PCSR AGENDA 12-14-2004 Elk River Planning Commission
Workshop Meeting
Tuesday, December 14, 2004- 6:30 p.m.
Elk River City Hall - Upper Town Conference Room
1. Call to Order
2. Review October 11, 2004 Joint Meeting with City Council
3. Review Bed &Breakfast Ordinance
4. Discuss Transportation Priorities
5. Review Comp Plan Implementation
• Schedule
• Identify Worksession Topics
6. Other Business
7. Adjourn
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MEMORANDUM
TO: Planning Commissi
FROM: Michele McPherson; irector of Planning
DATE: December 14, 2004
SUBJECT: Planning Commission Workshop Agenda
Attachments
• Minutes, October 11, 2004 Joint Meeting with the City Council
• December 14, 2004 memo from Scott Harlicker, Senior Planner regarding
Bed and Breakfast Requirements
• Transportation Priorities
• City Street Map
• Draft Planning Department 2005 Work Plan
October I I, 2004 Joint Meeting with the City Council
Please review the attached October 11, 2004 joint meeting minutes. The City Council, at the
end of this meeting, asked the various commissions to discuss amongst themselves the joint
meeting and provide feedback to the Council regarding the meeting,including suggestions
for improvement, different format, etc. Please be prepared to discuss your impressions of
this first joint meeting so that we can forward your comments to the City Council. It is
likely that this meeting with the City Council will become an annual event.
Bed and Breakfast Ordinance
At the request of a resident, the City Council has directed staff to review and prepare a bed
and breakfast ordinance.We have compiled information from within the state of Minnesota
as well as around the county regarding regulation of bed and breakfast operations. We will
review our findings and look to the Commission to provide direction regarding this issue.
Memo to the Planning Commission
Workshop Agenda
December 14,2004
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Transportation Priorities
As the Commission is aware, transportation is a focus of the City Council. The City
Engineer will be preparing a list of transportation projects for the City Council to prioritize
at a future work session. The Commission will have an opportunity to provide input to the
list; however, the Commission should continue to work through the priority list that has
been compiled to date and to build consensus amongst itself in order to support the
Council's transportation improvements.
Attached for your use is the priority list that has been compiled, as well as a blank city base
map. Feel free to "doodle"your ideas on the base map as we will have larger versions of
this map for"doodling" on at the meeting in order to visually review individual priorities.
We will use the larger version to determine if there is a pattern and to build consensus
regarding the identification of three to five transportation priorities. While you are
"doodling", think about what the City's transportation system would look like in 20-30 years,
building on the current system,if money and neighborhood opposition were not part of the
equation.
Comprehensive Plan Implementation
Now that the Comprehensive Plan has been adopted, there are a number of ordinance
changes that need to occur in order to implement the goals and policies of the Plan. Please
review the Planning Department work plan for the items to be considered as part of the
Comprehensive Plan implementation. They fall under the subheadings of Comprehensive
Plan and Natural Resource Inventory Implementation. The remainder of the work plan is
items that are not related to the Comprehensive Plan but that the Planning Commission may
see in the future.
In addition to the items listed, if there are any topics you would like to see discussed at a
future work session, please identify those so that we can schedule them throughout the year.
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