Planning Commission - 29 May 2024 TEST MTG

AGENDA Planning Commission Meeting 4:30 PM - Wednesday, May 29, 2024 City Hall Council Chambers Page 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. ROLL CALL 3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 3.1. March 28 2024 Planning Commission mtg minutes 2-5 4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 5. FINANCIAL REPORT 6. OLD BUSINESS 7. NEW BUSINESS 8. ANNOUNCEMENTS 9. ADJOURNMENT Page 1 of 5 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE NEW ULM PLANNING COMMISSION HELD THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 2024 AT 4:30 P.M. IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS IN CITY HALL MEMBERS PRESENT MEMBERS ABSENT Anne Earl, Chair None Michelle Sellner Cate Macho Bobbi Fuhr Larry Mack STAFF PRESENT Joe Schotzko David Schnobrich, Community Development Director Linda Beck John Knisley, Planner 1. CALL TO ORDER Chair Earl called the meeting to order at 4:30 P.M 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 2.1 February 29, 2024 Mr. Mack made a motion to approve the minutes of the February 29, 2024 meeting as presented. Mr. Schotzko seconded the motion, and all voted aye. 3. PLAT 3.1 Final Plat – Oakwood UMC First Addition The Commission considered for approval the final plat of Oakwood UMC First Addition. The property is legally described as the Balance of Block 3, Schweppe’s Addition. The street address of the property is 1630 Oakwood Avenue and 1613 Boettger Road. Mr. Schnobrich presented the staff report. He provided the following additional information: - The staff report for this item was virtually identical to the one given at last month’s meeting. This was when the Commission considered the preliminary plat. - Lot 2 was the current location of the parsonage. - Lot 3 was the undeveloped lot. Page 2 of 5  The Commission and staff reviewed the following attachments: Attachment 1: Final Plat. The plat was displayed on the video monitor. Attachment 2: Site Location Map Mr. Schnobrich stated that staff would recommend approval of the final plat since it complied with City Code requirements. He noted that there were no plat conditions. After further discussion, Mr. Schotzko made a motion to recommend approval of the final plat of Oakwood UMC First Addition. Ms. Fuhr seconded the motion, and all voted aye. 4. REPORTS 4.1 Comprehensive Plan Progress Report Mr. Schnobrich provided the following information: - Staff has forwarded to the consultant all 10 chapters of the Comprehensive Plan following their review. - Minor items remain to be completed in several locations of some chapters. - Staff was in the process of providing additional documents to the consultant and these were primarily maps. - Staff had a conference call with the consultant today to discuss their questions on the staff’s review of the Plan. - At that time, staff resolved all of their major issues with them but there still remained some minor things that need to be finished. - There was a new schedule leading to approval. + The Project Steering Committee will receive the draft Plan sometime in mid-April. + They would meet sometime at the end of April to review the draft Plan. + The Open House would be held in early May, probably the first week. + The Public Hearing on the Comprehensive Plan will be held at the Planning Commission’s May meeting. + Assuming the Commission’s recommendation of approval, the City Council would consider the Plan at their first meeting in June. - The four area plans were following a separate track. - City staff met today and was able to review all four plans. - The information generated at this meeting would be reviewed and some changes would be made to the four area plans, and then they would be forwarded to the consultant for their review. - At some point, it is possible that the review of the four area plans will catch up to the Comprehensive Plan so that approval of both documents could take place at the same time. Mr. Knisley provided the following information: - He will shortly send out the most recent links to the Plan to the Project Steering Committee. 2 Page 3 of 5 - He was not aware that the previous links were going to expire. - As the consultant sends the staff new links with the chapters that were being reformatted, those will be shared with the Commission. - The Commission has access to chapters one through four and the consultant has the remaining six chapters. - As soon as they are reformatted, he will send them to the Commission. Ms. Earl stated that she was bothered by the Community Profile picture of Schell’s Bockfest. She did not think it was an appropriate picture for this chapter. Mr. Knisley remarked that those were exactly the type of comments the staff would like to hear from the Commission. He noted that the Commission should feel free to share their thoughts with the staff throughout the review process. Mr. Mack asked if the staff had made any comments to the consultant about this or was staff hearing this for the first time. Mr. Knisley explained that the consultant sent us a draft without any pictures in it. He stated that he and Mr. Schnobrich had been reviewing that document and providing feedback to the consultant. The consultant then put it into a final format but in the meantime, staff continued to work on the other chapters. He remarked that he hadn’t reviewed chapters 1 through 4 because staff had been working on chapters 5 through 10 and the 4 area plans. He asked the Commission to let staff know of any proposed changes so they could relay that to the consultant. Ms. Earl stated that she had also received comments at different times that the City would turn Minnesota Street into two-way traffic. This was presented as being fact. She wondered where this was coming from. She noted that she didn’t necessarily see it in the draft Plan. Mr. Knisley remarked that only the steering committee had been sent the link to formatted chapters 1 through 4. Mr. Mack suggested that the City should advertise that they were looking for local photographers that may have good pictures that they would like to share. He continued that this would be a good way to engage the community. Mr. Knisley reported that he had sent the consultant pictures of the City that were from the Park and Recreation Department. Ms. Earl commented that she recognized most of the pictures but some of them she didn’t think were very representational of the City. Mr. Knisley remarked that the City had a very long e-mail list of approximately 70 people who wanted information on the project and they could also be contacted to request their assistance on this matter. Mr. Mack suggested placing this on the City’s Facebook page and asking if anyone had a great picture that represents New Ulm. Mr. Schnobrich stated that eventually a decision will need to be made and not everybody may be happy about it. Mr. Mack reported that this would be an opportunity to engage the community. No further action was taken. 3 Page 4 of 5  4.2 City Council Decisions Mr. Schnobrich presented a report on previous Planning Commission recommendations considered by the City Council at their March 2024 meetings. 4.3 Heritage Preservation Commission (HPC) Activities Mr. Knisley noted that the HPC, at its March 18, 2024 meeting, approved three design reviews for signs. They were as follows: - 204 North Minnesota Street, Nash & Co. - 212 North Minnesota Street, Nadel Kunst - 509 Center Street – Kemske’s 5. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business to come before the Commission, the meeting was adjourned at 4:52 P.M. Respectfully submitted, Cate Macho Secretary 4 Page 5 of 5