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[5:16] uh good evening and welcome to the

[5:18] January 6 uh meeting of the Yetta

[5:20] Planning Commission my name is Chris

[5:22] planton I'm the current Vice chair of

[5:24] the Planning Commission um and

[5:26] unfortunately chair Stockton has

[5:28] resigned um

[5:30] and as we do at the start of every year

[5:32] we will be electing a new chair and vice

[5:34] chair later on in this meeting um I'd

[5:37] like to take this time to thank her for

[5:39] her years of service I know all of us on

[5:41] the commission would like to say thank

[5:43] you to Lissa and um her leadership and

[5:46] so um I think um thank you

[5:49] Lissa uh we have a new commissioner

[5:51] joining us as well um Joel van ly and I

[5:53] think we're going to get an introduction

[5:55] later in our agenda um so I'd like to

[5:57] call this meeting to order

[6:01] and a few instructions here if you'd

[6:03] like to join us on Zoom um we can we are

[6:06] doing hybrid meetings um members of the

[6:08] public May attend this Planning

[6:10] Commission meeting in person or watch

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[6:53] requests that you submit them in advance

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[6:58] calling City staff at 952

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[7:07] Rice Street East Yetta Minnesota

[7:11] 55391 attention public

[7:14] comment so at this time um item number

[7:17] one on our agenda is our call to order

[7:20] planner quarrels would you like to call

[7:22] the role I can absolutely call the role

[7:25] uh commissioner

[7:26] El here commissioner Schwab here

[7:29] commissioner planton here commissioner

[7:31] Severson here commissioner Cameron

[7:34] present and commissioner vanl

[7:38] here would you like to do a a welcome of

[7:41] commissioner van ly right now after I

[7:43] can I think we can uh new commissioner

[7:46] if you'd like to tell us just a little

[7:47] bit about yourself that would be awesome

[7:50] yeah as as you can see my name is Joe

[7:52] Van I live in the highlands with my wife

[7:54] and my large dog um uh from a bit of

[7:58] History I I uh went to college uh and

[8:02] got a degree in electrical and computer

[8:04] engineering uh went into Consulting

[8:07] right away where I spent better part of

[8:09] 20 25 years um uh doing Contracting

[8:13] between it organizations and big

[8:16] companies uh and then managing some of

[8:19] those it

[8:20] relationships um so that's uh gives you

[8:22] a little history so I did a lot of

[8:24] contract work uh did a lot of it work in

[8:27] my in my day um and a lot of uh uh

[8:31] client satisfaction and in client

[8:33] relationship

[8:36] development anything in particular that

[8:38] Drew you to the Planning

[8:40] Commission you know uh the job that I

[8:42] had uh took me out of town uh at least

[8:45] four days a week um and and uh uh

[8:49] internationally as well so I didn't

[8:50] really have a chance to engage with the

[8:52] city uh uh very often I did on some of

[8:56] the big things the the Big Woods uh the

[8:59] TCF uh

[9:01] Redevelopment uh the uh the Meridian

[9:04] Manor Redevelopment um and and really

[9:07] thought that with my view of of

[9:13] uh uh contracts and how disparaging

[9:18] things might uh might sometimes get

[9:20] resolved uh I thought the Planning

[9:22] Commission might be a good fit wonderful

[9:25] well we're happy to have you

[9:26] commissioner thanks yeah welcome yeah

[9:28] welcome

[9:30] uh next on the agenda is approval of the

[9:33] agenda um are there any updates or items

[9:37] to add to the agenda this

[9:39] evening if not I'd um ask for a motion

[9:43] for approval I'll make a motion to

[9:45] approve the agenda thank you um may I

[9:48] have a second second

[9:50] Cameron any

[9:53] discussion all right all those in favor

[9:55] I I looks like the motion passes and our

[9:58] agenda has has been

[10:01] approved next on the agenda is the

[10:03] approval of the consent agenda uh we

[10:07] have our meeting minutes from December

[10:08] 16th

[10:09] 2024 we have the approv um approval

[10:12] report and recommendation of approval

[10:15] for the zoning text amendments for

[10:17] chapter 909 design standards we have

[10:20] item C approve the report and

[10:22] recommendation of approval for zoning

[10:24] text amendments for chapters 955 which

[10:27] is the r3a district and 920 um which is

[10:31] our parking again are there any

[10:33] questions or comments for staff at this

[10:36] time all right if there are none um I'd

[10:39] ask for a motion of

[10:41] approval move to approve thank you may I

[10:44] have a second second schelby all right

[10:48] any

[10:50] discussion no all right all those in

[10:53] favor I all right the motion passes on

[10:55] our consent agenda um please note that

[10:57] this has been approved um next on our

[11:00] agenda um is the election of the chair

[11:03] and the vice chair um planner corals do

[11:05] you want to walk us through this process

[11:07] or any instructions uh you might have I

[11:10] am happy to uh fairly simple and

[11:12] straightforward there are descriptions

[11:14] included for the chair and vice chair

[11:16] positions in your packet uh in short the

[11:18] chair is uh typically the one running

[11:20] the meetings each week or every two

[11:23] weeks uh they have a lot of interaction

[11:25] with staff we are always there to help

[11:27] along the way but they are the person

[11:29] during the ship at the end of the day

[11:30] and making sure that we're coming to a

[11:32] consensus and keeping order and and

[11:34] managing the public and it can be a big

[11:36] job but we're all here to support each

[11:38] other in it the vice chair has the same

[11:40] duties just when the chair isn't there

[11:42] otherwise they're just uh another member

[11:44] of the Commission in that case typically

[11:47] when we do elections we have uh one

[11:49] member nominate another member for the

[11:51] chair and vice chair positions there can

[11:54] be discussion and then typically there's

[11:56] a vote simple majority means uh that

[11:58] person

[12:00] becomes the chair or vice chair and then

[12:02] if there are competing nominations we'll

[12:04] work that out as a commission

[12:06] so in that case is there anybody who

[12:10] would like to nominate anybody to be

[12:12] chair of the Planning

[12:14] Commission I would like to make a

[12:17] nomination um since he's been on this

[12:20] commission I've been very impressed with

[12:22] his knowledge of wetta and Alo his work

[12:25] on the parks and

[12:27] trails and there therefore I would like

[12:30] to nominate Blake Cameron for the

[12:32] position of uh chair of the Planning

[12:39] Commission how do you

[12:43] feel nominated okay yes all right that's

[12:47] fine yes I I will gladly do it we'll

[12:50] take a vote

[12:52] second are you you you're wanting to

[12:55] step aside you're doing such a good job

[12:58] oh well thank you thank you I think um

[13:01] uh commissioner Cameron would do a great

[13:02] job

[13:04] yeah yeah chair just procedurally I

[13:07] would say that uh commissioner schelby

[13:09] made a nomination and moved uh to

[13:12] appoint commissioner Cameron who

[13:14] accepted that I would just ask for a

[13:16] second and then further discussion and

[13:18] then all those in favor okay um do we do

[13:21] the vice chair at the same time or that

[13:22] be a second at your discretion you don't

[13:24] have to I make sense to confirm the

[13:27] chair first first all right um um so

[13:29] with that motion um do I have a second

[13:31] on commissioner Cameron for chair of the

[13:33] Planning

[13:34] Commission second all right any further

[13:38] discussion all right all those in favor

[13:41] say I I looks like that motion passes

[13:45] congratulations thank you thank you and

[13:48] vice chair planton you could hand the

[13:49] gavl over at this very moment oh but I

[13:51] would suggest you know new chair Cameron

[13:55] would permit you to uh round out the

[13:57] meeting that' be you started this

[13:59] meeting you get okay I'm happy to pass

[14:01] it over um is there anyone interested in

[14:04] the vice chair uh position at this point

[14:06] and is there a motion for anyone for

[14:07] vice

[14:11] chair do you want it you want to do it

[14:14] again I'm happy to do it if no one else

[14:17] will or if no one else anyone else no no

[14:21] okay all right I would nominate uh

[14:23] commissioner planton to be the vice

[14:24] chair okay second uh okay second um any

[14:30] discussion all right all those in favor

[14:33] I I the motion passes and I will

[14:35] continue to be Vice chair thank you

[14:37] Chris all

[14:39] right um with

[14:42] that oh any

[14:45] com there's nothing more to say on that

[14:47] we have Vice chair for next meeting okay

[14:50] we've got that all right um at this time

[14:52] next on our agenda is item number B

[14:55] which is the review of development

[14:57] activities which um um planner waiver or

[15:01] planner quarrels are you going to lead

[15:02] us through

[15:06] that thank you chair um or I share for a

[15:12] couple more minutes uh development

[15:15] activities there's not a lot to report

[15:16] of current activities uh 920 the uh

[15:20] Residential Building at the former um

[15:23] well at the Wells Fargo site is under

[15:25] construction currently working on the

[15:28] Underground Park

[15:30] um be a while before you really see the

[15:33] structure coming up we have received a

[15:36] number of submittal that are currently

[15:38] under review but not deemed complete uh

[15:41] We've review we've uh received a number

[15:44] of building permits that are also under

[15:46] review but have not been improved so uh

[15:49] I expect that we'll have more

[15:50] announcements in the near future but for

[15:52] today uh 420 or sorry 9:20 y Zetta

[15:57] Boulevard is the the main activity

[15:59] happening in town

[16:03] okay next would be our Planning

[16:05] Commission meeting schedule which is

[16:08] attached um this is where our Planning

[16:12] Commission members attend our City

[16:13] Council meetings um and if anyone

[16:15] usually has a conflict we work it out

[16:18] amongst um Commissioners and

[16:20] commissioner Cameron it looks like you

[16:22] are up as soon as tomorrow I am

[16:25] commissioner El I think you're next on

[16:27] the list um for the 21st of

[16:30] January I would uh sorry if I could uh

[16:34] chair yes the Planning Commission

[16:36] meeting on January 27th uh will be

[16:38] cancelled due to agenda items okay and

[16:42] then uh so that makes our next meeting

[16:44] February 10th so our next meeting is

[16:46] February 10th all right I will note for

[16:49] that February 10th meeting it is likely

[16:50] we'll have our annual training workshop

[16:53] on that day so if you're newer to the

[16:55] commission uh which we will have one

[16:57] more person who is at that meeting

[16:59] because we'll have to appoint someone to

[17:00] fill uh Lissa's spot okay uh we'll have

[17:03] that both as a as a way to brush up for

[17:05] everyone but also as a way to uh get our

[17:08] new Commissioners up to speed so that'll

[17:10] likely be that meeting the only other

[17:12] scheduling thing I wanted to note is

[17:13] that I called out uh 1965 as the date

[17:16] that the Planning Commission started at

[17:18] our last meeting I was wrong it was 1944

[17:22] oh my so we're no longer in a

[17:24] significant year for celebrating so if

[17:26] anybody wants to celebrate a healthy

[17:28] almost 81 years of the Planning

[17:30] Commission you are welcome to the

[17:31] minutes are very fun to look at uh but I

[17:34] don't have a 1965 anniversary to

[17:36] celebrate so my apologies for that okay

[17:39] we had our hopes up there for a big

[17:40] shind dig of some sort but all right can

[17:45] I is there a like a process to get a new

[17:48] commissioner like are there people who

[17:50] have applied or yeah that's a great

[17:52] question commissioner so typically uh

[17:54] when we do our annual uh solicitation

[17:56] for applications for all our boards and

[17:58] commission

[17:59] uh we typically have a couple of people

[18:00] at least apply for Planning Commission

[18:02] and not all of them get on uh sometimes

[18:05] uh they're they're on other boards and

[18:07] commissions sometimes they are just you

[18:09] know not quite at their spot in line to

[18:11] get on but we usually draw from that

[18:13] pool uh when we find ourselves with sort

[18:16] of emergency openings to fill now they

[18:18] still have to be appointed by the city

[18:20] council and um we're working on making

[18:22] that appointment happen it'll likely be

[18:24] I think the second meeting in January uh

[18:27] so that's why that February date is

[18:28] probably when our Workshop will happen

[18:31] but they do still have to be appointed

[18:32] and everything by

[18:34] Council and that training Workshop is

[18:36] great for all um Commissioners to brush

[18:39] up on everything um and have our City

[18:42] attorney lead us through um in reminders

[18:44] I think it's always so helpful um so

[18:46] we'll look forward to that training um I

[18:49] guess that is

[18:51] it so um I'm going to ask for a motion

[18:56] for

[18:57] adjournment so moved Cameron all right

[19:00] may I have a second second serson all

[19:03] right any

[19:04] discussion with

[19:09] that all those in favor I with that the

[19:13] motion passes and our meeting's

[19:15] adjourned