call the planning commission meeting for July 10th, 2025 to order. Please rise for the uh pledge of allegiance to the flag of the United States of America >> and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> Uh for the record, let's note that uh Mr. Vandenber and Mr. Husby are not here this evening. I because of my age have been declared the uh temporary chair. Um has everybody had a chance to review the agenda? Are there any suggested changes or I would suggest that we delete number eight under old business because we are not going to have any uh planning commission interviews this evening. >> And Mr. Chair, uh just one quick item. That was just a going to be a quick update um for the planning commission about the the future interviews. >> Okay. So you're go you we'll keep it on the agenda. >> That would be great. Okay. That would be great. Thank you. >> Are there any any changes then in the agenda as we received it? >> I make a motion we approve the agenda. >> Second. >> All those in favor? >> I >> I >> opposed. Uh the planning commission meeting m minutes from uh our May 8th meeting. Are there any changes or corrections or anything that anyone uh thinks we need to change in that? >> Uh Mr. Chair, I think there was a correction sheet, right? Uh >> you should have you should have a correction on uh page four which shows the roll call vote on the first motion last at that meeting. It shows that the uh yes yeses carried and it actually was the nay carried nays that carried >> and so the yeses would have been Kramer and Van uh Van Djk and the nays husby Nelson and Vandenber and that's a change those were nays and that's a change in the minutes is that is that the only one any other changes >> make a motion we um approve the minutes uh with the correction. >> Second. >> Second. >> Any discussion? All those in favor say I. >> I. I. >> Department uh and commission liaison people. Mr. Ligren. >> Uh I have nothing to report actually. I'll defer to the administrator. >> Mr. Administrator. >> Yep. Mr. Chair and plan commission members. Uh the council recently uh appointed uh a new mayor uh Chuck Dohy as mayor uh replacing uh after the unfortunate passing of former mayor McCumber. So we have uh the opportunity now to fill uh council member uh DHY's old seat on the council which we have accepted applications. We received five applications uh from residents. So council at uh their next uh work session meeting will be reviewing those applications and determining next steps uh in the process. So that is all that I have this evening >> and and that appointment will be until 2026 when they would have to run. Is that correct? >> Yep. That will be there will be a special election. Yes. The next uh city election. So there would be a special election then for the mayor's seat. So they would they would run for a year and a year and a half then they would be in in that seat. Okay. >> Um so a special election for the mayor's seat and a special election then for uh uh new mayor Dhert's uh old council member seat. Okay. Thank you. Uh next we have visitor comments. Anybody that wants to talk basically about anything uh besides what we're having our public hearing about this evening is welcome. Mr. Ron, did you have any uh anything you wanted to present to us? >> No, I I'm not going to ask you. >> You're not going to be like some other people in the audience when they're >> Well, we have council. >> Yeah. >> Okay, that we'll move on to our public hearings. We have a public hearing schedule for Cryptic Stock Movement LLC. uh looking for a a cup for their it's all it's all in the in the agenda there. Um at this point then at 6:05 I will open the public hearing. >> Mr. Chair, would you like me to make some introductory comments? >> Would you would you like to comment? >> Thank you. Uh K Wing of Cryptic Stock Movement has made the application for a conditional use permit for a cannabis uh retail dispensary. It's at 1472960th Street North. I'll be at the Stillwater Crossings uh shopping center uh proposed to occupy uh 1,80 square ft of the northeast corner of that multi-tenant building. Uh couple code sections. Um section uh 1413 operate uh regulates the operation of cannabis and hemp businesses and our zoning ordinance in section 401 addresses the zoning requirements. Adjacent uses um are highway 36 to the north. Uh it's good uh Avenue to the east, Anderson Corporation offices to the south and west. Uh the uh area is designated as commercial on the proposed land use map. Um property is zone B2. As I said, we do have the the newer section of the zone ordinance that uh lists cannabis retailers as a conditional use in that B2 district. Um, Cryptic Stock Movement has received pre-approval from the office, Minnesota Office of Cannabis Management uh for micro business license that includes retail endorsement. um definition of micro business allows for both growing and sales um of cannabis products but the B2 only allows for the retail aspect. So a condition will be placed limiting that allowed use. The conditional use permit criteria are listed from the ordinance and uh that's up for discussion if uh we want to go through that in more detail. uh the minimum buffer requirements. Um uh starting to go through the zoning criteria. Uh this uh particular business meets all the uh the buffer requirements of the ordinance. Um noise uh and any uh generation noise condition approval order the same way. Hours of operation um states that u uh limited to retail sales between the hours at 10:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. That's reflected in a condition. signage will need to qualify as well as lighting, um security, outdoor use. Uh parking is um uh in terms of the zoning ordinance, they're well within the allowances for parking, 40 parking spaces are require required for the entire shopping center and there's 94 spaces. I'll list some of the other types of items that we usually look at. Uh tree preservation, landscape, there's no landscaping involved uh with this grading and drainage. It's an existing um uh shopping center. Uh they're just going into a a lease space in that uh area. Grading and drainage isn't changing. Utilities aren't affected. Uh mechanical equipment or trash and recycling. But again, we typically look at those uh elements and include those as part of the conditions. U so there is a list of conditions uh within the report. Um we discussed those with the uh uh city attorney and uh and our city administrator and uh felt that these were reasonable conditions for this use mainly reflecting what the ordinance uh ordinance says. So at this point, do you have any questions? >> Anyone have any questions? >> I do not. So, if they buy the cannabis, like they're not like the shop that sells the um cigars in the same complex there. They they can't use that on site, can they? >> I guess I'm not following you. >> So, if they buy a cannabis product, they can't can they use it on site or do they have to take >> They cannot use it on site. That's >> okay. That was my only question. >> Yeah. Okay. >> Any others? and the applicants are here uh uh to answer any questions that you might have. So >> now after you finished, let us open the public hearing. >> Okay. Thank you. >> Is there anyone that has a comment that they would like to make? Would the would the applicants like to make any comments or address the planning commission? >> We're just here to answer questions if you have any. >> Does anybody have any questions for the applicants? Okay. Is there any further discussion about the uh about the proposal? >> I must uh say that um you know I think we're fortunate that this is the first cannabis business to come into the community. Um they really have come prepared. Uh they have experience in the industry. Um, you know, we had uh uh you know, generally with a a brand new type of business and a business such as this um uh had questions and uh they answered them very well. And our uh mainly our police chief, too. We wanted to make sure the police chief had a one-on-one with them and he was very um very satisfied with their level of security and and and other matters. So, I think we're uh I would say that we're fortunate to have uh this business as our our probably our first can business. >> I look forward to the tax revenue. >> We have a lot. >> Well, when you read through their their proposal, it basically covers everything >> very professionally done. Yeah. And this is this is an area that is supremely regulated by by the state and and city ordinance and seems like everything is seems like everything is there. So >> yeah, Mr. Chair, too, one final thing that I'd add is a lot of these requirements are just passed down from the state. Um so we have some flexibility. um as you know when we went through the whole process of creating our ordinance but a lot of the regulations are are were kind of restricted by the state already and um I echo what uh planner Richard said um they've been a good great applicant to work with and um yeah we recommend approval is there uh any other discussion motion >> you have to close the public hearing >> I close the public hearing Now, is there a motion to on the uh on the proposal? >> Make a motion we approve. >> I second that motion. >> Any further discussion? >> All those in favor of approval say I. >> I. >> I. And let the record reflect that it was unanimous so that we know that there was a quorum of of three people. Welcome. And uh good luck. >> And this would go >> will this be on the next council meeting agenda? >> I was just going to say July 22nd. >> Yeah. Agenda. Yes. >> Yes. We just we just recommend the as you know. >> Yep. And certainly uh for the petitioner encourage you to be at the uh city council meeting on July 22nd. >> Okay. Further new any new business? Seeing not there's none on the agenda, we'll go to old business and uh an update from the city administrator concerning interviews for the planning commission. >> Yep, Mr. Chair, planning commission members. Uh so we have two applicants uh for our planning commission. Uh it's been kind of hard with you know we don't have meetings you know every month and then when we do have meetings if folks are absent uh want everyone to be there and be a part of the the uh interview process. So, uh, my thought now was, uh, that we just send out like a doodle poll or some kind of poll to to pin down some dates where we could all be here on an off night, off planning commission night. Um, just have interviews, um, over in the conference room, interview the two candidates and, um, make a recommendation here going forward. So, that's the thought process um, here from staff and just wanted to update the plan commission on that process. And there are two open will be two open seats. Is that correct? So let's see. Uh just yours. Okay. >> Never mind. >> And when when are >> stay for for another year, but I I said if if if anybody applies, take my position, please. >> Well, we'll we'll see. Uh we'll go through the interviews and we kind of go from there. Okay. That's my thought. So, okay. If anybody watching, send send your name in to uh city administrator and we'll interview you as well. >> That's all I have. >> Anyformational in information that anybody has. I think we we uh should point out that again that it's difficult for the planning commission to work kind of short-handed and we just encourage uh our members to come to the meetings when they Anyway, anything else? Motion to adjurnn. >> Second. >> Third. >> Did you move to adjourn? I'll make a motion. He made a motion. I second his motion. Okay, there you go. >> All in favor of the motion to adjurnn, say I. >> I. >> We are adjourned at 6:14. >> Thanks everyone. Thank you.