HomeMy WebLinkAbout2011-12-01 - Planning Commission MinutesCITY OF CORCORAN
PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES
DECEMBER 1, 2011
Present
Chair — Pat Hank
Commissioners- Dean Jacobs, Darrell Krueger, Rickey Ravnholdt,
Alternate - Commissioners Loren Kohnen and Meredith Wu
Absent
Commissioners: Robert Laddusaw and Nel Kadlec
Others present for the meeting: Council Liaison George Gmach, City Administrator Dan
Donahue, City Planner Kendra Lindahl and Office Manager Jill Smith -Arens
1. Call to Order - Chair Hank called the meeting to order at 7:00 pm
2. Pledge of Allegiance
3. Open Forum - None
4. Approval of
a. Agenda — MOTION by Kohnen / Ravnholdt to approve as presented. All voted aye
(Motion carried 6:0)
b. November 3, 2011 Planning Commission meeting minutes — Ravnholdt requested to
change Laddusaw and Ravnholdt from absent to present.
6a.ii — Hank requested to change — Voting Aye: Jacobs, Kadlec, Ravnholdt, Laddusaw,
Voting nay — Hank, Krueger (Motion carried 4:2)
MOTION by - Ravnholdt / Jacobs to approve changes. All voted aye (Motion carried 6:0)
5. New Business
a. *Public Hearing. "HKH Development" Preliminary Plat (city file 11 -008)
i. Staff Report — Summary provided by City Planner Kendra Lindahl
ii. Open Public Hearing — Applicant was present expressed no concerns
iii. Public Comment - None
iv. Close Hearing - MOTION to close hearing Jacobs / Ravnholdt, all voted aye. (Motion
carried 6:0)
v. Commission Discussion & Recommendation — to approve the draft Resolution with
two changes:
1. remove the word "by" in the sentence, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY
RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORCORAN,
MINNESOTA, that it should and hereby does approve the request by for a
preliminary plat, subject to the following:
2. Add condition #7 "Hennepin County has identified a need for an additional 20 feet of
right -of -way for County Road 116 future road expansion. However, the City finds
that this is a unique circumstance where the plat is requested simply to consolidate 2
parcels and finds that right -of -way dedication should not be required at this time.
Future right -of -way dedication shall be based on County policy at the time of
acquisition.
vi. MOTION Ravnholdt / Kohnen, all voted aye. (Motion carried 6:0)
b. *Public Hearing. City Initiated Assessment Ordinance (city file 11 -016)
i. Staff Report — Lindahl explained the processed used by staff to collect and control
Land Use escrow and application fees.
ii. Open Public Hearing — No one present
iii. Public Comment - None
iv. Close Hearing — MOTION to close Jacobs / Ravnholdt. All vote aye. (Motion carried
6:0)
v. Commission Discussion & Recommendation -
6. Reports
a. Liaison Report (Gmach) — Updated Commissions on the councils actins for the Tif
monies for sewer project.
b. Project Status Memo (information only) — no discussion
c. Other Business — Alternate Loren Kohnen gave his resignation as a commissioner to
become the City's Building Inspector the first of the new year for 2012. Hank discussed
the open commission seats for 2012 which would include Commissioners - Laddusaw,
Krueger and Alternate Wu as their seats to expire. Notice should be posted and new
applications should be submitted if a commissioner should want to re- serve.
7. Adjournment - Motion by Kohnen / Ravnholdt to adjourn. All voted aye. (Motion carried 6:0)