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PL 03/12/1975 - 31182�1 . City of Fridley PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING - MARCH 12, 1975 PAGE 1 � CALL TO ORDER: Chairman Harris called the meet�ng to order at 7:38 P.M. ROLL CALL: Members Present: Members Absent: Uthers Present: Harris, Blair Jerrold Lindblad, Drigans, Langenfeld Boardman, Planning Assistant APPROVE PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES: FEBRUARY 19, 1975 MOTION by Drigans, seconded by Lindblad, that the Planning Commission approve the minutes of their meeting of February 19, 1975 as written. Upon a v.oice v.te, aIl voting aye, the motion carried unanimously. RECEIVE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY COMMISSION MINUTES: JANUARY 21, 1975 MOTION by Drigans, seconded by Lindblad, that the Planning Commission rec�ive the minutes of the Environmental Quality Commission meeting of January 21, 1975. Upon a voice vote, a11 voting aye, the motion carried unanimously. � Mr. Drigans asked Mr. Langenfeld what t�e H�yworth.& Anderson consultant study was? , Mr. Langenfeld said the best way to describe it was that its a report in which it � handled the Minnesota State Environmental Policy Act with special emphasis on impact statements, and the primary objective is to decentralize the majority of local problems from the State Planning Agency to the community itself. �, Mr. Drigans said there was a statement in these minutes that LeeAnn Sporre had proposed to the Minnesota Errvironmental Quality Gouncil using Fridley as a model pilot project. He asked Mr. Langenfeld if that was true. Mr. Langenfeld said it was, and that eventually the communities will have to establish their own Environmental Ordinances, now or later. He said that we hope to be the model city in which the ordinan.ce would be established and Fridley would have what would be the primary ordinance and this would be use� by other cities as a model for their ordinances, throughout the state. Mr. Boardman said the staff had met with members of the State Planning Agency and we had discussed with them this decentralization 'and it was going to be a State policy that cities set up these ordinances. How the policies are set up, and how we go about doing this has not been determined. We told the State Planning Agency that we were not going to take any action on this until we had a resolution from the City Council designating that this would be a pilot project. ' Mr. Drigans said his point was how this came about without a City Council resolution. Mr. Boardman said he couldn't answer that, bu.t that LeeAnn Sporre had made the statement befiore the Environmental Quality Council, under the auspices of the Mayor, that Fridley would like to be the pilot project. He continued that before we go any further on this, we would have to have a resolution from the Counc�l. He said it will be six months before the State has established procedures, and the communities will have 120 days after that, so we are talking about something in the early fall. � e Planning Commission Meetinq - March 12, 1975 Pa e 2 Mr. Urigans said this proposal did not come through the Planning Commission, � and he hadn't read in any minutes he had received that it had gone through.th� �ouncil, and Mr. Boardman said LeeAnn Sporre was before the Environmental Quality Council under the auspices of the ma�or. He said this had been mentioned at the very end of a - City Council meeting. � . � Mr. Drigans asked Mr. Langenfeld if he or the other members of the Environmental Quality Commission knew that Mrs. Sporre was before the Environmental Quality Council representing them as a Commission. Mr. Langenfeld said no. Mr. Boardman said that people from the State Planning Agency will be attending the March 18th meeting of the Fridley Envi�onmental Quality Commission to discuss what has to be done for Fridley to be the pilot project. Mr. Drigans said he felt that Mrs. Sporre had the cart before the horse. Mr. Boardman said the City had quite firm control o•' this, now. Mr. Langenfeld said that if Fridley was approved as the model pi�lot.project, we could stand to save a great deal of money as far as hiring a consultant to establish these policies. If the state was involved, we couldn't probably defray most of the costs. Mr. Boardman said it was not necessarily as simple as that. What was discussed was that the State would establish the policies and send them down to us for our review. It would take a considerable amount of time for the staff to go through these policies and see how they would fit into Fridley and try to work out some type of compromise and work with the State of Minnesota to set up some type of pilot plan that could be used by other communities in the state. Mr. Langenfeld said it could be that we would not n have enough environmental problems in Fridley to qualify for a pilot project. Mr. Boardman said he also recommended this be worked into the Planning Commission before it goes back to the State so that we could get some Planning Commission input �oo. :It will take more than procedures. We are going to have to set up procedures to carry us through until we come up with an,�en�ironmental plan. If we have just a set of procedures without any plan or knowing which way we want to go, we will just have a set of procedures to use on a project by project basis, and he didn't think that was the pay anyone would want it to be. Mr. Langenfeld said the Environmental Quality Commission would like to see Fridley be the model pilot project, subject to:the approval of the various bodies. Mr. Drigans said his concern was that an individual represented the Environmental Quality Commission at a Minnesota State meeting without any type of approval from the EQC or the Fridley City Council. RECEIVE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY COMMISSION MINUTES• FEBRUARY 18, 1975� ' MOTION by Lindblad, seconded by Drigans, that the Planning Commission receive the minutes of the Environmental Quality Commifision for their meeting of February 18, 1975. Upon a voice vote, a1Z voting aye, the motion carried unanimously. . Mr. Drtigans asked who Mr. Bloomquist was who attended this meeting, and what he meant by saying that having the Chairman of the E�C on the Planning Corrunission wasone n step forward. Mr. Langenfeld said that Mr. Bloomq�ist was from National Biocentrics and he meant that by having representation on the Planning Commission, the Commission was aware of what planned progress there was in Fridley. Mr. Harris asked Mr. Langenfeld who were National Biocentrics and what did they have to do with the FEQC? . � Planning Corrm�ission Meetinq - March 12, 1975 Pa e 3 Mr. Langenfeld said that National Biocentrics were at the meeting merely as n a guest, but by the same token, they work with many communities in regard to environmental problems, or other type of problems. Their representative was there to see what progress had been made in regard to Fridley being a model pilot project. He did offer his help, if we sought to seek his advise. Mr. Boardman said he had had a meeting with Mr. Bloomquist of National Biocentrics and they are a consulting firm. They want to be involved in the model pilot project almost gratuitoc�sly, as to their �ime and effort, so they can say they have done � something in this field. Mr. Harris said that Mr. Bloomquist had something to say about the armory, zoning, and comprehensive plans: Mr. Langenfeld said that one of the things that should be considered would be if Fridley decided to go their own route as far��as developing this ordinance, Mr. �loomquist s.aid that one of the guidelines would be the comprehensive plan and the zoning ordinance, and the environmental. ordinance could be made part of these. Mr. Harris said he didn't understand that from the minutes. RECEIVE PARKS & RECREATION COMMISSION SUBCOMMITTEE MINUTES: FEBRUARY 24, 1975 MOTION by LindbZad, seconded by Drigans, that the Planning Commission receive the minutes of the Parks & Recreation Commission Subcommittee meeting of February 2 4, 1975. Upon a voice vote, a1Z voting aye, the motion carried unanimously. RECEIVE BOARD OF APPEALS SUBCOMMITTEE MIN�TES: FEBRUARY 25, 1975 �1 ' MOTIOIV by Drigans, seconded by Li�ndblad, that the Planning Commission receive the Board of Appeals Subcommittee minutes of the February 25, 1975 meeting. Upon a voice vote, a1Z voting aye, the motion carried unanimously. �. CONTINUED: PUBLIC HEARING:� REQUEST FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT, SP #74-17, BY GEQRGE WALQUIST: To perm�t the construct�on of a building for rust-proofing of automobiles, etc., per Fridley City Code, Sectlon 205.131, (A,10), in an M-1 zone (light industrial areas) to be located on Lot 5, of proposed plat, Herwal Rice Creek Terrace, the same being 1271 Rice Creek Road N.E. Public Hearing open. Chairman Harris said that there was a letter in our agenda from the City to Mr. George Walquist explaining that this item had been on our agenda for some time, and that the petitioner would either have to appear at this meeting or we �ould consider the petition withdrawn. Mr. Walquist called Mr. Clark on March 3, 1975 and withdrew the petition. MOTION by Lindblad, seconded by Drigans, that the Planning Commission close � the Public Hearing on the request for a Special Use Permit, SP #74-17, by George Walquist. Upon a voice vote, a1Z voting aye, the motion carried unanimously. MOTION by Drigans, seconded by LindbZad, that the P.Ianning Corr¢nission consider that the request for a Special Use Permit, SP #74-17, by George Walquist, to permit � the construction of a building for rust-proofing of automobiles, etc., per Fridley City Code, Section 205.131, (A, 10), in an M-1 zone (Iight industrial areas) to be located on Lot 5, of proposed p1at, Nerwal Rice Creek Terrace, the same being 1271 Rice Creek Road N.E., is withdrawn at the petitioners request. Upon a voice vote, a1Z voting aye, the motion carried unanimously. .- Planning Corrmiission Meetinq - March 12, 1975 Pa e 4 �'�1 2. GENERAL DISCUSSION Chairman Harris said he had talked to the Council at their last meeting and asked what direction they wanted the Planning Commissior� to take. He was told they should continue in the planning process and continue to work on the City Code. They said they wanted us to look at the billboard ordinance also,,along with our housekeeping chores. � Mr. Harris said he told,the Council we were hamper.ed somewhat because we were. short;of staff, and we felt that Jerry Boardman needed a hand on some of these things. He said several pr.oposals were put forward and he thought the City Attorney had a gvod suggestion. He said we could hire a graduate student from the University, either in Pl.anning or Law, and he could be hired on an hourly basis. He would be under the direction of Jerry Boardman and he could possibly do a lot of the paper work. Mr. Boardman said he did have $4,000 in his budget for some type of tempoi�.,ry help. He said they were looking into the intern program. He said what he was looking for was someone who could do project work. He said he had had a graduate student last year, and he worked 20 hours a week durirrg the school year and 40 hours a week during the summer, and this cost less than the $4,000. It had worked out very well. Mr. Harris said the second thing he discussed with.Council was to urge them to fill the empty chair on the Planning Commission. Mr. Boardman said there would be two chairs to fill, because Donald B1air, Chairman of the Parks & Recreation Commission ,''_1 has stated that he did not want to be reappointed and his term was up the lst of April. Chairman Harris said he thought it was important to have a Vice Chairman of the Planning Commission, but this should probably wait until they were a fu11 Commission. Mr. Drigans aske�d if there had been a list made of the priorities. Mr. Boardman said he had made up a list of priorities which would be given to the Planning Commission, but he felt that housing was the first priority, because without that, there would be no chance of getting funding for any other programs. He said he hoped this would be ready before next year's funding program. Mr. Harris said this would be a big project. Mr. Lindblad asked if Mr. Boardman knew what progress was being made on the Camden Bridge, and a new bridge in the vacinity of 85th. He asked if they were still studying this area? Mr. Boardman said the North Corridor Study was compl�te and it was their recommendation that a bridge should be in this location, but it was not even on the highwa.y rolls yet and they had their plans through 1980. Mr. Harris said that if this bridge was going to be completed before the turn o� the century, we will have to push our legislators. MOTION by Lindblad, seconded by Driqans, that the PZanning Commission adjourn their meeting of March_12, .I975. Upon a doice vote; a11 votirtg aye, Chairman Harris adjourned the meeting at 8:40 P.M. An informal workshop meeting followed the regular meeting. n Respectfully submitted, lZ��� 2�-t� Dorothy Evenso , Secretary . c ) ; _ ,_-_,� � : , --`�'-�-------- <.r _ � � , l/ '�� — ------`�_ �_– : - -- � , � --- ---- — ,--� – ------- - __ . . .. 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