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PLM 12/17/2014 PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING December 17, 2014 Chairperson Kondrick called the Planning Commission Meeting to order at 7:01 p.m. MEMBERS PRESENT: David Kondrick, Brad Sielaff, Tim Solberg, Leroy Oquist, and Todd Olin MEMBERS ABSENT: Dean Saba OTHERS PRESENT: Julie Jones, Planning Manager Tom Determan, DET 7220 LLC Haider Algezi, Good Deal Auto Sales, Inc. Wael Abdelaziz, Good Deal Auto Sales, Inc. Approval of Minutes: January 15, 2014 MOTION by Commissioner Oquist to approve the minutes as presented. Seconded by Commissioner Solberg. UPON A VOICE VOTE, ALL VOTING AYE, CHAIRPERSON KONDRICK DECLARED THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. 1. PUBLIC HEARING: Consideration of a Public Hearing for a Preliminary Plat, PS #14-04, by Fridley Land LLC, to accommodate the second phase of the redevelopment of the property, generally located at 4800 East River Road NE. MOTION by Commissioner Sielaff to open the public hearing. Seconded by Commissioner Saba. UPON A VOICE VOTE, ALL VOTING AYE, CHAIRPERSON KONDRICK DECLARED THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS OPENED AT 7:03 P.M. Julie Jones, Planning Manager, stated the petitioner, Paul Hyde of Fridley Land LLC, is requesting the second preliminary plat to allow for the redevelopment of the property located at 4800 East River Road. Ms. Jones stated the first plat was requested earlier this year to allow for Phase I of the redevelopment, which created two separate parcels on the south side of property. This will allow the construction of two industrial buildings, one of which is currently being built. Ms. Jones stated this preliminary plat is being requested to allow Phase II of the redevelopment, which will consist of consolidating a tenant in the existing building. A 475,000 square foot portion of the building will remain as office and technology space for an existing tenant. The renovation of this existing 475,000 square foot space will begin in the Spring of 2015 and is expected to be completed by October 2015. Ms. Jones stated the Commission and Council will recall that this property was rezoned from M-2, Heavy Industrial to S-2, Redevelopment District, last year to allow redevelopment of what has been known as the BAE/FMC/Navy site, now being called Northern Stacks. Planning Commission Meeting December 17, 2014 Page 2 of 12 Ms. Jones stated the petitioner is planning to redevelop the subject property in four phases. Ms. Jones stated the final plat for Northern Stacks, which accommodates Phase I was recently filed at Anoka County. The Northern Stacks plat consisted of three lots which included (2) new industrial lots on the southern end of the site and Lot 3, which was the remainder of the lot. That plat also dedicated 1.49 acres of land for right-of-way purposes, which includes the construction of a cul-de-sac off of East River Road, to allow access to the Phase I parcels. The new intersection will be fully signalized. Ms. Jones stated at this time Mr. Hyde is seeking to replat Lot 3 of the Northern Stacks plat, which is the northern 94.48 acres of the original 4800 East River Road parcel. This new replat will consist of the creation of three new lots that will be legally described as: Lot 1, Lot, 2, and Lot 3, Block 1, Northern nd Stacks 2 Addition. Proposed Lot 1 will be 22.52 acres in size, Lot 2 will be 41.30 acres in size and Lot 3 will be 30.66 acres in size. Ms. Jones stated Phase II of the redevelopment of this site will occur on Lot 2 and will involve the consolidation of an existing tenant within the existing building. The northern 475,000 square feet of the building will remain in place as an office and technology center for the existing tenant. The remainder of the building will start to be demolished in the Spring of 2015. The demolition of the building and the construction of the “new skin” of the existing building will likely be completed by October 2015. Lot 2 will use the existing access off of East River Road. Ms. Jones stated Phase III will involve the redevelopment of what will become Lot 1 through this replat. st It consists of the northern 22.5 acres, which is mostly vacant land. This lot will be accessed from 51 Way to the north. Ms. Jones stated the property is zoned S-2, Redevelopment District. The S-2 zoning designation was approved to allow flexibility with the redevelopment of the property. When the rezoning was approved last year for this property, a Master Plan was also approved that establishes guidelines that dictate what type of development will occur on site. Ms. Jones stated the S-2 zoning does not have a lot size minimum or maximum; however, staff has generally referred to the most similar zoning designation for comparison. The M-2, Heavy Industrial zoning district requires a minimum lot size of 61,500 square feet or 1.41 acres. The creation of the new lots would most closely relate to an M-2, Heavy Industrial zoning designation. Based on this comparison, the proposed subdivision would comply with code requirements. Since the S-2 zoning does not have a minimum lot size requirement and allows flexibility in meeting regular code standards, staff has determined that this preliminary plat meets the intent of the master plan that was approved with the S-2 rezoning for this property. Ms. Jones stated Staff would also like to note that the side yard setback in an M-2, Heavy Industrial zoning district is 20 feet. The portion of the main building that is being kept, will comply with that 20-foot setback requirement, based on the new property line location. There is a detached accessory building, known as Building 37 to the property owner. That is located north of the existing building and will be approximately 15 feet from the newly created north property line. Accessory structures in all zoning districts can be located 5 feet from the side yard property line, so the creation of this new lot will not create a non-conforming setback situation. Ms. Jones stated City Staff recommends approval of the preliminary plat request, and the plat complies Planning Commission Meeting December 17, 2014 Page 3 of 12 with the master plan approved for the rezoning of this property. MOTION by Commissioner Sielaff to close the public hearing. Seconded by Commissioner Oquist UPON A VOICE VOTE, ALL VOTING AYE, CHAIRPERSON KONDRICK DECLARED THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS CLOSED AT 7:08 P.M. Chairperson Kondrick stated it seem pretty straightforward to him. Commissioner Oquist stated, and it complies with the master plan. MOTION by Commissioner Oquist approving Consideration of a Public Hearing for a Preliminary Plat, PS #14-04, by Fridley Land LLC, to accommodate the second phase of the redevelopment of the property, generally located at 4800 East River Road NE. Seconded by Commissioner Solberg UPON A VOICE VOTE, ALL VOTING AYE, CHAIRPERSON KONDRICK DECLARED THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. 2. PUBLIC HEARING: Consideration of a Public Hearing for a Preliminary Plat, PS #14-505 by DET 7220 LLC, the replat will recognize the placement of the existing buildings in relation to the new property lines and the deficient rear yard and side yard setbacks generally located at 7220 Central Avenue NE. MOTION by Commissioner Solberg to open the public hearing. Seconded by Commissioner Oquist. UPON A VOICE VOTE, ALL VOTING AYE, CHAIRPERSON KONDRICK DECLARED THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS OPENED AT 7:09 P.M. Ms. Jones stated the petitioner, Tom Determan, of DET 7220 LLC, the property owner of the subject nd properties located at 7220 Central Avenue and 1241 - 72 Avenue, is seeking to replat these two properties to make an adjustment to the property line. Ms. Jones stated the petitioner would like to sell the property at 7220 Central Avenue, but in order to do so the property line needs to be modified to ensure the wastewater treatment building on site remains with nd the parcel at 1241 - 72 Avenue. Ms. Jones stated the complexity of the infrastructure inside the wastewater treatment building makes it very difficult to relocate the building somewhere else on site; and it is used by the tenant that is located in nd the building at 1241 - 72 Avenue. As a result the replat is being requested to modify the existing property line between the two properties. Ms. Jones stated the subject properties are zoned M-1, Light Industrial, as are the properties to the north and west. Cummins Power Generation across Central Avenue is zoned M-2, Heavy Industrial, and the properties to the south are zoned R-3, Multi-Family. The subject properties have operated as a single site Planning Commission Meeting December 17, 2014 Page 4 of 12 since they were originally developed back in the 1970’s. Several building additions have been constructed as have free-standing buildings throughout the site. At this time, the petitioner would like to sell the property at 7220 Central Avenue to a new owner and as a result, new property lines are being identified. Ms. Jones stated City code requires that lots in the M-1, Light Industrial zoning district have a minimum total lot area of 1 ½ acres. After the plat, proposed Lot 1 will be 265,537 square feet (6.10 acres) in area and Lot 2 will be 117,396 square feet (2.70 acres) in size after the replat. Therefore, both lots meet the minimum lot area requirement. Ms. Jones stated the City’s Subdivision ordinance allows the Planning Commission and City Council to permit variations to code requirements through the subdivision process, provided such variations would not cause undue hardship or are not contrary to the intent and purpose of the regulations. Ms. Jones stated the wastewater treatment building located on the property is an insulated, heated, and wired building operated by West Central Environmental Consultants (WCEC) Industrial Services LLC, one of the petitioner’s tenants. There are underground pipes, wiring, and sanitary sewer lines coming up into the building and an elaborate wastewater treatment facility contained within, which make it very problematic to move. This building will be located .08 feet from the newly created property line between nd 7221 Central Avenue and 1241 - 72 Avenue. The existing building at 7220 Central Avenue will be 4 feet from the newly created property. Ms. Jones stated the City will recognize through the resolution approving the plat these variations to the code requirements as neither of them will cause undue hardship or are contrary to the intent and purpose of the requirement in this particular situation. Ms. Jones stated City staff has not heard from any neighboring property owners. Ms. Jones stated City Staff recommends approval of this preliminary plat request, with the following stipulations as proposed lots exceed the size standards required by the City of Fridley Zoning Code: 1. The petitioner shall install a fire suppression system within the existing wastewater treatment building or the wall between the building and newly created property line shall be retrofitted to a 3-hour fire-wall, due to the close proximity of the building to the property line. 2. Each building on both parcels shall be assigned an address for police and fire identification. Commissioner Solberg asked what is a 3-hour firewall? Ms. Jones replied that is a special type of finish on the wall that slows down the spread of fire. They have to put a heavier grade of sheetrock. It is a common thing the City requires. The Building Code requires it if buildings are closer than five feet together. Chairperson Kondrick asked the petitioner if he had any questions about what Ms. Jones had to say? Tom Determan , DET 7220 LLC, replied, no. He read the submittal and detailed report, went through the stipulations and had no problems with them. Planning Commission Meeting December 17, 2014 Page 5 of 12 MOTION by Commissioner Oquist to close the public hearing. Seconded by Commissioner Sielaff UPON A VOICE VOTE, ALL VOTING AYE, CHAIRPERSON KONDRICK DECLARED THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS CLOSED AT 7:15 P.M. Chairperson Kondrick stated it seem pretty much straightforward. Staff did a good job of taking care of business. MOTION by Commissioner Sielaff approving Consideration of a Public Hearing for a Preliminary Plat, PS #14-505 by DET 7220 LLC, the replat will recognize the placement of the existing buildings in relation to the new property lines and the deficient rear yard and side yard setbacks generally located at 7220 Central Avenue NE with the following stipulations: 1. The petitioner shall install a fire suppression system within the existing wastewater treatment building or the wall between the building and newly created property line shall be retrofitted to a 3-hour fire-wall, due to the close proximity of the building to the property line. 2. Each building on both parcels shall be assigned an address for police and fire identification. Seconded by Commissioner Solberg UPON A VOICE VOTE, ALL VOTING AYE, CHAIRPERSON KONDRICK DECLARED THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. 3PUBLIC HEARING . : Consideration of a Resolution for a Special Use Permit, SP #14-09, by Good Deal Auto Sales, Inc., to allow an outdoor auto sales lot, generally located at 7298 highway 65 NE. MOTION by Commissioner Solberg to open the public hearing. Seconded by Commissioner Oquist UPON A VOICE VOTE, ALL VOTING AYE, CHAIRPERSON KONDRICK DECLARED THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS OPENED AT 7:17 P.M. Ms. Jones stated the petitioner, Haider Algezi, of Good Deal Auto Sales, Inc., is requesting a special use permit in order to operate a business that will allow the sale and display of new and/or used vehicles at the property located at 7298 Highway 65. Ms. Jones stated the use of the property as an automobile service station is no longer in business. rd Ms. Jones stated the subject property is located on the southwest corner of 73 Avenue and Highway 65. It is zoned C-2, General Business. In 1971, the property was rezoned from M-2, Heavy Industrial to C-2, General Business. A special use permit was also issued in 1971 to allow a gas station. As a result of the rezoning and special use permit approval, the existing gas station building was constructed. The property has remained a gas station since. Within the last few months the gas station has closed and currently the property is vacant of any business. Planning Commission Meeting December 17, 2014 Page 6 of 12 Ms. Jones stated agencies selling or displaying new and/or used vehicles is a permitted special use in the C-2, General Business zoning district, subject to stipulations. Ms. Jones stated the petitioner plans to utilize the existing building by remodeling it for sales/office area, storage and restrooms. The parking lot boundary will remain the same, with the exception of closing the rdrd east access point to the site from 73 Avenue. The west access off 73 Avenue will remain as will the access off the Service Road. The parking lot will be striped for the display of the vehicles for sale. The submitted site plan shows 18 parking stalls along the north and east edge of the parking lot and then four stalls along the west edge for customers. Based on the site plan submitted, no employee parking stalls have been designated. The petitioner does plan to remove the gas pumps, but leave the canopies and use the area underneath for display of 6 additional vehicles. Ms. Jones stated there are (4) underground gas tanks, which will be required to be removed to MPCA standards prior to operation of this business. It is unclear based on the information submitted whether any exterior improvements are being proposed to the site. Ms. Jones stated though staff believes this use is not ideal for this site due to the shape and size of the lot, the use may work only if it strictly adheres to the stipulations suggested by staff. These stipulations are typical of what has been previously approved for other outdoor car sales lots in Fridley. Ms. Jones stated City Staff recommends approval of these special use permits, with stipulations. Ms. Jones stated agencies selling or displaying new and/or used vehicles are an approved special use permit in commercial zoning districts, provided stipulations can be met. Ms. Jones stated City staff recommends if the special use permit is approved, the following stipulations be attached. 1. The property owner shall sign the special use permit application prior to filing of the resolution for this special use permit at Anoka County. 2. The underground gasoline/diesel tanks and pumps shall be removed in accordance with an approved Response Action Plan (RAP), approved by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) prior to issuance of a building permit for the remodel of the existing building or issuance of the City license to operate a car sales lot. 3. The petitioner shall apply for any required building permits for the remodel of the existing building. 4. The petitioner shall comply with any and all building, fire and ADA requirements. 5. The existing free-standing sign is located over a sewer line, as a result, the sign shall either be re-located on-site or an encroachment agreement with the City needs to be executed. 6. The petitioner shall submit a new site plan designated with customer and employee parking prior to issuance of a building permit for the remodel of the existing building or issuance of the City license to operate a car sales lot. 7. All parking stalls used on-site shall be designated through parking lot stripping, customer and employee parking shall be clearly marked. Parking stall size shall comply with code requirements. Planning Commission Meeting December 17, 2014 Page 7 of 12 8. No vehicles shall be parked in a manner so as to impede the free travel of vehicles in areas intended as drive aisles. 9. No employee or customer parking shall be allowed along the Highway 65 Service Drive rd or 73 Avenue. 10. No vehicles parking shall take place on any boulevard or green areas. 11. No vehicle washing shall take place outside. 12. No vehicle repair shall take place on-site. 13. The petitioner shall install a new dumpster enclosure. 14. The existing building and canopies shall be repainted as part of the building remodel. All old signage from the previous use shall be removed. 15. Any new signage on the building or free-standing sign will required sign permits. 16. The existing bikeway/walkway easement shall remain free of vehicle parking. 17. The petitioner shall submit a landscape and irrigation plan to City staff for review and approval at the same time as building permit submittal for remodel. 18. If the petitioner plans to install a fence on the property, the design and material type shall be reviewed and approved by City staff. 19. The petitioner shall be responsible for litter control on the site and litter shall be cleared from the site daily. 20. The parking lot shall be properly lighted for security reasons, but needs to be shielded and downcast to not impact neighboring properties. 21. The petitioner shall prepare and submit to the City a security plan to assure oversight of the storage lot and to deter crime to the property. Ms. Jones stated Ms. Stromberg did inform her today that Stipulation No.1 has already been accomplished. Commissioner Oquist asked regarding Stipulation No. 2, where are the tanks and are they going to have to remove the canopies? Ms. Jones replied she believed the tanks are in another location and not under the canopies. Commissioner Oquist asked, as to Stipulation No. 20, the lighting is to be downcast but not to affect neighboring properties, should that also include Highway 65? Ms. Jones replied, there is a pretty long and wide MnDOT right-of-way there. The bottom line requirement for City Code is that your candle brightness intensity cannot exceed three foot candles at the property line. That kind of covers all directions. Mr. Olin stated he is curious about the condition of the soil. Is there any kind of mechanism to determine that? Mr. Jones replied, yes, that is the purpose of the RAP (Response Action Plan) which has to be approved by the MPCA. Some of the plan will require some testing of the soil around the tanks once they are removed. If there is any concern, they would have to continue to test further away from the location of those tanks until everything is cleared by the MPCA. Planning Commission Meeting December 17, 2014 Page 8 of 12 Commissioner Sielaff asked if the business owner is leasing from the property owner? Haider Algezi, GoodDeal Auto Sales, Inc., stated he is leasing this space. Commissioner Sielaff asked Mr. Algezi if he was the owner of the building? Mr. Algezi replied he is not the owner of the building. Commissioner Sielaff asked if who is going to meet the stipulations? Mr. Algezi replied, he is going to do it, he is going to remove the tanks, do everything to organize and clean it, painting, etc. He is going to make it really nice. Chairperson Kondrick asked Mr. Algezi if he understood the 21 stipulations and does he agree with them? Mr. Algezi replied, yes. Commissioner Sielaff asked Mr. Algezi whether he was going to have room for 18 vehicles on this site? Mr. Algezi replied basically it is more but the surveyor talked about making it bigger and have more space. Commissioner Sielaff asked what will be the maximum number of cars he will have on site? Mr. Algezi replied, you can put like 25 cars on it. Chairperson Kondrick asked Mr. Algezi whether he will have enough room for the cars he wishes to sell and display as well as cars that are parked there for his employees and customers? Mr. Algezi replied, yes, of course. He is not going to put so many cars on-site that he doesn’t have much space for employees and customers. Most of the spots next to the office he is going to leave open for employee and customers. Commissioner Sielaff asked how many total parking spots is he talking about? Is he talking about 25 spots for vehicles for sale plus there needs to be parking for employees and customers. How many are for employee/customer parking? Mr. Algezi replied, he is not sure. It will be six on the side. Chairperson Kondrick asked how many employees will he have? Mr. Algezi replied, him, manager, and someone to take care of the papers, etc. Three, not more than four. If the business runs good then maybe he will need more. Commissioner Sielaff asked how many total are there, employee plus customer parking spots are there? Ms. Jones replied, as she understood from the report. There are 18 being proposed for the north and the Planning Commission Meeting December 17, 2014 Page 9 of 12 east area. She thought the report said six underneath the canopy, but it looks like more than that on the plan. It is very difficult to read the site plan because there are so many layers on it. That is why Ms. Stromberg highlighted it in colors. Commissioner Oquist stated it looks like there are 18 on the north and east, the yellow. It looks like there are probably eight in the yellow area in the middle. Probably four in the green area. Commissioner Sielaff stated there are at least 25. Chairperson Kondrick stated they do not want any cars parked on the street. He knows some customers will, but they do not want that. They want to provide places on the site for customers to park. Just so Mr. Algezi is clear on what their intent is. They do not want him to go and have that happened. Mr. Algezi replied, sure. Commissioner Sielaff stated he did not want Mr. Algezi to go into the venture without understanding how many spaces he actually has available for cars that would be sold. Commissioner Olin asked if this plan will require any sort of a pavement to be laid down? Mr. Algezi replied, all the concrete is there. Commissioner Olin asked whether there will not be any additional square footage? Mr. Algezi replied, no. Chairperson Kondrick asked Mr. Olin to ask Mr. Algezi again. Commissioner Olin asked if whether more concrete is going to be poured for parking surface. Specifically he is wondering if there is open permeable surface right now where water can trickle down through or will they pave over more which will block water? Wael Abdelaziz asked if Commissioner Olin is asking about the concrete? Commissioner Olin asked if they are going to have to pour more concrete to extend the parking or if the area in the northeast highlighted in yellow is already concrete? Mr. Abdelaziz replied, yes. Commissioner Oquist asked if there is going to be a need for a runoff holding area for this property? Ms. Jones replied, that is a good question. In a situation like this where it is an existing property and has existing pavement, they are not required to do any sort of stormwater treatment. When they submit their landscaping plan, the City would encourage that, if they could maybe do some perimeter rain gardens that would be suitable for the lay of the land for that to work out. However, by Code they would not be required. Chairperson Kondrick stated they are going to need every square inch of that property that they can Planning Commission Meeting December 17, 2014 Page 10 of 12 come up with. Commissioner Oquist stated there is going to be a lot of concrete removal to get the tanks out of there, and they will have to do resurfacing. Ms. Jones replied, but because that is the existing prior, that wouldn’t be considered new, added, impervious surface. If they were expanding the parking lot and adding a few more parking spots, then they would have to be required to do some stormwater treatment. Commissioner Solberg asked Mr. Algezi once he receives approval, when does he think he will be in business. Mr. Algezi replied, two to three weeks. He talked to someone to take care of the lot and he told him it would take ten days to two weeks. He is going to work on it right away. Chairperson Kondrick told Mr. Algezi this does have to pass the City Council which happens on January 5. That is the final approval and he wants to make sure he understands that. Mr. Algezi replied, okay. MOTION by Commissioner Solberg to close the public hearing. Seconded by Commissioner Sielaff. UPON A VOICE VOTE, ALL VOTING AYE, CHAIRPERSON KONDRICK DECLARED THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS CLOSED AT 7:43 P.M. Chairperson Kondrick stated the staff has provided them with a list of stipulations that seems to cover every possibility and to make sure these gentlemen do what they are supposed to do on that property. MOTION by Commissioner Solberg approving Consideration of a Resolution for a Special Use Permit, SP #14-09, by Good Deal Auto Sales, Inc., to allow an outdoor auto sales lot, generally located at 7298 highway 65 NE with the following stipulations: 1. The property owner shall sign the special use permit application prior to filing of the resolution for this special use permit at Anoka County. 2. The underground gasoline/diesel tanks and pumps shall be removed in accordance with an approved Response Action Plan (RAP), approved by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) prior to issuance of a building permit for the remodel of the existing building or issuance of the City license to operate a car sales lot. 3. The petitioner shall apply for any required building permits for the remodel of the existing building. 4. The petitioner shall comply with any and all building, fire and ADA requirements. 5. The existing free-standing sign is located over a sewer line, as a result, the sign shall either be re-located on-site or an encroachment agreement with the City needs to be executed. 6. The petitioner shall submit a new site plan designated with customer and employee parking prior to issuance of a building permit for the remodel of the existing building or issuance of the City license to operate a car sales lot. Planning Commission Meeting December 17, 2014 Page 11 of 12 7. All parking stalls used on-site shall be designated through parking lot stripping, customer and employee parking shall be clearly marked. Parking stall size shall comply with code requirements. 8. No vehicles shall be parked in a manner so as to impede the free travel of vehicles in areas intended as drive aisles. 9. No employee or customer parking shall be allowed along the Highway 65 Service Drive rd or 73 Avenue. 10. No vehicles parking shall take place on any boulevard or green areas. 11. No vehicle washing shall take place outside. 12. No vehicle repair shall take place on-site. 13. The petitioner shall install a new dumpster enclosure. 14. The existing building and canopies shall be repainted as part of the building remodel. All old signage from the previous use shall be removed. 15. Any new signage on the building or free-standing sign will required sign permits. 16. The existing bikeway/walkway easement shall remain free of vehicle parking. 17. The petitioner shall submit a landscape and irrigation plan to City staff for review and approval at the same time as building permit submittal for remodel. 18. If the petitioner plans to install a fence on the property, the design and material type shall be reviewed and approved by City staff. 19. The petitioner shall be responsible for litter control on the site and litter shall be cleared from the site daily. 20. The parking lot shall be properly lighted for security reasons, but needs to be shielded and downcast to not impact neighboring properties. 21. The petitioner shall prepare and submit to the City a security plan to assure oversight of the storage lot and to deter crime to the property.\ Seconded by Commissioner Oquist UPON A VOICE VOTE, ALL VOTING AYE, CHAIRPERSON KONDRICK DECLARED THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. 4. Receive the Minutes of the November 3, 2014, Parks and Recreation Commission Meeting. MOTION by Commissioner Sielaff to receive the Minutes. Seconded by Commissioner Oquist. UPON A VOICE VOTE, ALL VOTING AYE, CHAIRPERSON KONDRICK DECLARED THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. 5. Receive the Minutes of the November 4, 2014, Housing & Redevelopment Commission Meeting. MOTION by Commissioner Oquist to receive the Minutes. Seconded by Commissioner Solberg. UPON A VOICE VOTE, ALL VOTING AYE, CHAIRPERSON KONDRICK DECLARED THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. Planning Commission Meeting December 17, 2014 Page 12 of 12 OTHER BUSINESS: Ms. Jones statedas far as items they had at the last Commission meeting, the City Council did approve the special use permits for the Crooner's restaurant which is now open with their electronic sign. Also, both of the special use permits for the University Avenue auto sales property were approved. Ms. Jones stated the item they had some difficulty and discussion about for 5310 Fourth Street, the medical use facility, that special use permit was postponed and will be coming back before them in a revised form likely at their January meeting. Staff is meeting with them next week. Ms. Jones stated they do have the final draft of the Mississippi River Recreational Area Rules that Kay Qualley and staff have been working on it for quite some time with the DNR as well as other cities along the river. It has been a bit of work, but they are doing their final review of that now. She believed they have a year before they have to adopt those changes. Chairperson Kondrick asked where is the opposition coming from? Ms. Jones replied, the cities along the river. Primarily there has been a lot of opposition from the City of Anoka. The Fridley has not had many problems with it because it is one of the few cities that already had a shoreland ordinance in place and so already had met some requirements in place. It has not been a big change for Fridley. Ms. Jones stated the City is getting inquiries about activity going on at the Industrial Equities property on East River Road and the freeway. Unfortunately, it is not related to the redevelopment that is expected to occur on that site but the owner is temporarily allowing one of the utilities to do some storage on the site. Commissioner Oquist asked what is the plan with Columbia Arena? Ms. Jones replied, they are going to have some upcoming meetings about that. They are going to have a series of forums open to the public to get their input about what they envision for that site. ADJOURN MOTION by Commissioner Oquist adjourning the meeting. Seconded by Commissioner Solberg. UPON A VOICE VOTE, ALL VOTING AYE, CHAIRPERSON KONDRICK DECLARED THE MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE MEETING ADJOURNED AT 7:52 P.M. Respectfully submitted, Denise M. Johnson Recording Secretary