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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPlanning Commission - 06/23/2025APPROVED MINUTES EDEN PRAIRIE PLANNING COMMISSION TUESDAY, MAY 27, 2025 7:00 PM—CITY CENTER Council Chambers 8080 Mitchell Road COMMISSION MEMBERS: John Kirk, Frank Sherwood, Andrew Pieper, Ed Farr, Trisha Duncan, Robert Taylor, Dan Grote, Charles Weber; Phou Sivilay CITY STAFF: Jeremy Barnhart, City Planner; Carter Schulze, City Engineer; Matt Bourne, Manager of Parks and Natural Resources; Kristin Harley, Recording Secretary I. CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER Chair Pieper called the meeting to order at 7:11 p.m. II. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE – ROLL CALL Commission members Kirk and Grote were absent. III. APPROVAL OF AGENDA MOTION: Taylor moved, seconded by Sherwood to approve the agenda. MOTION CARRIED 7-0. IV. MINUTES MOTION: Taylor moved, seconded by Duncan to approve the minutes of April 28, 2025. MOTION CARRIED 7-0. V. PUBLIC HEARINGS A. DELL ROAD MUSA LINE BOUNDARY (2025-05) • Amendment to Comprehensive Plan adjusting the Municipal Urban Service Area (MUSA) boundary and updating the land use designations within the MUSA boundary for nine properties along Dell Road and Turnbull Road. Barnhart presented the staff report. The City initiated this Comprehensive Plan amendment in two parts: one, a MUSA boundary change, and two, a land use PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES May 27, 2025 Page 2 change. The southwest corner of Eden Prairie recently approved the Marshall Gardens project, which included improving Dell Road with the extension of a sanitary sewer. Portions of this property were not located within this MUSA boundary. A MUSA boundary was an area with the City identifying those properties that could receive sanitary sewer service. Barnhart displayed the current boundary showing the eight or nine zoned low- density residential parcels affected. The amendment proposed to adjust the boundary by adopting the Metropolitan Council’s boundary, indicated by the yellow line on the image. This was a “housekeeping” measure, which intended to set the stage for future sanitary sewer service; however, this was not an automatic utility installation, which would have to be initiated by the property owners. Beyond the study area, to the west and the east, the boundary follows an old contour line, which would be corrected in the Comprehensive Plan update in 2027-2028. Staff recommended approval. Duncan asked for and received confirmation this boundary bordered neither Chanhassen nor Chaska and did not reflect the municipal City boundary of Eden Prairie. Duncan asked for and received confirmation this was not a connecting action to the sewer, and the homeowner had the option not to, given a suitable septic system. Pieper asked why the MUSA boundary did not follow the property lines, and Barnhart replied there was a significant grade change from north to south, and the bluff had not been defined as a part of the sewer improvement system. This was neither a property map nor a topographical map. Taylor asked for and received confirmation the connection to the sewer line would be at the homeowner’s expense. Duncan asked for and received confirmation this change would not require a zoning change. Tim McGlaughlin, resident at 9999 Dell Road, asked if the map indicated where the sewer lines would be replaced (i.e., if the MUSA line was the sewer utility line). He expressed conditional support for the Comprehensive Plan change and the improvement of Dell Road. Barnhart explained the lines did not represent where the sewer lines would be placed. He explained the MUSA boundary was the current proposal; the sewer line development would be a future permit. The land use guidance north of the line would remain low-density residential. The developability of the parcels was independent of the boundary map; grades, wetlands, et cetera, would determine how each parcel could be developed. This was not a detailed development proposal, but a general boundary proposal. PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES May 27, 2025 Page 3 MOTION: Duncan moved, seconded by Sherwood to close the public hearing. Motion carried 7-0. Pieper asked for and received clarification of where the sewer lines could be run. Duncan asked for and received confirmation the MUSA boundary indicated the boundary served by the Metropolitan Council. MOTION: Farr moved, seconded by Taylor to recommend approval of the Amendment to the Comprehensive Guide Plan adjusting the Municipal Urban Service Area (MUSA) boundary and updating the land use designations within the MUSA boundary for nine properties along Dell Road as recommended by staff and as represented in the May 27, 2025, staff report. Motion carried 7-0. PLANNERS’ REPORT MEMBERS’ REPORTS Barnhart stated there would be single-item agendas coming in the summer. VI. ADJOURNMENT MOTION: Taylor moved, seconded by Sivilay to adjourn. Motion carried 7-0. The meeting was adjourned at 7:42 p.m.