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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025-12-04 TPC Application Review Ltr to Applicant T 3601 Thurston Avenue N, Suite 100 Anoka, 55303 Phone: 763.231.5840 Facsimile: 763.427.0520 COP, TPC@Planni ngCo.com December 4, 2025 Lauren Weiss Sent via Email and US Mail Power Plant Cannabis Shop II, LLC 101 Crawford Corner Road, Suite 4116 Holmdel, NJ 07733 RE: Oak Park Heights — Conditional Use Permit and Design Standards/Site Plan Review for a Cannabis Retail Dispensary — 13435 60th Street North TPC FILE: 236.02 — 25.08 Dear Ms. Weiss: The City received your application materials submitted on November 21, 2025, for a Conditional Use Permit to allow a cannabis retail dispensary under the name of Power Point Cannabis Shop II, LLC at 13435 60th Street North. The application also includes a Conditional Use Permit for parking and Design Standards/Site Plan review. With this letter we are notifying you that the application is not complete. The City may deem it complete with receipt of the following clarification by December 10, 2025: 1. The "Lease" as provided in your application materials continues to identify "Omar Salah, on behalf of an entity to be formed" as the Tenant in the opening paragraph on the first page and with additional blanks for tenant identification in Section 1.8. These must be updated to identify Power Plant Cannabis Shop II, LLC as the intended Tenant with entitlement to possession and control of the premises. If the lease is updated as requested, the Planning Commission would consider the application at a meeting scheduled for January 8, 2025, at 6:00 P.M. in the City Hall Council chambers. If recommended by the Planning Commission that evening, the City Council will review the application at their meeting scheduled for January 27, 2025. In emails to City Staff, Omar Salah has indicated that there are two active applications, one from OS Management MN, and the other from Power Point Cannabis Shop II, LLC for a cannabis retail dispensary at this address. Note that on November 19, 2025, I sent Mr. Salah a letter rejecting the OS Management MN application. The application fees and supporting documentation were returned to Mr. Salah. Assistant City Attorney Christina Benson has recently sent further correspondence to OS Management's legal counsel regarding that prior application by OS Management. The City will not consider the OS Management application. Lauren Weiss December 4, 2025 There are two other cannabis retail applications that have been approved by the City and two that are under consideration, one that needs further review by the City Council and another that is being considered by the Planning Commission at a public hearing on December 11, 2025. The Power Point Cannabis Shop II, LLC application is the fifth application in the queue. As you are aware, the City's Code only allows for registrations for up to four licensed cannabis operations in the City. Pursuant to Minnesota Statutes 15.99, Sub. 3(f), the City of Oak Park Heights is herewith extending the period of time for agency/city review of the application for an additional 60 day period (for a total of 120 days from the date of a complete application) inasmuch as the City has determined that additional research and study by the City staff relative to the complexity of the project as proposed will be required. Please do not hesitate to contact me at scott@planningco.com or 952.221.0547 with any questions. Sincerely, 64C.A2;AL6 (j)e`-‘ Scott D. Richards (Planning Consultant to the City of Oak Park Heights) c: Jacob Rife, Julie Hultman, Omar Salah, Kevin Sandstrom 2