Call to order the planning commission meeting, regular meeting May 1st. Roll call, please. Luke. Pearson here. Here. Present. Here. Here. Hagen here.
Wilson here. And for the pledge of allegiance, please. To the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice
for all. Those who have read the uh agenda, any uh questions or motion to approve the agenda, please? Some move. Second. Second. Moved and seconded. All those in favor? I I. Any opposed? See none.
Agenda is approved. Uh, approval of the minutes. Anyone have any comments or questions on the minutes? If there are none, I would ask for a motion to accept the minutes as presented. So moved. Second. All those in favor? I. Any opposed? Thank you very
much. Minutes are approved. Open forum. Now is a moment for anybody to come forward to speak on a part that's or a subject that's not on the agenda. Uh and again if there's anyone in the audience who wishes to come forward to speak to any topic that's not on the
agenda. See none. Move on to the old business which is none. New business an a public hearing for Oak Liquor 1803 Geneva conditional use permit for an electronic dynamics business sign. Luke, do you have your presentation please? Yes. Thank you, chair. And I'll have the
image on the screen in just a moment. So, the location of the site is 1803 Geneva Avenue. So, it's at the intersection of Stillwater Boulevard and Century Avenue, which is also known as C Geneva Avenue and Highway 120. So, the zoning of the site is C2, that's community commercial, where electronic
dynamic business signs are allowed through the conditional use permit process. and the applicant is uh seeking to add an additional electronic dynamic sign component to their existing monument sign. There is currently a 48
square ft or square foot monument sign on site and that's per side per sign side rather. The proposed electronic dynamic sign component would be 32 square feet in size and that's per side. So that that would bring the total sign
area of this freestanding sign to 80 square feet per side. The um existing sign, as you can see, it does face Geneva Avenue and also Stillwater Boulevard. So I do want to note that there are some nearby residential properties and this sign would be
approximately 170 ft to the nearest home to the south there and then it is also approximately 220 ft to the home to the east. And because of the proximity of the sign to residential property, uh the sign is subject to special
standards. So here's a look at the existing and proposed. The again existing sign there on the left hand side is 48 square ft per side. And then the right shows the addition which is on top of the static sign that's currently
there right now. And then you can see the underground signposts which are shown on the proposed sign. So, uh, just another look at the overall square footage for for this sign, 80 square feet per side. Conditional use permits. They are subject to certain
review criteria that's found in the city's zoning ordinance. And here's just a quick summary of uh, first the general review criteria that we must use when evaluating such a request. So, there it has to be in compliance with the city's comp plan, has to be compatible with the
zoning district. It cannot generate nuisance effects. It cannot create traffic congestion or parking issues. It must be adequately served by public services. And it cannot incur excessive costs for public services or infrastructure. And uh it must have
minimal to no effects on the environment or natural features. And then for electronic dynamic business signs, there are a number of special criteria that the request has to meet. And um it's been a while since the city has reviewed
an electronic sign. It's been at least three years, maybe four or five years um from what I could tell in the history in our files. So just as a refresher, a conditional use permit is required. Uh the sign must be a freestanding sign or it can be a bulletin or building
identification sign. The the sign footprint itself cannot exceed 40 square ft per side. It must be rectangular in shape and contain the message within it. The minimum display duration is 30 seconds or in other words that's the dwell dwell time for an image or in
other words uh you can't have flashing images every you know six seven seconds or have animation. It has to be a still image for 30 seconds at a time. It cannot resemble an official traffic sign or signal and it cannot exceed 4500 nits
and that's a brightness metric that we use and uh specifically between civil sunrise and sunset and that's a very technical term that's when the sun's center is uh 6° below the horizon. It cannot exceed 500 nits between sunset
and sunrise. And additionally, because this sign is near or adjacent to residential property, it's actually subject to a higher standard. So between the hours of 1000 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., it must be shut off or the U property owner
can program it to be a maximum of 250 nits from sunset to sunrise. The sign must have an auto shut off function if the display deteriorates by 10% or more just to maintain a consistent quality image there. The lamp
wattage and luminous luminance uh level and nits must be provided which the applicant did in their application. And then the sign cannot be allowed as a temporary sign and in this case it's going to be fixed properly uh installed into the ground. So that
condition is met. So just in summary here, staff finds that the conditional use permit criteria of the ordinance, both the general and the specific, have been met for this request and staff recommends approval subject to the following six conditions that are found in the packet
in the resolution. So the first one is that the sign shall have a minimum display duration of 30 seconds. Number two, the sign shall display static messages only. Number three, the sign shall not exceed 4500 nits between the hours of civil sunrise and civil
sunset. Number four, the sign shall not exceed 250 nits from civil sunset to civil sunrise. Number five, the sign shall have a fully functional off switch that auto shuts the sign when the display deteriorates by 10% or more. And finally, number six, the applicant shall
obtain one assigned permit and two, an electric permit for the use. As a reminder, this is a public hearing. Uh we have a representative from the sign company here if you have specific questions. Uh otherwise, I'd be happy to answer any questions. Thank you. Thank you, Luke. Anyone have any questions for
Luke on his on the report? Seeing none, uh offer a moment for the applicant to come forward if he wishes. Uh the applicant couldn't make it. I'm I'm with the sign company, but unless you don't have any questions, then we're
Okay. Anybody have any questions for him? Okay. I open the public hearing. So, if there's any anyone in the audience who wishes to come forward to make comment on this issue, please do. And as required, I'll ask a second time if there's anyone in the audience who wishes to come forward to uh speak
to this issue, please do. Otherwise, I'll close the public meeting, public hearing, bring back any final comments from anybody here in the commission. Then I ask for a motion to recommend the
approval of the conditional use permit for an electronic dynamic business sign at 1803 Geneva Avenue North. So moved. Second. All those in favor? I. Any opposed? Thank you very much. Motion
passes. Thank you. Uh the next one is public hearing on Willowbrook 12th edition parcel number ID whatever the number is plan unit development amendment final plat and site plan. Luke I'll let you read the
number. Well thank you chair. So um the property here that's partial ID 0802921340017. So, it's at the northeast quadrant of 40th Street and Interstate 694. There on the map, you can see it's
uh the property is just under 10 acres. And this is the last developable site within the Willoughbrook neighborhood. And the purpose here is that the uh the developer and builder are requesting to build 98 uh town home units. And the developer states that these will be
market rate or in other words, they are not income restricted. And uh the builder also reports that the units would be sold to individual lots and or in other words they this is not a fully rental neighborhood. The zoning of the site is Willoughbrook PUD or planned unit development which designates the
site for highdensity residential and town houses are in allowed use there. The comp plan guides the site for mixeduse residential. And I'll show the image in just a moment but uh there is just one access here and it is off 40th Street. So, at the intersection of 40th
and Hayward Avenue. So, here's a look at the proposed subdivision plat. So, the developer is seeking to replplat this site in order to create one outlot for private streets and and infrastructure that will serve the development and also
98 individual lots for the town home units. Uh the city engineer noted that because the development will utilize the adjacent parcel that's located to the northeast for surface water treatment that area will have to be included with this plat. Um as such the developer must
revise their plat to make that adjustment. For easements the developer must ensure that there are no encroachments into the drainage and utility easements. And there are just some minor um adjustments that will need to be made because uh right here where my cursor is and I believe over here on
the east side as well there's just a minor encroachment with u some of the patios into the required drainage and utility easements. So outlaw A again that's for the the private streets and infrastructure uh that will be covered by it must be covered by an easement that will allow
the city to have access to the sanitary sewer and the water man. So also as part of the planning process and in accordance with the Willoughbrook master POD agreement that was uh executed back in 2020 I believe uh the developer must
satisfy park dedication requirements. So here's a look at the site plan. I would like again just to point out the single access there off 40th Street and Hayward Avenue that uh Hayward Avenue currently serves the rowers development directly to the south.
uh the internal streets for this development will be owned and maintained by the developer or the builder. Given the private given that the private streets will be narrower than the uh standard city streets, the fire department noted that on street parking cannot be allowed so that large vehicles
particularly fire trucks, garbage trucks so that they can make proper ingress and egress movements throughout the site. So as such the developer must install signage that prohibits on street parking within the property. Uh the developers plans show a trail that that will run
north south here where my cursor is or on the east side of the site. Uh that will will connect to other trails within the neighborhood. Uh this trail will be built by the city and also maintained by the city. But um we do want to make sure that that trail actually gets shifted a
little bit further east so that it is fully on city property. So that's just another adjustment that the uh developer will need to make on their plans. Um, a lot of detail here. I can pause if you have any questions before I move on. Anyone have any questions for Luke? I
do. Yes. Uh, forgive me if you mentioned this. The U streets, what's the width on those? Um, I don't know off the top of my head. I'd have to look and ft.
Back of curb or curb to back curve. Okay. Any other questions from the commissioners? I have I have a question, but I don't know if it really relates to this. So, I mean, just about noise. It's right next
to the freeway, and I wonder what do they do to prevent that noise from bothering the people there? Yep. So the applicant has submitted a noise variance in a noise study. It was prepared by a professional engineer and
that request will actually be heard by the city council. It's outside the the zoning chapter and subdivision regulations. So it goes directly to the city council. But, uh, the city council will will hear that noise variance and, uh, likely there will be some conditions
about, uh, the types of materials, windows in particular, that would have to be installed in order to help meet the noise standards that are established by the state. Thank you. Yes. A question. Um, so I understand the
development will be a micro rate, right? Yes. and uh the developer not seeking any financial assistance from the city. Yes, that the city of Oakland and um forgive me if I um I didn't do my homework. The city
of Oakdale has incentive for developers to uh have a development that sort of not only microate but also sort of affordable housing. Um, do they have any they still have those those rules
into the the zoning code or no? Okay. No, commissioner. So, u there's no specific rules about um x number of units have to be, you know, market rate or income restricted if that's the if I'm getting to your question. Are there
any incentive that the city gives to developers? any incentive that the city has for developers to be able to incorporate uh affordable housing into their development. There are a number of programs and uh
historically speaking u it's it's been a while but uh tax increment financing has been used on certain developments conduit debt financing for others that most recently with the MWF senior development just by HIV that was another tool
um if that answered the question. Yeah. So it would be up to the the applicant to say yes I I accept this or not. Right. Is what's going on? Yep. It's a request from the the applicant and then ultimately a decision by the city council. So, okay. All right. Thank you.
Anyone else? I'm going to withhold my question until the developer comes up. So, I have just a few more slides here. So, so here's uh closer look at the site plan and um the Willoughbrook PUB contains very specific zoning standards
for this site and the developer is seeking deviations from a couple of those. The first one is the required density for the site and then the second one is setback reductions. So the density for the site uh the PUD requires that the highdensity residential areas
uh contain a density range of 35 to 55 dwelling units per acre whereas this request amounts to about 10.3 dwelling units per acre. Uh so therefore the developer is seeking a a formal PUD amendment to reduce that density uh due to the product type that they're being
offered which is driven by market demand and staff finds that the reduced density is appropriate in order to accommodate the proposal as it will expand uh some housing types within the area while also meeting the intent of the planned unit development. for setbacks. Uh the
property boundary is shown in red there on the screen and the PUD has a special setback requirement from 694. It's 60 ft. And um for the most part, the western portion of this development meets that 60 ft requirement with just a
small portion there where where there's the arrow, it's indicating that there's a the setback would be 56 ft. So just a 4ft deviation there. And then on the south side or along 40th Street, the the PUD requires a 35- ft setback. And due
to a technicality, it's it's a jog in the the property boundary that and the jog is intended for a future connection for the uh or to allow to to help enable a future bridge, pedestrian bridge over uh Interstate 694. Uh that's the reason
for the bump out there. But because of that bumpout, uh the developer is showing a 30foot setback for some of the town homes there. Uh from a safety perspective, the city engineer did not have any concerns with the proposed reduced setback off 40th Street and
staff also finds that it the reduced setbacks are appropriate to accommodate the development. Other standards including tree preservation, landscaping, and parking requirements have been met for this request. So let's take a look at some of the elevations for the town homes here. Uh
the development is again located in that highdensity residential district in the per the PUD and that is subject to uh certain exterior design standards. So specifically multif family structures must consist of at least 70% class one
exterior building materials. Uh the developer provided an updated materials breakdown which includes which was included in the packet and it shows that the town homes will consist of approximately 86% fiber cement or hardy board if you're familiar with that type
of product. 2% stone veneer and then 11% is accounted for garage and entryways and then 1% for trim fascia and sophets for previous multif family developments within Willoughbrook. And specifically, I'm talking about the rowers development, the the town homes just to
the south, and then the continental or the springs of Willoughbrook, which is kind of in the southeast portion of the Willoughbrook neighborhood. Fiber cement was allowed to be considered a class one material for those two developments. And staff finds that the exterior building materials for this
proposal meets the Willoughbrook PUD standards. Some more elevations to follow here. Just a couple colored elevations. I apologize. You can't really see it there on the projector, but the uh the television screens show the the color the contrast much better.
Um I would like to note that the developer must provide u updated plans to show the location of any ground mechanical equipment and exterior trash collection areas if any and their methods of screening in accordance with the the city's zoning regulations. And with that, just to
conclude, staff finds that the developer's request for a PUD amendment, a final plat and site plan are consistent with the comp plan and the city's ordinance as detailed in the staff report on file. And staff recommends approval of the request subject to the following conditions
which are found in the resolutions. So, first resolution is page 43 in your packet and that is the final plat for Willbrook 12. Bear with me. There's eight conditions here. So uh number one is execution of a development
agreement. Number two, satisfaction of park dedication requirements. Number three, the developer must establish an easement over outlaw A that enables access to and maintenance of the sanitary sewer and water main. Number four, the final plat must be revised to
include the portion of outlaw Abrook fifth edition that will be utilized for surface water treatment of this development. And that was that's referring to that um area to the northeast of the site that will help treat the storm water and and the runoff for this
development. Uh number five, the civil plans must be updated to show that the uh that north south trail will be shifted further east onto city-owned property. Number six, civil plans must be updated to remove any encroachments located within within the drainage and
utility easements. Number seven, the final plat must be um revised in accordance with the city attorney's plat opinion letter and the developer must uh adhere to the city attorney's recording instructions. And number eight, permits and approvals must be obtained from
outside agencies prior to the recording of the final plat. And then finally, the resolution on page 45, which is for the site plan at Willoughbrook 12. Nine conditions here. Uh number one is an approval of an amendment to the Willoughbrook PUD to
reduce the density. Number two, execution of a devel development agreement. Number three, approval of the site civil construction plans by the city engineer. Number four, approval of a noise variance by the city council. Number five, installation of signage to
prohibit on street parking within the development. Number seven, uh, details. Uh, oh, I'm sorry. Number six, approval must be obtained from the fire department for the proposed hydrant locations and fire department connections. Number seven, the developer
must provide details for ground mechanical equipment and external trash collection areas and their methods of screening. Number eight, the phototric plan must be revised to comply with the city's regulations. And number nine, outside agencies uh must grant approval
for any applicable permits for this development. Uh the development or excuse me, the the developer and the builder, they are here in attendance if you have any questions. This is a public hearing and I'd be happy to answer questions as well. Thank you. Thank you.
I do have one question for you. You did mention brief very briefly the tree preservation. Yes. What is the plan? Is there are there trees there now that's to be preserved or replanted? What what what is the tree situation for this lot?
So, there are a number of significant trees on the property and back in uh the 2020 time frame when the initial phase of Willoughbrook was reviewed and approved, there was a a tree preservation and a tree removal plan that was that was approved um back in
the early stages there. So I I believe virtually all the trees all the trees from the site will have to be removed in order to accommodate the development. But u the developer might have a little bit more information on on the trees as well. But there um but in addition there
is a landscaping plan that was submitted as part of this. So there will be new trees planted as as part of the development. And that landscaping plan is not part of this packet. It's some other time or just to be presented to the city council. Which where does that go? Uh so I yeah the details of the the
specific land landscaping plan they were not included but staff did do a review of the request and um we verified that sufficient trees will be planted as part of the the landscaping plan and um I'm sorry I was just going to ask
if there's any other questions from anybody else. So go ahead. Yeah I want to know what the noise variance is. Yep. because they they there's a condition they want a noise variance. Could you explain that to me? Yep. So the the noise variance is uh it it's it
really is an um an acknowledgement from the developer, the builder that there are state standards that uh for receiving noise because the the site is so close to the interstate that
um the only way to really meet those requirements is to install special windows or um have certain building materials be a part of the development. in order to make uh or in order to to meet the state standards. And then
um they're seeking the developer is also seeking that variance from the city council just as a as a means to uh receive approval and and build u the development. I don't know if that quite answered your question. So the standards
are being lowered? No, not not necessarily being lowered, but it they're they're being granted an exception, and the way that the the developer can meet those standards is by incorporating special building materials.
Well, I I would think that there's like an air quality issue as well, you know, being right next to the freeway. I mean, I guess your buyers will hopefully consider all those things. And I think if I may like I understand you
unfortunately I don't think those really kind of fall into the purview of what we get to take into consideration. So city council because as Luke had mentioned the zone or the noise ordinance falls outside of zoning code that has to be taken up by city council. So, if it'll
be up to the city council, you know, they'll take what we hear and they may they may decide, no, we're not going to approve the variance and the the noise, then it's up to them to go back and figure out how do we meet that. Thanks.
I have a question. Uh, will the property have I don't know if this is the correct terminology, but its own like leasing office? I know some town home places have a staged like section of the town home where someone sits, introduces new
residents. Is that going to be on the property? So, I would defer to the builder on that question. Hi, good evening. Steve Trosky with LAR. Uh, these are for sale. So, there would be a model home that pro p prospective buyers could go and look at, but they're
not for rent. So, we wouldn't have a leasing office in that regard. Okay. Yeah. I wasn't sure if leasing office was the correct term. The only the reason for the question would be the section five, I guess, like if someone I don't know just drives up like there's
no onre parking, where would they park in that case? just like pull into the the town home garage, I'm assuming, or um we haven't gotten far enough in the project planning to identify which of
the units would be a model home, but what we typically do is uh potential residents would park in a driveway, okay? or there would be a temporary parking bay uh where residents can can park and then you know once the community is sold out that would convert
into grass or the last unit or something like that. Got it. Okay. Thank you. Y I think there's another uh sales office for kind of the single family homes elsewhere in the development and as I recall there's like a lot next door that was paved and it's a parking lot. You park there, you go in and then I assume
when everything's sold out you'll, as you said, you convert it or build a home on it or something. That's correct. Y le there is a a mention in the packet though about a 13 or 18 person parking area for guests. So there is some accommodation for off- streetet parking
in the guest area. Okay. Which may be a significant walk from someone's house. But that's my biggest concern is you know we can put as many signs up as we want. you host birthday party, you have the the baby shower, people are
parking on the streets and especially because so much of this is concentrated on the east side of the site. There's a couple small pockets of two or three, but these driveways are are short 22ish feet, so you're only going to get two cars in there. It's it's going to be an issue.
Yeah. You know any other questions for Hook? Is there a glazing requirement for the U in the zoning code for Oakdale? What I mean by glazing is the percent of windows and door opening
facing a uh on the facade facing street. A zoning requirement for for wind the amount of windows or number of windows. Yeah, not in the zoning code but I believe building code has very specific window requirements. Okay. Thank you.
Any other questions before I ask the developer to come back up? If you would please because I got a couple of questions for you. First one is the one I've already asked if you remember it. I don't. Uh trees
your PL. Oh, sure. Just a hint because it's kind of outside of our scope a little bit, but we do have relationship with the tree board requirements and meeting city code. So, I'm kind of curious. Um, well, I'm Mark Kick with Alliance
Engineering. Um, we've been working on this project since uh 2016 and, uh, it's been pretty exciting to see this whole thing go through. I worked on the first Continental site also. Um and um regarding your question um on the
landscape plan, we are proposing to have 197 trees total on the site. And then I guess it they're not exactly on the site, but to the north, there's a number of large oaks and existing trees in that area that won't be disturbed.
I was kind of wondering about along the frontage to 694 sound barrier, etc. Yeah, we have a pretty much a solid, you know, uh once once they get more mature size, they'll there'll be a solid
vegetative buffer along there. Okay, I guess that answers my question sufficiently. So, the next question I've got is one I posed earlier to Luke. Uh I understand that fire department signed off on it, but one of the other ones that came to mind, and again, I
doubt that it's within our purview per perhaps, but I'm kind of interested. What are you going to do for snow removal? Um because the lots are tight together and I as a plow goes through don't see much place for it to go. No. And it you
know it's it's not a untypical town home development. So it'll be put where it can be and and then if there's no place to put it they'll have to put it in trucks and and as it pack it points out it's your problem, not really ours but Yeah. Yep. So, uh, I do want to point
out a couple things um that were in the, uh, staff report that were kind of kind of new within this last week. Um, the first one being the trail. Um, I I didn't, uh, wasn't aware that the city, you know, wanted that portion of the
trail to be theirs and and to be moved over. So, we'll work with the city on that. It there is some lower grade to the east. So, we're going to have to work through that. And then the other thing um I don't know if you have a plan of the that shows the pond. So there's a
there's a pond northeast of the site on an an existing. So this parcel is an outlot and all we're doing is basically replotting it for this development and the boundaries are not changing. But then where we got has the red cursor there. There's a that's a larger outlot
that runs north and that pond is probably 25% of that parcel. And initially we we thought we would give um LAR uh an easement for that. It's actually an infiltration basin. Um and then the city's asking for that to
become part of this parcel. So we're going to need to work through uh if that's actually going to be part of the plat, give them an easement, subdivide that out lot so that the the infiltration is is is its own out lot. So they'll work through that in the next week and update the plat before we get
to council is the intent. So thank you. Any other questions for them? Someone else, have you again the the 20 four backto back concerns me?
Um can you talk to us about why you needed to reduce or why you're reducing the street width? Uh it was a matter of working with the city um on the layout. Um there was a a target number of units that we wanted
and uh city staff essentially uh pushed us to get farther from the freeway. We we want initially wanted to be 30 ft and they were pushing us through the city council workshop to get closer to a 60. So that's what we ultimately did and and
as part of that compromise was was tightening the distance between the rear of the town homes and then also uh those drive lanes. And what is the distance behind some of these homes on average? It looks like buildings one,
two, and three are don't have much. you know, 134 have a little bit more behind the units. Yeah. Just just curious. Well, the between the freeway and we we'll have a privacy fence along um 694 and um like Luke was saying, it's
somewhere between 57 and 60 ft on um 13 and 14. um one and two. [Music] Um yeah, we're approximately 18 to 20 ft uh from the back of the unit. So the property line, but then there's it's
it's kind of a prairie there that that leads out to what is a mind pond about 500 feet or something to the north. So Anyone else have questions? Thank you very much for your time. Thank you. This is a public hearing. So, at
this point, I will open the public hearing. This is a time for anyone in the audience who wishes to come forward to make comment on this subject to come forward. As required, I'll offer a second time. If there's anyone in the audience who wishes to come forward to make comment on this issue, please come
forward. Seeing none, I'll close public hearing, bring it back. Any final comments from anybody here? Just a question for Luke. And forgive me, I'm trying to get the the area. There's a smaller kind of like single family detached development right
off of 15th and what I think is Granada. Yeah. Kind of like Granada Road North. and you just go down and it's on your lefthand side. Okay. Um very similar. It reminds me of like short driveways, narrow streets, you
know, a few parking areas um for guests. Do we have anywhere in the city that kind of resembles this that we have seen any issues with or had any concerns with? Mhm. I'm I'm trying to find a way
for me to get over this this hump of I I don't want to put a hundred homes here and it's an issue and then we can't do anything because there's absolutely zero kind of green space that we can expand into. Right. So, so just generally speaking that the fire chief has
expressed some concerns with uh just town homes, existing town homes throughout Oakdale and and having similar issues. just it's it it can be very problematic with firet trucks maneuvering around those narrower streets, private streets. Um so just
yeah, generally we do have that issue kind of all over the place. Uh enforcement is going to be key here in terms of making sure that folks do not park on the street so that the vehicles, large vehicles can make proper maneuvers. And there might be also just
an educational component from, you know, the builder, the developer, uh, to their buyers that, you know, that's the expectation. Keep these roads clear so that we can keep keep this neighborhood safe. They're responsible for putting up the
signs. Who's responsible for enforcement? The management or the city on the parking or police ticketing, I'm assuming? Yep. So, I I don't know enough about uh the traffic violations, but my
understanding is that police if if it's an official traffic types uh sign, then the police, I believe, has the ability to enforce just because they were private roads and I thought there might be a
differentiation between those and public roads. Ju, no, just because they're private and public. I I don't know that that necessarily makes a difference if it's just if it's more so an official traffic type signal that or sign. I believe the
police department has the ability to enforce. Any other comments? I do. Go for it. Just it's more of a comment. Um, when this packet first came out, I had a couple issues with the the density, the uh, materials, the setbacks, it helped
me go through was the workshop that was held in February by the city council and reading the minutes of that and how it got to where it got to here today and why. So this is more of a point of reference to maybe the commissioners going back and reading some history of
this and you guys said you were looking at this since 200 whatever year there's a lot of verbiage and talking that happens. So that helped me get to today that I didn't have a lot of problems with this. So but reading those minutes
made a big difference going back to that workshop. So thank you. Any other questions or comments? Luke, any final comments from you? Nope. Okay, we have three motions to
consider. First one is a motion to recommend approval of an amendment to the Willowbrook Planned Unit development. So move second. All those in favor? I. Any oppos? Abstain.
Motion to recommend approval of the final plat for the Will Will Willowbrook 12 edition. Make a motion. Second. Wait, what was the first one? Wasn't that the final plat? Uh, it was the approval of the amendment
to the Willow Brook plant unit PUB. My apologies. Okay. Yeah. Page 42 was the first one, right? and motion to recommend approval of the final plat that's been moved and seconded. All those in favor? I. Any opposed? Abstain.
Thank you. Uh motion to recommend approval of the site plan for Willowbrook 12th edition. Make a motion. Second. All those in favor? I. Any
opposed? Yeah. Just for the record, Janet substained on all three. I believe everybody else voted yes. So I was a nay on that last one. You were a nay on the last one. Yes. Okay. It wasn't clear from my hearing, so I figured we both said at the same time, so that's okay.
Okay. Uh motions pass. Uh we're on to other staff leaison report. Thank you, chair. So, the June 5th planning commission meeting that will be um an important one with the public
hearing for the zoning and subdivision code update that we have that we've been working on since um March of 2024. So, it's uh some sections of that code is under legal review at this time. Um but yes, we will be bringing forward the the
the zoning code updates here in at the June meeting. And um the the goal is to send out the the code the draft code sections a couple weeks before the the planning commission meeting so you have some some time to digest 200 some pages
or dense code. So got a question. Will the you talked about the dynamic sign tonight? Yes. And how old that is and hasn't been reviewed. Is that part of one of them that's going to be reviewed? Yes. Good. The sign code in particular is quite outdated. Um there's been some
recent Supreme Court rulings that have changed things and um there will be some updates. Yeah, if you haven't read the sign code is pretty restrictive and it's been an issue for a couple of decades. Question for on that report. Is there
going to be some kind of a sideby-side comparison new versus old? So for what's changed or is it this this is replacement u just because it's so dense it's it
we're talking hundreds of pages. Uh it just wouldn't be a good use of our time. We we the project team feels that you would do a sideby-side comparison, but instead what we plan to do is have a summary page or a summary document rather might be, you know, six, seven,
eight pages or so just highlighting the the substantive changes that we're proposing. Okay. Any questions from anybody for Luke on that? Moving on to commissioner updates. Anybody have any statements they wish to
make? Okay. And council leazison update, Miss Wening. Good evening. I really don't have anything to share other than we're starting to work on the budget, which is not fun. That goes on for several months as I
recall. Yeah, months and months and months. Yep. But I'm happy to answer any questions related to anything if you have any. Thank you guys for reuping and I'm sorry to see you go, but
thank you for your service. Thank you very much. Then okay, one other note I did have actually um I noticed I was driving by over by TLC and they have started construction on Coco for what was it? Koko's rescue. Oh, is
that what's going in? Yeah. So yeah, they're moving the dirt. Companion animal. I mixed it up. Different rescue. Tonight at this point, I look for a motion to
adjurnn. So move. Second. Second. Any oppose? Uh all those in favor? I Any opposed? See none. We stand adjourned. Thank you and good night.