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PlanningBoard | 2005-08-08 | 1 | Minutes of the Regular Planning Board Meeting Monday, August 8, 2005 - 7:00 p.m. 1. CONVENE: 7:03 p.m. 2. FLAG SALUTE: Ms. Mariani 3. ROLL CALL: President Cunningham, Mariani, McNamara and Piziali. Board Members Cook, Kohlstrand, Lynch were absent. Also present were Assistant City Attorney David Brandt, Supervising Planner Cynthia Eliason, Planner III Allen Tai, Planner II Dennis Brighton, Planning Intern Stefanie Hom. 4. MINUTES: Minutes for the meeting of July 25, 2005. A quorum to consider these minutes was not present They will be considered at the next meeting. 5. AGENDA CHANGES AND DISCUSSION: None. 6. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS: Ms. Dorothy Reid, Citizens Opposed to SS Target, 2101 Shoreline #276, wished to address comments made by Elizabeth Humstone, on behalf of the American Planning Association, to the Senate Committee on Environmental and Public Works. She stated that "planning was essential to achieving smart growth. Plans help a community establish a common vision of development, and a means of realizing that vision. The plan is the foundation of smart growth agenda, various smart growth policies from open space acquisition to urban revitalization, are only effectively realized in the context of a plan.' She noted that the City's retail policy had been developed as a result of four public forums. She believed that any big box retail in South Shore Center conflicted with those goals. She commended Doug Garrison in working with her. She believed that Harsch Investments had extraordinary access to planning staff and elected officials that the average citizen did not have. She believed that some of Harsch's plans were very good, but also that the homeowners deserved consideration. She urged the Planning Board to keep the residents' interests in mind. Mr. Piziali noted that he had been on the Planning Board for eight years, and he had never seen a developer who had any unusual access to himself or any other Planning Board member. He stated that not one City staff member had mentioned anything to him, or sent any information, about the Target Store. He advised that he had no more information on that subject than Ms. Reid did. In response to an inquiry by President Cunningham regarding the project timeline, Ms. Eliason advised that a public workshop would be held within the next month, which would be a presentation by the developer about their proposal before the item is heard. Planning Board Minutes Page 1 August 8, 2005 | PlanningBoard/2005-08-08.pdf |