Planning Commission Minutes 09-19-1991 (Special Meeting)
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MINUTES
SPECIAL MEETING - MONTICELLO PLANNING COMMISSION
Thursday, september 19, 1991 - 6:00 p.m.
Members Present:
Dan McConnon, Richard Martie, Jon Bogart,
Cindy Lemm, and Richard Carlson
Members Absent:
None
Staff Present:
Gary Anderson, Jeff O'Neill
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call to order.
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Consideration of a conditional use permit which would allow
construction of a arkin lot in a PZM zone. A plicant ,
Monticello-Biq Lake Hospital District.
Assistant Administrator 0' Neill reviewed the hospi tal
district's request for the special meeting to further update
the Planning commission members on the progress of the
proposed parking lot facilities. Mr. 0' Neill updated the
Planning Commission members on a conversation that he had with
Mr. Rick Holloway, potential developer of the Monticello
Heal th Care Center. Mr. Holloway indicated he is still
actively working on the proposed expansion to the health care
center and also the possibility of acquiring the adjoining
Kasper residential property to the east.
Without acquisition of the Kasper property, it would be very
difficult to develop the 135 parking spaces needed for the
health care center and hospital district additions as planned.
However, if the Kasper property is acquired, it is possible
that creating the total number of off-street parking spaces
needed for the hospital district and the health care center
could be accomplished on the top part or the southerly most
portion of the lot immediately east of the Kasper lot.
Barb schwientek, Administrator of the Monticello-Big Lake
Community Hospital and Nursing Home, explained that the
hospital district has gone through a lot of planning for this
project in that they have scheduled no meetings or classes in
the hospital or nursing home facilities to avoid further
congestion to the parking situation while the hospital
construction is underway. The hospital district has made
provisions for their employees and the construction workers in
order to accommodate their immediate needs until construction
is completed on the hospital addition. Part of this parking
situation is reflected by the need for the parking lot as
proposed under their conditional use permit request.
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Special Planning Commission Minutes - 9/19/91
Planning Commission members were still very uncomfortable with
construction of a parking lot off of East River Street. Some
possibilities that might be considered would be using this
location as a temporary parking facility until construction is
completed, and the possibility that parking facilities might
be created south and east of the existing Monticello Health
Center.
A motion was made by Richard Carlson and seconded by Richard
Martie to table the conditional use permit request which would
allow construction of a parking lot in a PZM zone. Reason for
tabling: Planning Commission members felt there should not be
any additional traffic on East River Street if at all
possible, and all options have not been fully explored at this
time. They further recommended that the hospital district
look strongly into acquiring the Kasper property for
development of an off-street parking facility south and east
of the Monticello Health Care Center. Motion carried
unanimously.
The meeting adjourned at 6:42 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Ga4ft.d~
Zoning Administrator
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