Planning Commission - Regular Meeting

meeting I am calling the Monday, May 11th, 2000 26 Planning Commission meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. Tonight's meeting is being conducted both in person and online. Members of the public may attend in person or the public may also watch the meeting online at burnsvillemn.gov/meetings or view us on Comcast channel 16 or 859. The public can also join on Zoom by going to the zoom.us next join for more information is available on our meetings website and the agenda. Our first item on the agenda is adoption of the agenda. Is there a motion to adopt the agenda?

Second. Second. All right. All those in favor say I. I. Opposed? Very good. Next, second item is approval of the minutes. Are there any changes to the minutes? Okay, very good. Is there a motion? Motion to approve. Motion to approve. Is there a second? Second. Any discussion? All right. All those in favor say I. I. Opposed? Very good. Motion carries. All right. The third item is a review of proposed land sale at 14751 Portland Avenue South for the consistency and alignment with the 2040 comprehensive plan as required by Minnesota statute 462-356 subdivision 2. Presenting is Mike. All right. Good evening, Chair and commissioners. Um So we have two city-owned property land sales to discuss tonight and we'll be taking two different motions. Again, as the chair said, pursuant to Minnesota state statute 462.356 subdivision 2, all municipal land sales must be reviewed by the planning commission to ensure consistency of the city's comprehensive plan. The first one Um, is 14751 Portland Avenue South. Um, just for the record that people are watching, one planning commissioner has recused himself. Commissioner Ali Awad has recused himself from this item from this motion, this vote. So, just for anyone else that's watching. So, this first property here, um, might be familiar to you. Last year, we did a

similar process. Um, Hampton Properties or Hampton Companies had the subject site under contract and was proposing to put on there, I believe, if I remember correct, 14 townhome units. However, that project did not come to fruition and the city did put this back on the market and we do have a potential user lined up or developer. Um, one second. I know also slide is out of order, so I'm just going to make a quick switch here. Um, so, the property, the subject property is guided low-density residential on the land use plan within the 2040 comprehensive plan. The proposed development is a low-density residential development consisting of levels 11 single-family units. At this point, um, the developer is in the due diligence phase and the city attorney is working on drafting a purchase agreement. Um, so, this is like step one. The neigh- the applicant did hold a neighboring meeting a couple weeks ago. Um, so, that was just part of the process. It's also worth mentioning, too, within the low-density residential zone land use district, densities from two to six units are permitted. Um, and so, this one here would fall fall into that um, permitted density for the subject lot. I believe [clears throat] the the per- the maximum density permitted is 14 units. This here would be at 11, so it is consistent the comprehensive plan's density guidance. Um so the project is consistent with the 2040 comprehensive plan. With that, I'll leave the recommendation on the screen, but I'll read it quick. Uh staff recommends the Planning Commission make a motion finding that the proposed land sale of 14751 Portland Avenue South is consistent with

the goals, policies, and objectives of the city of Burnsville's 2040 comprehensive plan. And I staff for any questions? Thank you. I have a question. So, if this all this goes through, will this come back to us with an absolute plan? Yes, Chair. Um that is correct. So, um once the purchase agreement is executed and the applicant finalizes plans for submittal, we'll come through the entitlement process for our final plat, preliminary plat. Um that's the two I can think of the top of my head right now. Um if I've seen uh plans, I don't know if there'll be any flexibility, variances, or planned unit development requests, but at a minimum preliminary and final plat to subdivide the land. Okay. And and has any additional environmental review been done on this since the last uh planning or last applicant? Mhm. Commissioner, that's a good question. The applicant is actually currently doing just did some soil borings a couple weeks ago. So, they're doing that analysis now, seeing what the soil conditions are out there. So, they are doing their full due diligence than the previous applicant did. Okay. Any other questions? Very good. Okay. Do we have a motion to approve? I'll make a recommendation. Uh make a recommendation that the Planning Commission um to make a motion find the proposed land sale of 14751 Portland Avenue South is consistent with the goals, policies, and objectives of the city of Burnsville's 2040 comprehensive plan. Very good. Is there a second? Okay. I guess I'm the I'm the You're the only one. All right. That being said, all those in favor. Aye.

Aye. Opposed? All right. This passes. All right. The next is proposed sale of 1 13713 Frontier Court for consistency and alignment with the 2040 comprehensive plan as required by Minnesota statute 462- 356 subdivision 2. Mike, you're up. All right. Same thing again. Um as you're referencing this property which is located at 13713 Frontier Court, um it is currently city-owned property right behind the Burnsville maintenance facility. Um Great River Energy has an existing substation back there. They're looking to add on to that as part of their improvements to the um essential services, the utility lines like throughout the community. The applicant is proposing to purchase the area in red on the screen. That area is about 33,802 square feet or 0.07 acres. Um and again, they're proposing to expand their current facilities to provide better service to the community. Um the property is guided bus, business, retail, office on the land use plan within the 2040 comprehensive plan. Um this is an essential service doesn't really call anything out like we don't specifically state within the comprehensive plan essential services power substations. However, it is an essential service that the community uses is everyday for power. Um so, it is consistent with that part of it. So, very quick on this one. Um Great River Energy is in the process of moving forward with this

um purchase of land. Uh once this is approved by the council this body and then the city council, the next step would be a minor subdivision. Um to which is done administratively to subdivide the land or so they can plat it and sell it to the applicant. But, that's all done administratively. Um we do them quite regularly administrative subdivisions or lot line adjustments. It's pretty much what this comes down to. So, with that, I'll leave the recommendation on the screen. Uh and I'll read it quick, too. Staff recommends the planning commission to make a motion finding that the proposed land sale of 13713 Frontier Court is consistent with the goals, policies, and objectives of the city of Burnsville's 2040 comprehensive plan. Thank you very much. All right. Any questions? So, this won't impact the uh remodeling of the maintenance facility when that comes down the line? Uh that's a good question. Um our public works director has been working closely with Great River Energy on this one. And since the property is on land that's currently green space, uh we had no concerns with it at this time. Um so, they feel comfortable selling this land to allow the for the expansion subdivision or the substation, excuse me. And this will this will not come back before us again. It's really administrative after this. So, one thing um that's nice about it. It's pretty simple. There's a lot bunch of rules around public utilities where they can bypass a lot of the zoning regulation. This was included within your staff reports. So, they're utilizing that clause to go right to the administrative subdivision. And so, when you said it has to be plotted again, that's because this piece of land is part of the maintenance facility land right now? That is correct. So, minor lots minor subdivision will occur where they take the lot lines and they will

just do a minor amendment to add this 33,000 square feet to it. They'll have to build a retaining wall in here. There's some grade um in here and the utilities will come I believe they come in right outside the property now and come in like that within the right-of-way. They come in. I have a question and I'm curious how did this this the city wasn't really listing this piece of property for sale. This was really a sale that was initiated by Great River Energy because they needed to expand on their site is that my understanding? Yes. Yes, Commissioner. Great River Energy contacted the city. They're working on a project right now of updating the lines um all the way from Eagan to this facility. So, as part of that they need additional land to put additional equipment. So, they approached us and we did [snorts] the due diligence to make sure that there was no hindrances or impacts on our future plans on the property. I I have another question. Um So, the the purchase price of this property is being negotiated with the city council and the and the city attorney. Um Does that become public information at some point in the process? I believe so. I believe the I believe it is. Don't quote me on it. I believe it is once they settle come to that as part of the purchase agreement it is public information at that time. Thank you. Don't quote me on that. That's a good question. You got me. I can respond to you in email, too, afterwards if everyone's interested.

I'm just curious. I'm curious, too, now. Yeah. I've dealt with the land sale part like on other properties and stuff like that, but not like this. This is a little nuance [clears throat] Uh didn't the previous um South Cross parcel that became known once the City Council approved it?

Correct. I think that is I think that is the case, but this is a little different. We didn't go out for the typical bidding process or anything like that request. So, here it's a little different. So, I don't know. It's kind of It's an interesting question, especially since it's also a essential service, public utility. So, I'm not quite sure what all goes into that. It's a good question. Not Not afraid to say I don't know. All right. Any other questions? Fantastic. I'll make a motion that uh we recommend it to the City Council to um finding that the proposed land sale at 13713 Frontier Court is consistent with the goals, policy, and objectives of the City of Burnsville's 2040 Comprehensive Plan. We have a motion. Is there a second? Second.

I'll second the motion. Very good. All those in favor say I. I. Opposed? It passes. Fantastic. All right. Do we have any updates? Give Mike a chance to go back and sit down. All right. So, this will be our only meeting in May. Um Our next meeting will be in June. However, at the last um City Council meeting on May 5th, two items that were previously reviewed by this body were approved. The first one was a conditionally amended conditional use permit for the Hub Church located at 1 2 3 4 5 Portland Avenue. That was the parking agreement one, if you guys remember remember. That was approved and then the second one was a preliminary plat and final plat first and subdivision variance for 1 4 5 0 County Road 42, which is the Cub and Best Buy site. That was approved by the council as well. Um With that, that's all the updates um I have right now. Well, I have one other one. Our RFP for the 2050 comprehensive plan closed last week. We did receive three um proposals from consultants. We're going through those now and um we'll hold interviews here next next couple weeks and move forward with our consultant to update the 204 50 comprehensive plan. I found that is three typical or do you expect more? Do you expect less usually when you're out for the bid for those?

[clears throat] It's it's kind of a mixed bag um on average in my experience. Um you usually get three, four, five um so a lot of depends. Uh the ones we received um were consultants within the area familiar with the city. That's a very very helpful. That's kind of what we're looking for cuz we're trying to kind of take a different approach this time to comprehensive plan kind of scale back. So. Okay. Any other questions, comments? Okay. All right. Is there a motion to adjourn? I'll make a motion to adjourn. Is there a second?

Second. Okay, all those in favor say I. I. I. I. All right. That's it. Thank you very much and I think we set a record.

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