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2) 3) 4) City Council regular meeting minutes dated November 22, 1994. ; City Council public hearing and regular meeting minutes dated December 13, I994. PUBLIC HEARINGS Chairperson Bawden adjourned the regular Planning Commission meeting at 7:35 p.m. in order to conduct the following public hearings: I) Request to Rezone Certain Property From R-1 Rural Residential and B-2 Business to R-3 Urban Residential; Case of Anoka Hennepin Independent School District No. 11 2) Request for Preliminary Plat Approval of Northfork Oaks 2nd Addition; Case of North Fork, Inc. Chairperson Bawden called the regular Planning Commission meeting back to order at 7:43 p.m. COMMISSION BUSINESS Case #1: Request for Site Plan Approval; Case of Independent School District Zoning Administrator Frolik stated that at their December meeting, the Planning Commission tabled action of the request for site plan approval to expand Ramsey Elementary School. This was done in order to allow the applicants additional time to meet with neighboring property owners to the sOUth to negotiate a satisfacto~ buffer between the ball fields and the neighboring homes and to consider ways to redesign the parent drop off parking lot to make it more user friendly. Ms. Frolik advised that the applicant has now redesigned the south parking iot to make it more user friendly as a parent drop off site and create more opportunity for a deeper buffer area between the athletic fieldg and the neighbors to the south. She reported that Staff's written comments indicate preference for the ori~nal design, but the school prefers the modified design and Staff is agreeable to that. Ms. Frolik explained that the applicant and the architect met with neighboring property owners and representatives of other local youth athletic organizations to review possible modifications to the site plan, and as a result of that meeting, the applicant has relocated the bail fields from the south side to the west side of the school thereby putting more distance between the ball fields and the neighbors to the south. Ms. Frolik advised that the outstanding items yet to be provided on the site plan are: (a) Indications that the outer edge of all bituminous surfaces will be finished with B-612 concrete curbing; (b) A ten foot wide bituminous trail parallel to Nowthen Bouievard N.W., graded trails from the northwest and southwest to the school facility, and handicap accessible trails to the public recreation areas; and (c) Although an area for a proposed sedimentation basin has been identified on the site plan, a grading and drainage plan needs to be provided. Ms. Frolik concluded that City Staff recommends approval with contingencies. Cit?Engineer Steven Jankowski withdrew his previous obJedtion to the modification of the north access off C.R. #5 from one point of access to a pair of access points. Bria~ McCarty, KKE Architects, Inc., advised that the parking lot drainage will be relieved by storm water drainage and catch basins. He added that there will be no more additional drainage on the kouth side than at present. Planning Commission/January 3, 1995 Page 2 of 10