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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPCMinutes_2008_12_02 JointJoint City/County Planning Commissions December 2, 2008 OFFICIAL MINUTES City Vice-chairperson John Gustafson called the Joint City/County Planning Commission meeting to order on December 2, 2008 at 8:00 PM in the Council Chamber at City Hall. County planners present were Duane Knutson, Jeff Robbins, Darrel Kleinjan, Darrell Nelson, Robert Rochel, Mary Kidwiler, Robb Loomis, and Emil Klavetter. Randy Jensen was absent. City planners present were Curt Ness, Al Heuton, Stacey Howlett, Larry Fjeldos, Al Gregg and Gustafson. Mike Cameron, David Kurtz, and Greg Fargen were absent. Also present were County Zoning Director Bob Hill, City Engineer Jackie Lanning, City Planner Dan Hanson, Airport Manager Mike Wilson, City Manager Jeff Weldon, Andy Olson and Greg Albjerg from HNTB, Bob Babcock from Helms & Assoc., and others. Item #1 – (Gregg/Fjeldos) Motion to approve the agenda. All present voted aye. MOTION CARRIED. (Rochel/Kidwiler) Motion to approve the agenda. All present voted aye. MOTION CARRIED. Item #2 – Amendments to the Zoning Ordinance of the Joint Jurisdiction Area have been submitted pertaining to an Agricultural Research Facility in the Agricultural A District. (Gregg/Ness) Motion to approve the amendments. All present voted aye. MOTION CARRIED. (Nelson/Kidwiler) Motion to approve the amendments. All present voted aye. MOTION CARRIED. The meeting was adjourned. _______________________ ________________________________ Dan Hanson, Secretary John Gustafson, Vice-chairperson Brookings City Planner 1 Joint City/County Planning Commissions December 2, 2008 SUMMARY OF DISCUSSION City Vice-chairperson John Gustafson called the Joint City/County Planning Commission meeting to order on December 2, 2008 at 8:00 PM in the Council Chamber at City Hall. County planners present were Duane Knutson, Jeff Robbins, Darrel Kleinjan, Darrell Nelson, Robert Rochel, Mary Kidwiler, Robb Loomis, and Emil Klavetter. Randy Jensen was absent. City planners present were Curt Ness, Al Heuton, Stacey Howlett, Larry Fjeldos, Al Gregg and Gustafson. Mike Cameron, David Kurtz, and Greg Fargen were absent. Also present were County Zoning Director Bob Hill, City Engineer Jackie Lanning, City Planner Dan Hanson, Airport Manager Mike Wilson, City Manager Jeff Weldon, Andy Olson and Greg Albjerg from HNTB, Bob Babcock from Helms & Assoc., and others. Item #2 – Hanson explained the two sections that were amended in the Joint Jurisdiction Area zoning ordinance. Article II included the definition of the term. The allowed research would be limited to agronomy which was generally associated with field crop production and soil management. Therefore, a permitted facility would engage in seed, plant, or soil research only. Article IV allowed the use in the Aquifer Overlay District as well as the Ag District. Heuton asked if the use could be considered as a special exception. Hanson replied that, based on the established permitted uses and special exception uses, it fit better as a permitted use in the Ag District. Item #3 – An update on the Airport Dual Track Process was presented to the commissions. Andy Olson, Airport Planner for HNTB and Greg Albjerg, Aviation Consultant for HNTB provided an overview of the process. Olson stated that two (2) alternatives were under consideration. One was to reconfigure the existing airport and the other was to move the airport to Trenton Township. Both options had pros and cons that would need to be discussed thoroughly before a decision was made. The major on-airport site modifications included runway realignments to improve safety, and capacity issues. In addition, most existing land use conflicts could be resolved at the same time. The major issue for the off-site location would be the purchase of land from several landowners and the closing of certain roads. 2 3 There were several other issues that needed to be addressed with both alternatives. These were listed in the presentation slides. Olson remarked that the next steps would be to decide which alternative to select and when to select it. These decisions were also subject to the release of the Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) document. Several residents of Trenton Township were present to ask questions. They felt there were some “cons” that were left off the Trenton Township alternative list and also felt the environmental assessment did not contain accurate information on wetlands and waterfowl in the area. They also felt their ability to comment had been restricted. Olson responded that they used the best environmental data they could obtain, but did not receive permission to enter some land areas. He added that there would be ample time to comment during the formal review process on the EA document. The meeting was adjourned. _______________________ ________________________________ Dan Hanson, Secretary John Gustafson, Vice-chairperson Brookings City Planner