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05-24-04 PC Minutes Regular Meeting of the Golden Valley Planning Commission May 24, 2004 A regular meeting of the Planning Commission was held at the Golden Valley City Hall Manager's Conference Room, 7800 Golden Valley Road, Golden Valley, Minnesota, on Monday May 24, 2004. Chair Pentel called the meeting to order at 6 pm. Those present were Chair Pentel, Commissioners Eck, Hackett, Keysser, Rasmussen, Schmidgall and Waldhauser. Also present were Council Member Shaffer, Former Planning Commissioner, McAleese, Director of Planning and Development, Mark Grimes and Administrative Assistant, Lisa Wittman. e The Planning Commission started their meeting at 6 pm for commissioner training. They discussed the handout prepared by the Planning Commissioners Journal titled "Welcome to the Commission! A guide for New Members". They discussed the guide's tips for new commissioners which included: listening, education, being polite, asking questions, doing homework, attending and contributing and being an independent thinker. I. Approval of Minutes May 10, 2004 Planning Commission Meeting Schmidgall noted that he was listed as present at the May 10 meeting but he was in fact absent. - MOVED by Eck, seconded by Waldhauser and motion carried unanimously to approve the May 10, 2004 minutes with the above noted correction. II. North Wirth Parkway Redevelopment Project, Tax Increment Financing (Soils Conditions) North Wirth Parkway District No.3. Applicant: The Housing and Redevelopment Authority Address: Lot 1, Block 1 North Wirth Parkway 5th Addition Purpose: Findings related to Tax Increment Financing Plan. Grimes referred to a map and showed the Commissioners where the North Wirth Redevelopment Area is located. Pentel asked if tax increment district is still open. Grimes said the district is closed and now the City is proposing a 3rd tax increment district for soil remediation on the remaining parcel in the North Wirth Redevelopment Area. He stated that there is a developer who would like to build an office building consisting of for-sale condos. Minutes of the Golden Valley Planning Commission May 24, 204 Page 2 Pentel asked if the developer's proposal would come back to Planning Commission as a Planned Unit Development. Grimes said yes. He explained that, by approving this resolution the Planning Commission would be saying that the proposed use is consistent with the Zoning Code and Comprehensive Plan. Pentel stated that this resolution seems reasonable because staff knew that the City was going to have to help clean up the site. MOVED by Keysser, seconded by Waldhauser and motion carried unanimously to approve the resolution for the North Wirth Parkway Redevelopment Project, Tax Increment Financing (Soils Conditions) North Wirth Parkway District No.3. - III. -- Short Recess -- Reports on Meetings of the Housing and Redevelopment Authority, City Council, Board of Zoning Appeals and other Meetings PenteJ stated that she attended the May 18, Council meeting. IV. Other Business A. City Tour The Planning Commissioners decided to reschedule their tour of the city to the June 14, 2004 Planning Commission meeting. V. Adjournment e The meeting was adjourned at 7:30 pm.