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Planning Commission Special Meeting
May 21, 2025
6:00 PM
7071 University Avenue NE Fridley, MN 55432
Agenda
Call to Order
Roll Call
Approval of Meeting Minutes
Public Hearing
Other Business
1.Appeal Item
Adjournment
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Memorandum
Date:5/15/2025
To:Fridley Planning Commission, serving as the Board of Appeals and Adjustment
From:Scott Hickok, Community Development Director
Stacy Stromberg, Planning Manager
Nancy Abts, Associate City Planner
RE:Request for Hearing by Owner of6187Heather Circle
At the May 21 meeting, the Planning Commission will hear an appeal from a Fridley homeowner
regarding a denied Accessory Dwelling Unit Permit. This appeal is filed according to Minnesota
Statute 462.357, Subdivision 6. The owner of the home at 6187Heather Circle notified staff in an
April 21email that she wanted a hearing to appeal the case.
The hearing will conveneat 6 pm, preceding the regular Planning Commission public hearings
scheduled for 7 pm. The Commission will be seated at the dais for the appeal, similar to other public
hearings. Because an appeal hearing is a quasi-judicial matter, the City Attorneywillneed to ask each
presenter to swear to the authenticity of their testimony before their presentation. Like in court, the
presenter will raise their right hand and swear that the testimony provided will be the whole truth
and nothing but the truth. Once sworn in, the presentations can proceed much as they do during a
normal agenda item with staff making presentations first. Each person will be sworn in individually at
the beginning of their presentation. The commission members can ask questions of each presenter
after their presentation is complete.
Once staff concludes their presentations, the person(s) speaking on behalf of the property owner of
6187 Heather Circle will need to be sworn in and then asked to make a presentation. The property
owner may appear at the hearing with counsel and may call such witnesses and present such
evidence as is determined by the Commission to be relevant. Once the property owner's
presentation is complete, staff should be given the floor for rebuttal and then the person appealing
should be given an equal opportunity for rebuttal. Each is already sworn in, so that step does not
need to be repeated. One rebuttal per side is typical for a hearing of this nature.
Once the testimony has been heard, the Commission should conveneprivatelyin the Banfill Room,
absent staff, and render their decision. After deliberation, the Commission should reconvene at the
dais and announce their decision to those present, including findings of fact that will be incorporated
into a resolution at the conclusion of the hearing for execution by theCommission. A written copy of
the resolution will then be forwarded to the owner of 6187 Heather Circle.
Once the decision has been rendered, the property owner has 20 days to appeal the decision, if they
desire, to the City Council by filing notice of such appeal with the Community Development Director.
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