08-21-2008 Planning Commission Minutes

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MINUTES PEQUOT LAKES PLANNING COMMISSION REGULARMEETING AUGUST 21,2008 PRESENT: Bill Habein, Dean Williams, Tom Adams, Tom Woog, Mark Hallan, Mary Peterson and John Derksen. ABSENT: Scott Pederson. CITY PLANNER: Charles Marohn, PE. ZONING ADMINISTRATOR: Dawn Bittner. The meeting was called to order by Chairman Woog at 6:33 p.m. Mr. Woog opened the public hearings. APPLICANT: Wilderness Resort Villas,LLC Applicant requests Final Plat of CIC 1079 Mr. Marohn explained the Staff Report. The requests for street vacations have been filed. It likely will be approved by the City Council at their September 2 meeting. The outstanding items are the title work and road vacations. Before the City Attorney can approve the final documents,the road vacations will need to be completed. Staff recommends approval of the Final Plat with the 2 conditions. Chad Conner, WSN,represented applicant. I i PUBLIC COMMENT: Paul Reichenbach, 27188 Sarah Lane: He stated that this spring he was fishing and noticed large piles of brush in the SIZ, 10 tree stumps, 5 small, 5 medium. He questioned restoration and maintenance of the SIZ. He also requested restoration of the trees. Mr. Marohn stated there is an outstanding violation on the property with the clearing and i construction of the beach. An agreement to restore the beach area is in place but remains outstanding. Applicant is aware that what has been done is inadequate. We continue to work on this. Even though there is the outstanding violation for the beach, we have moved forward with the Final Plat. l Mr. Reichenbach stated that beyond the beach area where the houses were built and the trees removed, why don't we have any outstanding violation for that area. Tom Adams stated that approximately 2 months ago he had met with the City Planner, City Staff,Jeff Miller and Tom Steffens to discuss restoration of the beach area. This MINUTES 1 Pequot Lakes Planning Commission August 21, 2008