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Instead, please fill out a speakerregistration card with your address and hand it to senior communicationscoordinator coordinator Lauren Seeman Allar before speaking.With that, I'll call the meeting to order and ask for a roll call. >> Commissioner Nelson?>> Here. >> Commissioner Padilla?>> Here. >> Commissioner Smith?>> Here. >> Commissioner Day?>> Here. >> Commissioner Felt?>> Here. >> Commissioner Hanneman?>> Here. >> Commissioner Brenden?>> Here. >> Chair Alcorn?>> Here. Uh first item of business is to toapprove the meeting agenda a day today. Is there a motion?>> Motion to approve. >> Second.>> Uh roll call, please. >> Commissioner Nelson?>> Aye. >> Commissioner Padilla?>> Aye. >> Commissioner Smith?>> Yes. >> Commissioner Day?>> Aye. >> Commissioner Felt?>> Aye. >> Commissioner Hanneman?>> Aye. >> Commissioner Brenden?>> Aye. >> Chair Alcorn?>> Aye. Next item is to approve the meetingminutes from May 13th, 2026. Is there a motion?>> So moved. >> Second.>> Roll call, please. >> Commissioner Nelson?>> Aye. >> Commissioner Padilla?>> Aye. >> Commissioner Smith?>> Aye. >> Commissioner Day?>> Aye. >> Commissioner Felt?>> Aye. >> Commissioner Henneman?>> Aye. >> Commissioner Brennan?>> Aye. >> Chair Alcorn?>> Aye. Uh before I read the prologue forcommunity comment, I'm guessing that the folks in the room tonight areapplicants. So is there anyone else who would liketo give community comment? If not, I'll just skip the prologue and move on tothe public hearing. So tonight we have a variance requestfor 20 Circle West. Uh Chris Acker is ill, I believe, so uhCarrie will be presenting or introducing the subjectfor us. >> Yes, thank you, Chair, members of the Okay.Uh this property is located at 20 Circle West. The request is for a front yardsetback variance, uh shown on the screen is a aerial photograph of the existingstructure on the site. Note that there is a pond behind the house.Here's a look at the existing home today, and you can see the the pond inthe lower uh lower photograph. The proposal is to tear down the existinghouse and build a new one. Uh shown on the screen here is therequired setbacks for the lot. So because of that pond in the back, a50-ft wide a 50-ft setback is required from the ordinary high water elevation.And the front setback, so it's that this blue line depicts the required setback.This orange line shows the required front setback.And that is established from the home to the south which has about a 40-ftsetback. So, you can see this is about 20-fthere. The very limited building pad given those given those twosetback requirements. So, again as I mentioned the theproposal's to tear down that existing home and build a new one. The new homewould be generally located within the same footprint of the existing house.Shown on the screen here, the red dashed line is the existing home today and theproposed in the green line, it's kind of faint here.Is the new home. They're proposing a new patio off the back that would meet that50-ft wide setback. Um they're not encroaching any closer tothe street than the existing home. It's in fact it's a a few inches behind theexisting setback. So, here's a look at the new home.Two-story home. Some building renderings.Off of the front and back. Uh this is the the whole the new home incontext with the neighbor to the south. Large homes in this area.Uh so, in going through the variance criteria, staff uh believes that thecriteria is met. Uh again, the the new home is consistentwith the existing footprint of the of the existing home.The front setback doesn't encroach any closer to the road. The request is uhreasonable given those conditions and the unique circumstance here is the pondin the back that requires that 50-ft setback and the 40-ft setbackestablished by the neighbor to the south.So, with that staff is recommending approval of the umrequested front set front yard setback variance subject to the findings andconditions that are outlined in the staff report. And I'm not sure if theapplicants had a a presentation at this point. >> All right, welcome applicants. We'lljust move right ahead to questions then. Does anybody have any questions? Lindsay.Yeah, just curious about the pond and anyhistory of flooding uhover the years with that pond? Has it risen upto to become an issue at all uh for residents that live alongthat pond line? >> Yeah, not that I'm aware of. Uh the homesits a little bit higher. Not sure if the if the applicants have any uminformation on that, but staff's not aware or planning staff'snot aware of any issues. >> And their existing house is quite a bithigher than that pond. So, if you look on the survey on the topography, then you can kind of see from the photoright there. But, from that blue line where theirexisting patio is to the pond, it drops out quite a bit. >> Got it. Thank you.Other questions? Now, I'm seeing any questions.So, this is a public hearing. We have anyone in the room to providecomment, but if you'd like to provide comment by phone, please call 312535-8110, enter access code 2865461-4695 followed by the password 5454,then press star three on your telephone keypad to indicate youwould like to speak. Is there anyone on the line, Lauren?>> There is nobody on the line at this time, but I believe it would be good togive about 30 seconds or so, and we'll see if anyone>> All right, thank you. >> Okay, it's been 30 seconds and nobodyhas joined the call, so I believe it's safe to proceed.>> All right, thank you. Is there a motion to close the public hearing?>> Motion to close the public hearing. >> Second.>> Roll call, please. >> Commissioner Nelson.>> Aye. >> Commissioner Padilla.>> Aye. >> Commissioner Smith.>> Aye. >> Commissioner Day.>> Aye. >> Commissioner Felts.>> Aye. >> Commissioner Hanneman.>> Aye. >> Commissioner Brennan.>> Aye. >> Chair Alkire.>> Aye. >> All right, now it's time for thecommission to deliberate. Anybody want todiscuss or share a point of view? Claire.>> Um it seems uh to be in part a function of thecurvature of the road and the way that the neighbor to the south's propertyaligns there, so I think this is reasonable. They're building basicallywithin the footprint on aotherwise constrained lot, so I support this. >> Anyone or a motion?>> Yeah. Yes. I agree with Claire and the stafffindings and I motion to approve the variance request.>> Is there a second? >> Second.>> Roll call, please. >> Commissioner Nelson?>> Aye. >> Commissioner Padilla?>> Aye. >> Commissioner Smith?>> Aye. >> Commissioner Day?>> Aye. >> Commissioner Felt?>> Aye. >> Commissioner Hanneman?>> Aye. >> Commissioner Brennan?>> Aye. >> Chair Ulku Can?>> Aye. So, the motion carries. Then, the variance request for 20 Circle West isapproved. Good luck. Thank you for coming.All right. Next item is reports and Well, we don't have any reports andrecommendations. So, chair and member comments. Anybody have anything to sharetonight? >> Claire?Our very own Maryweather will be exhibiting at the Edina Art Fair. So,just putting that on everyone's radar so we all go and support her.>> Where's your booth? Where can we find you?>> It will be on Ewing Avenue. And I think just south of50th. Booth number six.>> That's by the bands. You'll You'll get to hear the music. And the bands areright in the intersection there, I think.>> Are they? >> Yeah.>> They're not in Nolan Mains? >> No.Uh maybe they did it differently this year, but I think they have the bands inthe intersection. Anyway, good luck.>> Thank you. >> Anyone else? All right. Staff comments. Carrie?>> Yeah, just a few things. I think I mentioned the last meeting that the CityCouncil meeting, their last meeting um in May was canceled. So, their PlanningCommission items are kind of um piling up. So, the Salvation Armyproject, you recall that one, and the EV charging station. They'll hold publichearings on both of those on June 2nd. The parking ordinance, uh you recallthat we recommended the amendment to the parking ordinance at 50th and France. Uhthat will be scheduled for June 16th, the public hearing.Uh due to a lack of items for your June 10th item, we uhJune 10th meeting, we have canceled that meeting. We will Your next meeting willbe June 24th. We do have some agenda items that night as well as a worksession, and that is it for staff. >> I have a question real quick, Gary. Justan update as I was driving here today. What's the latest on that property offof Valley View that we were proposing to build the twoum multi-family units on that that has asingle-family house today. >> On On Vernon?>> Vernon, sorry, not Valley View. Vernon, yes.>> Yes. Yeah, the the city is in a lawsuit with a neighbor a few blocks away. Ihaven't heard um when that is um scheduled to be heard, but I believethat the developer is kind of waiting the outcome on that.>> Okay. Mayor Weather?>> Question for staff. What's the update on the umbridge over the railroad here at 50th? >> I don't have concrete dates. I know Iheard an update within the last couple of weeks, but I'm end of June.>> This is what the city Facebook and>> For opening? Okay. I yes, I apologize. I I don't know the exact date. >> Anything else?All right, I learned last time that I'm empowered to adjourn the meeting withouta motion or a vote, so the meeting is adjourned. >> Accumulation of power.>> No, it just keeps getting better.