4.1. DRAFT MINUTES (4 SETS) 04-28-2020

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Planning Commission Page 6 March 10, 2020 ----------------------------- Mr. Carpenter stated he would be willing to prepare a landscaping plan to present to the City Council meeting and noted it’s his preference to ensure adequate screening. Mr. Leeseberg asked the Planning Commission if they would like to include a condition requiring a landscape plan be presented to the City Council for their review. Commissioner Thiel agreed with Mr. Leeseberg’s proposal and stated this is a common concern for development, noting individual property owners can also provide their own screening. He stated if the builder was willing, he would prefer to have natural landscaping placed as fencing can be a maintenance nightmare. Mr. Carpenter stated he is currently working with the adjacent property owner to propose landscaping that would straddle the property line to ensure the trees that are planted survive. Chair Johnson stated he would prefer a vegetative landscaping plan. The Planning Commission added Condition 8 to provide a landscaping plan to the City Council that includes vegetative screening to the west and south. Mike Monhanan, who spoke at the February 25, 2020, Planning Commission meeting on behalf of the property owner who lives south of the proposed development, again expressed his concerns with the drainage area needing fencing to protect children living in the area. He asked that if a fence isn’t proposed that the applicant take the same considering to the neighbor to the south and provide landscaping to prevent encroachment. Mr. Carpenter explained he would provide some landscaping to the south due to disrepair of the detached garage on that adjacent property. He explained the screening he was proposing will focus on lots 4-6 as there is a shallow grassy drainage swale. He indicated the lot sales will be targeted to someone who doesn’t want to move into a townhome but still wants to have a boat and mow their own grass on a smaller sized property, noting there probably wouldn’t be smaller children living there. There being no one else to speak, Chair Johnson closed the public hearing. Moved by Commissioner Larson-Vito and seconded by Commissioner Beise to recommend approval for a request by Jethro Carpenter for a Zone Change from R1c to Planned Unit Development (PUD) with the condition that a PUD agreement must be approved by the City Council prior to recording the Zone Change. Motion carried 5-0.