Planning Commission Meeting Minutes - 04/04/2023 (Workshop)MINUTES
WORKSHOP MEETING - MONTICELLO PLANNING COMMISSION
Tuesday, April 4, 2023 — 5:00 p.m.
Mississippi Room, Monticello Community Center
Commissioners Present: Paul Konsor, Andrew Tapper, Eric Hagen, Teri Lehner
Commissioners Absent: Melissa Robeck
Council Liaison Present: Charlotte Gabler
Staff Present: Angela Schumann, Steve Grittman (NAC), Ron Hackenmueller,
Hayden Stensgard, Jim Thares
1. General Business
A. Call to Order
Chairperson Paul Konsor called the workshop meeting of the Monticello Planning
Commission to order at 5:02 p.m.
2. Meeting Agenda
A. Review and Discussion of the Monticello 2040 Vision + Plan (Monticello
Comprehensive Plan) Land Use Designations and Industrial Uses
Community Development Director Angela Schumann provided an overview of the
agenda item to the Planning Commission and the public. This workshop item
stemmed from a discussion had at the March Planning Commission regular meeting
related to two public hearing agenda items that focused on industrial Comprehensive
Plan land use designations. The discussion at that regular meeting focused on the
distinctions between the industrial land use designations currently included in
Chapter 3 of the Comprehensive Plan. Background was provided by Ms. Schumann
on the origins of the Monticello 2040 Vision + Plan (Comp Plan), which was adopted
in November of 2020, and how it differs from the previously adopted 2008 plan,
which included broader land use designation (ex. Places to Live, Places to Shop, etc.).
Ms. Schumann explained the specific goals of land use designations within the Comp
Plan, such as Employment Campus, Light Industrial Park and General Industrial, and
the goals' direct relationship with creating tax base and job opportunities, while
incorporating a variety of business fields within those designations. Those shared
goals are connected to the Economic Development goals established within the
Comp Plan, which include business attraction & retention, and workforce
development. The distinctions that separate the three subject designations are also
related to how specific land uses affect a given property regarding the goals of
creating tax base and job opportunities. The main discussion points of the workshop
was directed at those noted industrial land designations and focused on designation
summaries for each to verify these summaries reflect what the City would like to see
in those designations. A review of example allowable uses and lot standards to verify
they correctly reflect was also a main discussion point.
Andrew Tapper raised the question of what uses are considered employment
campuses, and whether that would include manufacturing uses. Ms. Schumann
clarified that the level of jobs and tax base provided by certain manufacturing users
would allow them to be considered as an employment campus and would not be
considered inconsistent with the goals established by the land use designations. It
was also noted that site impacts to surrounding area plays a role in allowable uses
within each designation, with the least restrictive designation being General
Industrial.
The group was in consensus that any minor revisions recommended by Staff or
directed by the Planning Commission would be brought back to the Planning
Commission for review and discussion at a workshop meeting in May.
No action was taken on the item.
3. Adiournment
Paul Konsor moved to adjourn the workshop meeting of the Monticello Planning
Commission. Teri Lehner seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously, 4-0.
Meeting adjourned at 6:02 p.m.
Recorded By: Hayden Stensgard,A!�
Date Approved: May 2, 2023
ATTEST:
Angela Schum nV, mmunity Development Director