Plan Commission (Meets 2nd Tuesday of each month at 5:00 p.m.)

PLAN COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES CITY OF SUPERIOR Wednesday, August 18, 2021 The Plan Commission Meeting for the City of Superior was called to order by Mayor Paine at 4:01 p.m. in Board Room 201. ROLL CALL Members present: Mayor Jim Paine, Tylor Elm, Anne Porter, Brent Fennessey (arrived at 4:10pm), Lindsey Graskey, Brian Finstad, Dave Strum (arrived at 4:05pm), Dennis Dalbec Members excused: Anthony Sclavi Staff present: Jason Serck, Allison Johnson Others present: Shelley Nelson, Frog Prell There being a quorum present, the meeting was in order. APPROVAL OF MINUTES MOTION by Commissioner Elm, seconded by Dalbec, and carried to unanimously approve the minutes of June 16, 2021. ELECTION OF VICE CHAIR Commission Dalbec nominated himself for Vice Chair, there being no opposition the nomination passed unanimously. NEW BUSINESS 1. Administrative request to submit a Certified Survey Map for property located on Connor’s Point. CSM 21-03 Planning, Economic Development and Port Director Serck briefly explained that AMI Consulting Engineers was planning to expand with construction of a new shop and moving their Nordic Group onto the new site. Serck continued that the parcel subdivide leaves a large area available for public access to the water. MOTION by Commissioner Porter, seconded by Dalbec, and carried to unanimously approve the Administrative request to submit a Certified Survey Map for property located on Connor’s Point. 2. Follow-up discussion on changes to the Small Business Grant Program. Commissioner Dalbec mentioned that he agreed with the proposed changes to the program. Commissioner Elm agreed as well with the changes and mentioned that a specified “priority list” might not be necessary if the grant cap is lowered and with the restructuring of the review process. Commissioner Porter suggested that a mission statement be added to the beginning of the program description to better describe the purpose of the grant program. Porter also suggested removing  “energy efficiency upgrades” as an eligible use because there are government rebate programs available to offset those costs. MOTION by Commissioner Porter, seconded by Elm, and carried to amend the eligible uses by removing “energy efficiency improvements”. MOTION by Commissioner Porter, seconded by Fennessey, and carried to hold this item in committee until the next Plan Commission meeting. OTHER BUSINESS ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 4:15 p.m. Respectfully Submitted by: Allison Johnson Planning Technician City of Superior Plan Commission August 19, 2021