02 26 24 PC Agenda
REGULAR MEETING AGENDA
Planning Commission meetings are being conducted in a hybrid format with in-person and remote
options for attending, participating, and commenting. The public can make statements in this meeting
during the planned public comment sections. Some members of the Commission may attend virtually.
Members of the public may attend virtually by following instructions below.
Remote Attendance/Comment Options: Members of the public may attend this meeting by watching
on cable channel 16, streaming on CCXmedia.org, streaming via Webex, or by calling 1-415-655-0001,
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1. Call to Order & Land Acknowledgement
2. Approval of Agenda
3. Approval of Minutes
December 27, 2023, Regular Meeting
4. Staff Introductions
Alma Flores, Community Development Director
Kendra Lindahl, Principal Planner – Landform
5. Presentation on Sacred Communities
Introduced by Alma Flores, Community Development Director
Presenter: Dr. Tom Fisher, Univ of Minnesota, School of Architecture--College of Design
Thomas Fisher is professor, director of the Minnesota Design Center, and Dayton Hudson Chair
in Urban Design in the College of Design at the University of Minnesota.
Fisher served for 19 years as a dean at the University of Minnesota and became the director of
the Minnesota Design Center in 2015. His research has focused on sustainable architecture,
design ethics, and community-based service design.
He has written extensively about architectural design, practice, and ethics. His latest book,
Designing our Way to a Better World, came out in 2016. Dr. Fisher was one of the principal
authors of the Sacred Communities legislation that was recently passed by the State. Please
visit this link for additional background on the legislation-- Planning Commission will be asked
to consider the zoning code language at a subsequent meeting and then before the City Council
in April.
February 26, 2024 – 6:30 pm
City Council Chambers
Hybrid Meeting
City of Golden Valley Planning Commission Regular Meeting
February 26, 2024 – 6:30 pm
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6. Council Liaison Report
7. Other Business
a. Reports on Board of Zoning Appeals and Other Meetings
8. Adjournment