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<br /> <br />Planning Commission Minutes <br />December 16, 2025 <br />--------- <br />Page 4 of 5 <br />Mr. Leeseberg asked if the wording could be modified to include "or designee" and remove Community <br />Development Director. <br /> <br />Moved by Commissioner Johnson and seconded by Commissioner Booth to recommend <br />approval of the Ordinance Amendment creating an appeal process for reasonable <br />accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act, adding language to paragraph <br />3 "the City Administrator or designee in conjunction with City Attorney". Motion carried <br />5-1. Commissioner Zahler opposed. <br /> <br />6. GENERAL BUSINESS <br /> There was no general business. <br /> <br />7. COUNCIL LIAISON UPDATES <br /> Mr. Leeseberg gave an update on Council actions from the December 15, 2025 City Council meeting <br />including approval of the Northstar Trucking Conditional Use Permit, with an extension to June 2026, <br />and the Variance for a water-oriented structure. <br /> <br />Commissioner Booth requested that the Commission review land use. <br /> <br />Mr. Leeseberg added that the Variance for an apartment building was denied at the City Council <br />meeting and the Sherburne County billboard request was approved. <br /> <br />8. MOTION TO ADJOURN REGULAR MEETING <br /> Moved by Commissioner Johnson and seconded by Commissioner Bland to adjourn the <br />meeting. Motion carried 6-0. <br /> <br />The regular meeting adjourned at 7:18 p.m. Chair Beise called the work session to order at 7:18 p.m. <br /> <br />9. WORK SESSION <br /> <br /> 9.1 Concept Review: Mille Lacs Motorsports II, Inc., PID 75-00014-1200 <br /> Mr. Leeseberg presented the staff report. <br /> <br />Commissioner Johnson asked why the applicant wanted to raise the four billboards by five feet. <br /> <br />Tom Dehn, applicant, owner of Power Lodge Ramsey, explained that he was considering <br />purchasing the site. He did not want any of the billboards but, if they needed to remain, he would need <br />them to be taller so they did not block his proposed project. <br /> <br />Commissioner Johnson agreed that billboards would block any business built behind it on that site. He <br />asked if the billboards could be removed or only keep the billboards at the two corners of the lot to <br />avoid blocking a building. <br /> <br />Mr. Leeseberg stated that current city standards allow either a billboard or a building on a property. <br /> <br />Commissioner Rydberg asked if Franklin Outdoor Advertising, the billboard company, owned the