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MANISTEE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION Meeting of Thursday, July 11, 2013 7:00 p.m. - Council Chambers, City Hall, 70 Maple Street, Manistee, Michigan AGENDA I Call to Order II Roll Call III Approval of Agenda At this time the Planning Commission can take action to approve the July 11, 2013 Agenda. IV Approval of Minutes At this time Planning Commission can take action to approve the June 6, 2013 meeting Minutes. V Public Hearing VI Public Comment on Agenda Related items VII New Business Projects and Changes Members of the Planning Commission will discuss projects and staff changes VIII Old Business IX Public Comments and Communications At this time the Chair will ask if there are any public comments. X Correspondence At this time the Chair will ask if any correspondence has been received to be read into the record. XI Staff/Sub-Committee Reports Page 1 of 2  At this time the Chair will ask Staff for their report. At this time the Chair will ask if any of the Sub-Committees have anything to report. XII Members Discussion At this time the Chair will ask members of the Planning Commission if they have any items they want to discuss. XIII Worksession Master Plan Update XIV Adjournment Page 2 of 2  CITY OF MANISTEE PLANNING COMMISSION 70 Maple Street Manistee, MI 49660 MEETING MINUTES June 6, 2013 A meeting of the Manistee City Planning Commission was held on Thursday, June 6, 2013 at 7 pm in the Council Chambers, City Hall, 70 Maple Street, Manistee, Michigan. Meeting was called to order at 7pm pm by Chair Yoder Roll Call: Members Present: Maureen Barry, Ray Fortier, Marlene McBride, Mark Wittlief, Roger Yoder Members Absent: Bill Dean (excused), David Crockett (excused) Others: Al Frey (Manistee Community Kitchen), Jeff Seng (1874 Guthrie Road) (Tamara Buswinka (Beckett & Raeder), Kathy Morin (AES), Denise Blakeslee (Planning & Zoning) and others APPROVAL OF AGENDA Motion by Ray Fortier, seconded by Mark Wittlief that the agenda be approved as prepared. With a Roll Call vote this motion passed 5 to 0. Yes: Barry, Fortier, McBride, Wittlief, Yoder No: None APPROVAL OF MINUTES Motion by Maureen Barry, seconded by Marlene McBride that the minutes of the May 2, 2013 Planning Commission Meeting be approved as prepared. With a Roll Call vote this motion passed 5 to 0. Yes: Fortier, Barry, McBride, Wittlief, Yoder No: None City of Manistee Planning Commission Meeting Minutes of June 6, 2013 Page 1 PUBLC HEARING Chair Yoder opened the Public Hearing at 7:02 pm PC-2013-05 – Manistee Community Kitchen, 254 River Street - Special Use Permit for an Eating and Drinking Establishment. A public hearing is being held in response to the Manistee Community Kitchen’s request for a Special Use Permit to allow an Eating and Drinking Establishment at 254 River Street (Iron Works Café). Al Frey, Manistee Community Kitchen presented the case to the Planning Commission. They have been working on the kickoff campaign to raise the necessary funds; this will be a teaching restaurant. They will not serve dinner on Friday evening; do not want to compete with the local restaurants on one of their busiest nights; this is a school that will teach restaurant/life skills; give people a second chance; successful students will receive two certificates (Servsafe Certification, which is a nationwide food handling certificate and a Certificate from the Community Kitchen) and assistance in finding them jobs; working with various organizations. Will use as much local products as possible (i.e. produce, fish). Lunch will be Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday 11am – 3pm. Dinner will be Wednesday/Thursday/Saturday 5pm – 9pm. Commissioners asked a few questions including: Q – What type of people will be hired? A - Working with various groups including, Staircase Youth Services, Centra Wellness, Manistee Intermediate School District, Stone House and Casman Academy. Q – What type of drinking will be at the facility? A - May have wine at a special event (will get license), No hard liquor Q – What type of food will be served? A – Old fashioned comfort food, cooked in a healthy way. Q – How many students? A = Two tiers, 4 -5 Learning Disabled and 8 culinary students to begin with. If enough interest may expand to two classes and be opened seven days a week. If approved an Open House has been scheduled for Wednesday, June 12 th 3 – 8 pm. City of Manistee Planning Commission Meeting Minutes of June 6, 2013 Page 2 Denise Blakeslee, Planning & Zoning – Application was complete; issue relating to catch basin is not a consideration for the commission per the City Attorney; the location of the Bike Rack will need to be determined since it was not placed on the application. Chair Yoder opened the hearing for public comments. Jeff Seng, 8714 Guthrie Road – Mr. Seng has owned the building since 1998/99. The City has worked on the Development Plan for the Peninsula. The plan cannot be accomplished all at one time, this is a start and over the next ten years we will be able to see what can be developed. Chair Yoder asked if any correspondence had been received in response to the request. Members of the Commission received copies of Memorandum of Understanding between the Manistee Community Kitchen and Staircase Youth Services, Centra Wellness, Manistee Intermediate School District, and Casman Academy for the Implementation of the Iron Works Café Project (attached). There were no more additional comments; the Public Hearing was closed at 7:13 pm. PUBLIC COMMENT ON AGENDA RELATED ITEMS None NEW BUSINESS PC-2013-05 – Manistee Community Kitchen, 254 River Street - Special Use Permit for an Eating and Drinking Establishment. During the business portion of the meeting the Planning Commission will review the request for a Special Use Permit from the Manistee Community Kitchen for an Eating and Drinking Establishment (Iron Works Café) at 254 River Street. MOTION by Ray Fortier, seconded by Maureen Barry to adopt a resolution to approve the request from the Manistee Community Kitchen for a Special Use permit for an Eating and Drinking Establishment at 254 River Street submitted with application PC-2013-05. With a Roll Call vote this motion passed 5 to 0. Yes: McBride, Wittlief, Fortier, Barry, Yoder No: None City of Manistee Planning Commission Meeting Minutes of June 6, 2013 Page 3 OLD BUSINESS PC-2013-02 – Arens Investment Company – Alley Vacation Request A request was received from Arens Investment Company to vacate that portion of the alley located between lot 1, 2, 3, 4, including the east 18.75 feet of lot 5 and lot 12, 11, 10, 9 including the east 18.75 feet of lot 8, located in Block 9 of Filer and Tyson’s Addition to the City of Manistee. The Planning Commission held a Public Hearing at their meeting of April 4, 2013. The applicant requested that the Planning Commission postpone deliberation on the request until the June 6, 2013 meeting. All of the property owners within the block of the proposed Alley vacation request were noticed of the postponement on the request. Mr. Arens was unable to attend the meeting, but submitted a letter for the Commissions consideration (attached). Ms. Blakeslee explained to the Commission that without a site plan or proposed development there is no justification to vacate the alley in question. MOTION by Maureen Barry, seconded by Mark Wittlief to deny the request from Arens Investment to the alley. Denial of the request was based on the fact that no site plan was submitted that supported the request. With a Roll Call vote this motion passed 5 to 0. Yes: Wittlief, Fortier, Barry, McBride, Yoder No: None PUBLIC COMMENTS AND COMMUNICATIONS None CORRESPONDENCE None City of Manistee Planning Commission Meeting Minutes of June 6, 2013 Page 4 STAFF/SUB-COMMITTEE REPORTS Denise Blakeslee, Planning & Zoning – Reminder that that the Lakes to Land Regional Initiative is scheduled for Thursday, June 27, 2013 from 6 – 9 pm at Pleasant Valley Community Center. Sub-Committee – No Reports MEMBERS DISCUSSION None No Worksession in June The next regular meeting of the Planning Commission will be held on Thursday, July 11, 2013 Meeting adjourned at 7:30 pm Worksession - Notes Worksessions are scheduled to allow the Planning Commission the opportunity to discuss in a less formal manner than a regular meeting. No motions can be made during a Worksession. Master Plan Update - Lakes to Land – Tamara Buswinka, Becket & Reader and Kathy Morin, Alliance for Economic Success gave a presentation to the Commission on the Lakes to Land Initiative and how they will be able to assist with the Master Plan update. The importance of the June 27th meeting and the Collaborative Meeting that will be held in September. Annual Report Staff has drafted a PowerPoint presentation for the Planning Commission to City Council. The presentation was reviewed and changes were made. Staff will finalize the report for the July 2, 2013 Council Meeting. ADJOURNMENT Motion by Ray Fortier, seconded by Maureen Barry that the meeting/worksession be adjourned. MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. Adjourned at 8:25 pm MANISTEE PLANNING COMMISSION ____________________________________ Denise J. 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