12-10-12 Agenda PacketAGENDA
GOLDEN VALLEY ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION
Regular Meeting
Golden Valley City Hall, 7800 Golden Valley Road
Council Conference Room, Monday, December 10, 2012
7:00 PM
Joint Meetin_g
1. U of M Student Project Presentation
Individual Commission Adjourn to Separate Rooms
1. Call to Order
2. Approval of Regular Meeting Minutes — November 26, 2012
3. Commission Member Council Reports (Commissioners)
4. Other Business
5. Adjourn
GOLDEN VALLEY ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION
Regular Meeting
Minutes
November 26, 2012
Present: Commissioners Tracy Anderson Rich Baker, Lynn Gitelis, Dawn Hill,
Jim Stremel, Damon Struyk, Debra Yahle; Jeannine Clancy, Public
Works Director; Mark Ray, Engineer; Eric Seaburg, Graduate
Engineer, and Lisa Nesbitt, Administrative Assistant
1. Call to Order
Baker called the meeting to order at 7:00 pm.
2. Approval of Regular Meeting Minutes — October 22, 2012
MOVED by Hill, seconded by Gitelis, and the motion carried unanimously to
approve the minutes of the October 22, 2012 meeting as amended to correct a
typographical error under # 8.
3. Section 10.32 Study
The commissioners each shared their thoughts on the results of the study. An
initial poll was taken followed by further discussion.
Seaburg reported that he asked the Police Chief and the Chief of
Fire/Inspections what the time implications would be to their staff if ordinance
was changed to allow chickens. Based on an estimate of 15 applications/
complaints/inspections, they believed there could be an additional 96 hours per
year of staff time if the ordinance was amended to allow chickens.
A motion to recommend to Council to not allow chickens in the city was MOVED
by Anderson and seconded by Baker. All in favor were Anderson, Baker and
Gitelis; opposed were Hill, Stremel, Struyk and Yahle therefore the motion failed.
Following the vote, a list of pros and cons was developed as well as a list of
potential elements for the ordinance. Seaburg will revise the final report and
create a draft ordinance. Both will be reviewed at the January meeting.
Staff will check with the city attorney to see if the ordinance can be restricted to
single family homes only. Seaburg will review other city ordinances to see which
ones require neighbor consent.
4. 2013 Meeting Minutes
Staff will verify that none of the meeting dates in 2013 will conflict with the Jewish
holidays.
5. Program/Project Updates
Summary on -file
6. Commission Member Council Reports
None
Minutes of the Environmental Commission
November 26, 2012
Page 2of2
7. Other Business
Gitelis reported that a new chairman is in place so the Solar Lobby is gearing up.
There are no committees yet.
8. Ad'ourn
MOVED by Hill, seconded by Anderson, and the motion carried to adjourn.
The meeting adjourned at 8:35 pm. The next scheduled meeting will be
December 10, 2012 at 7 pm.