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HomeMy WebLinkAboutJanuary 22, 2008 &.~ CJ.A l;.n~ \-k!n a..' I,). ~O ~ 0 1685 CROSSTOWN BOULEVARD N.W. . ANDOVER, MINNESOTA 55304 . (763) 755-5100 FAX (763) 755-8923 . WWW.CI.ANDOVER.MN.US PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING - JANUARY 22, 2008 The Regular Bi-Monthly Meeting of the Andover Planning and Zoning Commission was called to order by Chairperson Daninger on January 22,2008, 7:00 p.m., at the Andover City Hall, 1685 Crosstown Boulevard NW, Andover, Minnesota. Commissioners present: Chairperson Daninger, Commissioners Tim Kirchoff, Valerie Holthus, Devon Walton, Douglas Falk and Dennis Cleveland. Commissioners absent: Michael Casey. Also present: City Planner, Courtney Bednarz Associate Planner, Andy Cross Others 0 APPROVAL OF MINUTES. December 11, 2007 Motion by Kirchoff, seconded by Falk, to approve the minutes as presented. Motion carried on a 6-ayes, a-nays, I-absent (Casey) vote. PUBLIC HEARING: 2008 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE. In addition to the update that has been reviewed over the past year, staff has received three requests from property owners to make specific changes to the plan. Staff has notified the property owners in the neighborhoods surrounding each request. It is recommended that each request be addressed independently to avoid confusion and allow them to be appropriately addressed. a. MUSA expansion and land use change request for a portion of the Woodland Creek Golf Course 0 Regular Andover Planning and Zoning Commission Meeting Minutes - January 22, 2008 Page 2 0 The owner of Woodland Creek Golf Course has indicated it is no longer fmancially feasible to operate the course. As a result, the property owner is requesting that the limited buildable area of the course be allowed to be converted to provide residential housing. Mr. Bednarz reviewed the information with the Commission. Mr. Ron Vanelli, 7023 Northshore Trail, Forest Lake and Mike Olson, 22860 Imperial Avenue, Forest Lake, stated they were at the meeting to explain why they are asking for these changes. Commissioner Holthus wondered ifthey were intending to keep the golf course. Mr. Vanelli stated they are not sure and the decision will be made after they find out what will be happening with this request. Motion by Falk, seconded by Walton, to open the public hearing at 7:13 p.m. Motion carried on a 6-ayes, O-nays, I-absent (Casey) vote. Mr. Jim Nelson, 3342 133rd Avenue N.W., stated from his standpoint the Comprehensive Plan is like a blueprint that they do not want to change it if it is not needed. He thought it was important to take the request very seriously because the golf course is the only one in 0 Andover and it may disappear. He stated he was surprised by the six reasons to move forward. He thought the first reason was not a sufficient reason to change the Comprehensive Plan. Mr. Dean Husfeld, 3379 142nd Avenue, stated he wanted to talk about the importance of the golf course in Andover. He reviewed the different groups and leagues that have been at the golf course over the summer. He stated the golf course went downhill once the new owners took over and increased their prices to be the same as other courses in the area. He did not think the course compared to others so he did not think it should have increased. He stated many groups and leagues left and went to other golf courses because of the increase in fees. He stated he was not sure if the gain was to improve the course or if it was for personal gain. Mr. Jeff Squires, 3219 140th Avenue, stated he has seen a lot of changed over the years and one of the things he will miss if the golf course leaves is watching the kids use the course. One of the issues of concerns is if this area gets built on is the watershed. Mr. Jonathan Jasper, 14197 Orchid Street, reviewed the history of this area. He stated the promises, the representations, the desires that were brought to them before have not come true and what is going to happen now is that a lot of townhomes will be built and the golf course will disappear forever and that is a bad thing to have happen to the City of Andover. He stated the golf course has not been marketed or kept up. He stated this is 0 not a good reason for the City to change the Comprehensive Plan. Regular Andover Planning and Zoning Commission Meeting Minutes -January 22,2008 Page 3 0 Ms. Carol Cronholm, 2950 139th Avenue N.W., stated she wanted them to consider using this area as green space and in looking at a plan like this she would encourage a Comprehensive Plan in order to look at what would happen to the surrounding area if this were to be allowed. Mr. Chris Dahl, 3355 140th Avenue N.W., stated he was at the meeting for personal reasons. When the plan came forward before to build the golf villas he was in favor of it because he thought it would make the golf course better and improve it but nothing has been done to the golf course since the villas have been built. He did not think the owners intended to run the golf course as a profitable business. Mr. Bill Dreshmeier, 3265 140th Avenue N.W., stated an idea he has is the silver lining to the cloud is their taxes will go down significantly if the golf course closes. He stated their property values will go down and to keep the development and golf course proposal separate cannot be done because one affects the other so somehow they need to blend the two things. Mr. Rick Ruprecht, 14149 Orchid Street N.W., stated a couple of his concerns are they will be losing the driving range and a lot of people enjoy using it. He stated he is a real estate agent and usually pro development but he is against this. He stated he sees wildlife out there and felt this will change. Another concern is the way the economy is it would 0 not be a good time for a new development because he would not like to see it sit there empty for fifteen years. He did not think there was a market for it at this time. He stated he would like to see the golf course sold to someone who would appreciate the course and want to continue and keep it as a golf course. He stated if the owner would like to keep the golf course running, check with ideas the surrounding residents have. Mr. Bill Hentges, 3061 142nd Lane N.W., stated the main thing he wanted to touch on is the effect this will have on the floodplain of the area. If they change the ten acres to medium density there will need to be considerable fill brought in to make it buildable and will send the water into the neighboring yards. The site itself, for medium density to change that, right now that is open space and Coon Creek is adjacent and this is a major wildlife corridor. The ten acres, if developed, will be a choke point for the wildlife. He stated this would be in conflict with the Comprehensive Plan, which is to maintain open space and keep wildlife corridors open. Mr. Bryant Beehler, 14133 Orchid Street, stated his concern was when they built their home he made sure it was above the floodplain, when the villas were built, the water, in two years, came up to their property line which had never happened before and he was worried that the water would go further into his property if the land were changed again. He showed previous years photos of where the water came up to his property after it rained. 0 Mr. Larry Larsen, 3252 143rd Avenue N.W., stated with better management the golf course could pick up and make money. Regular Andover Planning and Zoning Commission Meeting Minutes - January 22, 2008 Page 4 0 Ms. Teresa Rupkalvis, 13924 Heather Street, stated it was her understanding that the current owners were in arrears for taxes and have been hooked up to sewer and those assessments have not been paid. She thought it was hard to understand all the changes and information and to make a major zoning change or two, entertain the idea when someone is behind in their taxes and if the zoning change were to take place, it was her understanding in reading the document that the person with the zoning change would take financial responsibility for any public capacity, such as traffic lights, the traffic it would create and she did not think that person is in that financial position. It would be her proposal that it may put them in arrears and once they mess with that part of the land, they will not get the golf course back so her biggest concern is the financial situation that individual is in that she did not know if they have addressed whether or not they have the financial capability to move the project forward. She thought as a whole the project needs more research, they need to address the fmancial and ecological impact that it would make for their community. She did not think it has been presented to enough people. She thought once this is changed, it would be changed forever and she thought they needed to stay focused on the vision of Andover and they need to keep their goals of the Woodland Creek Golf Course community. They also need to preserve the wetlands and the ecological system that is in place. Mr. Bob Routes, 3183 140th Avenue N.W., stated at the time the original owner 0 purchased the property and built the golf course, they did some substantial changes of the topography which created some problems in terms of back water being that this is a flood zone. The proposal has all the earmarks that the current owners are going to abandon it after they sell off the ten acres. There is no access to it provided, there would not be any land that would be suitable for a golf club or a parking lot so there would not be any golf course left so why should the owners retain it. He stated this would take more property off the tax roles. He wondered if they were going to recover the property back to the original state, which was a flood plain before it was a golf course. If the land was completely redone after the golf course was taken away it may be an acceptable thing but to just abandon it as it stands now, they would have a great mess. Mr. Todd Singer, 14112 Ivywood Street N.W., wondered where this will stop. He stated if they take and hack the property up there will be nothing left of it. He stated this is people's personal property surrounding the golf course and he did not think it was right that the City can all of a sudden decide to get more tax base by putting homes backing up to their properties just to accommodate the current owners of the golf course. Mr. Jim Nelson stated not all of the current ten acres are buildable so he wondered if the medium density is based on the current acreage or is it based on what is currently high land. Mr. Bednarz stated the City calculates the density on gross acreage, not buildable acres. He explained the steps that would need to be taken to determine how much density could be built on the land. 0 Regular Andover Planning and Zoning Commission Meeting Minutes - January 22, 2008 Page 5 )0 Mr. Nelson stated there are townhomes that are PUD's and he asked if this were to be rezoned and the Comprehensive Plan changed, would it be a PUD development. Chairperson Daninger stated it could probably be a PUD. Mr. Bill Hentges stated they only have around 2.5 buildable acres on the ten acres proposed and he did not think this is compatible with the surrounding area. Mr. Jasper stated the zoning code in Andover indicates Medium Density is to be a buffer between commercial and residential and there is no commercial in the area for a couple of miles but for the golf course itself. He stated if they change the zoning the owner has the right to build anything they want that fits into the current zoning and the golf course is done. Ms. Debbie Gillis, 3183 140th Avenue N. W., stated she loves the golf course and that is the main reason she purchased her retirement home. She stated if the City purchased this land as open space, they could also purchase the land across the road to make an eighteen-hole golf course. She thought this was something they should consider. Mr. Bryant Beehler stated his concern is the flood zone and he wondered if the City Planning Committee would be able to build into any changes in the Woodland Creek Golf area a successful method to prevent flooding of theirs and their neighbors properties 0 in the future with any changes they make on the golf course. Chairperson Daninger stated the drainage from what is built cannot affect the neighboring property. Mr. Tim Keillor, 3129 140th Avenue N.W., stated his concern is the foreclosures in the City. He wondered how they can be talking about development when there are so many foreclosures and developers going bankrupt. Mr. Jeff Squires stated there has been talk about acquiring open space and if this is done, there are a couple of other issues. If the City took over the property they could run it as a municipal golf course but he did not see that as a real distinct responsibility. He stated the options if the City were to acquire it are many. One is to keep it as a golf course, keep it as open space or keep it and lease it out for a golf course. He stated with adequate marketing, it could be a nice course. Mr. Richard V olloy, 3150 South Coon Creek Drive, stated at this point he was looking for a decision from the Planning Commission to vote against this. If they do not approve this, the sewer cannot go in and they will not lose the wildlife. Motion by Walton, seconded by Cleveland, to close the public hearing on Item 3A at 8:15 p.m. Motion carried on a 6-ayes, O-nays, I-absent (Casey) vote. Commissioner Falk asked if the Open Space Committee has looked at purchasing this 0 land. Mr. Bednarz stated staffhas looked at this and if it were to be purchased and used as a golf course, it could not be purchased with the open space funds. Regular Andover Planning and Zoning Commission Meeting Minutes -January 22, 2008 Page 6 )0 Commissioner Holthus asked if the City were to purchase the land as open space, would the land need to be rezoned. Mr. Bednarz stated it would not. Commissioner Holthus asked for clarification as to where on the map provided the clubhouse was. Mr. Bednarz showed the map and pointed out the specific area. Commissioner Kirchoff wondered if the entire ten acres was outside of the one hundred year flood plain. Mr. Bednarz indicated it was not. He showed where the area was that was in the hundred year flood plain. Commissioner Kirchoff asked if assisted living could be built in this area. Mr. Bednarz stated if the proposal were approved it could but the number of units would need to be determined through the PUD process. Commissioner Walton stated this was tough to stay non-emotional about this issue because everyone who lives around the golf course has used it and enjoyed it. He struggled with wondering if development was worth it. He stated he could not separate the two and thought there were issues with the watershed and future traffic issues that would be created. He thought this land was like other areas in Andover that was landlocked or turned into marsh and he would personally like to see the golf course remam. 0 Commissioner Holthus stated she agreed and would like to see the zoning remain the same. She saw the hundred year floodplain as a huge problem for the area. She would also like to see a golf course stay in this area. Commissioner Cleveland agreed and stated to him the watershed issues and floodplain is a big issue and he would leave things as they are. Commissioner Falk stated he also agreed and would like to keep the Comprehensive Plan the way it is. Commissioner Kirchoff stated he could support what his fellow Commissioners have stated. If this were to actually develop, of the ten acres, with all the issues that would be involved, the sixty units would pare down to seven or eight single family homes and then they would still have the open space and he was not sure what they would do with that. He thought this property could be resold and reinvigorate it. He did not think the ten acres will amount to much. He would like to leave it as is. Chairperson Daninger concurred with the other Commission members and was in favor of leaving it as open space. Motion by Walton, seconded by Cleveland, to recommend to the City Council decline the 0 request of the change to part 3A. Motion carried on a 6-ayes, O-nays, I-absent (Casey) vote. Regular Andover Planning and Zoning Commission Meeting Minutes - January 22, 2008 Page 7 )0 Mr. Bednarz stated this item would be before the Council at the February 6, 2008 City Council meeting. b. Sewer Staging Plan Request 14861 Prairie Road The owners ofthese properties have requested that the Sewer Staging Plan be amended to allow the properties to be served by a trunk sewer line located to the south of Andover Boulevard. Presently these properties are proposed to be served by the Bluebird Trunk Sewer Line, which is located approximately one mile to the west. As a part of this request the property owners have asked that the timing of the sewer stage designation be changed from 2020-2025 to 2005-2010. Commissioner Kirchoff asked if the developer would be paying for the costs for the entire extension. Mr. Bednarz stated they would have to pay for all the costs of the extension and then possibly be reimbursed at the time of future development, which complicates assessments. Motion by Walton, seconded by Falk, to open the public hearing at 8:27 p.m. Motion carried on a 6-ayes, O-nays, I-absent (Casey) vote. 0 Mr. Robert Day, applicant, stated they are looking at the property being market driven and would not be built in the next year or two. He stated they do not have any intention of leapfrogging over property but would like to be in the Comprehensive Plan as receiving sewer staging earlier. He stated these two properties are at the end of a large area owned by another property owner. Mr. Mark Smith, 2120 Otter Lake Drive, Lino Lakes, stated they did not want to be left out this long and this would be market driven. He felt they are being forced by a large property owner to wait until they are waiting and they would like to be in the current time frame of2005 to 2010. Mr. Doug Kelding, 14745 Evergreen Street, asked if once the sewer line is run, would that change the zoning on that piece of property. Mr. Bednarz stated if it would be developed, the zoning would need to change. Mr. Kelding stated his contention is the reason they want the staging changed is so they can change the zoning. He stated he was against this because the only reason he could see they would want this is to change'the zoning and develop townhomes. Mr. Bednarz stated these two properties are planned to be serviced with sewer and water in the future and are planned to be single-family housing. The only question before them tonight would be regarding the timing. 0 Regular Andover Planning and Zoning Commission Meeting Minutes - January 22, 2008 Page 8 )0 Ms. Michelle Tejada, 14744 Evergreen Street, asked what the intention for use is on this property. Chairperson Daninger indicated when sewer comes in it will be rezoned to R-4 but there has been no rezoning request. Ms. Tejada asked why they needed to move the date up for staging of the sewer. Mr. Bednarz wondered the same thing. Ms. Tejada asked ifthe sewer and water is brought to this land, will they be forced to hook up. Mr. Bednarz stated they would not. Ms. Tejada asked if this is moved up would the developer pay for everything or would each property get assessed. Mr. Bednarz stated the developer would need to pay for everything and the properties would not be assessed until developed. Mr. JeffMcMonigal, 14744 Evergreen Street, stated they moved out of the City to a 2.5- acre lot and it was his understanding the area would not develop before 2025 and they would like to see it stay that way. Mr. Doug Meister, 541 Andover Boulevard, stated he was told by the City that when the sewer line gets up to the final end, there would be a very limited capacity so he would only get a limited number of units per acre because of the limited capacity of the sewer pipe. If they are adding more units by extending this pipe are they going to enlarge the entire pipe system and does the City pay for the upgrades or do they make less units available to other land owners that could be serviced with the existing or the proposed 0 pipe. Mr. Bednarz stated in preparing the Comprehensive Plan changes, they analyzed the entire sewer system and that engineering analysis is confident that Mr. Meister's property could be served as currently planned and there would still be capacity in the trunk to serve the other two properties. Mr. Winslow Holasek, 1159 Andover Boulevard, showed a map of developable land and stated there are at least one hundred developable acres east of Hanson Boulevard. He stated a Comprehensive Plan is to plan an entire area and not piecemeal areas. He stated he was in favor of a good Comprehensive Plan for this area. Mr. Holasek reviewed six alternatives to the sewer plan with the Commission. Mr. Holasek read a letter he submitted to the Planning Commission, it read "We own the property immediately north of the above property. We attended the November 13, 2007 planning and zoning meeting 7:30 pm public forum on updating the comprehensive plan. At that meeting we said we do not want the existing sewer staging for our property changed to the proposed sewer staging, except for the eastern part of our property, which we asked to be changed to 2005-2010. So this letter is to confIrm that statement including the sewer staging change to 2005- 2010 for our property east of Prairie Road. As we said this property of ours adjoins the north boundary of the above properties. 0 Regular Andover Planning and Zoning Commission Meeting Minutes - January 22, 2008 Page 9 jO This property was originally planned in 1987 to be served by the Bluebird trunk sewer. However this is no longer feasible due to the fact that over the years through a series of lift stations the Bluebird trunk was extended to development after development until it would 180% over loaded if it were to serve these properties to the east. Therefore, the most logical way to serve these properties in the eastern part of the city is with a trunk sewer from the south. TKDA did a sewer analysis report dated June 3, 2004, that shows two alternates for a Prairie Road sanitary trunk sewer from the south at 140th Ave and Prairie Road. A trunk sewer from there would serve this eastern area of the city very well. The Prairie Road alternative No.2 appears to be the best alternative, because it would provide potential gravity trunk sewer to the eastern part of the city all the way to north of 157th Ave without requiring any lift stations after the initial one at Coon Creek. This would be a very clean clear shot trunk sewer design without the maintenance of several additional lift stations. We have included a copy of Page 11 and figure 3a from the TKDA report for your review that shows this alternative No.2. Mr. Holasek submitted the letter and attachments. Mr. Day stated when they purchased the property, it was planned to be connected in C 2015. He stated the City is actually trying to push them back ten years. He stated they are truly talking about their two pieces being the last two pieces for this sewer capacity. Motion by Walton, seconded by Falk, to close the public hearing at 9:14 p.m. Motion carried on a 6-ayes, O-nays, I-absent (Casey) vote. Commissioner Walton wondered how the staging plan was determined. Mr. Bednarz stated the plan places properties nearest the sewer pipe in the current stage and places other properties further back based on their distance from the pipe and the growth trends of the city. These are estimates and they are trying to give everyone a reasonable expectation of when development will occur. Commissioner Walton asked if it was feasible that the southern most trunk line could allow those properties to develop. Mr. Berkowitz stated they have done an overall analysis oftheir entire system. On the question regarding the Prairie Road alternative, they have to keep in mind there is a tremendous amount of infrastructure costs for that alternative. There is a lift station, a line that runs up Prairie Road, reconstruction of Prairie Road and they are all included in the infrastructure. He stated the City's history and the way they have developed for years is that the trunk works its way through developments. It is then extended to the end of the property ready to serve the next property . 0 The Prairie Road alternative would be something a little different than what has been done in the past. He stated they are talking about strictly a trunk cost that would run all Regular Andover Planning and Zoning Commission Meeting Minutes - January 22, 2008 Page 10 JO the way up Prairie Road, which would be a one hundred percent cost to the City, which would then need to be recouped through their trunk sewer area charges. They would have to reanalyze the entire trunk system and they would have to adjust their area and connection charges to meet that new infrastructure costs. It is not included in the existing plan they have laid out on the way they extend sewer. To be feasible it will be very difficult to make it worthwhile for those development areas to go that route. Commissioner Kirchoff asked if there are costs outside of the developer to connect this. Mr. Berkowitz stated when they analyze their numbers they take into consideration the route they have proposed. They develop their area charges according to that. If they do change that substantially, they have to recalculate those numbers. That line may just affect a certain area but they would have to look at those area charges to see if they need to increase those charges to meet that cost. Mr. Dickinson stated they need to identify the cost. The sewer system is utility based and only paid for and supported by those on the system. As new infrastructure is built, it is built for the new areas and they would recoup the costs from the new areas. Commissioner Walton asked on the Comprehensive Plan Update, the interior portion on Prairie Road and east of Hanson is rolling back five years and everything else along Hanson is rolling back ten years. He wondered why everything was not rolling back the C same number of years. Mr. Bednarz stated the reason was the property owner's lack of interest between the sewer pipe and these properties. Commissioner Holthus stated Mr. Holasek indicated if the sewer comes from the south it is relatively easy but if it comes from the west it is more difficult but according to staff coming from the south has significant problems. She wondered which plan would be the correct one. Mr. Berkowitz clarified the two sewer lines to the Commission. Motion by Walton, seconded by Kirchoff, to recommend to the City Council to consider changing the shading of both parts of Prairie Road to be similar in timeline of2010-2015 and to keep the method of service open. Commissioner Cleveland thought they also needed to decide on which method they use for the trunk line. Commissioner Walton stated he was thinking about the date because he did not think they needed to make a decision on the method. He did not think it made any sense to change the method of this and they should allow the professionals to make that decision. Motion carried on a 4-ayes, 2-nays (Daninger, Holthus), I-absent (Casey) vote. Mr. Bednarz stated this item would be before the Council at the February 6, 2008 City Council meeting. 0 The Commission recessed at 9:42 p.m. Regular Andover Planning and Zoning Commission Meeting Minutes - January 22, 2008 Page 11 ~O The Commission reconvened at 9:47 p.m. c. Sewer Staging Plan Request Woodland Estates 5th Addition. The property owner has requested approximately 5 acres immediately north of Woodland Estates Third Addition be removed from the Rural Reserve and placed in a 2010-2015 Sewer Stage for development. This would include expanding the Municipal Urban Service Area (MUSA) boundary to include the property. The area would be developed for single family housing similar to the rest of Woodland Estates. Commissioner Kirchoff asked if there could be a conflict with density if the Council wants it to be denser than what was proposed. Mr. Bednarz stated there was an agreement between the Met Council and the City that all property within the Rural Reserve will develop at a net acreage of three units per net acre and this and other Woodland Developments are typically around 2.5 units per acre so those are units that would need to be made up elsewhere in the Rural Reserve and the Met Council would have to be in agreement with that approach. Motion by Falk, seconded by Walton, to open the public hearing at 9:52 p.m. Motion 0 carried on a 6-ayes, O-nays, I-absent (Casey) vote. Mr. Byron Westlund, Woodland Development, stated they concur with staff report and the only thing he would add is that this would help in alleviation if this were brought forward in bringing the transportation issue quicker. They have a long cul-de-sac in Woodland Third and this would then complete that allowing for a better safety issue, something that the Fire Chief was concerned about during the platting process of Woodland Estates Third. Motion by Walton, seconded by Kirchoff, to close the public hearing at 9:53 p.m. Motion carried on a 6-ayes, O-nays, I-absent (Casey) vote. Commissioner Walton stated he had a concern with congestion at the Intersections of Veterans and Verdin as planned. Currently immediately to the north oflot 7, there is a farm easement road there that creates a second opening that is probably within a hundred feet of the planned intersection and with the crossings that are there along with a proposed intersection of Verdin as it is built, there would be nine openings within one hundred feet of that intersection. He stated his concern is that right now they are creating an opportunity for more traffic to come in to this area and they do not know how much more traffic and he did not know if there was a way to study but he had a concern that there will be too many openings around this intersection. Chairperson Daninger stated this would be addressed when the development comes forward. 0 Regular Andover Planning and Zoning Commission Meeting Minutes -January 22,2008 Page 12 ~O Commissioner Holthus stated other than being cautious about adding additional connections to this sewer line, does staff anticipate any other problems. Mr. Bednarz indicated there was not. Commissioner Walton asked if there were any demographic issues here that tie back to the previous development. Chairperson Daninger stated they are currently looking at the sewer staging plan and this will be reviewed at the development stage plan. Motion by Holthus, seconded by Falk, to recommend to the City Council to accept the sewer staging plan to change it to 2010-2015. Motion carried on a 6-ayes, O-nays, 1- absent (Casey) vote. Mr. Westlund felt Commissioner Walton's concern about the access road was personal and should not have been brought up or been part of this discussion. Mr. Bednarz stated this item would be before the Council at the February 6, 2008 City Council meeting. Motion by Walton, seconded by Cleveland, to recommend to the City Council to approve the Draft Comprehensive Plan with the three motions included and the rest as presented. Motion carried on a 6-ayes, O-nays, I-absent (Casey) vote. 0 Mr. Bednarz stated that this item would be before the Council at the February 6, 2008 City Council meeting. WORK SESSION a. Antenna and Tower Code (Chapter 9-12) As telecommunication towers become more prevalent and their technology improves, the City Code needs to be updated to facilitate their review. The current Towers and Antennas ordinance is based on a League of Minnesota Cities model from the late 1990's. An update was done in 2000, but more improvements are needed. OTHER BUSINESS. Mr. Bednarz updated the Planning Commission on related items. ADJOURNMENT. Motion by Falk, seconded by Walton, to adjourn the meeting at 10:05 p.m. Motion carried on a 6-ayes, O-nays, I-absent (Casey) vote. 0