Planning Commission - 07/15/1975 - Joint Meeting P_;INUTES
JOINIT CITY COUNCIL/ PLANNING COTOI�IISSIO_. :t:E,ETII`TG
Approved
July 15, 1975 8:00 PM City Hall
COUNCIL PRESENT: Mayor Osterholt, Wolfgang Penzel, Billy Bye.
PLANNING COMMISSION: Chairperson Don Sorensen, Herb Fosnocht,
Roger Boerger, Richard Feerick, Richard Lynch
STAFF PRESENT: City Manager Roger Ulstad, City Attorney Harlan Perbix;
Planning Director Richard Putnam; City Engineer Carl
jullie,Planning Intern Dwight Picha; and Planning
Secretary jean Egan.
I. WELCOME ,
Councilman Wolfgang Penzel opened the meeting by welcoming the Council
and Planning Commission members.
II. COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE PLAN REVIEW.
Mr. Ulstad backgrounded the Guide Plan process of 1968 and said the staff
has attempted to illustrate the land uses, transportation,and utility change
from 1968 to 1975 through graphics and material compiled in the Compre' -
hensive Guide Plan Update booklet.
Mr. Putnam reviewed the Comprehensive Guide Plan Update material relating
to development pattern, open space, parks, utility availability and transpor-
tation systems within the City.
Mayor Osterholt inquired if everyone was familar with the update proposals
by BRW, Brauer & Associates, and Nason Wahrman & Cha.pman. Mr. Ulstad
said that copies had not yet been distributed to members other than the Mayor.
The Council requested the letters from Brauer & Associates and
Wehrman, Chapman, Associates be included in the minutes
Joint Council /Planning Commission Mtg. -2- approved July 15, 1975
Mr. Ulstad informed the Council and Commission that the cost for updating
• the Guide Plan has been approximated as $ 25,000-30,000 by the 3 consultants .
Discussion followed regarding how the update could be financed and
the staff was directed to investigate means of financing.
Mayor Osterholt suggested the consultants could present their update
approaches to the Planning Commission and the Commission could then
make a recommendation to the Council on a consultant to assist in the
Comprehensive Guide Plan update.
Sorensen felt the Planning Commission was in need of policy decisions
by the Council on issues that relate to the Guide Plan updating, i.e. ,
what will become of T.H. 5 in the next few years, will regional uses
be exclusively located in the MCA, and does the City still hold to policies
established in the Guide Plan text such as no strip zoning along major routes.
Fosnocht added that Council policy on 212 would assist the Commission
in their review of requests along the proposed 212 Corridor.
Mayor Osterholt did not feel the Council could establish concrete policies ,
but could develop guidelines.
• Bye believed that the City does not have control over T.H. 5, etc. , and
the City should be a "planning community" not a "planned community".
Feerick felt an update would be valuable if it meets the needs of the City
and its residents.
Lynch felt the 1968 Guide Plan is outdated in some respects and refinement
for todays problems is needed.
Discussion followed relative to how much time the staff could devote to the
update; and it was the general concensus that'the staff's input and knowledge
is valuable , but they do not have the time or staff to accomplish the
update without consultant help. Also discussed was the importance of
community involvement, how and when the community should be involved,
and whether the uses on the Guide Plan should be specific or general.
Penzel inquired how soon an update could be accomplished. Mr. Ulstad
stated the consultants have estimated 9 - 10 months.
Mayor Osterholt asked if it was agreeable that a Guide Plan update is
needed and such an update should be accomplished by the staff and a consultant.
The Council and Commission agreed. The Mayor then asked if the Planning
• Commission should make a recommendation to the Council as to the selection
:of a bonsultant. The Council and Commission agreed.
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III. IAIATOR CENTER ORDINANCE.
• Ulstad believed zoning for the MCA should be accomplished in conjunction
with the Guide Plan update. He stated that meetings have been held with
the MCA landowners and they agree with the MCA concept, but desire
a method by which they can market their property.
Harlan Perbix suggested amending the Zoning Ordinance to include
a MCA Zone and establish necessary criteria to govern development.
Mr. Putnam said the regional center was identified in the 1968 Guide Plan
and questioned if regional uses will still exclusively be in the MCA.
Penzel believed the MCA should have concrete requirements and the City
should provide zoning assurances to the property owners without losing
control on how the land will be developed.
Penzel, Boerger, and Sorensen all voiced concern that an urgent need exists
for a MCA Zone.
Osterholt suggested Mr. Perbix and Mr. Putnam work together to draft
an amendment to Ordinance 135 outlining the MCA zoning district and
requirements.
IV. METROPOLITAN AIRPORT COMMISSION FLYING CLOUD AIRPORT STUDY.
• Putnam refer ed to the June 25 th staff report which outlines a suggested
response the City could make to the Flying Cloud Airport Interim
Master Plan. He stated the staff is suggesting the airport be retained
in its present classification - General Utility , and that an operational
plan be worked out with MAC, Flying Cloud Airport, and the City.
Sorensen inquired as to the advantages of going to a Basic Transport
classification because it may benefit the City by reducing safety
risks as compared to an airport that conducts training maneuvers.
Bye. suggested 1 response the City could take would be to keep Flying Cloud
as it is.
Feerick questioned what improvemerts would be naeded if the airport is
retained as a General Utility facility. Putnam felt the runways may be enlarged.
Mayor O sterholt stated he supported the approach to the Airport expansion
as expressed in the staff report and thought the community should support it.
Ulstad reminded the Council and Commission that a public hearing
will be conducted on August 21 st.
The Council members discussed the possibility of renting the Steelman
property to a Vietnamese family and suggested it be placed on their July
• 22nd agenda.
V. ADJOURNMENT.
Penzel moved, Bye seconded , to adjourn the meeting at approximately
11.15 PM. The motion carried.
Respectfully Submitted
jean Egan, Planning Secretary