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PLANNING COMMISSION PROCEEDINGS Regular Meeting — April 21, 2015 7:00 p.m. Present: Chairperson Bruce Howard, Commissioners Steve Danger, Marvin Deick, Susan Erickson, Erin Nichols - Matkaiti, and Verne McPherson Absent: Commissioner Saeed Bihi Also Present: Janice Gundlach- Assistant Director of Community Assets & Development/Planning Director, and Paul Jacobsen - Councilmember, Charlie LeFevere -City Attorney Agenda Review: There were no changes to the agenda. Minutes from March 17, 2015: Motion by Commissioner McPherson, seconded by Commissioner Danger, to approve the March 17, 2015 meeting minutes as presented. Approved 6 -0. Council Action: Councilmember Jacobsen reported he would be the Council Liaison for the Planning Commission for the next year. He thanked the Commissioners for the work they do for the City of New Brighton. He then discussed the work the Council has been doing with the Rice Creek Watershed District and the changes that would be taking place at Hanson Park. Public Hearing — Old Business: (A) Murlowski Properties Inc. (a.k.a. Belair Excavating) requests consideration of a Zoning Code Amendment, Site Plan, and Special Use Permits, facilitating a 17 acre expansion of their current operation onto adjacent unaddressed land to the southeast of their existing property located at 2200 Old Highway 8 NW. Planning Director Janice Gundlach outlined new information that has been gathered since the last Planning Report dated January 16, 2015. Even though this item was tabled at the January Planning Commission meeting, much of the analysis and background information within that 1/16/2015 Planning Report remains relevant. Planning Director Gundlach explained that since a significant amount of time has passed since January, and since initial submission of the land use requests, staff offers the following background information: August 1, 2014: The original land use applications were submitted and scheduled for Planning Commission consideration on August 19, 2014. Per the applicant's request, those items were tabled so that a land ownership issue could be resolved. In late August 2014: The applicant discovered a parcel they originally thought they acquired from the government, they didn't actually own. This was discovered because a City mailing regarding the expansion was mailed to the actual owner of the property (Ramsey County Parks). This is relevant because that parcel was to be used for ponding.