5.0. SR 03-09-1998 - Laserfiche WebLink

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DeveloDment Standards One issue that commonly arises during the Planning Commission workshop discussions is the surprise or dissatisfaction of how a project may have been completed or is not being completed. I think there are three things happening here: (1) site plans presented to the Planning Commission/City Council are sometimes "sensationalized" to give an effect that cannot be accomplished in the real world; (2) possibly the standards the city has in place are not meeting the city's goals or personal expectations; (3) some projects are not being completed as presented to the Planning Commission/City Council. The last item is an enforcement issue the planning department will have to deal with more aggressively than we have in the past. The Commission and Council may wish to discuss this issue further to reaffirm the city's current development pattern. This issue has received a lot of discussion on the part of the Planning Commission during their mobile workshop tours. Visiting developed sites is an excellent means of understanding the transformation of a "paper plan" to actuality. The Planning Commission has scheduled three mobile workshops for 1998. If the City Council is interested in a similar workshop, this can be arranged some time this summer. Downtown Master Plan Tuesday night the Planning Commission will be meeting with the HRA to hear a presentation from a group from Monticello as they have recently gone through a process to create a master plan of their downtown. Hopefully, 1998 will allow for serious strides to be made towards completing Elk River's master plan. Electronic Reader Boards This is a topic that the Council wanted brought up at the joint meeting for further discussion. Staff will try to have some information available at the time of the meeting to assist with this issue.