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February 18, 2014 Planning Commission Meeting Minutes 1 MINUTES OF THE MAPLEWOOD PLANNING COMMISSION 1830 COUNTY ROAD B EAST, MAPLEWOOD, MINNESOTA TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2014
1. CALL TO ORDER A meeting of the Commission was held in the City Hall Council Chambers and was called to order at 7:00 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 Present at 7:10 p.m. Bill Kempe, Commissioner Present Donn Lindstrom, Commissioner Present Dale Trippler, Commissioner Present Staff Present:
Tom Ekstrand, Senior Planner Melinda Coleman, Assistant City Manager 3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Commissioner Trippler moved to approve the agenda as submitted. Seconded
by Commissioner Kempe. Ayes – All The motion passed. 4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Commissioner Trippler moved to approve the January 21, 2014, PC minutes as submitted. Seconded
by Commissioner Kempe. Ayes – All The motion passed. 5. PUBLIC HEARING a. Approval of a Right-of-Way Easement Vacation over City Owned Property north of Cardinal Pointe,
3003 Hazelwood Street i. Senior Planner, Tom Ekstrand gave the report on the Approval of a Right of Way Easement Vacation over City Owned Property north of Cardinal Pointe, 3003 Hazelwood
Street and answered questions of the commission. Chairperson Desai opened the public hearing. Nobody came forward to address the commission. Chairperson Desai closed the public
hearing.
February 18, 2014 Planning Commission Meeting Minutes 2 Commissioner Trippler moved to adopt the resolution vacating the public right of way easement which covers the city-owned
property north of 3003 Hazelwood Street. The purpose for the subject right of way easement was for the construction of the County Road D and Hazelwood Street Realignments. Those roadways
are now built and this excess right-of-way easement is not needed any longer for roadway purposes. Seconded by Commissioner Donofrio. Ayes – All The motion passed. 6. NEW
BUSINESS a. Presentation by Andrew Hughes of Sherman Associates, developer of the former Maplewood Bowl property at 1955 English Street. i. Senior Planner, Tom Ekstrand gave the
report and introduced Andrew Hughes. ii. Project Manager, Andrew Hughes, Sherman Associates gave the presentation for the former Maplewood Bowl property at 1955 English Street and
answered questions of the commission. iii. Link Wilson, Kaas Wilson Architects, addressed and answered questions of the commission. iv. Assistant City Manager, Melinda Coleman answered
questions of the commission. No action was needed. b. New Member Orientation by Melinda Coleman, Assistant City Manager. i. Senior Planner, Tom Ekstrand introduced the item. ii.
Assistant City Manager, Melinda Coleman gave a power point presentation on new member orientation and answered questions of the commission. No action was needed. c. Economic Development
Discussion by Melinda Coleman, Assistant City Manager. i. Assistant City Manager, Melinda Coleman gave the economic development discussion and answered questions of the commission.
No action was needed. 7. UNFINISHED BUSINESS None. 8. VISITOR PRESENTATIONS None. 9. COMMISSION PRESENTATIONS a. Commission presentation for the January 27, 2014,
city council meeting. Commissioner Diatta was scheduled to attend. There were no planning commission items on the agenda. b. Commission presentation for the February 10, 2014, city
council meeting. Commissioner Bierbaum was scheduled to attend. The items scheduled for review were the 2013 Planning Commission Annual Report and the wording change to the Planning
Commission Rules of
February 18, 2014 Planning Commission Meeting Minutes 3 Procedure. Staff stated the city council passed those items and thanked the planning commission for their work on the commission.
c. Commission representation for the February 24, 2014, city council meeting. Commissioner Donofrio is scheduled to attend. At this time there are no anticipated items requiring
PC representation. d. Commission representation for the March 10, 2014, city council meeting. Commissioner Kempe is scheduled to attend. The anticipated item for review is the
right-of-way easement vacation for the city owned property at County Road D and Hazelwood Street. 10. STAFF PRESENTATIONS a. March 4, 2014, Planning Commission Meeting – Staff
announced the March 4, 2014, Planning Commission meeting has been cancelled. The next PC meeting will be March 18, 2014. 11. ADJOURNMENT Chairperson Desai adjourned the meeting
at 8:41 p.m.