Planning Commission - 12/12/2022APPROVED MINUTES
EDEN PRAIRIE PLANNING COMMISSION
MONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2022 7:00 PM—CITY CENTER
Council Chambers
8080 Mitchell Road
COMMISSION MEMBERS: John Kirk, Frank Sherwood, Andrew Pieper, Ed
Farr, Rachel Markos, Carole Mette, William
Gooding, Robert Taylor, Dan Grote
CITY STAFF: Jeremy Barnhart, City Planner; Rod Rue, City
Engineer; Matt Bourne, Parks & Natural Resources
Manager; Kristin Harley, Recording Secretary
I. CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER
Chair Pieper called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m.
II. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE – ROLL CALL
Absent were commission members Mette and Gooding.
III. APPROVAL OF AGENDA
MOTION: Grote moved, seconded by Taylor to approve the agenda. MOTION
CARRIED 7-0.
IV. MINUTES
MOTION: Kirk moved, seconded by Markos to approve the minutes of October 10,
2022 as amended to add Rod Rue as attending staff, and to change Pieper’s title under
Item I to Chair from Vice-Chair. MOTION CARRIED 7-0.
V. PUBLIC HEARINGS
A. CODE AMENDMENT FOR ZONING AMENDMENT VOTING
Request for:
• Amend City Code Chapter 11, Section 11.78 - Z
Barnhart explained that previously, any City Code Amendment required a two-
thirds majority vote of the Eden Prairie City Council. However, a state statute
change in 2021 required only a simple majority for passage of most zoning
amendments with the exception of a zoning map change from residential to
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commercial or industrial. This was therefore a procedural amendment in the Code
to make the City consist with the state statute, whereas actual zoning changes
(residential to commercial or industrial) would still require a two-thirds majority
vote. Grote asked for and received confirmation a change from industrial to multi-
family unit would only require a simple majority vote.
MOTION: Markos moved, seconded by Sherwood to close the public hearing.
Motion carried 7-0.
MOTION: Grote moved, seconded by Sherwood to approve the Code
Amendment for Zoning Amendment Voting. Motion carried 7-0.
PLANNERS’ REPORT
Barnhart took the commission members through the 2023 Work Plan. There will
be text amendments in the first quarter related to the Comprehensive Plan creating
a new district with the mixed-use designation, as well as a flex service district,
and training in the second quarter for new commission members. Lastly, at the
end of the year there would be another Work Plan draft giving a sense of 2024
goals.
Farr requested a review of the last two years’ of minutes for issues of which
commission members requested further study. Pieper agreed. Barnhart offered to
check his notes and make a list of those concerns for the commission members for
this time next year.
MOTION: Kirk moved, seconded by Taylor to approve the 2023 Work Plan.
Motion carried 7-0.
MEMBERS’ REPORTS
VI. ADJOURNMENT
MOTION: Grote moved, seconded by Taylor to adjourn. Motion carried 7-0.
The meeting was adjourned at 7:09 p.m.