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Planning Commission Minutes November 28, 2000 Page 6 . therefore, making the connections, while necessary, create difficult traffic patterns for existing and proposed homes. Commissioner Schuster indicated a concern with the proposed trail location within the proposed subdivision. Commissioner Ropp indicated that he has a concern with the lack of trees that will be saved. Chair Mesich stated that he has a number of concerns regarding the proposed subdivision: 1) the proposed subdivision will remove all of the trees and flatten a large portion of the hills and will not maintain the current character of the site; 2) he suggested relocating the park adjacent to Menards to provide a buffer to the residential properties and to avoid the power lines; 3) he suggested connecting 195th to Auburn Street; 4) he questioned whether or not the developer could custom grade all of the lots within the subdivision in order to preserve additional trees. City Engineer Terry Maurer responded that the site could be custom graded, however, they would be graded to an overall grading plan and that as part of the initial street construction, any major cuts and fills would be completed in order to alleviate the builder from that responsibility. Chair Mesich requested that the letter received from Menards be read into the record. Director Planning Michele McPherson read the letter into the record. . COMMISSIONER BAKER MOVED TO POSTPONE THE REQUEST BY PHOENIX ENTERPRISES FOR PRELIMINARY PLAT APPROVAL OF HILLSIDE 8TH ADDITION AND PUBLIC HEARING, CASE NO. P 00-18, TO THE DECEMBER 12, 2000 PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING. COMMISSIONER PEDERSON SECONDED THE MOTION. THE MOTION CARRIED 7-0. 6. Other Business 6.1. Uodate on November 20, 2000 City Council Meetina Commissioner Baker provided an update on the November 20, 2000 City Council meeting. 6.2. Workshoo: Discuss Land Use Alternatives for Northstar Corridor Deoot Site Dave Loch was present to introduce land use planning for the Northstar Corridor depot site to the Commission. Brad Scheib from HKGI presented three concepts to the Commission for land use alternatives for their consideration. Concept 1 included a business or job center which would guide the area surrounding the depot as Business Center zoning and would allow offices or manufacturing uses. This would allow job creation to occur within the City. He also indicated that the use of pedestrian-friendly design would be important to encourage walking to and from the depot site. .