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04-29-96 PC Agenda -- , AGENDA . GOLDEN VALLEY PLANNING COMMISSION Regular Meeting Golden Valley City Hall, 7800 Golden Valley Road Council Conference Room April 29, 1996 7pm , I. Approval of Minutes - April 8, 1996 II. Continued - Workshop Session: Discussion of Livable Communities Action Plan Requirements and General Housing Plan Update . : III. Reports on Meetings of the Housing and Redevelopment Authority, City Council, and Board of Zoning Appeals N. Other Business . A. Change in By-Laws V. Adjournment . ; PLANNING COMMISSION GUIDELINES FOR PUBLIC INPUT . The Planning Commission is an advisory body, created to advise the City Council on land use. The Commission will recommend Council approval or denial of a land use proposal based upon the Commission's determination of whether the proposed use is permitted under the Zoning Code and the Comprehensive Plan, and whether the proposed use will, or will not, adversely affect the surrounding neighborhood. The Commission holds informal public hearings on land use proposals to enable you to learn, first-hand, what such proposals are, and to permit you to ask questions and offer comments. Your questions and comments become part of the record and will be used by the Council, . along with the Commission's recommendation, in reaching its decision. To aid in your understanding and to facilitate your comments and questions, the Commission will utilize the following procedure: 1. The Commission Chair will introduce the proposal and the recommendation from staff. Staff will give a brief summary of the applicant's request. Commission members may ask questions of staff. 2. The applicant will describe the proposal and answer any questions from the Commission. 3. The Chair will open the public hearing, asking first for those who wish to speak to so indicate by raising their hands. The Chair may set a time limit for individual questions/comments if a large number of persons have indicated a desire to speak. Spokespersons for groups will have a longer period of time for questions/comments. . 4. Please give your:. full name and address clearly when recognized by the Chair. Remember, your questions/comments are for the record. 5. Direct your questions/comments to the Chair. the Chair will determine who 'will answer your questions. 6. No one will be given the opportunity to speak a second time until everyone has had the opportunity to speak initially. Please limit your second presentation to new information, not rebuttal. 7. At the close of the public hearing, the Commission will discuss the proposal and take appropriate action. . , i i L_______ ___ . e e Minutes of the Golden Valley Planning Commission .1"':..... April 8, 1996 A regular meeting of the Planning Commission was held at the Golden Valley City Hall, Council Chambers, 7800 Golden Valley Road, Golden Valley, Minnesota. The meeting was called to order by Chair Prazak at 7:08pm. '- Those present were Commissioners Groger, Kapsner, Lewis (arrived at 7:10pm), McAleese, Pentel and Prazak; absent was Johnson. Also present were Mark Grimes, Director of Planning and Development and Elizabeth Knoblauch, City Planner. I. Approval of Minutes - February 12. and 26. 1996 MOVED.by Pentel, seconded by McAleese and motion carried unanimously to approve the February 12, 1996 minutes as follows: Change the last sentence of Paragraph 3, Page Eight to read: Commissioner McAleese said tRat-if. he believes that if the document imm. is not consistent with the Comprehensive Plan, then the document s~ould not be approved. MOVED by Pentel, seconded by McAleese and motion carried unanimously to approve the February 26, 1996 minutes as submitted. . II. Election of Officers- MOVED by Kapsner, seconded by McAleese and motion carried unanimously to reappoint Chair Prazak, Vice Chair Pentel and Secretary Lt!wis for another one-year term. III. Workshop Session: discussion of Livable Communities Action Plan Requirements and General Housing Plan Update The commission reviewed the Action Plan. They talked about the livable communities report and how to proceed. Staff and the commission agreed that it would be desirable to have the entire housing plan completed by June 30, 1996. IV. Reports on Meetings of the Housing and Redevelopment Authority, City Council. and Board of Zoning Appeals The commission and staff talked about past City Council meetings. V. Other Business Commissioner Pentel, who now attends the Board of Zoning Appeals meetings as Vice-Chair of the Planning Commission, requested a change to the Planning Commission by-laws. The requested change is to permit all Planning Commissioners an opportunity to serve as a representative to the BZA from the Planning Commission. This will allow commissioners to become familiar with the work of the BZA, and to distribute the meeting responsibilities more equally. At present, the Administration e e e Minutes of the Golden Valley Planning Commission April 8, 1996 / Page Two Section (Sec. 11.90, Subd. 4(A)(1)) of the City Code has the following language "Any other member of the Planning Commission may serve as an alternate member of the Board in the absence of the Vice-Chairperson." Therefore, only the by-laws of the Planning Commission would need to be changed. A motion was made to make the above change to the by-laws. MOVED by Pentel, seconded by Lewis and motion carried by a vote of 5-1 (one commissioner absent) to amend the by-laws which would allow any commissioner of the Planning Commission to serve as the representative to the Board of Zoning Appeals. Staff will bring a copy of the amended by-laws back to the Planning Commission for final language review and approval. VI. Adjournment The meeting was adjourned at 8:50pm by consent. Jean Lewis, Secretary f.