Planning Commission - Regular Meeting

think we're good. I think we can try and go. I'll now call the uh April 6th Planning Commission meeting to order. Could we have the roll call, please? Shonak Tangquist Seagull here. Casper here. McDougall here. Crabenhoff. Is there a motion to approve the April agenda? So moved. Second. Any discussion? There being none, those in favor say I. I.

Against. Same sign. And the agenda is approved. The uh minutes from the February 2nd, 2026 meeting. Is there a motion to amend or approve the minutes for the February 20 for the February 2nd meeting? Move to approve. Moved and seconded. All in favor say I. I. I.

Same signed. They are approved. Next item, citizens to be heard. for items not on the agenda. Are there any citizens present who wish to be heard for items that are not on the current agenda? Seeing none, we'll move to our public hearings. The first item is a request of YHR Consulting on behalf of Minnesota State Community and Technical College for conditional use permit to install a digital sign, digital display sign at 1900 28th Avenue South. Is there a motion to open the public hearing? So moved. Second.

Second. All in favor say I. I. I. Oppose. Same sign. The hearing is now open. City Planner Houston, please provide the commission with an overview of this particular item. Thank you, Chair Seagull. I will have um Assistant City Planner Ethan Junk uh present this item.

Thank you, Chair and Commissioners. Um, YHR Consulting on behalf of Minnesota State Community and Technical College is requesting a conditional use permit to install an on-remise dynamic display component on a new freestanding sign in the institutional zoning district at 1928th Avenue South. Um, replacing the existing freestanding sign. The proposed sign does meet all applicable sign code requirements. Um it will be located more than 200 f feet from all residential uses and screened from the western residential uses by existing trees. Uh no public comments have been received uh to date and staff is recommending that the planning commission recommend approval of the cup and related findings of fact uh to the city council subject to the 13 conditions listed in the packet. Please let me know if you have any questions.

Are there any commission questions or comments regarding this? Uh uh just uh curious questions, two of them. Number one is the uh sign which you already said meets the allowable square footage the 145.43 is the is that bigger than the current sign? You know, doesn't matter. I I it was curious. Okay. Sure. Yeah. Okay.

Yeah. We don't have that in the packet because we have the sign permit. Um that's not in the packet, but it meets code. Yeah. Exactly. So, I'm not sure. And then the other thing I'm curious, so is the new sign going in where the old sign was? Is that the location pretty much? Sure. Okay, makes sense. Thank you. Are there any further questions from the members of the commission? Is this kind of like the sign that's uh went up for Quick Trip to you as well? Similar. Yes. Okay, perfect. Thank you.

Any other questions from members of the commission? Are there any public comments regarding this request for location of the sign? Hearing none. Is there a motion to close the public hearing? So moved. Second. Second. Those in favor say I. I. Those against same sign. The public hearing is closed. Is there any more discussion or is there a motion for this item? Move for approval. Second. A second.

To recap, the motion is to recommend approval to the city council the conditional use permit to install an onremise dynamic display sign at the institution at 190028th Avenue South and subject to the 13 attached conditions. Those in favor of the motion may signify by saying I. I.

Those against, same sign. Motion is approved. Our second item, request of Lowry Engineering on behalf of Prairie Parkway 2 LLC for vacation of 41st Avenue South rightway and easements in Prairie Parkway, second edition. Is there a motion to open the public hearing? So move. Is there a second? Second. Moved and seconded. All those in favor say I. I. Oppos. Same sign. The public hearing is now open. City planner Houston, would you please provide the commission an overview of this particular item. Thank you again, Chair. Uh, assistant city planner Brittney Cameron will present this item.

Thank you, chair and commissioners. Lowry Engineering on behalf of Prairie Parkway 2 LLC is requesting to vacate a portion of 41st Avenue South rightway and adjacent 10-ft utility easements located between 2520 and 257141st Avenue South, which supports the redesign of Prairie Parkway second edition into approved Prairie Parkway 4th edition. Underground infrastructure that has been already installed will be abandoned and the proposed vacation area will be a large green space with a storm water pond to serve lots in Prairie Parkway 4th edition. No public comments have been received to date. Staff is recommending that the planning commission recommend approval of the vacation of rightway and adjacent utility easements and related findings of fact to the city council subject to the four conditions listed in the report. Please let me know if you have any questions.

Are there any commission questions or comments? Are there any public comments to be heard at this time? Hearing none. Is there a motion to close the public hearing? So moved to second. Second. All those in favor of closing the hearing may signify by saying I. I. Opposed. Same sign. Is there any more discussion or a motion to recommend approval to the city council the vacation of rightaway and adjacent utility easements within Prairie Parkway second edition related findings of fact contingent on the four attached conditions.

I'll make a motion to approve by I think it's a great use of the property. Second all those in favor may signify by saying I. I. Those against, same sign. That motion is approved. Chair, just because we do have a new member, I was just going to give you a quick synopsis of this area. All right. Um, so in 2024, we approved uh was this was it 2025? 2025, we approved Prairie Parkway second edition. That's where my cursor is showing on your um

so that two large lots were platted and they were going to originally do apartments then he changed his mind so early in in January we replatted it as fourth edition and that's where you saw plat where these were all like individual lots for singles twins and town homes and this 41st Avenue that went through they originally incorporated that into the redesign of fourth edition now it's getting changed again. Um, so you will see another a third plat for this area coming up in the next few months, but essentially for the vacation because they platted it and they recorded the plat the second edition. Now you as the planning commission have to vacate that road and those easements because they're no longer necessary. We basically have to um unrecord the rightway in the easements um to redo this um fourth edition um area. So, I just want to

Is that to say that 41st Avenue is going away? This section of it is going away. Um, in the fourth edition, there's there are um it loops down now. Um, it'll go from 23rd and it'll loop down and then out to 28th. That was the new design and that will stay the same in the fourth edition. But this section, they actually from this aerial, this is um a 2025 area. You can see they did start construction and they actually did install some utilities in that kind of muddy area and those are those are where the pipes will be abandoned with this vacation uh project.

He's not he's not asking for any more money to that he lost on it then or anything. No. Uh that um the vacation and the abandonment of those pipes that's the developer's cost. Okay. Yep. There's still only a oneway in. It's like a loop.

So for fourth edition, we don't have it on our GS, but essentially you come off of 40th and you can either go up and that was that dragonfly lane if you remember that from January, or you can go south, which would be 41st Avenue, and go out 28th. So there's um instead of one 41st Avenue, there's two streets in the new subdivision that's been replatted. So there are two points of access as far as for example uh fire or rescue. Yes, there's still two points of access. Any other questions since we're in the information section of our meeting? All right. I think you showed that on the document we got. Yeah.

Yes. In your reports it shows fourth edition the redesign that was approved in January. Okay. Um, but you will be seeing another plat for fourth edition shortly. Um, because the developers change some lot sizes again, but the roads will not change. Is there any other business or information to come before the group or to be discussed at this time? Seeing none, that there is no business. Is there a motion to adjurnn? So moved. Second. Second. Meeting is adjourned. Thank you.