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MINUTES OF THE <br /> ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION <br /> Tuesday,January 16,2007 <br /> 6:00 o'clock p.m. <br /> (#06-3249 City of Orono,Outlot A Stonebay,Continued) <br /> Kroeger stated he is in agreement with the concept,noting that he shares the same concerns about having <br /> a successful business at this location. Kroeger stated in his opinion the City would not have anything to <br /> lose by tabling this application. <br /> Zullo stated she would also be in support of giving the applicants time to bring in additional information <br /> and would be in favor of tabling the rezoning application. <br /> Rahn stated he would prefer to move this application forward to the City Council since they are the ones � <br /> who would be making the�nal decision on the type of use for this site and that the Council could elect to <br /> table the rezoning.Rahn stated if this property is rezoned back to B-6,the City would still have the ability <br /> to make changes or request certain items with whatever application comes before them. � <br /> Gaffron stated the Planning Commission at some point in time should make a recommendation on <br /> reguiding this property as well as possibly rezoning the site. Gaffron pointed out the Metropolitan <br /> Council has recommended that the guiding and zoning for specific properties match one another. <br /> Kroeger inquired how Staff feels about the rezoning. <br /> Gaffron stated the Comprehensive Plan was changed in 2004 in reaction to a proposal that the City <br /> Council liked but that the City Council has undergone a change in its philosophy in the past year or two <br /> and that they would like to review the 1998 resolution and possibly not allow any further retail in this area <br /> in order to help the retail currently in the City of Long Lake become more viable. <br /> Rahn stated in his opinion it would be better for the Council to weigh in on this matter prior to the parties <br /> incurring additional costs. <br /> Kempf stated if this matter were tabled,the parties would have the opportunity to submit an application. <br /> Gaffron stated if the Planning Commission tables this application, it would afford the parties some time to <br /> submit an application. <br /> Kroeger stated if the rezoning for this site were approved, it would revert back to the original zoning. <br /> Kroeger stated the City should not be changing the zoning on this site every time a different application <br /> appears before the City and that careful consideration should be given to what is being proposed for this <br /> site. <br /> Gaffron stated the guiding and the zoning for this site needs to be consistent,and that the B-6 zoning <br /> district would allow office use with ancillary retail. <br /> Zullo inquired whether a bank would be considered nonretail. <br /> Gaffron stated a bank in the past has been considered office use but that there are some aspects that could <br /> be considered retail. <br /> PAGE 5 <br />