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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2/13/07 . . . Planning Commission Minutes Regular Meeting February 13, 2007 1. Call to Order Chair Rotty called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. Members Present: Rotty, Barker, Oswald, Fitzloff Members Absent: Larson Also Present: Lee Smick - City Planner; Tony Wippler - Assistant City Planner, Park & Recreation Director Randy Distad, Pat Devney, Bart Winkler 2. Approval of Minutes a) January 9, 2007 MOTION by Barker, second by Fitzloffto approve the January 9, 2007 Minutes. Voted for: Barker, Rotty and Fitzloff Abstained: Oswald, MOTION CARRIED. 3. Election of Officers Dirk Rotty was nominated as Chair and Todd Larson was nominated as Vice Chair. MOTION by Barker, second by Fitzloffto nominate Chair Rotty. APIF, MOTION CARRIED. MOTION by Barker, second by Oswald to nominate Vice Chair Larson. APIF, MOTION CARRIED. 4. Public Hearings a) Comprehensive Plan Amendment from Industrial to Urban Reserve and Rezoning from 1-1 to A-I for the property generally located at the northwest intersection of CSAH 50 and Pilot Knob Road (continued). Applicant: John Devney This item was continued from the January Planning Commission Meeting to allow staff to proceed with the Comprehensive Plan Visioning Sessions and obtain further comments regarding future plans for this area. The property owner would like to have this property Comp Planned and Rezoned Agricultural so that they might put the property into the Ag Preserve Program. Chair Rotty asked if the primary concern was a tax issue or an assessment issue. Mr. Pat Devney stated that his concern was primarily with regard to assessments. Staff researched the potential assessments on the property. The assessments for the construction of Pilot Knob Road would be deferred until the property was developed. Staff was unsure whether or not interest would accrue during that period. Staffwill obtain further information about the interest on the assessments. Mr. Pat Devney stated that he felt that with the property that is already available for development, he didn't see any reason that the property in question needed to be zoned industrial. Commissioner Fitzloff clarified that the property could not be developed for eight years once it is removed from the Ag Preserve Program. Commissioner Barker stated that he would like to look to the future and continue to keep this parcel as it Planning Commission Minutes February 13, 2007 Page 2 . . 5. . is currently zoned. Commissioner Fitzloff stated that he would not be in favor of denying the property owner's request to rezone the property agricultural. Commissioner Oswald asked if there was any other mechanism for keeping the planned industrial zoning, but to still allow the property owners to participate in the Ag Preserve Program. Staff replied that the property must be rezoned to go back into the Ag Preserve Program and the perspective of the Planning Commission must be to look purely at land use. City Planner Smick stated that it is important to stay as firm as possible with the Comprehensive Plan. The issues of taxes and assessments will be considered at the City Council level. MOTION by Barker, second by Fitz10ffto close the public hearing. APIF, MOTION CARRIED. MOTION by Barker, second by Oswald to recommend denial of the Comp Plan Amendment and Rezoning to the City Council. Voted for: Oswald, Barker, Rotty, Voted Against: Fitzloff. MOTION CARRIED. b) Text Amendment - Parks and Recreation regarding park dedication fees. Applicant: City of Farmington Parks and Recreation Director Randy Distad stated that there have been three text amendments to the Park Dedication Ordinance recommended by the Park and Recreation Advisory Commission. The first revision would be to Section 1 (B) regarding land dedication requirements. The amendment would be to identify that a steep slope would not be given credit and to identify that a steep slope is any grade 20% or over. The second revision would be to Section 1 (I) regarding the combination of land and cash for dedication. This amendment is a rewording of the text to make it less confusing and to clarify how the combination is computed. The third revision is to Section 1 (0) regarding credit for open space. The amendment would state that credit is not given for private open space. Staff and the P ARAC are requesting that the Planning Commission provide comments on the proposed changes. Commissioner Barker asked for clarification about the credit for private parks. Staff responded that the City is not opposed to private parks, but that there is a desire to create public parks. The creation of private parks is at the discretion of the developer but they would not receive credit for them. There would only be credit given for public parks. There were no comments from the public and the Commissioners were all in favor of the proposed amendments. MOTION by Oswald, second by Fitzloffto close the public hearing. APIF, MOTION CARRIED (Chair Rotty left the meeting before this vote). MOTION by Fitzloff, second by Oswald to recommend the proposed changes to the City Council. APIF, MOTION CARRIED. Discussion a) Rose Lake Concept Plan (Winkler Property) The developer, Bart Winkler has submitted a concept plan for 122 single family lots and four outlots. There is a proposed park space and an area for future development, a pond and a wetland area. The single family lots sizes are a minimum of 6,000 square feet with a minimum of 60 foot lot widths. ThereOwould need to be construction of 213 th Street over the Prairie Waterway and the Planning Commission Minutes February 13, 2007 Page 3 . . roadway would be partially on the property of the landowner to the north, Mike Devney. The City of Farmington would like to see Spruce Street extended into the property on the south side. The DNR will need to be consulted regarding the roadways that will impact the Prairie Waterway. Biscayne Avenue runs on the east side ofthe property. There may need to be additional right of way to allow for the Elko/New Market Sanitary Sewer to be installed in the future. The City Council has reviewed the concept plan and has made comments. There has been concern expressed about the number of driveways exiting out onto 213 th Street by both the City Council and the Planning Commission. Mr. Bart Winkler stated that there was a traffic study done and that most of the traffic would go to the north of the property. There was initially some planning done jointly with the property owner to the north and the plans were designed to coordinate traffic routes with the future development of Mr. Devney's property. Due to the fact that the Devney property is not currently being developed, there may need to be some adjustments made to the plan with regard to the driveways on 213th Street. The park placement on the property was proposed in order to attempt to combine the park area from both the Winkler and Devney properties and create one larger park. Parks and Recreation Director Distad stated that there have been some recommendations made with regard to moving some of the sidewalk and trail locations and the addition of a parking lot. Mr. Winkler stated that he does not recommend having trails in back yards for security reasons. He also stated that he sees the connections over the Prairie Waterway as one ofthe major hurdles to this development and he would like to see the City do a cost/benefit analysis of potentially sharing the costs of constructing those roadways. He realizes that the concept plan will most likely need to be modified but he would like to get comments from the Commissioners regarding the current plan. Commissioner Barker stated that he continues to have concerns about the driveways that exit onto 213 th Street and that there is a potential that the Spruce Street connection may not happen. If 213 th Street is the primary connection to this development there will be a significant increase in traffic counts. He favors the idea of the larger park as well. Mr. Winkler stated that if Spruce Street is extended to the development he would potentially not construct 213th Street at all. Staff stated that there will need to be contact made with the DNR to get their comments on the roadways. The developer stated that they need to have clear direction about how staff would like the roadways to be utilized. Commissioner Fitzloff felt that some of the trails through the back yards may not be necessary. Commissioner Oswald stated that he likes the idea ofthe larger combined park. He asked how close the nearest park outside of this development would be. Mr. Distad replied that the placement ofthis park would be consistent with the City's desire to have parks within lIz mile of residents. . Planning Commission Minutes February 13, 2007 Page 4 . b) 2030 Comprehensive Planning Process Citl Planner Lee Smick proposed a Planning Commission Workshop on February 28t at 6:00 p.m. at the Central Maintenance Facility. She provided an update for the Commission on the results of the two Visioning Sessions that have taken place. There are results posted on the City's website from both sessions. There was good turnout for the sessions and there were participants from neighborhoods throughout the City. Staff indicated that the results are starting to come together and indicate how residents would like to see the City plan for future development. 6. Adjourn MOTION by Oswald, second by Fitzloffto adjourn. APIF, MOTION CARRIED. " Respect~ submitted, 0",.... "- /~.~---~- L"~ ~-_.--+..,.- ~:~ -/l'-~:) . ~::~:~~tive Support Teki~;an Approved .