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Planning Commission Agenda 11-01-2011 AGENDA MONTICELLO PLANNING COMMISSION Tuesday, November 1st, 2011 6:00 PM Mississippi Room, Monticello Community Center Commissioners: Rod Dragsten, Brad Fyle, Charlotte Gabler, William Spartz, and Barry Voight Council Liaison: Lloyd Hilgart Staff: Angela Schumann 1. Call to order. 2. Consideration to approve the minutes of October 4th, 2011. 3. Citizen Comments. a. PAXMAR Development b. Letter from Masters 5th Avenue, Inc. 4. Consideration of adding items to the agenda. 5. Community Development Director’s Update 6. Adjourn.  A special joint meeting of the Planning Commission and City Council will be held immediately following the regular Planning Commission meeting. Planning Commission Agenda: 11/01/11 1 5. Community Development Director’s Report. (AS) Embracing Downtown Thanks to each of you for attending the Embracing Downtown Open House on October 24th. The full quorum of the Planning Commission was present and I greatly appreciate your attendance. The power point presentation from the meeting has been included with your packet for reference. In addition, I would encourage the Commission to review the other documents posted regarding the project which are available on the City’s website. These include a video of the full presentation and the draft Design Guidelines and concept plans. It is expected that the Commission will receive the formal request for approval of the plan, with corresponding Comprehensive Plan amendment in December. http://www.ci.monticello.mn.us/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC={BCF3E911-6563-4DB0- 89BB-D7649549BDAD} PUD Ordinance Workshop For budget reasons, the draft ordinance amendments for the Planned Unit Development code will be presented to Planning Commission after January 1st, 2011. Planning Commission will be asked to table the item until that point. Bertram Chain of Lakes The third phase acquisition is scheduled to occur before year end. City and County staff and elected officials on the negotiations team are working with the YMCA to refine details of a shared use agreement which will allow the use of a landing for fishing activities (non- motorized). The City Council will receive the purchase agreement, shared use agreement and MOU in November. Staff are also working to put together information relative to potential maintenance, operations and programs costs for the property jointly owned by the City and County. The YMCA team has also been asked to develop a plan illustrating a potential layout and site use if the base YMCA day camp facilities were to be located on the north side of Bertram Lake. That plan will be brought forward to the Bertram Lakes Advisory Board in December. The plan will help the Advisory Council and negotiations team better define future shared use agreements. In an important development, the Senate Environment and Natural Resources Committee will visited the Bertram Chain of Lakes on Thursday, October 20th as part of their research on developing grant and funding strategies aimed at regional parks that serve greater Minnesota. Senate Majority Leader Amy Koch was also be present. Planning Commission Agenda: 11/01/11 2 Monticello-Big Lake Pet Hospital The Monticello-Big Lake Pet Hospital closed on the Quad Development lot on October 18th. Building Department Presentation The Building Department presented the City Council with a staff update during their October 24th meeting. A copy of the presentation is attached. Kudos to the Building Department for their hard work this year! CSAH 75 Pedestrian Underpass Improvements The box culvert for the CSAH 75 pedestrian underpass has been installed, including the lighting conduit and light bases. However, the fixtures themselves will not be installed until the pathway connections are made and the underpass is useable. Fencing will soon be constructed around the ends of the underpass to prevent pedestrians, including snowmobilers, from falling into the open ends of the underpass. Staff is continuing to look for additional funding sources to fund construction of the connecting trails. We have been told we should receive word in late December or early January regarding whether we were awarded grant funding per our grant application to the Local Trail Connections Program. TH 25 / CSAH 11 / CR 14 Intersection Improvements (Mn/DOT project) Due to on-going scheduling challenges with their contractors, who are still trying to catch up on their work following the State shutdown, Mn/DOT currently estimates that work on this project will continue through mid-November.