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2025-05-13 Planning Commission MinutesPlanning Commission Meeting Minutes Regular Meeting on May 13, 2025 1 ALBERTVILLE PLANNING COMMISSION TUESDAY, MAY 13, 2025 APPROVED MINUTES ALBERTVILLE CITY HALL 7:00 PM 1. CALL TO ORDER – ROLL CALL – ADOPT AGENDA Chair Buhrmann called the meeting to order at 7 pm. Maeghan Becker conducted roll call. Present: Chair Buhrmann and Commissioners Anderson, Huggins, Smith, and Council Liaison Zagorski. Absent: None. Others Present: City Planner Jenni Faulkner and Andrew Dresdner with Bolten and Menk, City Administrator Adam Nafstad, Building Permit Tech Maeghan Becker, Rebecca Ford with Mold Tech, Pete Parks with Mold Tech, Scott Dahlke with Civil Engineering Site Design, and Bob Watson a resident of Otsego. Motioned by Anderson, seconded by Smith to approve the agenda as submitted. Ayes: Buhrmann, Anderson, Huggins, and Smith. Nays: None. Absent: None. MOTION DECLARED CARRIED. 2. MINUTES Motioned by Buhrmann, seconded by Anderson to approve the April 08, 2025, Planning Commission meeting minutes as presented. Ayes: Buhrmann, Anderson, Huggins, and Smith. Nays: None. Absent: None. MOTION DECLARED CARRIED. 3. PUBLIC HEARINGS a. Public Hearing for Preliminary Plat and Site Plan Review for Mold-Tech Inc. at 5166 Barthel Industrial Drive Nafstad introduced the new City Planner, Jenni Faulkner with Bolten and Menk. Faulkner presented the preliminary plat and site plan request for Mold-Tech Inc at 5166 Barthel Industrial Drive Ne. Mold-Tech is requesting to expand the building, therefore they are purchasing the eastern lot from the City of Albertville. They will combine the two parcels in order to complete the expansion. The existing building is 24,084 SF and the proposed addition will be 16,800 SF. Faulkner went through the rest of the planner’s report. Planning Commission Meeting Minutes Regular Meeting on May 13, 2025 2 Staff recommends approval of the conveyance of Lot 1, Block 4 BARTHEL’S INDUSTRIAL PARK 2nd ADDITION (Parcel A) to Glacier Ridge Properties based on the following findings: 1. Minnesota Statutes Section 462.356, Subdivision 2, requires that no publicly owned interest in real property shall be acquired or disposed of until the municipal planning commission has reviewed the proposed action and submitted a written report to the governing body regarding its compliance with the adopted comprehensive plan. 2. The conveyance of Parcel A must comply with the City of Albertville Comprehensive Plan to satisfy both statutory and local policy requirements. 3. The Albertville Planning Commission has reviewed the proposed conveyance of Parcel A and found the action to be in compliance with the City’s Comprehensive Plan. 4. Industrial Goal 1 of the Comprehensive Plan is to promote continued industrial development in order to expand local employment opportunities and enhance the City’s tax base. 5. The Vision/Comprehensive Plan identifies industrial growth as a community priority, and Parcel A is guided for Industrial use in the City’s Future Land Use Map. 6. The conveyance of Parcel A to Glacier Ridge Properties for an industrial business expansion directly supports the goals and priorities outlined in the Vision/Comprehensive Plan, including land use consistency, economic development, and employment growth. Staff recommends approval of the Preliminary Plat for Mold-Tech Inc for Lot 3, Block 10, BARTHEL’S INDUSTRIAL PARK, and Lot 1, Block 4 BARTHEL’S INDUSTRIAL PARK 2nd ADDITION into Lot 1, Block 1, GLACIER RIDGE PROPERTIES ADDITION, WRIGHT COUNTY, MINNESOTA with the following conditions of approval: 1. Lot 1, Block 4 BARTHEL’S INDUSTRIAL PARK 2nd ADDITION shall be conveyed to Glacier Ridge Properties, LLC prior to Final Plat approval. 2. The Preliminary Plat drainage and utility easements shall be updated to be the same as the proposed Final Plat drainage and utility easements. 3. Approval of final plans by the City Engineer. Staff recommends approval of the site plan for Mold-Tech Inc. granting the expansion of the site with the following conditions of approval: 1. The applicant shall update the landscaping plan to include three additional trees along 52nd St NE. 2. Plans shall be revised to include construction of the future parking stalls as indicated on sheet C1 of the civil site drawings at the same time as the building expansion or the applicant may apply for and receive a Conditional Use Permit. 3. Approval of final plans by the City Engineer. Buhrmann asked what type of manufacturing is done there and how many employees work there. Mold-Tech representatives answered they do plastic injection tooling and there are currently 55 full time employees and 7 part time employees, projection is they will be adding 14 new machines. Planning Commission Meeting Minutes Regular Meeting on May 13, 2025 3 Huggins asked if they are concerned with any surrounding businesses type of work and if it would affect Mold-Techs work as they need to work in a very non-disrupted environment. Mold-Techs response is they have good working relationships with the surrounding businesses and there has been no disruption in their work so far and do not expect there to be. Motioned by Huggins, seconded by Anderson to open the Public Hearing. Ayes: Buhrmann, Anderson, Huggins, and Smith. Nays: None. Absent: None. MOTION DECLARED CARRIED. No one wished to speak. Motioned by Smith, seconded by Buhrmann to close the Public Hearing. Ayes: Buhrmann, Anderson, Huggins, and Smith. Nays: None. Absent: None. MOTION DECLARED CARRIED. Motioned by Anderson, seconded by Buhrmann to approve the Conveyance, Preliminary Plat and Site Plan for Mold-Tech Inc. at 5166 Barthel Industrial Drive with the conditions listed in the May 13, 2025, Planners Report. Ayes: Buhrmann, Anderson, Huggins, and Smith. Nays: None. Absent: None. MOTION DECLARED CARRIED. 4. VISION PLAN UPDATE a. Goals and Downtown Discussion Faulkner introduced Andrew Dresdner with Bolton and Menk and they will be going through the areas of the vision study they believe should be focused on at this time. Commissioners discussed the goals of the city and the community. Commissioners discussed how engaged this community is but are limited in ways with the construction and how congested the city has become with all the stop lights and the number of roundabouts. They discussed the new Costco project and how that will affect Albertville with the new traffic and the proposed changes that will soon come on that road. What came out of the 2018 vision plan was the industrial areas have grown dramatically and high- density housing. Items the Commissioners discussed they would like to focus on or see happen: 1. Destination Retail 2. Entertainment 3. Government center 4. Community center – enjoyment for kids Commissioners discussed the East side of the mall and some of those ideas are: 1. Indoor mini golf 2. Ice cream shop 3. Brewery 4. Restaurant Commissioners discussed how the East side of the mall and the compost are two areas that will bring the Towne Lakes community and the rest of Albertville together, it should be some type of family youth development possibly. Planning Commission Meeting Minutes Regular Meeting on May 13, 2025 4 Commissioners went through public facility goals and the financial goals. Dresdner introduced the downtown discussion. He said the downtown Albertville is very active within the community. Asked the commissioners to think about what type structural improvements need to be done with the 3 bars, the city hall, central park and the post office. Commissioners said they would like to do a layout which identifies places that can possibly be improvised and how to go about helping the business owners acquire that. Faulkner stated that she will put these changes together and bring them back to the next meeting. 8:17pm Nafstad removed himself from the meeting. 5. OTHER BUSINESS a. Council action on previous Planning Commission items and pending applications b. Zoning Code Housekeeping amendments update 4. ADJOURNMENT Motioned by Buhrmann, seconded by Smith to adjourn the meeting at 8:27pm. Ayes: Buhrmann, Anderson, Huggins, and Smith. Nays: None. Absent: None. MOTION DECLARED CARRIED . Respectfully submitted, ____________________________ Maeghan Becker, Building Permit Tech