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08-08-05 PC Agenda AGENDA Joint Meeting of the Golden Valley Planning Commission and Golden Valley Environmental Commission Golden Valley City Hall, 7800 Golden Valley Road Monday,August8,2005 6 pm Council Conference Room (Dinner will be provided) I. Joint meeting with the Environmental Commission - Discussion of common interests. Regular Planning Commission Meeting Council Chambers 7pm I. Approval of Minutes July 25, 2005 Planning Commission Meeting -Short Recess- II. Reports on Meetings of the Housing and Redevelopment Authority, City Council, Board of Zoning Appeals and other Meetings III. Other Business IV. Adjournment . , . . . Regular Meeting of the Golden Valley Planning Commission July 25, 2005 A regular meeting of the Planning Commission was held at the Golden Valley City Hall, Council Chambers, 7800 Golden Valley Road, Golden Valley, Minnesota, on Monday, July 25, 2005. Chair Keysser called the meeting to order at 7 pm. Those present were Commissioners Cera, Eck, Hackett, Keysser, Rasmussen, Schmidgall and Waldhauser. Also present was Administrative Assistant' ittman. I. Approval of Minutes May 10, 2005 Planning Commission and City Council MOVED by Waldhauser, seconded by Rasmussen and moti approve the May 10, 2005 minutes as submitted. May 23, 2005 Planning Commission Mee . Eck stated that there were some typograph' with Wittman after the meeting. t he would go over them MOVED by Eck, seconded by Ras the May 23, 2005 minutes. carried unanimously to approve II. Informal Public Applicant: o. 89 Amendment #1 - Golden Meadows Avenue North endment would allow for the existing duplex to be converted lex. letter from the applicant dated July 25, 2005, stating that they heir PUD Amendment application. III. Reports on Meetings of the Housing and Redevelopment Authority, City Council, Board of Zoning Appeals and other Meetings No reports from other meetings were given. IV. Other Business A. Discuss memo from Mayor Loomis regarding revisions to City Code and Council Guidelines Related to Boards and Commissions. . . . Minutes of the Golden Valley Planning Commission July 25, 2005 Page 2 Eck referred to Subdivision 1 in the revised ordinance regarding the Council appointments and stated that it changes the date of Planning Commissions' annual meting and the date of the election of officers. c Keysser referred to the revised ordinance language and noted that Subdivision 3 states that members shall only serve as chair for two years. He added that he doesn't have any concerns with any of the proposed changes. Cera asked if the Planning Commission has alternates. Keysser stated Waldhauser referred to section three of the Planning Commission the word "the" before the word "three" should be taken out. She where the language about the chair only serving two years sh Cera referred to section one of the by-laws and said that Ma May. Keysser asked the Commissioners if they thoug vice chair is the representative at the Board of should leave the policy as is. ge the policy that the Is. Rasmussen thought they Eck referred to the by-laws and questi stated that he was not sure about t Grimes about it. rding amendments. Keysser .ection and that he would talk to Eck referred to Section 2.5 Commission's duties an their by-laws say. Waldh Eck agreed, but sta tha Commission does. each other mo ed or mance regarding the Planning and said that it doesn't seem to track with what s 'nks it is ok to have more details in the by-laws. inance doesn't really say what the Planning at that the ordinance and the by-laws should parallel Motion with Duties of Planning Commission section of their r A only has language about reviewing proposals and that it age about making recommendations. "A" and "B" from the ordinance should be incorporated in the by-laws. d write up a revised copy of the by-laws and bring it to the next Planning eeting for review. B. Envision Charge to Commissions Keysser stated that he thinks the Planning Commission can be more proactive with the things they wantto see happen. Waldhauser reminded the Commission that the last discussion they had about Envision included identifying the various neighborhoods and creating gateways. . . . Minutes of the Golden Valley Planning Commission July 25, 2005 Page 3 She said that she would be willing to speak with the Public Safety Department and the Envision Connection group to try and get started with those projects. Rasmussen mentioned that they also talked about speaking to the Historical Society about how they maybe could help them identify neighborhoods. Waldhauser said that a lot of the Envision ideas had more to do with neighborhood social gatherings. Keysser agreed and said that if there were more direct neighborhood organizations it could help guide development in the City. Waldhauser questioned if that would be productive. She said she saw more social connection types of . through Envision such as Golden Valley Days, or events at Brookview. Rasmussen stated that an arts committee could help with bringi might be interesting to have someone from Art Space give a Commission. and it anning Keysser said he thinks the Planning Commission sho their boundaries and suggested looking at the "On that is displayed in the City Hall display case to Rasmussen asked if there is any money se suggested using the City's newsletter. n programs. Keysser Waldhauser suggested starting wit they would like their groups to b atch groups and asking them if a wa ch group. Cera suggested doing a pu neighborhoods to use to iece or putting together a packet for Keysser suggested City. Schmidgall sal where block parties are encouraged throughout .the the same as the National Night Out block parties. Keysser stated suggeste red eve see. say that they can conduct their own studies. He identify two or three areas that they know are going. to be , study them and suggest to the Council what they would like to stated he thinks that is the Planning Commissions' job. He suggested and an area or project such as the Olympic Printing site or Highway 55 and Win r the Trach Shopping Center to do some brainstorming. He added that the Area B Task Force had some rendering done and that may be something they would like to look at. Cera suggested the Commission look at both corners of Highway 55 and study the Highway 55 and Winnetka location and the Trach Shopping Center. Waldhauser mentioned that when the Planning Commission had discussed talking about redevelopment areas in the past they were cautioned about publicizing their studies and about the possibility of making land values change. , . . . Minutes of the Golden Valley Planning Commission July 25, 2005 Page 4 Rasmussen suggested that maybe they wait until after City Council elections. Keysser thought it would be ok to go ahead because they would just be discussions about redevelopment areas at this point. He said he would talk to Mark Grimes to see what he thinks. Waldhauser stated that some other ideas from Envision were related to transportation through the City including shuttles and parking area near transit stations. She said there was also mention of design standards and lighting. Hackett stated that t e several cities in the area that have design guidelines such as St. Louis Park, d Excelsior. v. Adjournment The meeting was adjourned at 8:20 pm.