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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes – Wednesday, May 06, 2009 Page 9 being in an industrial area, the roadway was constructed to higher standards than a standard roadway. Commissioner Best opined that this was a good use of the property; and spoke in support of the motion and of this industrial use. Commissioner Best further opined that he was not concerned with outdoor storage of materials and equipment, since this was an industrial area. Commissioner Best also expressed his confidence that other monitoring agencies provided sufficient environmental safeguards and regulations. Commissioner Wozniak opined that this was our City, and what if those other agencies didn’t sufficiently monitor the environmental issues. Commissioner Best opined that, until a zero emission asphalt plant was available, we still needed roads to drive on. Commissioner Wozniak suggested that cities needed to start saying “no,” and provide incentive for these companies to come up with new technologies. Commissioner Best noted that this plant represented some of those new initiatives, such as warm-mix versus hot-mix asphalt. Ayes: 4 Nays: 2 (Gottfried; Wozniak) Motion carried. Vice Chair Boerigter noted that the case was scheduled to be heard by the City Council at their May 18, 2009 meeting. 6. Other Business a. 2009 Planning Commission Work Plan Mr. Trudgeon distributed another copy of the work plan previously developed by staff and commissioners. Mr. Trudgeon reviewed the status of the Comprehensive Plan review process at the Metropolitan Council level; anticipated approval schedule; and development of a Request for Proposals (RFP) following the recent Request for Qualifications (RFQ) process with eight firms submitting materials and staff interviews with those firms to-date to further narrow potential consultants. Mr. Trudgeon reviewed staff’s perspective of the interview and hiring process; and a potential code revisions schedule at the Planning Commission’s regular meetings throughout the summer in more manageable sections to allow for more dialogue. Mr. Trudgeon noted staff’s scheduling of the City Attorney with the Commission for benefit of long-term and new commissioners on general land use law. Further discussion included the status of minor zoning amendments and related code revisions for consistency purposes; presentation to the Planning Commission of some language revisions not requiring formal approval, but for feedback purposes. Commissioner Gottfried requested that staff provide some estimated timelines for potential work flow over the next few months, with intent for quarterly accomplishment of strategic global areas and to provide continuity of meeting times and to facilitate as much as possible during regularly scheduled meetings, even if the start and/or end times of those meetings required adjustment. Mr. Trudgeon advised that he would be scheduling the City Attorney presentation, as well as other general education presentations and discussions as soon as possible and when agenda activity indicated. Commissioner Gottfried opined that these strategic planning decisions were his purpose in sitting on the Planning Commission; and expressed willingness to meet additionally to regularly scheduled meetings to facilitate in-depth discussion and recommendations to the City Council.