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HomeMy WebLinkAbout04/17/1996CITY OF APPLE VALLEY PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES April 17, 1996 1. CALL TO ORDER Felkner. The City of Apple Valley Pkannin~ Conunission meeting was called to order at 7:04 p.m, by Chair Alan Members Present: Alan Felkner, Marcia Gowling, Karen Edgeton, Diane Nagler, and Frank Blundetto. Members Absent: Paul Oberg and Dave Swanson. Staff Present: Rick Kelley, Charles Grawe and Neal Heuer. Others Present: Sce the sign-in sheet. 2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA Chair Fellmer asked Staff and the Commission members if they had any chauges or revisions to the proposed agenda. There being none, he called for its approval. MOTION: Member Growling moved, seconded by Member Blundetto; to approve the draft agenda as submitted. The motion carried 5 - 0: 3. APPROVAL OF MARCH 20,1996 MINUTES Chair Felkner asked Staff and the Commission members if they had any changes to the draft minutes included in the packet. There being none, he called for their approval. MOTION: Member Nagler moved, seconded by Member Growling, to approve the March 20, 1996 minutes as submitted. The motion carried 3 - 0 /2 abstentions (Edgeton; Blundetto). 4. CONSENT ITEMS -None - 5. PUBLIC HEARINGS A. Conditional Use Permit for Phillips 66 Motor Fuel Sales and Car Wash. Chair Felkner opened the public hearing with the standard remarks. He noted that the petitioner had requested that this hearing be continued to the following. Planning Commission meeting. Consequently, there would be no presentation this evening. The item will reappear on the May 1, 1996, Planning Commission agenda. Chair Fellmer then continued the hearing to the following meeting. 6. LAND USE/ACTION ITEMS -None - Planning Commission Minutes Apri117,1996 Page 2 DISCUSSION ITEMS -None - 8. OTHER BUSINESS A. Telecommunications and Local Regulatory Changes Community Development Director Rick Kelley outlined the information contained in his memo to the Conmussion concerning recent federal changes regazding the provision of telecommunications services. These changes increase the level of competition in this area and limit the amount of local regulatory authority regarding the placement of such facilities: The City is involved in reviewing its anxent regulations to determine what azeas need to be amended to be brought into conformance with the current framework, The City has also been dealing with several different telecommunications providers regazding the location. of new or upgraded facilities in the city. Mr. Kelley then introduced Charles Drawe, the City's Adrninish~ative Assistant, who has been working on this issue. Mr. Grawe reiterated the information presented by Mr. Kelley and then turned the presentation over to Neal Heuer, the city's Utilities Supervisor. Mr. Heuer gave a brief presentation to the Conunission concemu~g the location of the City's existing. large water reservoirs which are typically at an elevation sufficient to mount telecommunications antennae onto. He stated that in the past the City has provided for such facilities at the Palomino Reservoir, but is now in serious negotiation with a number of other providers who are looking at erecting antennas on most of the other reservoirs in the community. Because there aze no water reservoirs in the central and southeast central portions of the conmmnity, there will. also be the need for the telecomm„nication service providers to erect some freestanding antennas. To the ma:drrrum extent feasible, the City would like to enwurage the telecommunications providers to place those antennas on city-owned property. The reason for this is that when pkued on City properly, the City can. exercise additional control as a property owner which they could not otherwise simply as the regulatory authority, given the chaz~ges on the federal level. One of the particular conditions which the City would like to exercise is to make provisions for the teleco,,,mn.»gtions providers to allow what is referred to as co-location on their freestuiding antennas. Basically co-location means that one arrtenna structure would house the broadcast and receiving antennas for several providers, which would then limit the actual number of tall antenna struchrres necessary to be erected in the community. These. anrP„nac would generally stand between 100. and 150 feet in height, The City is crurently negotiating and is neaz to signing an agreement with AT&T Wireless, Incorporated, to erect a freestanding antenna at the City's Central Maintenance Facility on 140th Street. A public hearing for a conditional use. permit to allow additional height on the city-owned property for this antemra has been scheduled for the May 1, 1996, Planning Commission meeting. Mr. Kelley said that he would like the Conunission to direct staff to set a public hearing to consider the formal zoning amendments necessary to accommodate the recent federal changes. MOTION: Member Nagler moved, seconded by Member Dowling, to adopt the resolution setting a public hearing to consider amendments to the zoning ordinance concerning telecommunications facilities. Motion carried 5-0. B. Comprehensive Plan -Aviation Policy Mr. Kelley reviewed the infornation wntained in his memo to the Commission. Now that the Metropolitan Council has completed the dual track airport process, all cities within the seven~ourrty metropolitan Planning Commission Minutes Apri117,1996 Page 3 area have been directed to review and update the Comprehensive Plans as necessary to accommodate an expansion of the existing metropolitan airport facility. Staff is requesting that the commission set a public hearing to consider appropriate amendments to the Transportation chapter of the Comprehensive Plan. MOTION: Member Dowling moved, seconded by Member Nagler, to adopt the draft resolution setting a public hearing to wnsider amendments to the City's Comprehensive Plan Transportation Chapter concemiug aviation policies. Motion carried 5-0. C. Thorberg Memorial Rick Kelley noted that a memorial fund has been established to commemornte the contributions that former Planning Commission and Town Board Member Arleigh Thorberg made to the City of Apple Valley. The purpose of the fund would be to pay for a small planting. area with a pem~anent marker containing information on Mr. Thorberg's relationship with the City, to be placed near the clubhouse of the Valleywood Crolf Course: At this time iwo late cumin° members of the audience asked the Commission a question concerning the public hearing for the Phillips 66 motor fuel sales conditional use permit. They were informed that this item had been continued to the May 1st meeting and were invited to attend that meeting to offer their comments concerning the proposal. 9. ADJOURNMENT MOTION: Membet Edgeton moved, seconded by Member Nagler, to adjourn the meeting. Motion carried 5 - 0. The meeting adjourned at 7:23 p:m.