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44PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES
Thursday,July 20, 2017—Oak Park Heights City Hall
I. Call to Order/Pledge of Allegiance:
Welcome City Planning Commissioner Jennifer Bye
Chair Kremer called the meeting to order @ 7:00 p.m. Present: Commissioners Kremer,
Bye & Freeman; City Administrator Johnson, City Planner Richards, and City
Councilmember Dougherty. Absent: Commissioner Anthony.
Chair Kremer welcomed interim Commissioner Jennifer Bye.
II. Approval of Agenda:
Commissioner Freeman, seconded by Commissioner Bye, moved to approve the Agenda as
presented. Carried 3 —0.
III. Approval of June 8, 2017 Meeting Minutes: Commissioner Freeman, seconded by
Commissioner Bye, moved to approved the Minutes as presented. Carried 3 - 0.
IV. Department/Commission Liaison / Other Reports: City Administrator Johnson noted the
August 2,2017 River Crossing Opening Celebration will include a formal ribbon cutting event
@ 10 a.m. and that Oak Park Heights will be hosting an ice cream social at 11 a.m. in Oak Park
Crossing Park. He noted that there will be trolley shuttle transportation from Fury Motors at
Hwy 36 & Osgood and from the Stillwater Junior High for those wishing to attend the event.
V. Visitors/Public Comment: None.
VI. Public Hearings: None.
VII. New Business:
A. Schedule date and time for Planning Commission Vacancy Interviews: City
Administrator noted that three applications had been received and that the deadline
was July 21St for application to be submitted. Discussion was had and consensus
reached to holding interviews prior to the August 10th Planning Commission meeting
at 6:00 p.m.
VIII. Old Business:
Chair Kremer asked if there was an update as the property maintenance at the Palmer Station
property. City Administrator Johnson stated that staff had reached out to Creative Homes
and that the mowing is on schedule to occur by the end of the week.
Planning Commission Minutes
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A. Oak Park Heights—Comprehensive Plan 2018:
City Planner Richards reviewed his July 13, 2017 memorandum and discussed the same
with the Commission. Discussion included population growth data, the introduction
description, elements required from Metropolitan Council to be included with the plan,
page formatting, elements displayed upon the maps, development patterns, land use and
the land use analysis descriptions, presentation of population densities within zoning
districts with respect to importance of including numbers of units and similar
information being included, zoning districts and their descriptions, natural environment
elements and related sections in the land use goals and polices section and how the
language inclusion may affect development processes, the education component of the
social inventory not including alternative educational attainment, and income growth
rates for the City in relation to Washington County overall per the data table.
IX. Informational:
A. Upcoming Meetings:
• Tuesday, July 25, 2017 City Council 6:00 p.m./City Hall
• Thursday, August 10, 2017 Planning Commission
Commission Interviews 6:00 p.m./City Hall
Regular Meeting 7:00 p.m./City Hall
• Tuesday, August 22, 2017 City Council 6:00 p.m./City Hall
B. Council Representative
• Tuesday, July 25, 2017—TBD—Chair Kremer stated that he would try to attend.
• Tuesday, august 22, 2017—Commissioner Kremer
X. Adjourn. Commissioner Bye, seconded by Commissioner Freeman, moved to
adjourn at 7:53 p.m. Carried 3 —0.
Respectfully submitted,
}Ye i tman
Plan .'ng & Code Enforcement
Approved by the Planning Commission: 08-10-17—3-0