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09-10-18 CC WS MinutesCITY OF SHOREWOOD CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2018 MINUTES 1. CONVENE CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION 5755 COUNTRY CLUB ROAD COUNCIL CHAMBERS 5:30 P.M. Acting Mayor Siakel called the meeting to order at 5:30 P.M. A. Roll Call Present. Councilmembers Labadie, Siakel, and Sundberg; Planning Commission Chair Dustin Maddy and Commissioners Eggenberger, Davis, and Gorham City Administrator Lerud; City Clerk Thone; Planning Director Darling; Public Works Director Brown; City Engineer Fauske; and Absent: Mayor Zerby and Councihnember Johnson, Planning Commissioner Reidel Also Present: Bob Kirmis, NAC B. Review Agenda Labadie moved, Sundberg seconded, approving the agenda as presented. Motion passed 310. 2. COMPREHENSIVE PLAN Mr. Kirmis stated that this is the first time the entire draft of the 2040 Comprehensive Plan document is before the City tonight. He reviewed the process for completing the 2040 Comprehensive Plan and some of the requirements by the Metropolitan Council for elements to be included. He noted that the City receives a system statement from the Met Council and the City is a "suburban community ". He reviewed the system statement requirements including density and affordable housing requirements. He reviewed the Planning Tactics including the community input phase of the process. He stated that part of the land use plan is to consider the density requirements of five units per acre. He noted that there are two primary redevelopment sites within the City. The first location is Smithtown Crossings which has a mixture of commercial and medium density. He noted that the second location is the Xcel Energy site, however this site is shown as public land use on the map. He explained the reason behind this discrepancy is that it goes along with zoning and not wanting to create a non - conforming use before it is rezoned. He stated that this location was described in the text as a potential redevelopment site for multi - family housing and acknowledges that if somebody wants to do that, a land use plan amendment will be required to change the guided use so the City will have some control over it. He stated that the Met Council has set the objective of forty -eight affordable units between 2021 and 2030. He stated that some of the past discussions were to present the case that the City is a unique community that does not really lend itself well to affordable housing. He noted that text had been added to page 132 that highlights the limited amount of land for new development, the market and land values, and limited access to mass transit. He noted that there have been some tweaks made to the community facilities and parks plans. Planning Director Darling stated that the Parks Commission reviewed the plan to update the inventory and make sure the anticipated projects have been included. CITY OF SHOREWOOD COUNCIL, WORK SESSION MEETING MINUTES SEPTEMBER 10, 2018 Page 2 of 3 Mr. Kirmis stated the next steps are to schedule a public hearing at a Planning Commission meeting and a public review at the Council meeting. He explained that after the public hearing, the plan would be distributed to adjacent school districts and other jurisdictions for review and comment. He noted that they have up to six months to comment. He stated that he expects there will be some push back from the Met Council regarding the affordable housing issue. Acting Mayor Siakel asked what the penalty would be if the City did not meet their affordable housing requirements. Mr. Kirmis stated that essentially it is nothing other than they can say they will not give the City any grant money. Planning Director Darling gave an overview of the engineering sections of the Comprehensive Plan. She noted that for the surface water management plan, the Council asked for revisions to see the implementation plan better reflecting the dates in the CIP. She noted the section on surface water in the natural resources chapter has been changed quite a bit from the previous version because the rules are changing. She stated that she thinks the City needs to take a closer look at the stormwater impact with each new development, redevelopment or major addition. She stated that the transportation consultant wrote a memo addressing the questions that were raised that could not be answered at the last meeting. She listed the streets where the classifications were proposed for change. Councilmember Labadie asked about Church Road and Minnewashta Parkway intersection and the language that stated that the City should "encourage" the City of Chanhassen to include this in their transportation plan. She stated that she agrees with the statement but would like it to be more than encouragement. Acting Mayor Siakel suggested that staff be encouraged to contact the City of Chanhassen. Councilmember Labadie stated that she was unsure of what impact the upcoming election may have because she knows the Chanhassen mayor is up for re- election. She stated that she is not sure where this intersection falls in their road plan. City Engineer Fauske read aloud from the City of Chanhassen's draft Comprehensive Transportation Plan that listed this intersection and stated that it may warrant a traffic signal improvement such as a roundabout in the future. She stated that the City could provide comments to them as part of the official comment process in support of this item. Commissioner Gorham asked who came up with the regional parks and trails map as it is so far outside the boundary of Shorewood. Mr. Kirmis stated that this map was in the Metropolitan Council's Local Planning Handbook. Commissioner Gorham stated that the City knows what the plat looks like for the redeveloped golf course and asked if the plan should reflect that. Planning Director Darling noted that the parcel map takes a while to change and the finished parcels are not yet available. However, the guiding on the remaining parcels is shown correctly. Mr. Kirmis encouraged the Council and Planning Commission to let them know if they see any typographical or grammatical errors. CITY OF SHOREWOOD COUNCIL WORK SESSION MEETING MINUTES SEPTEMBER 10, 2018 Page 3 of 3 Planning Director Darling noted that there are different authors of this document so they need to be put into a consistent format and make sure they function as one document. She thinks the public hearing may be held in November, because she is not sure the work can be done by October. 3. ADJOURN Sundberg moved, Siakel seconded, Adjourning the City Council Work Session Meeting of September 10, 2018, at 6:12 P.M. Motion passed 310.