PLM 11/15/2017
PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING
November 15, 2017
Chairperson Kondrick
called the Planning Commission Meeting to order at 7:02 p.m.
MEMBERS PRESENT:
Rachel Schwankl, Mike Heintz, David Kondrick, Brad Sielaff, and Mark
Hansen
MEMBERS ABSENT:
Leroy Oquist and David Ostwald
OTHERS PRESENT:
Stacy Stromberg, Planner
Approval of Minutes:
October 18, 2017
Ms. Stromberg
stated at the Council Meeting on November 13, Councilmember Bolkcom had a few
modifications of the minutes as follows: (1) page 2, at the bottom of the page, it should read Stacks VII
instead of Stacks VIII; (2) page 3, second to the last paragraph, removing the first sentence, so it now
reads “Mr. Hyde replied, we have all worked very well together”; and (3) the second line of page 4 should
say “stripe” and not “strike” the truck parking.
MOTION
by Commissioner Hansen to approve the minutes as corrected. Seconded by Commissioner
Heintz.
UPON A VOICE VOTE, ALL VOTING AYE, CHAIRPERSON KONDRICK DECLARED THE
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
1. PUBLIC HEARING.
Consideration of a Text Amendment, TA 17-02, by the City of Fridley, to amend Chapter 205.30 O-
5 Telecommunication Towers and Facilities District, to accommodate recent legislative changes
related to small wireless installations in the right of way.
MOTION
by Commissioner Sielaff to open the public hearing. Seconded by Commissioner Heintz.
UPON A VOICE VOTE, ALL VOTING AYE, CHAIRPERSON KONDRICK DECLARED THE
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS OPENED AT 7:06
P.M.
Stacy Stromberg,
Planner, stated in October 2016 the Planning Commission and City Council approved
changes to City Code Chapter 205.30 Telecommunications and Towers to allow small cell technology
within the right-of-way provided certain conditions could be met. The City was proactive by creating its
own set of regulations because it was getting requests from telecommunication users to locate their
equipment in the right-of-way which was not allowed at the time.
Ms. Stromberg
stated the wireless telecommunications industry has since lobbied for legislation to make
it easier for them to locate their facilities within the public right-of-way as quickly and inexpensively as
possible. As a result the Legislature has created standard regulations for cities that address small wireless
facilities (what the City had defined as DAS in its ordinance) in state law and there are limits on local
governments’ abilities to regulate them. The changes she is going to go through are required by new
legislation.
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Ms. Stromberg
stated they are modifying some definitions because previously there was no universal
definition of small wireless facilities, and the City developed its own definition. The ordinance now
needs to be updated to reflect this universal definition of small wireless facilities and to include other new
definitions created by the legislation.
Ms. Stromberg
stated other definitions that will be added include “collocate, micro wireless facility,
local government unit, utility pole, wireless backhaul facility, wireless facility, wireless service, and
wireless support structure”. All of those things are referenced in the new legislative language, and the
City needs to define them in its Code.
Ms. Stromberg
stated there also was a change related to land use. These wireless facilities are permitted
uses in all districts except for residential districts, and they are letting cities grant special use permits if
this type of equipment wants to be in a residential area. Staff has laid that out in the Code and provided
some additional standards, too. The following are a couple of examples of those provisions: (1) They
need to be 900 feet apart from each other. Staff came up with that number which is roughly a block or
two so the City is not having several of these on the same block; and (2) The equipment has to be placed
at least two feet from the trail or sidewalk. Therefore, if you are riding your bike along the sidewalk you
are not getting hit by the equipment. (3) They need to be placed at least 12 feet up from the ground level,
so again if you are walking or biking on a trail or sidewalk, the equipment is tall enough that it won’t hit
you.
Ms. Stromberg
stated as to collocation issues, the Legislature allows installation of the equipment on
City utility poles and places restrictions on the amount of rent the City can gain from that. That is $150 a
year to occupy the space with up to $25 a year for maintenance associated with the space occupied. The
City can add a monthly charge for electricity if they are not paying Xcel directly for the electricity.
Commissioner Heintz
asked what about damage to a City pole if they cause that when they are in the
process of maintenance or installation?
Ms. Stromberg
replied, that is a good question. It says specific to $25 a year for maintenance. That is
not going to go very far if there is damage. These are the numbers which the City Attorney gave staff as
to what the City can charge.
Commissioner Hansen
stated to clarify he believed the fee and rent are set by State Statute.
Ms. Stromberg
replied, they are.
Commissioner Heintz
stated but it says for rent, occupy, or for maintenance; but it does not state
anything for damage.
Commissioner Schwankl
stated liability insurance she thinks would come into play.
Ms. Stromberg
stated she will look into that further. The City does require an escrow be submitted in
the event they do not remove their equipment, and the City needs to do it for them. They will have some
money set aside already, but that is a great question.
Commissioner Heintz
stated, for example, they are backing their truck into the pole and they knock it
over, who pays for that pole?
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Ms. Stromberg
replied, exactly. She will look into that and get back to them next month with an answer.
Ms. Stromberg
stated they also created an application process the City needs to follow along with
creating a special timeline. As most of you know the City’s land use items need to go through a process
within 60 days. The City runs a strict calendar. That is why you meet once a month, and the Council gets
this item within 60 days. This provision is going to allow 90 days for review and approval, and it is also
going to allow up to 15 locations on one permit application. For example, the provider wants to put one
on Fifth Street, one on Seventh Street, and one on Hickory Drive, they can list all of those locations on
one application. She is not sure how that relates to $150 a year for rent to occupy the space. That might
be per location.
Commissioner Heintz
asked if there is a fee when they apply for related to the permit?
Ms. Stromberg
replied there is a right-of-way permit fee and a building permit fee. Those the City can
charge.
Commissioner Heintz
asked and when they come in for the special use permit, is there a fee for that?
Ms. Stromberg
replied, yes, it is $1,500.00.
Commissioner Heintz
asked whether they can change that at all? They are doing 15 things instead of 1
item. The City should be able to increase that fee for this?
Ms. Stromberg
replied, she thinks the City would have to stick to the $1,500 that we charge for a special
use permit.
Commissioner Hansen
asked if all of these permits are approved by staff? Do they require any kind of
hearing or other review?
Ms. Stromberg
replied, no, unless they are in a residential district then they will come to the Planning
Commission and the City Council for approval. If they are in an industrial or commercial zoning district,
then we just issue through a right-of-way permit and a building permit. It all depends if it is the City’s
right-of-way, it could be MnDOT right-of-way and then they would have to sign off on it. There are a lot
of players who could be involved.
Commissioner Sielaff
asked as to residential districts, what does that include? Single-family? Multi-
family?
Ms. Stromberg
replied, only single-family.
Commissioner Sielaff
asked so they are allowed by this ordinance to put it in a single-family residential
district with a special use permit?
Ms. Stromberg
replied, correct.
Commissioner Sielaff
asked whether they are going to go over what those limitations are for this special
use permit which are outlined in their packet?
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Ms. Stromberg
replied, she was not planning on going over them. There are quite a few of them, which
we went over in detail last time. She can go over them if they want her to. The ones she did note earlier
about being 900 feet apart, 2 feet from a trail, 12 feet off the ground, those are just 3 of the provisions the
City is requiring. They also have to be a certain size; it cannot be a huge thing on the pole. She presented
a couple of examples of what they might look like, showing them attached to a light or utility pole. The
City does have a provision prohibiting it from being on a semaphore. The reason this technology is
coming to the City is because there are so many people who need to use the technology in high traffic
areas like shopping malls, movie theaters, churches, hospitals, where there are a lot of people at one time.
That is when the cell companies are losing coverage, and that is the purpose of this small technology to
work with the large tower together.
Commissioner Sielaff
asked if you are in a residential area could they put a pole in just for this purpose?
Ms. Stromberg
replied, they could put in a new pole. There is a stipulation they have to put it on the
corner of the lot so it cannot be in the center of the lot. Staff did think about that a little bit. However,
again, those will be ones the Planning Commission will see so that will give them a little bit more
discretion.
Ms. Stromberg
stated staff recommends approval of the text amendment. The City Council is scheduled
to hold a public hearing on this item at their November 27, 2017 meeting. – Note the public hearing is
actually scheduled for December 11, 2017.
Chairperson Kondrick
stated staff has spent a lot of time with this deal. There is a lot of information
here they have looked into as to setbacks, how high, how far away, etc. They have done their homework.
MOTION
by Commissioner Hansen to close the public hearing. Seconded by Commissioner Schwankl.
UPON A VOICE VOTE, ALL VOTING AYE, CHAIRPERSON KONDRICK DECLARED THE
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS CLOSED AT 7:18
P.M.
MOTION
by Commissioner Hansen approving Consideration of a Text Amendment, TA 17-02, by the
City of Fridley, to amend Chapter 205.30 O-5 Telecommunication Towers and Facilities District, to
accommodate recent legislative changes related to small wireless installations in the right of way.
Seconded by Commissioner Heintz.
UPON A VOICE VOTE, ALL VOTING AYE, CHAIRPERSON KONDRICK DECLARED THE
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
RECEIVE MINUTES FROM OTHER COMMISSIONS:
1. Receive the minutes of the October 2, 2017, Parks and Recreation Commission Meeting
MOTION
by Commissioner Heintz to receive the minutes. Seconded by Commissioner Sielaff.
UPON A VOICE VOTE, ALL VOTING AYE, CHAIRPERSON KONDRICK DECLARED THE
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
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2. Receive the minutes of the October 5, 2017, Housing and Redevelopment Authority
Commission Meeting.
MOTION
by Commissioner Sielaff to receive the minutes. Seconded by Commissioner Hansen.
UPON A VOICE VOTE, ALL VOTING AYE, CHAIRPERSON KONDRICK DECLARED THE
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.
OTHER BUSINESS:
1. Redevelopment District Review of the 2040 Comprehensive Plan.
Ms. Stromberg
stated she wants this to be a dialogue between Planning Commission and staff. She is
looking for the Commission’s feedback more than anything. This is a draft of the City’s potential
redevelopment districts. As the Commission knows staff is working to get this Comp Plan update
completed, which we do every ten years. She is going to give them a brief presentation to go over just a
few of the ones staff has identified and the differences from last time around. There are 22
redevelopment areas identified so hopefully the Commission has had a chance to look at them and, if they
have any questions, suggestions, ideas, she is certainly open to those tonight.
Chairperson Kondrick
stated he read this whole thing twice, went through things, and tried to find some
objections to be critical. He could not find anything he thought was totally out of place. The staff did a
good job on this and it is complete. He was really impressed.
Ms. Stromberg
stated the first slide she presented is the 2030 Comprehensive Plan redevelopment areas
vs. the 2040 Comprehensive Plan redevelopment areas. They will notice that the 2030 Plan shows about
10 redevelopment areas, 3 of them are very large, geographical areas. This time around staff wanted to be
specific about what might need some changes, some updating.
Ms. Stromberg
stated the City has seen a lot of changes in ten years, a lot of redevelopment has occurred
since the last time the Comp Plan update. All of those redevelopment requests have had to go through the
Planning Commission at one point and she shared a list of those projects. White Pines Assisted Living
over on Central was constructed, Landmark of Fridley Assisted Living was constructed (where the old
Sandee’s site was), Triland (the Cub Foods) has completely redeveloped in the last ten years, the Interlude
Building at Unity Hospital was constructed, the Cielo apartment building, and the amazing changes at
Northern Stacks. They are almost ready to begin construction of Building VII. Starbucks redevelopment
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on the corner of Central and 53 used to be a little gas station that was not doing too well, and now the
City has a thriving little strip mall. Then there is all the new construction and development at the
Columbia Arena site.
Ms. Stromberg
stated she also wanted to point out a couple of smaller-scale projects. Riverboat
Shopping Center on East River Road was in the City’s plan last time, but they have done some
improvements to their site. They have done a facelift to the building, and they have thriving tenants.
Those little things just really help the community. Trojan Storage on Central Avenue took an old
industrial building and completely did an exterior revision, new landscaping, it is gorgeous. Crooner’s
did a complete remodel, they added a patio, they did a lot of modifications there. Miller Funeral Home
bought an old architectural building on University Avenue and completely redid that, they opened it as a
second site for them in Fridley. This summer Taste of Thailand did a bunch of interior and exterior
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renovations. The old Domino’s Pizza building was torn down and is currently being rebuilt as Fridley
Optical. So, the City has seen a lot of redevelopment in the last 10 years. Some of the redevelopment has
occurred with the City’s help and some with private reinvestment. It has been an exciting ten years.
Ms. Stromberg
stated as to the redevelopment areas staff selected for the 2040 Plan, they took into
consideration what was decided in 2030, what has changed, what has been developed, what can come out
of those large geographical areas. They also took a look at existing land use patterns, what makes sense
for something to be redeveloped, to be in a redevelopment district. The City also did a community survey
and they had some public meetings. They did not do the big group meetings like they did ten years ago
because they have a hard time getting people just to attend those things. They did smaller things, such as
being at National Night Out, handing out cards to the community for people to take surveys on-line so
they do it at their own free will. The other thing they took into consideration are staff recommendations.
Ms. Stromberg
stated just a reminder, redevelopment is a form of community revitalization that
transforms undesirable elements of a site into desirable elements that reflect the community’s vision.
Over the last ten years they have seen a lot of those undesirable properties turn over and become
something great for the City.
Chairperson Kondrick
asked if she feels the City has done it all needs to do to encourage, not force, and
to make people aware of the input that is necessary, how much it is necessary that they contribute to
ideas, to future planning ideas.
Ms. Stromberg
replied, she just actually asked Julie Jones, Planning Manager, that tonight who told her
through the City’s survey results they got better feedback than in other years. Perhaps it is because
people are anonymous, and they feel they can just respond with what is on their mind. It is easier to fill
something out that way and speak their mind rather than when you are in a big group.
Ms. Stromberg
stated she picked six sites to look at for tonight’s discussion. The first two are along East
River Road. The first is along the northern end of the City, Fairmont Street and East River Road. Maybe
five to eight years ago staff did a study with Anoka County and the City of Coon Rapids on East River
Road and what they can do to make East River Road better. A lot of the changes were amenity or
aesthetic type things.
Ms. Stromberg
stated but one of the ideas that came out of that study was to reroute how Fairmont Street
approaches Fairmont Circle and line them up. In order to do that the City needs to take some property
from what used to be Texaco, which Anoka County owns. It is a nice option to use a portion of that
parcel to realign the right-of-way. Staff is proposing the area south of the aligned road be for a single-
family home and then the area to the north would be guided for commercial. There are commercial uses
in there now; however they are probably not the best uses for that little area. Perhaps some other quick
service type business there. It is a small parcel but it is a good potential redevelopment site.
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Chairperson Kondrick
asked whether the County has plans for widening the East River Road from 85
to 694?
Ms. Stromberg
replied, she did not believe so. She referred to Commissioner Hansen.
Commissioner Hansen
replied, his sense is it would stay as it currently is, a four-line divided road.
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Ms. Stromberg
stated the next potential area is also on East River Road and was part of another study,
the Northstar TOD (transit-oriented district) development master plan. They hired a consultant to do
that. All of these studies have been approved by the Council so it just a matter of adding these areas to
the Comp Plan to reference the study and the vision already approved for these areas.
Ms. Stromberg
referred to the area generally around Georgetown Apartments which are overall in pretty
good condition. There are the apartments to the north that have needed some reinvestment for quite some
time. This master plan takes that these properties into account and redesigns the entrances. There is a
beautiful park behind the apartments which is owned by the County, this plan wants to make that more
visible, and add a parkway, bringing more people to the park and the river.
Chairperson Kondrick
asked with the activities done by the DNR to change the riverfront area from the
694 bridge northward on the Fridley side of the area, are they imposing any new restrictions on building a
larger apartment building that would overlook the river, etc.? Are there any encumbrances being placed
upon the City and other agencies that might prohibit that type of development?
Ms. Stromberg
replied, that whole area from East River Road to the river is in what is called a Critical
Area which puts additional regulations on the City and on the development. This master plan did take
this into account, the picture they are seeing now on the screen. The City still has to abide by the 100-
foot setback from the ordinary high-water mark and the 40-foot setback from the bluff. But something
can still be built there; the City can still see some kind of new development in this area.
Chairperson Kondrick
asked Ms. Stromberg she does not see any additional restrictions applied to the
City at this point as to what can be built there?
Ms. Stromberg
replied, no.
Commissioner Hansen
asked whether a use was proposed on the northeastern quadrant of East River
Road and 694 envisioned in that master plan? What was the use for that? There was a building there
some time ago and is currently being used for construction and utility storage.
Ms. Stromberg
replied, yes, that is the John Allen site owned by Industrial Equities. That was part of
this master plan, too. That property was actually master planned through a TOD approval the City did
back in 2013 or 2014, and the proposal there is an industrial use along the rail and a high-end office
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building and a multi-family building. That took into play the potential extension of 57 Avenue over the
rail and all those design details would still have to be worked out.
Commissioner Hansen
asked whether they would be all market-rate apartments?
Ms. Stromberg
replied, at the time the property went through the master plan, the developer said market
rate or senior, he had not decided. The individual who owns it, his forte is the industrial piece of it; and
so he was trying to find partners to help him develop the rest of it.
Commissioner Sielaff
asked whether they had used focus groups at all to get input?
Ms. Stromberg
replied she would say not focus groups per se. They have had some community
meetings.
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Commissioner Sielaff
stated focus groups are different because certain individuals commit to being part
of the group, etc. and give input. Whereas if you have public meetings you do not know who is going to
show up, if anyone does. He is wondering whether that would be useful?
Ms. Stromberg
replied they have committees at City Hall for each chapter in the Comp Plan. However,
they do not have a focus group outside of City Hall. That is a good suggestion.
Ms. Stromberg
stated the next redevelopment area she has for discussion is the Girl Scout Camp on East
River Road. That property recently sold to Met Council. They have a sewer line that goes through the
bottom portion of the property so they would need to retain a certain amount of land on the southern end
for utility purposes. She has not had conversations with Met Council to know exactly what their ideas are
for this piece of land, however staff understands that they are open to ideas provided they get the portion
they need for their utility.
Chairperson Kondrick
stated he was surprised to learn that so much of that land is wetland.
Ms. Stromberg
stated she thinks as time goes on they will have to do some studies out there to see if it is
indeed as large as it is showing on the map.
Chairperson Kondrick
stated what service does that wetland serve for the City? Could it be filled with
a couple of hundred trucks of dirt to make it livable and viable home sites in the future, and what
argument would the DNR or another agency have for that being done?
Ms. Stromberg
replied, it is on the National Wetland Inventory List. There would need to be a
delineation of it to determine its size and location.
Commissioner Sielaff
asked, is it not subject to no net loss?
Commissioner Hansen
stated you would have to go through a functions and values review of the
wetland and determine whether credits can be purchased or they would have to step through a wetlands
sequence and process. He does not think necessarily the regulators always look at purely development for
the sake of development as being a reason to fill a wetland.
Chairperson Kondrick
stated just that it is such an opportune place to have homes. To have something
other than nothing there.
Commissioner Hansen
stated this would be a good site to have an open house and forums. Personally he
would be sad to see the Girl Scout Camp go.
Ms. Stromberg
stated she isn’t sure if Met Council has a contract with the Girl Scouts to let them use it
for the next years or how long of a time period they have left to use it.
Commissioner Hansen
stated that is not what he has heard. He does like the vision of putting trails or a
boardwalk through there. It would be really important to connect that. There is no way to get from that
neighborhood that is north of Mahnomen Park. It is kind of isolated and not connected by any trails.
Ms. Stromberg
stated that is what staff is envisioning to allow development of single-family homes on
the northern portion of the land with a connection to the already existing single-family homes. Also
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create a boardwalk and a walkway around the wetland so it is a feature and an amenity to the
neighborhood. She does note in the City’s description that when the City did the Cielo apartment project
and when they did the Columbia Arena project, the City hired the HCI Group to do community vision
meetings. Staff would definitely recommend doing that again here because it is such an opportunity that
the City does not have very often. We want to be able to engage the neighborhood to hear their vision.
Ms. Stromberg
stated another example of a redevelopment area is Moon Plaza. It was listed in the last
Comp Plan too. The mall was built in the 1960’s and is tired and could use a facelift, like Holly Center,
which is listed as another redevelopment area. It is over parked, there is way more parking than there is
need. The businesses struggle there because it is not easy to access them.
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Ms. Stromberg
stated then staff decided to add the three parcels to the north, 350 63 Avenue is
currently vacant. There was an office building there that was removed. A portion of the lot is used for
utility; however staff can see some kind of medical office use maybe redeveloping this area.
Chairperson Kondrick
stated it really would be a good site for a major apartment complex. Access
would not be the most critical thing.
Ms. Stromberg
stated the church is to the south and Brandes Place to the east and then there is that other
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senior living facility at 6200 5 Street. Both are fairly new uses to that neighborhood and seem to be
doing well.
Ms. Stromberg
stated last time they had developed the City View Project which would connect
Medtronic Parkway to University Avenue by going through that existing neighborhood with the hope that
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57 Avenue could be expanded over the tracks and provide that east/west connection the City is missing.
It would also connect Medtronic employees to all the retail that is over there now.
Ms. Stromberg
stated staff is still going with that vision and think it is a good idea. That neighborhood
is a mixture of multi-family and single-family housing and do not see that changing. We need to provide
a better way to get from Highway 65 to University; extending Medtronic Parkway, the boulevard, the
green area, to provide a nice look.
Ms. Stromberg
stated that is the last one she decided to highlight for them tonight. Again, she is looking
for the Commission’s feedback, questions, comments. This is a draft so if they think of anything tonight
or over the weekend, please send her an e-mail, she’d be happy to hear from them.
Commissioner Hansen
asked whether there has been any thought about where the former Godfather’s
restaurant is?
Ms. Stromberg
replied, it is not on there now, but staff did talk about it at one time. At that time when it
was in a redevelopment area, Taste of Thailand was in, too. Then Taste of Thailand did a bunch of
improvements over the summer and staff decided to remove it. It is a small parcel, but the City has
recently seen development of other small parcels, such as the car wash on Highway 65 and the
development north of the Orthopedic Center is proposed to be developed. The Godfather’s parcel could
probably redevelop on its own without the City having to put it in a district, but it is something staff has
thought of for sure.
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Chairperson Kondrick
stated it is tough to plan a master plan opposed to a piecemeal deal. It is hard
because you want to get things going and, at the same time, you would like to have as best of an
organization to the overall property as you can.
Ms. Stromberg
stated the City wants its businesses to know that we want them to stay and when you put
in a redevelopment district, what does that speak to them. Staff has been having such great business
retention visits with the businesses, and we are just trying to be very mindful this time around about the
areas we are choosing.
Commissioner Schwankl
asked, when it comes to Site 22, the Pawn America site, she is curious about
the thoughts on that. She does not know if there is a master lease in place that would limit what retail can
be on that pad.
Ms. Stromberg
replied, those properties used to be part of that Target parcel and what makes them hard
to redevelop is they do not have any frontage on a right-of-way. You have to get to them by going
through Target’s parking lot which is through an access easement. The other thing that is difficult with
those lots is that they are too small for the zoning district they are in. They are all zoned C-3, General
Shopping, which is what Target is. It fits for Target but not for the others. The best thing she can see
happening there is a rezoning to C-2, General Business, which allows smaller type businesses with a
reduced lot size.
Commissioner Schwankl
asked but does Target have its hooks in there? She has seen a lot of leases for
retail sites that are part of the Target family parcel, and they are very restrictive as far as what is allowed
for a 50-year time period.
Ms. Stromberg
replied, in this situation, no, there is not one of those. This was one of the first Target
stores built in the metro and that originally building was demolished and has been re-built. Maybe back
when it was originally constructed there were restrictive covenants on the type of periphery developments
around it but there is nothing now prohibiting the type of retail.
Commissioner Schwankl
stated she knows that this Pawn America takes guns which is not something
that all Pawn Americas do. It does not sell them, but takes them in. So she wonders if it has a bit of a
reputation and if there is some confusion about that Target.
Ms. Stromberg
stated that might explain why the City’s police department has such a good program with
the City’s pawn businesses. They work well together.
Commissioner Sielaff
asked what is the timeline for this?
Ms. Stromberg
replied, staff would love to have a final copy to the Commission next month, of all the
chapters not just the land use chapter. That might be a tad ambitious, so they might see a portion of it in
December and then another portion in January.
Commissioner Sielaff
asked and this is due at the Met Council when?
Ms. Stromberg
replied at the end of 2018. However, the City is required to send it to neighboring
jurisdictions and give them six months to comment. That is why they need to get it through the Planning
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Commission first, then the Council, send it out to neighboring jurisdictions, and then it comes back to the
City for final approval.
Commissioner Sielaff
asked are they going to have any public meetings then between now and the next
draft?
Ms. Stromberg
replied they will have the public hearings at the Planning Commission and the Council.
She thinks the Parks and Recreation Department have seen a few chapters. She is not sure if
Environmental Quality Commission has seen anything yet.
Commissioner Hansen
stated they have seen some of the park and trail chapter and they do have some
other things they have gone through for the Comp Plan. As he understands, they have an opportunity to
give staff more feedback before the public hearing in December.
Ms. Stromberg
replied, yes.
ADJOURN:
MOTION
by Commissioner Sielaff to adjourn. Seconded by Commissioner Heintz.
UPON A VOICE VOTE, ALL VOTING AYE, CHAIRPERSON KONDRICK DECLARED THE
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE MEETING ADJOURNED AT 7:57 P.M.
Respectfully submitted,
Denise M. Johnson
Recording Secretary