact level. 5.Election of Chair and Vice Chair; and Appointments to the Variance Board Variance Board Chair Boerigter advised that elections of a Chair and Vice Chair would be held at the next Variance Board meeting. 6. Public Hearings a. Project File 0004 Discussion of the current progress and status of the ongoing update of Roseville’s Comprehensive Plan Chair Bakeman opened the Public Hearing for Planning File 0004. Economic Development Associate Jamie Radel briefly reviewed the draft Land use Chapter Goals and Policies for the Comprehensive Plan Update, requesting Commissioner comments and suggestions. Commissioner Doherty advised that he had done considerable wordsmithing of his draft of the chapter prior to tonight’s meeting, and offered to share those revisions by e-mail with other Commissioners. Discussion included segregation of employment for office/industrial versus commercial areas and rationale for that segregation based on the previous plan; clarification that “wind” was encouraged, while recognizing that windmills were not an allowed use, since anything over thirty feet (30’) was prohibited until these revised goals and policies were incorporated into the City’s zoning code; verifying that modern energy conservation techniques, rather than old technologies, were preferred; consideration of a tree preservation ordinance for private property; realities of supporting higher density residential balanced with the preferences of surrounding residential property owners; clarification of “higher density” and “high density” as referenced by the Lot Split Study Group; and need for caution in blanket statements without qualifications for each. Further discussion included references to sustainable design, energies and efficiencies and whether intended to apply to all land use goals and policies or only to specific zoning districts, and the need to clarify that intent by including both development and redevelopment language (Section 4.1).