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<br />Planning Commission Regular Meeting <br />City Council Chambers, 2660 Civic Center Drive <br />Minutes - Wednesday, April 04, 2012 <br />1. Call to Order <br />1 <br />Chair Daniel Boerigter called to order the regular meeting of the Planning Commission meeting at <br />2 <br />approximately 6:30 p.m. and reviewed the role and purpose of the Planning Commission. <br />3 <br />2. Roll Call & Introductions <br />4 <br />City Planner Thomas Paschke called the Roll. <br />5 <br />Members Present: <br /> Chair Daniel Boerigter; and Members Peter Strohmeier; John <br />6 <br />Gisselquist; Gerald (Jim) Olsen; Jeff Lester; and Shannon Cunningham <br />7 <br />Members Excused: <br /> Michael Boguszewski <br />8 <br />Staff Present: <br /> City Planner Thomas Paschke; Associate Planner Bryan Lloyd <br />9 <br />3. Organizational Business <br />10 <br />a. Swearing in of new Planning Commissioners <br />11 <br />Chair Boerigter administered the Oath of Office to new Planning Commissioners Gerald <br />12 <br />(Jim) Olsen and Shannon Cunningham; and on behalf of the Planning Commission, <br />13 <br />welcomed them. <br />14 <br />b. Recommended Appointment of Chair and Vice Chair to Planning Commission <br />15 <br />Chair Boerigter and Vice Chair Gisselquist volunteered to continue serving in their <br />16 <br />respective roles for another year, and by consensus, were reappointed by the body. <br />17 <br />c. Appointment of Variance Board Members (3 regular members and 1 alternate) <br />18 <br />For the benefit of new Commissioners Olsen and Cunningham, Chair Boerigter advised <br />19 <br />that the four (4) Planning Commissioners were asked to volunteer to serve on the <br />20 <br />Variance Board; with subsequent appointment of those Commissioners to the Variance <br />21 <br />Board. At the first meeting of the Variance Board this year, three Commissioners would <br />22 <br />be selected to serve, with one alternate. <br />23 <br />Commissioners Gisselquist, Strohmeier and Lester volunteered to continue serving on <br />24 <br />the Variance Board; and by consensus, were approved by the Commission, in addition to <br />25 <br />reappointing Commissioner Boguszewski to continue serving. <br />26 <br />Chair Boerigter thanked Commissioners for their willingness to serve in this additional <br />27 <br />capacity as needed. <br />28 <br />4. Review of Minutes <br />29 <br />MOTION <br />30 <br />Member Gisselquist moved, seconded by Member Lester to approve regular meeting <br />31 <br />minutes of March 7, 2012 as presented. <br />32 <br />Ayes: 6 <br />33 <br />Nays: 0 <br />34 <br />Motion carried. <br />35 <br />5. Communications and Recognitions: <br />36 <br />a. From the Public (Public Comment on items not on the agenda) <br />37 <br />None. <br />38 <br />b. From the Commission or Staff <br />39 <br />Twin Lakes Redevelopment Area Litigation / Wal-Mart Status Update <br />40 <br />Member Gisselquist observed recent media reports on the order of a Ramsey County <br />41 <br />Judge on the Twin Lakes Overlay District, expressing his concern that the Commission <br />42 <br />was not briefed by staff to this lawsuit before discovering in the media. Member <br />43 <br />Gisselquist asked that in the future, the Planning Commission be made aware of results <br />44 <br /> <br />