04-08-96 PC Minutes149
Minutes of the Golden Valley
Planning Commission
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.
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 that-if
he believes that if the dese~ item is not consistent with the Comprehensive Plan, then the
document should not be approved.
MOVED by Pentel, seconded by McAleese and motion carried unanimously to approve the February
26, 1996 minutes as submitted.
IL Election of Officers
MOVED by Kapsner, seconded by McAleese and motion carried unanimously to reappoint Chair
Prazak, Vice Chair Pentel and Secretary Lewis for another one-year term.
III. Workshop Session discussion of Livable Communities Action Plan Requirements and
General Housina 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
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.
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