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PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING
CALL TO ORDER:
CITY OF FRIDLEY
NOVEMBER 19, 1975
Chairman Harris called the meeting to arder at 7:35 P.M.
ROLL CALL:
Members Present: Harris, Scott, Bergman, Langenfeld
Members Absent: Drigans, Peterson
Others Present: Jerrold Boardman, City Planner -
Ray Leek, Planning Aide
APPROVE PL�NNING COh9MISSION MINUTES: NOVfMBER 5, 1975
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Mr. Langenfeld said he would like to have the third paragraph on page
seven of the minutes to be amen�ed so that his statement would end wit4 the
words {'ublic Hearing and the balance of the sentence deleted.
MOTION by Langenfeld, seconded by Scott, that the Planning Commission,
approve their minutes of November 5, 1975 as amended. Upon a voice vote, a11
voting aye, the motion carried unanimously. ..
RECEIVE HUMAfV RESOURCES COMMISSION MINUTES: NOVEM3ER 6, 1975
Mr. Scott said this �o.mmission d�d not have verbatim minutes. They
� usually v:anted �n �he m�nutes somethi�g on which they were divided on or ihere
was some controversy. He fel� �hat as a conservation measure, it would be
a good idea if all minutes were printed on both sides because with all the
minu�es that were prin�ced, this would be qui�e a conservation of paper.
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Mr. Bergmdn said the firm that he worked for had a contract witih Horner-
Waldorf to pick up all their scrap paper. He said each desk was supplied with.
a container to place this scrap paper into. . He said it was baled and then
pirked�up: He said they et�en salvaged cardboai�� boxes. He wondered what the
City did with �heir waste paper. Mr. Boardman said he thought it was baled
and picked up by the garbage collector. Mr. Bergn�an said that if it wasn't
baled according to what type of scrap paper it was it couldn't be recycled. It
was just ha��led �o a land fill. He thought that handling like his firm did was
a�ood idea b�cause the compar.y made a little money on it, and the people who
wor°��d tr�ere kn�w':that they were helping to conserve our resources. He thought
tnis was someth�ng the City should check into. .
Mr. Scott said he was prepared �to give a recommendation on the rules and
regulatiar.s f'or Environmental Impac�c Statements.
P�r. Sco�tt said there was a member of the Environmental Quality Commis�ion
and a member of the Pat°ks & Recreation Commission at this meeting.� They both
iiave had a lot af experience with petitioning for an environmental impact
statement. From thi_s expet�ience, the Human Resources Commission felt that::the
naterial �he,�� w�re requesting to have included d:ith a petition signed by 500
people tvas a process which may be in violation of the first amendment of the
constit�.at���n be�.ause government may•be abridging the rights of due process of
people vvha ;�ei:ition the government by placing an inordina.nce burden of proof
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upon them, to get�their grievance'ssettled. The description of the action and. �
the kinds of requir:ements that the Envir�nmental Quality Council may impose on -�`;}
the people petitioning might require more expertise than what �n average citizen +:
. may have. They thought the burden or pruof should be on th2 person v�ho was
perpetrating the action, to allay �the fears of �he people petitioning. �
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Mr. Langenfeld saZd he thought the individual that was affected by th�s
environmental inpact statement had the rir�f�t to appeal and the petition method �
was another method of appealing. He couldn'ic see all the burdens that were �
placed on a citizen who petitioned, as -Far as the rights of a citizen were concerned. �'
Mr. Bergman said it was his understanding that it would not work as Mr. ;
Scott had been describing. He didn't have too much experience with this, but i
he thought the information that was reques�ed could be in layman's langyage. �
Mr. Scott said that the proposed rules and regulations state that � �
in addition to the 5U0 s�igna�ures, 'cne petition shall inc�ude the �
following writt.en information: (1) Description of the action: (2) �
Praposer of the action; (3) The anticipated environm�ntal effects of the
action; (4) The name and address of a representative of the petitioners
for che purpose of this section; (5) Any additional information that may be
used in the EAW to determine whether the �roposed action is a major govern.-
mental action or a major private action of more than local signficance with �
potential for significant envir�onmental effects. '
Mr. Scott said he thought it required technology and expertise to prepare �,,,�
this information �hat may not be available to the pe'citioner. ,
Mr. Boardman said that previous to this proposal, a petition with 5��J ;
signatures was a mandator,� environmen�tal irnp�ct statement. The Environmental . �
�Quality Council determined that 95! of �he pe�citions were uniounded and wei�e i
being used as a'hol�ding ac�:ion or to just stay the d�velopment for purposes
other than
environment. Under this new system,.the Environmental Quality C� �
Council can review the petitions and then determine if an environmental impa E
statement was really necessary. This wouidhbe�ha�e henea b�tizenrsigned suchha
accompanied the petition. He said he tho g
petition, he should know the reason he signed�it, and should be willing to state
them.
Mr. Harris said this discussion shou1d-be brought up a� the next meeting
� when they were making �heir° recomm�ndai:ion on this proposa�.
MOTION by 5cott, seconded b�� Bergman, that the Planning Comm.ission receive
� the minutes of the Human Resources mee�ing of November 6, 197�•
Mr. Bergman said he noticed •in these m�nutes that this Commission was
questioning �the Planning Cornmiss���n�rreScottlhadaaskedafor��heseStwo itemsrtoe►�tv
and this E.I.S. proposal, and y
be sent to this Commission. �
Mr. Scott said the minutes reflected that the que'stian was asked, but it ^
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Mr. Scott said their
w anconscious sexist languac
as to whether they would �
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f . was�already an awareness c
, meeting in regard to this.
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Commission woulcl be working on a policy as far as
e. He said that several organizations had policies
se chairman or chairperson, and he thought that what
e uniform in City documents. Mr. Langenfeld said there
f this, and they had made a motion at their last
Mr. Langenfeld asked Mr. Scott about the appearance'of Jo.Ann Rice of
the.Fridley Sun at this meet9ng. Mr. Scott said he was disappointed in the
attendence, because this was well advertised and he had heard a lot of criticism
of the Sun, but this was not evident at this meeting. The discussion was mostly
about what the Sun consti�uted as news and their editorial policy.
UPON A VOICE VOTE, aI1 voting aye, the motion carried unanimously.
RECEIVE MEMO FROM JERROLD BOARDMAN ON ENUIRONMENTAL QUALITY COMMISSION
SPECIAL MEETING OF NOVEMBER 13; 1975
MOTION by Bergman, seconded by Lange��feld, that the Planning Commission
receive the memo from Jerrold �oardma.n. Upon a voice vote, a11 voting aye,
the motion carried unanimousl�.
Mr. Langenfeld said that when special meetings were called, it was
difficult for individuals to attend, but he was.disappointed at the turn
aut for this meeting.
Mr. Bergman asked what this was gaing to do to the time schedule?
Mr. Boardman sa;d this will be considered by the Environmental Quality
Commissian at their regular meeting on November 20th. Their recommendation
will come to the Planning Commission on December 3, at which time the Plan-
�ning Cummission will make their recommendati�n. It will then go to the City
Council�on December 8th. This could all be done within the 20 day per�od,
but it would be a tigh� schedule.
RECEIVE ROUGH DRAFT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE HOUSING PLAN
Mr. Boardman said this was not the complete Comprehensive Housing Plan,
but we wanted.to give you each section as it.was completed, so we could get
the ball rolling so we can ��eet the deadline for appl�cation for �Community
Qevelopment block grants. He said this was only the survey and analysis�
section, with recommendations, but it was an important part of the p1an.
He said the deadline for application for block grants was in February. He
said there would be an introduction to this section, along with maps and
graphs.
Mr. Leek said this was compiled from two sources of information. The.
population data was obtained from census data,..�t�tetr.fl Cou�cil inS'truments and
discussion with the City.Assessor.' The housing�data was taken�from the �-••
Asses�ox's files as to the ty.pes of residences in the communi�ty, rer�ts, the._.
value range of housing, and the condition and age of the structures. �'He said
ihis first section of the Comprehensive Housing.Plan was a survey of population
grrowth and population characteristics and an �inventory of the housing supply
and housing characteristics, with an at�ern�t•to place the City in the metro-
politan scale. Tl�e second section was an attempt to take the analysis we
have done, and project it into the future so we could make some assumptions
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as to what's going to happen in Fridley and proceed to analyze the City's
goals�and discover what kind of programs would help the City to develop
good housing goals. Mr. Leek said the primary way that we analyzed the data
was in relation to Nor�heast Minneapolis and Colurnbia Heigh�s, because.we
found that there was a certain regular out=movement of population aiid a
certain series of stages of growth in a c�mmunity: We studied what happened
in these commu�nities since 1940 and related that �o what has happened so far
in Fridley, and what we could anticipate. �
MOTION by Lar.genfeld, seconded by Scott, that the Planning Commission
receive the rough draft of the Comprehensive Housing Plan. Upon a voice vote,
a11 voting aye, the motion carried unanimously.
Mr.'Narris said he thoughL this �vas about the most important thing that
the Planning Commission had to consider, so f�r. He felt this should be
reviewed by all the member Coir�missions also.
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Mr. Bo�rdman said thi� was only a ro�gh draft, and there may be ��me �
changes made, berore this was finalized. He•�aid everyone was being brought
into this right at the grass roots. HE said �his wauld be reviewed by the
City Council, the Planning Commission, the member Commissions and some service
or�anizationsy at the same time that the City staff would be reviewing it.
He said he would like all the input back in mid-Decembero He said �hat approva'i
bf this would'�i��e a l.o�t to do�with how �Fie application�was made��or Comm��n.ity
Development block gran�s in February.
Mr. Harris asked Mr. Leek if the housing survey was contained in this �
rough draft? Mr. Leek said it wasn't. He said he has a set of preliminary
.. - notes which �hey were in the process of being trar�slated into ano�cher form.
� He said this U�ould be in a set of maps T:nat would be ready in about a week.
Ne said he had other material iha�t was ready t� be translated into graphs which •
would be included in -the Plan. P�r. Harris said he would like to see a copy of
� that survey. ' �
Mr. Boardman said that basically what.they would have in the Plan
would be a map that would pinpoint the structures that were in poor condition,
f�ir condition, etc., with an overlay sh�wing the concentration of low-.
income housing, where the elderly live, erc.� With these concent�ations�we
will determine which arPas need rehabilit.ation, and we will set up our priority
ratings accordingly. We h�v,� also tried to show trends by looking at North-
east Minneapolis and Columbia Heights, anct hoti�v that carried into Fridley.
This will show what�we can anticipate as our structures get oi�er. Columbia
Heights has curbed this somewhat, due to types of p.rograms they have had, 'so
thafi a lot of decay and deteriorati�n has not occurred. Hawever, this curbing
has not taken place in the City of Fridle,y, so we are anticipating similar
effects as to what took place in Columbia Heights about ten years ago.
Chairman Harris asked when they could expect� to have the completed maps
and data? Mr. Leek said it �aould be ready for the next Planning Commission
meeting. Mr. Boardman said tl�ey t��ould be constantly bringing material to the
Planning Conunission. The•Planning Commission will be the c�ordinator of all
the material, although the material will be going to everyone at the same timee�
Mr. Boar,dman said he �elt there was some very sound data backing up the
in�'ormation and he thought Ray LeQk had done an excellent job of puttinc� th2
Plan together and makii�g recomrrieiidations as to the course of action that should
be ta�ken .
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Mr. Lar:�enfeld asked if Mr..6oardman �nted the member Commission's
recommendations on the p.lan by the 17th of �ecember? Mr. Boardman said
he would 1i.ke.<.toahave them before the holiday break. Mr. Langenfeld said
he tho��`gj;�:�k�:���ronmental Quality Commis�sion meeting in December was after
the 17th:° ��fYSr:�•Sergman said the Community E�velopment Commission would only
�-�av�e on�e ,r�:��-r�rg=-���rore December 17th. He said he didn't think �that was a
rea�onable.=tim� to allow the member Commissions to review this.
Mr. warris said he didn't want to see this Plan rushed. He said this
was of paramount importance to this community. If we can't house and feed
our people, we might as well forget all the �^est. He said he understood Mr.
��.ar����:�.':���.-�y.�� �=s��.:�bout th� timetabl e because of appl i cati on for the grants .
He sai�r��_.th�t.this;was where people live, ar�d we should be careful of what
we d.�, ��FiJ`�'�r�N�k�. a good job of it. Mr. Boa�°�na.n said he agreed with that.
-.!-1e::Caid �.ri��.'-v���ile the various Commissions c���e working on this, he would
be v��rki ny= =�o= q�ut �he appl i cat�i on together �r�r bl ock grants . However, there
were certain Public Hearing aspects that h�d to �e met in making application
for a Community Developmen�t L�lock grant. H'� sai;d that if we missed the:dead-
line this year, we would miss the funds for ana�h�r year. He said these
funds would bE for low cost loans for .rehab�ilita,tion, etc.. '
� Mr. Harris said he wouldn'� want this �o turn into a political football
because we;:r�us�ec�,�hrough this and didn't �xar�ine the Plan properly. Mre
�oardman said they could di�scuss timetables at the next �neeting. .
�. Mr. Bergman said he had noted in a hletropalitan review that the l��using and
ar�d.R�deve3opment Authority had been gran���rg funds for 500 units of subsidized
housing. It stated that houses in the fol���r�r�g communities were eligible for
rental sub�idies: Columbia He�ights, Coon Rapids, Brooklyn_.Na'rk, Hop�ins,
. New Brighton, New Hope, North St: Paul, Robbinsdale, Rosedale, Richfield,
.St. /�nthony, Shakopee, and Stillwater. Not Fridley. Mr. Boardman said
'Fridley.��s.:n�.t a member of �the HKA and have nat applied for such funds:
-. ._l�rn .�ergman .s.ai d when he read such thi ngs , h.e won.dered i f we wer'e doi ng the
:.��::�i:ob:�� t��.�t.s�ch funds would be available ta �s:. Mr. Boardman said we don't
� �_ want ::to a��yr �or funds wi thout a pl an . He sai d he di dn' i th.i nk tfie Ci ty Counci l
w�s ready �o�jur�p into the Metropolitan Co�nc%1 �ornet's nest down there. Mr.
Bergman said did that mean that all these �tf��r communities were ahead of us
-� as far as having plans? They are ahead of �s 1n terms of getting money.
�. Mr. f����r�,s said that a lot of commur�i��es �erst make application for� funds
without a plan. Then the money does not b��e�eft� �he people it was supposed to
- beriefit. {ie said the danger there was that th� federal government could stop
� . sUCh f�,���ab:�;���;�h�n-���t wasn't being used as �t sha�ld be used. He said he would
� prefer to go a little slower and come up w��h ��esponsible�Plan, that would
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Mr. Boardman said there was a pre-a�p�i���.i�n time for making applicaton
� for b7ock'''grants. This was from February �st to March 15th, 1976. He said
they could do this while the Plan was bet�� �ina�ized. '
Mr. Boardman said that Fridley was �r� �.rTOrity one as far as housing with
the Metropolitan Council because we are a��r�t t�ing suburb and we could take
-s�nn1�._ o�f f:i`�e load from the metropol i tan ar��._ �
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review this Comprehensive Housing Plan as the sections are completed. Upon a
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voice vote, a11 voting aye, the motion carried unanimously.
Mr. Harris said this would give all the member Commissions a chance to
look at this plan, and�if they don't want to make a recommendation, they
can send it back with no comment. �
Mr. Boardman said he would quickly run through the recommendations
so that the member Commissions would know what sections couJd affect their
Commission. '
(1) The first recommendatio�� was �o direct its primary efforts in
housing toward neighborhood preserva'cion.
6�hat we want to try to do was to dif°ect efforts towards defining
neighborhoods and strengthening -their visual, spatial and social cohisiveness.
In other words, we are trying to preserve the neighborhoods with a neighborhood
atmosphere. We are also looking at street improvements and improvements in the
parks and recreation. aspect. Things that will bring pride back into ti�,ese
neighborhoods. We want to link �hese neighborhoods together with the development
of the bikeway-walkway systern zhat has already been approved. �� Mr. Boardman
said another thing �.o help neighborhood preservation was to develop resource
centers that citizens can contact if they want help from soma one to maintain
and rehabitate their home. �
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(2) This recomme�dation was to make application for Community Developmcn� �
funds . � i''� r
Mr. Boardman said they thought the�� could use this as leverage money �-'
for low cos�t home improvement loaris: We can make any money we get undM�.bBoardman ,
grants go a lot further, if we can use �art�of it as���leverage mon�y. .
said this would have to be set up wi�h our lacal lending institutions.
(3) Application should be made for Mirnesota Housing Finance Agency
funds to be used ior making low interest housing rehabilita�ion
- loans.
(4) The City of Fridley should make app.lication to HUD for Sec�ion 8
(rent subsidy) funds.
(5) This recommendation was that the_City reevaluate current land uses
in Fridley in order to determine if there is an,adequate balance
between commercial-industrial and residential land uses. Mr. Boardman
said this was where the current comprehensive land use plan should
be re-studi.ed. '
(6) They were also recommending.a review of the residential zoning
codes�.
(7) That the City continually review eXandlmake�application�fordthosel
programs for community deve1apment
programs far which it is el�gible.
Mr. Boardman said these were .the seven recommendations of ihe plan.
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PLANNING COMMISSION VOTING PROCEDURE �
�1 Mr..Langen�eld asked �f the Chairman of a member Commission was bound
by their Commission as to how they voted on items at the Planning Corr�nission
� level, or if they could vote independe►itly, or if it should be a coinbination
' of both.
Mr. Boardman said that was a decision that each Planning Cominission would
have �o make on their o�vn. Mr.-Langenfeld said sometimes his opinion was
contrary to what his Commission felt.
Mr. Scott said that he �hought the Planning Commission member was voted
chairman of his Commission by the other members, and he should represent �hat
Commission's opinions when he voted as a Planning Commission member. He said
that if the Chairman voted on something at the mem.ber Commission level, then
he should vote the sa�ne way at ihe Planning Commission level.
Mr�. Lar�genfeld said that it has been implied many times, that his vote
was only as the Environmental Quality Commission chairman, and he didn:i: feel
�hat �his was always necessarily so. Mr. Boardman said the Planning Commission,
and it needed input from the member Commissi.ons and from their Chairman. If
the member Commission and rheir chairman had.opposing poin'ts of view,�th�e
chairman still only had one vote on any proposal.
CONTINUED: REVIEW OF COMMISSION'S GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
�"'� The Pl�nning Commission reviewed the goals and objectives of the Human
-__ _ Resources Commission. '
Mr. Boardman said he didn't think they should spend too much time discussing
word usage, because not all the goa�ls would be used by the Planning Comm�ssion�
and they could de'cermine the wardage a� the time they adoped their own goals
and objectives.
M�°. Scott explained whai had already,been accomplished on some of their
goals. He said tha� for goal three, Fine Arts, the Human Recources Cammissions
has facilitated the formation of a fine arts group and there will be a live '
play in Fridleyo This was done under the leadership of Nancy Lambert. •
Chairman Harris said this might be an area that would interest senior
citizens.
Mr. Scutt said under goal four, Human Rights, Objective 10, they did do
a study of tenant%landlord relationships, and there didn't seem to be too much
of a problem in Fridley.
Chairman Harris declared a recess at 10:20 P.M. and reconvened the
Planning Commission r�eeting at 10:35 P.M.
Mr. Scott said the proposed comprehensive housing plan covers almost
everything.they had in the Housirag/Public Accommodation goal. He said this
� could also be a goal of the Community Development Commission. Mr. Scott said
$ the Human Resources Commission would like to deve`lop some kir�d of broad policy
. statement on human values that could be used by other Commissions as they study
. different proposals.
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Mr. Har.ris said the Commurity Development Commission's concerns and the '
Human Resources Commission's concerns may be the same in a lot of areas, but
he didn't think that was a1T�bad. Mr. Boardman said there was no problem with
over-lap. Mr. Harris said that everyone's concern should be people. He said
that when everyone was concerned about pe�ple, rather than things, we would
all be taking one big step farward.
Mr. Scott said the Social/Economic Development goal was a result of
a League of Women Voters study. The person who did �his for us was Agnes
Wolfe. He said they were going to attempt to have an orientati�n program
~ for the community on the Communi�y Correction Program. There was a lo� of
discussion on crime prevent�ion. .
Mr. Scott said the Youth Project goal hasn't had much done on it since
the original survey. He said �he Red Cross has come into the Community, and
they are interested in providirg guidance and leadership for young people.
He said,the :nain thing was that when an,y�hing came up that affected young
people they had a project group to contact for input. .-
Mr. Scott said the next goal was Gh�ld/Day Care Centers, and this goal
could be deleted because �hey are formin� a child care guTdance co�mitte� at
the County. He said he had attended �his. meeting with Helen Gbala�.and:-Pat
Kindon, and two persons �rom fPe�ronic. He said they were complimented on
what they had done as far.as child care cF•nters in Fridley. We are the only
Community in the County that had any assessment of the child care needs for
their community. As a result �� this, Hele� Gb�la was unanimously elected �
as the chairperson of this committee9 and Pat Kindon was elec�ed to the boa.rd.
He said that.�he cooperation b�ti�een Me�r�onic's and the City of Fridley was
the only coo�erative effort b��ti�een ind�stry and a m�?nicipali�� fip�t��_State
of P1innesota. Mr. Scott said he ha� tieen asked to testify at the State Child
Care Advisory Committee as a��epr-esent�tive of the City of Fridley.
Mra Scott said that thro�gh the effor�s o� the Human Resources Commission
they would be o�fering the H��h School Lquivalency Test at the Fridley Library.
Mr. Harris said that under �he Education goaT; he thought there should be
some raention of the Naturalist and the Island's of Peace. Mr. Scott said this
had been overlooked and should be par� of the Education goal.
Mr. Sco�t then discussed the last gc�a.l, Informa�ion and Referral. He said
that as a result of Gai1 Joh�san's ef�`�����s, we discovered there was a federal
law which says that a communi��+ should have some type of information referral,
bu� �her�e wasn't one in Fridi�y. Witn �he help of Southern Anoka Gommunity
Assistance program, who we are encourag��;g to provide this service for our
Comm�nity, we may be able t� i�lfill t�is goal.
All members ofi the Plan!iin� Commission told Mr. Scott that the goals and
objectives were well done.
MEETING WITH R�PRESENTATIVE 0� �HAMBER OF COt�MERCE _
' Mr. Harris said that Mr. �aardinan and himself had met with a representativr��
the Chamber of Commet�ce at thei r° request. He said the outcome of thi s meeti i�g �-
was that they wanted a resurr�c�ion o�c �t?e old Industrial Development Corr�nission.
They would like City endorcement for a particular industry. He said that what
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what�they were talking about he fel� was really a function of the Chamber
�, � of Commerce. Mr. Harris said the Planning Commission, he knew, was willing
�� to cooperate in any way it could with the Chamber of Commerce. He said it
cbuld probabl� be a project committee under the Community Development Commission
which could work on how to encourage industry to come to Fridley, but he did
� � think it would be a function of this Conunittee to solicit industry for Fridley.
GENERAL DISCUSSION
Mr. Bergman sai�d he thought that Plats & Subdivisions-Streets and .
Utilities should come to his Commission, as it used to go to a Sub-Commission
before the reorganization. He said he thought a lot of time was spent on
these things at the Planning Commission level that could be settled at a
Sub-Commi-ssion level.
Mr. Boardman said that he didn't think there would be too many new plats,
as Fridley was pretty weli platted at the present time. He said the other
things, lot splits and vacations, were usually quite simple to handle..and
to send a petitioner to another meeting, would jus� delay them. He s«id �that
he thought that staff input was enough for such requests, and the Planning
Commission had �o hold a Pu61ic Hearing on Plats anyway.
. P�r. Bergman said it was all v�ry well to have staff inpu�, but it seemed
to him that when Staff said they could see no.problems with�a proposal, the
Pianning Commission then asked questions for 45 minutes. He said for som�
. reason, when the input came from a Sub-Commission, it seemed to go through'.
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the Planning Commission much �aster.
Mr. Bergman a1so brought up the terms of the present Plann�ng Commission
members. He said that the terms of 4 members of the Planning Commission Htould
be�up in April o� 1976. He said he didn't know if he co�1d �gree ihat�_�lecting
a person �o serve on the Planning Commission every year was �ise. He
said it took aamost that long to find out what was going on. He said he
thought it took a learning process to become an effective Planning Commission
membero He said he �hought the program schedule was very awkward arid.not �
very effecieni. ' •
ADJOURPd�1ENT:
MOTION by Langenfeld, seconded by Scott, that the meeting.be adjouxned.
Upon a voice vote, a11 voting a�e, Chairman Harris declared the Planning
Commission meetinq of November 19, 1975 adjourned at 11:55 P,M.
Respec�fully submitted,
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Dorothy Even , Secretary
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