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City Council Work Session Minutes
March 259 2021 - 5:30 pm
The Corcoran City Council met on March 25, 2021, in Corcoran, Minnesota. Pursuant to
Minnesota Statute Section 13D.021 and due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the City Council
meeting was held remotely through electronic means using the audio and video conferencing
platform Zoom.
Mayor McKee, Councilor Bottema, Councilor Nichols, Councilor Schultz, and Councilor Thomas
were present via telephonic or other electronic means.
Present at City Hall was Administrative Services Director
Public Works Director Mattson,
electronic means.
and City Planner Lindahl
Beise. City Administrator Martens,
were present via telephonic or other
1. Ca10 �� Order /Roll Call
Mayor McKee called the work session to order at 5:31 pm.
2. Residential Zoning District Ordinance Update
City Planner Lindahl presented the Council -directed initiative to review the Residential Zoning
District Ordinance and included Council priority items relating to the specific ordinance. Council
discussed open space preservation and conservation within developments, conditional use permits
(CUP), planned unit development (PUD), and buffer transitions between zoned districts. Council
discussed the development rights program and how rights are shifted between parcels when
subdivisions, touched on shared private drives, and conditional uses within non-residential and
residential zoned areas and discussed size limits of structures within zoned areas. Council
requested more information on specific changes within the current ordinance, reviewed exploring
impacts of the specific changes to the ordinance with a Council sub committee, presenting findings
to Council, and then utilizing City resources to implement if ordinance changes are necessary.
Council discussed initiating first -priority discussions with the proposed conservation ordinance and
review of the buffer ordinance; with a secondary priority discussion of PUDs and removal of CUP
uses. City Administrator Martens noted a preliminary outline of the first -priority discussions with
solutions could be included at the April 22 Council meeting. Council discussed researching and
summarizing examples of the top priorities of the residential zoning ordinance were necessary
before committing to altering current ordinances. Council noted the PUD volunteer, sub -committee
as Councilmember Nichols and Councilmember Thomas, with presentation of findings to Council at
a future meeting.
3. Adjournment
MOTION: made by Nichols, seconded by Schultz to adjourn.
Voting Aye: McKee, Bottema, Nichols, Thomas, and Schultz
(Motion carried 500)
Meeting adjourned at 6:48 pm.
Michelle Friedrich —Deputy Clerk