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January 21, 2014 Planning Commission Meeting Minutes 1 MINUTES OF THE MAPLEWOOD PLANNING COMMISSION 1830 COUNTY ROAD B EAST, MAPLEWOOD, MINNESOTA TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 2014
1. CALL TO ORDER A meeting of the Commission was held in the City Hall Council Chambers and was called to order at 7:01 p.m. by Chairperson Desai. 2. ROLL CALL Paul Arbuckle,
Commissioner Present Al Bierbaum, Commissioner Present Tushar Desai, Chairperson Present Yaya Diatta, Commissioner Present John Donofrio, Commissioner Present
Allan Ige, Commissioner Absent Bill Kempe, Commissioner Present Donn Lindstrom, Commissioner Present Dale Trippler, Commissioner Present Staff Present: Tom
Ekstrand, Senior Planner 3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Commissioner Arbuckle moved to approve the agenda as submitted. Seconded by Commissioner Trippler. Ayes – Chairperson Desai,
Commissioner’s Bierbaum, Donofrio, Kempe, Trippler Abstentions – Commissioner’s Diatta, & Lindstrom The motion passed. 4. APPROVAL
OF MINUTES Commissioner Trippler moved to approve the November 19, 2013, PC minutes as submitted. Seconded by Commissioner Bierbaum. Ayes – Chairperson Desai, Commissioner’s
Bierbaum, Donofrio, Kempe, Trippler Abstentions – Commissioner’s Diatta, & Lindstrom The motion passed.
January 21, 2014 Planning Commission Meeting Minutes 2 5. PUBLIC HEARING None. 6. NEW BUSINESS a. 2013 Planning Commission Annual Report i. Senior Planner, Tom Ekstrand
gave the 2013 Planning Commission Annual Report. Commissioner Kempe moved to approve the 2013 Planning Commission Annual Report. Seconded by Commissioner Donofrio. Ayes - All
The motion passed. b. Planning Commission’s Rules of Procedure – Annual Review i. Senior Planner, Tom Ekstrand reviewed the annual review of the planning commission’s rules
of procedure. Commissioner Trippler recommended amending the wording to item C. Duties of Chairperson, in the last sentence, after the word submission, inserting and approval of .
Commissioner Trippler moved to approve the Planning Commissioner’s Rules of Procedure with the amendment. Seconded by Commissioner Arbuckle. Ayes – All The motion passed.
c. City Council Meeting Attendance Schedule for Planning Commissioners i. Senior Planner, Tom Ekstrand gave the report on the city council attendance schedule for the planning commissioners.
No action was needed. d. Oath of Office for Planning Commissioners Diatta and Lindstrom i. Senior Planner, Tom Ekstrand conducted the oath of office for the two new planning commissioners
Yaya Diatta and Donn Lindstrom. 7. UNFINISHED BUSINESS None. 8. VISITOR PRESENTATIONS None. 9. COMMISSION PRESENTATIONS a. Commission presentation for the November
25, 2013, city council meeting. Commissioner Ige was scheduled to attend. The only item scheduled was the resolution of appreciation for Larry Durand.
January 21, 2014 Planning Commission Meeting Minutes 3 b. Commission presentation for the December 9, 2013, city council meeting. Commissioner Trippler was schedule to attend.
The items scheduled for review were the resolution of appreciation for Lorraine Fischer (which was tabled until December 19, 2013), and the conditional use permit (CUP) review for
Agropur at 2080 Rice Street which was approved by the council. c. Commission presentation for the December 19, 2013, city council meeting (rescheduled from the December 23, 2013,
meeting). Commissioner Desai was scheduled to attend. The only item scheduled for review was the resolution of appreciation for Lorraine Fischer (tabled from December 9, 2013).
d. Commission presentation for the January 13, 2014, city council meeting. Commissioner Arbuckle was scheduled to attend. There were no anticipated items requiring PC representation.
e. Commission representation for the January 27, 2014, city council meeting. Commissioner Diatta is scheduled to attend. At this time there are no anticipated items requiring PC
representation. f. Commission representation for the February 10, 2014, city council meeting. Commissioner Bierbaum is scheduled to attend. Items for this meeting include the
2013 Planning Commission Annual Report and the Planning Commission’s Rules of Procedure – Annual Review. 10. STAFF PRESENTATIONS None. 11. ADJOURNMENT Chairperson Desai
adjourned the meeting at 7:30 p.m.