8. Planning Commission Resignation and Appoint new members . /
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FROM Barbara Dacy, City Plann- ;;ate
IDATE: January 6 , 1988
SUBJ: Planning Commission Resignations and Appointments_ _..
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IResignations
I Two Planning Commissioners have officially submitted their
resignations, Bob Siegel and Howard Noziska. The City Council
should act to accept their resignations effective upon appoint-
ment of the new Planning Commissioners. Certificates of
1 Appreciation will be forwarded to Mr. Noziska and Mr. Siegel,
consistent with past policy.
IAppointments
Jim Wildermuth' s term expired at the end of 1987 . Mr.
Wildermuth, however, has applied for reappointment to the
IICommission.
The Planning Commission recommended that Mr. Wildermuth be reap-
I pointed. At the December 9th and 16th Planning Commission
meetings, the Planning Commission interviewed 16 applicants . Of
the 16 applicants interviewed, the Commission decided to narrow
IIthe list to the following "finalists" :
Nancy Mancino David Prillaman
Annette Ellson Brian Batzli
I Dan Christie Jim Wehrle
Gary Bass
I The Planning Commission recommended to the City Council that
Annette Ellson and Brian Batzli be appointed, along with Mr.
Wildermuth.
11 ATTACHMENTS
1 . Planning Commission minutes dated December 9 and 16 , 1987 .
I 2 . Planning Commissioner applications.
3 . 1987 Attendance record.
4 . Letter from Annette Ellson dated January 4 , 1988 .
1 5 . Letter from Bob Siegel dated December 8 , 1987.
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that development is coming this way.
PLANNING COMMISSION APPLICANT INTERVIEWS .
CAROL WATSON 1
Carol Watson: I've lived within a mile of where I live all my life.
My family came to Chanhassen in 1909. I'm a registered nurse. I do
utilization review for Health Risk Management on a part time basis. I
was on the Planning Commission from 1980 to 1982. I was on the Council
from 1982 to 1986 and I am presently on the Board of Adjustment and
Appeals, Carver County Solid Waste Advisory Committee and the Park and
Rec Commission.
Conrad: Why are you interested in getting on the Planning Commission
versus the committees, and I guess that brings up what you would do
with the committees you are currently on?
Carol Watson: I would resign my position on the Park and Recreation
Commission. I don't know that there would be a conflict as far the
Board of Adjustment and Appeals. There always used to be a Planning
Commission member on that board so there's no real conflict to being on
that. During the peak building season they do meet pretty much every
time there's a Council meeting but now since like th end of September ,
early October, we haven't met. It's very sporatic. It's when someone II wants to build a garage and their lot's too small or they want to build
in Carver Beach or Red Cedar Point. They are very restrictive lot
sizes and they almost always need a variance .
Conrad: How come you want to get back on the Commission?
Carol Watson: Because I like zoning and land use issues. If there's
anything I learned during the years, that's what really interested me.
The land use issues .
Conrad: What's your philosophy on the direction for growth for I
Chanhassen?
Carol Watson: In having helped developed the new zoning ordinance, it
was one of my last official acts as a council person was to finish the
ordinance, I perfer the larger lot sizes obviously. I see that used on
the Board of Adjustment and Appeals , you see a new house and the plat
for the development hasn't been there in years, someone's coming in
because they can't add on a porch. They can't build a deck and it's
because the lots were too small to accomodate anything beyond what was
built in the first place so I like larger lot sizes. I think that
Chanhassen is going to grow. In the sewered areas you can no longer
afford to farm. It was inevitable. It's coming and as long as we have
a chance to plan, I hope the new ordinance is helping to make it easier
for the developer to come in and see what we want as well as to guide
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us as we try not to be too arbitrary in our decisions .
' Conrad: What' s the good and the bad about growth so far?
Carol Watson : The bad is the dwindling open spaces that those of us
' who have lived here a long time are used to seeing. Trying to plan for
open spaces. For parks and for enough open spaces in our developments
that we still can see some of that. The up side of course is a larger
tax base, larger community. More people to make use of the facilities
that we are designing and setting up for a more populated community.
It's almost more inevitable than anything that we put a handle on it
and say whether we like it or not.
Conrad: Last question is the time that you've got and I know Carol
you've always got a lot of energy to whatever you've been on. How is
your time? What is your availability right now? We always have
problems maintaining 75% attendance here.
Carol Watson: I missed one council meeting in 4 years. When I'm
committed, I make the time to do it.
Conrad : How are you in Park and Rec?
' Carol Watson: I believe it' s 79% or something .
GARY BASS
Conrad: Gary, can you give us a real nutshell of your background at
' work and home, whatever. Almost what you have on your sheet but
summarize it for us a little bit .
Gary Bass: I'm originally born and raised and my formal education was
in Michigan. I transferred here with Sherwin-Williams Company in 1983
and lived in Chanhassen , my wife and I for one year on Carver Beach
Road. Sherwin-Williams, I've been with the Sherwin-Williams Company as
' an open sales representative for 7 years now. Prior to that it was my
formal education. I graduated with a BS in urban planning. I pursued
that field as a county recreation planner for a little over a year and
' as an assistant city planner. Frankly I found that the money was not
there so I pursued other avenues. I worked in the building trade as a
subcontractor in floor covering and wall covering and kind of eased my
' way into the building trade and wound up with Sherwin-Williams. I'm
very happy with Sherwin-Williams and to be in their employ. However, I
do feel I kind of neglected my degree and I would like to get back into
the planning in a kind of volunteer aspect. I have a concern in land
' use. I've seen some horrendous land use planning. I've seen some very
good land use planning and I see Chanhassen as a community on the move
and growing very rapidly. I feel as though I could contribute
somewhat in planning for the best use for the majority of the people
the majority of the time.
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Conrad: That sort of takes care of the second q uestion. What
direction do you think Chanhassen should grow in? Do you have a
philosophy on their growth? '
Gary Bass: I have a difficult time in answering that question. I'm not
as familiar as I should be to answer that. However I feel that maybe
that my being new in the community might have advantages in that I
don't have any biases or anything in that manner. I see the direction
Chanhassen should take, as I mentioned before, is the definition of
land use planning. We should consider the best use of the land for the
majority of the people a majority of the time. It' s as simple as that.
Conrad: Anything good or bad about how you see the community growing
right now?
Gary Bass: Contrary to opinion, number one the downtown development
that I see, I like. I think it has some potential when the project is
completed. When all the aesthetics are there, I think the .more people
will enjoy it and praise it than they do right now. I see, as everyone
else does I'm sure, lack of transportation planning. I have some
concern, I don't know how founded it is, in the recreational plans for
this area. Normally when you see residential development ,grow as
rapidly as Chanhassen is, sometimes enough consideration isn't given to
the recreation aspect. Like I say, I can't comment on it because I'm
not real familiar with the City as of yet. I would hope to be.
Conrad: What we require on the Planning Commission, we meet every ,
other week, basically two times a month which necessitates an
additional two days a month for preparation so you've really got four
days a month. We require 75% attendance at the Planning Commission and
that's hard. It seems 75% is not that big a deal but I think if you're
working and you're on the road, it's a lot of stuff. Talk to us about
your time. It's one of those things we really need because it's quorum
type of issues here. Tell us about your availability. '
Gary Bass: My job I am involved in sales however, I'm not overnight.
I rarely have commitments to travel overnight so I don't anticipate
that I would miss meetings often. I'm familiar with the commitment of
a Planning Commission member in that my employ with the county and the
city of Marquette in Michigan, I was preparing presentations for the
Planning Commission and attended those meetings so I'm familiar with
the time. I put in some long hours sometimes meeting right into the
wee hours of the morning as I recall. I thought long and hard before I
actually filed an application to consider myself an applicant for the
position .
Headla : Do you have any questions of the Commission? '
Gary Bass: In section 1 of the duties and responsibilities, Section
1-2 it stated that the Planning Commission shall prepare a
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'( Comprehensive Plan. I interpret that as there is no Comprehensive
Plan?
Barbara Dacy: No , there is one . We adopted it in 1982.
Gary Bass: The other thing I had underlined here was the subdivision
' ordinance and that's one area that I'm not real familiar with and would
enjoy working with. In working in the Iron Range of upper Michigan
there was not a lot of new subdivisions going in, which might be
' expected so we didn' t have to deal with that a lot.
Emmings: Is there any particular issue that's provoked your interest
' in the Planning Commission?
Gary Bass: Not any issues in particular with Chanhassen but issues
that have come up in my life after my education. The different
' communities that I ' ve been in .
Emmings: It's the broader issue so no particular issue in Chanhassen
' caught your attention?
Gary Bass: No. Issues in general related to quality of the
environment let's say and casual comments by friends or neighbors in
relation to conditions in general. Whether it be transportation or
schools or recreational facilities or problems with the roads. I find
it interesting how many times a day if you stop and think and count ,
' the comments that are made and conversation brought up that deal
directly with quality of our environment. That deal directly with our
land use.
' Erhart : You own your own house here in Chanhassen?
Gary Bass: Yes.
' Erhart: Do you have a family?
' Gary Bass: No. I have a wife.
Erhart : Why did you pick Chanhassen as a place to buy your home?
Gary Bass: Aesthetics. I suppose if I had driven TH 5 a few times
before I had signed the commitment I may have looked elsewhere but we
found a beautiful home on Carver Beach Road above Lotus Lake and it was
the best house for the money that we found .
Erhart: You didn't pick out, I want to live in Chanhassen? It was
' basically the home?
Gary Bass: I looked over a year. I looked from Lake Elmo all the way
to Chaska and Chanhassen area.
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JOHN OLSON ,
Conrad : Give us a real brief scenario of your background .
John Olson: For the record my name is John Olson. I live at 690
Conestoga Trail which is in Chanhassen Vista 2nd Addition which is the
new development about 3/4 of a mile to the north of here. We closed on
our house on November 1st of this year so I've only lived in Chanhassen
for a very short time. Prior to that I lived in Richfield. Currently
I'm the director of research for the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce
which is in association with 92 local Chambers of Commerce and some
5,000 businesses from all over the state. As director of research I'm
responsible for preparing and analyzing various data on comparing for
instance Minnesota's relative position to other states in terms of
things like tax policy, worker's compensation costs, employment
compensation costs and so on down the line. My education is I have a
Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Minnesota in
agricultural and applied economics which is a little bit misleading
because the emphasize that I had during my course of study was in
community development. So in addition to having the educational
background on community resource development and the things associated
with that, I've also been able to get 4 years worth of experience in
working at the state level and from time to time dealing with some of
the issues on a state level that I'm sure many of you are dealing with
from the perspective of Chanhassen. My interest in being on the
Planning Commission is that even if I'm not appointed to the
Commission, being a resident of Chanhassen and having the background
and the access to the various types of data and information, I think I
can make a contribution in terms of trying to help you or the staff or
both of you out in trying to get at certain types of information.
Particularly things like what's happening in other communities around
the state. Last summer I drove 5,000 miles and all of it was in
Minnesota so I've had a chance to go around the state and see how
things are done in different communities which I think is an asset
because once you go through a community, in fact once you've gone
through many communities you can look at them and you can see where you
or I might think that some mistakes were made and hopefully we can
learn from those mistakes. Particularly when you're dealing with
issues like commercial development. Basically, my view on what
direction Chanhassen should take, I'm somewhat open on that right now
because I've only lived here for a month, I'm still getting accustomed
to where things are and how to get from point A to point B. Very
quickly though I guess I would see two immediate things. Number one,
with the amount of development and construction that's going on out
here, particularly in your single family dwellings, you have a sizeable
amount of new income coming into the community. With that new income
coming into the Chanhassen area, obviously at some point you're going
to start to have developers that are going to be looking at the city
like Chanhassen and seeing dollar signs in their eyes because maybe,
just maybe we can score a good deal on a piece of land and put up a
shopping center or strip mall or whatever that's going to provide us
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lk: with a wonderful return on the investment. In fact, I would probably
guess, and I'm just guessing, that Chanhassen today is probably at the
I same stage that a city, for example like Eagan , where Eagan was at
maybe 10 or 15 years ago or Burnsville 15 to 20 years ago. I guess my
quick analysis would be, I think you have the opportunity to look at
places like Eagan and Burnsville that have grown very rapidly over the
I past decade and see what they've done. Maybe it is the best way to do
things. Maybe it's not. Maybe you need to do a mix of things in there
but I think the key element in planning is looking at what has already
I been done by other people and taking the time to analyze it and see is
this really what we want? Is this applicable to the City? Those
types of more essetaric questions that are often difficult to answer.
I In terms of my time commitment, I really don't have too many concerns
about that. My work day typically starts at 6:30-7:00 in the morning
because I find it's the only time I can get work done because at 9:00
the phone starts ringing.
IConrad: Basically we meet twice a month and that means you really need
a night in advance to do some preparation and reading because sometimes
I we get stacks. We review our Comprehensive Plan and it's a lot of work
and we have special sessions but we require 75% attendance at the
Planning Commission and it seems easy until you really have to hit that
I 75% mark. I guess what we're kind of interested in, if you feel that
is a realistic goal for you, that you can attain that kind of
commitment to the Commission.
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' John Olson: My attitude has always been, as far as work is concerned,
because I work in downtown St. Paul , that's a 30 mile commute one way
and I would much rather get up early in the morning and drive in
I instead of working late at night, I would just rather do it on the
front end and take off at 4:00 in the afternoon, which I usually do and
get here by 4:45 or 5:00 before the real crunch hits in Eden Prairie.
So in terms of missing meetings or anything like that, I don't perceive
Iany problem in that.
Conrad: What questions do you have of us?
IJohn Olson: I'm going to throw out kind of a loaded question, just out
of curiosity more than anything, where do you see Chanhassen in let's
I say 10 years? I guess where I'm coming from Mr. Chairman is that when
my wife and I were shopping for houses , we looked in many, many suburbs
and the most vivid one that still stays in my memory was when we were
in Eden Prairie and we were looking at a particular developer, I won't
I mention any names, where clearly they had taken something that was
meant to be two lots , like say this table was two lots and divide it
down the middle. What they had done instead was they had put in a
I private cul-de-sac and had split it into three lots so you had house 1,
house 2 and house 3 and it was very evident that the developer was
trying to cram as many homes in as they could in a given amount of
IL_ space. I guess as a new resident out here, we have a very good sized
lot and all the lots in the development are of good size and I
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understand that is by ordinance and I'm sure with a considerable amount
of work that you folks did. I would be concerned as a resident down
the long run to see the city acquest to the pressures of developers and
developers have ways of exerting pressure. In trying to come in and
cram 50% more homes into an area where aesthetically it really, frankly
can't handle it. Then of course once you get more homes in there, then
you also need more commercial development and the whole thing
snowballs. The only thing that I really see as a flying blanket is the
TH 5 situation. If that doesn't get resolved soon, development I would
guess will probably come to a screeching halt. ,
Conrad: I think you've identified some concerns that some of us have
and I think what we've done John over the time that I've been around,
is we've tried to identify assets. Uniqueness and then make sure that
the growth fit in with those assets. They may be lakes. They may be
open spaces. They may be a farm. Again, through our Comprehensive
Planning process we kind of identified those and we tried to guide the
growth. I think a lot of us have spent some time on that kind of a
planning and I think that's why we're here. Hopefully we're guiding
that kind of an orchestrated growth which probably says not much but in
case you end up, a lot of us did get on the Planning Commission simply
trying to preserve some of things you were talking about.
John Olson: You're just a part of the overall process with the Council '
and I'm sure the Chamber and the Mayor and the other various entities
that also have vested interest.
Erhart: Why did you pick Chanhassen over other areas? You drive a
long ways to St. Paul .
John Olson: A couple reasons. My wife works at Cargill up in Wayzata
and part of her responsibilities include- getting calls from people at
1:30 in the morning saying the computer has died, come in to work.
Secondly, and to be very candid with you, the land value out here, the
price that we paid for the lot that we got was the best in the Twin
Cities that we found. In the areas in the south and western parts that
we were looking for. That was not the only factor. We were also
looking at developers and the quality of the construction of the homes.
Those sorts of things. We both come from smaller towns which
Chanhassen still has a very good mix of the fact that you're right next
to the metropolitan area but it has a very distinct small town
attitude. Demenure or however you want to describe it. It seems like
a small town out here in that respect and on the basis of that, we
chose to build here. '
DANIEL CHRISTIE '
Conrad: If you could just give us a brief summary of your background.
Almost the stuff that you put on the application form but in your own
words . '
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Daniel Christie: I'm originally from Milwaukee and a graduate of the
University of Wisconsin Milwaukee. I'm an engineer. I work for public
utility and then several consulting firms. I moved from Milwaukee out
to Denver and then to Monrose, Louisiana and moved up to Chanhassen in
January of 1979. I worked for two local consultants here in town and
then I started with my own business in 1984. The type of consulting
' work that I've done is primarily energy related and it's for municipal
utility and industrial clients. I get into such things as designer
boiler and incinerators , etc . . Do you want me to continue?
' Conrad: Yes, just tell us why you're interested in the Planning
Commission.
Daniel Christie: I think my wife and I have, just due to the nature of
the type of business that I'm in, working for other consultants, we
never really had any roots. Due to lay-offs, low workloads, changes in
' interest in the company where they've decided to divert, it was
necessary to keep moving so we never really did put down any roots.
Outside of Milwaukee where I was brought up, I've lived in Chanhassen
' longer than anywhere else and I think we're here. I'd like to
contribute to this area's growth and at least make some type of a
contribution towards which things, in some cases irritate me, such as
TH 5 and I think also my background as an engineer and now as a
' businessman might give a slightly different perspective to some of the
views on the Planning Commission.
Conrad: Have you served on anything else in the community? Have you
' been with any other community or civic group?
Daniel Christie: I work with several groups that were related to my
technical background. I worked with ASME, American Society of
Mechanical Engineers here in town, the local chapter and also the
computer, the Texas Instrument professional computing group but I
' haven' t done anything on a civic background .
Conrad: What direction do you think Chanhassen should grow? Do you
' have a philosophy of growth in this community?
Daniel Christie: My own opinion towards looking at no growth
situation , is I think when you quit growing you start dying and I think
though that you can go through a controlled growth and exercise some
direction towards which way the city can grow. I have no problem with
Chanhassen getting larger. I think the area obviously, including the
' Twin Cities, has an awful lot of people and we're not going to be a
small town or an oasis because the area is growing so I think as long
as we can provide the kind of services that people in this town need
11 and require, that that growth isn't a problem. I think unbridled
growth right now with TH 5, for an example if it were to be left
unchecked, would create problems but if highways can take the people, I
wouldn' t see any problem with growth in the area. The same for any of
the other utilities and amenities that go with living in a municipality
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like Chanhassen. '
Conrad: Why don't you summarize for us the good and bad things that
you see about the growth. I'm sure TH 5 is the bad. What do you see
as the good?
Daniel Christie: I think the nicest thing about Chanhassen is I see '
for any number of reasons, the community coming together closer with
our downtown development. I hate to bring it up again, but TH 5, it
seems to be something that's almost bringing the people together rather
than dividing them and I like the development that we've had as far as
bicycle paths throughout the community. Our park system. I think for
the most part our development has been handled fairly well .
Conrad: In talking about time commitment, the Planning Commission
meets twice a month which also means that you're going to be spending a
night beforehand preparing for it. The packets are 10 pages long and
sometimes they are 100 pages long. It requires that type of a
commitment and we require 75% attendance which means 3 out of 4
meetings you've got to be here. We do that because of a quorum. We've
got developers coming in and having public hearings and we can't
disappoint them in terms of whether we can hear an issue or not. Why
don't you tell us about your ability to fill that kind of time
commitment.
Daniel Christie: Now that I'm on my own, my office is in my house so I
'- don't have the commute time. I work in the area and I'm anticipating
moving on out into regular offices but they would probably be in the
area that I'm looking at in Chanhassen, a commercial building, the old
drug rehab center. I think one of the reasons that I probably wasn't
interested in this type of a situation before was the amount of
traveling I was doing when I was working for other companies. There
was one year I put 37 flights between Milwaukee and Minneapolis. Now
my work is pretty well a day out of town , I probably haven't spent 10
days a year in a motel so I think the time commitment and the
interference with the work isn ' t a problem like it was in the past .
Conrad: What questions do you have of us? '
Daniel Christie: What type of issues does the Planning Commission get
into? Do they review everything that you review and prepare a report
to you or is it less or more specific than that?
Conrad: Primarily they are land use issues. We're not in planning
other items for the City other than that. We get into zoning. We get
into subdivisions. We prepare Comprehensive Plan, which is for the
Metropolitan Council , which tells us how we're going to grow and how
we're going to have utilities and services to support that growth. We
hold public hearings. We're the group that basically lets issues open
to the public for their input and have to make our decisions and pass
that along to City Council. We even have to make tougher decisions '
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based on the community' s interest in those areas.
Headla: I was thinking, sometimes we go after midnight and the next
day, I'm just dragging. Can you get along with working until 11:00 to
12: 00?
I Daniel Christie: I haven't in the past, in fact quite often I work
late at night. I find that in my business I can get more done in an
hour at night than I can during the day because of the constant phone
I calling so it's not tough for me to work until midnight-1:00. Although
if I'm really wiped out because I've done this for a while, it's no
problem for me to hold back my hours in the morning by an hour or so.
IEmmings: Is there any particular issue in Chanhassen or in your
neighborhood or anything like that that's prompted your interest in the
Planning Commission?
IDaniel Christie: I think the three things that I've seen recently that
most prompted my interest are the fight with TH 5, development of the
I downtown/TH 101 route and I as some of my acquaintances have called it
the hairpin turn coming out of that, and the city square, town square
concept which I thought was nice. I think those were the three major
issues. I can't really point to anything that's been directly under
I the control of the city that I think has been totally bad. I'm not an
irrate citizen, mad as hell and going to go out and change the world.
I just think that some of my philosophies may be slightly different
I than current and was interested in applying for the positions that you
had open .
Conrad : What do your neighbors say about the city?
IDaniel Christie: It's sort of funny, in- the area around our house we
haven't been terribly close to some of the funny neighbors. The
I immediate neighbors, one of them is a young couple that's burning the
candle at both ends. He's going to school and working and what not.
He just doesn't have time to do much. And the others, an old time
I Chaska-Chanhassen resident and been here since day 1 and plans on
staying here and I never hear anything bad from them either. Most of
the criticisms you hear about government they start at the state level
and go down.
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DAVID C. PRILLAMAN
IConrad: If you could give us a little bit of your background, some of
the things that you put on the application. The length of time you've
Ilived here and your work and that would be helpful .
David Prillaman: I live on Red Cedar Point in Chanhassen since 1961.
I've lived in Minnesota since 1949 and I retired about 3 years ago. My
ILwork was not very important but I managed a plastics division for
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Carter Day company in Hopkins. Since I retired, we sold our property
on Red Cedar Point and moved into Red Cedar Cove. The only thing I'm
doing right at the moment, I'm doing some volunteer work helping older
people with their income taxes and the golf course, since I don't have
anything to do. My interest in the thing lies in the fact I didn't
know that Dave was on the Planning Commission. I think we need some
representation on the north part of Chanhassen and the Lake Minnewashta '
area. Some things that are going on over there, there's a lot of
development left to be done and if there was anything I could do to see
it done in an appropriate matter, that is what I would like to do. I
don't have any particular qualifications. I'm not sure that anybody
does. I'm an engineer and architect and maybe what you have to look at
is sometimes resort to the environments. I think that's item one.
Land in the lakes. You can build roads and houses most anyplace but
you can also destroy the things if you're not careful in pursuing some
of these projects .
Conrad: Do you have some philosophies on growth for Chanhassen.
You've lived here for many, many years and as you can tell Chanhassen
is growing. What's your philosophy on that? That's really what we do
in terms of the Planning Commission. We plan growth.
David Prillaman: I think the Planning Commission has done a good job
in TH 5 corridor. I think the highway department needs to get into the
picture now on some kind of basis. I think that sometimes government
is too concerned with tax base and not enough concern with what
comprises that tax base. I think there are times when you might have
too much building for the land that is involved. I can think of a few
instances of that and I'm not going to get into any details because
what has been done has been done but I think there are times when
perhaps other towns have gone too far. I think that as this building
continues, I think there should be some means for some agency to
provide a little bit on the builders to see that the site isn' t fouled
up for a long period of time. Some of it might be necessary. Some of
it is completely unnecessary and I don't know what vehicle is used to
police these things and take care of them but I'm sure you've driven by
some buildings sites that have been underway for a long, long time and
that's just a matter, it seems to me, of having a little bit more pride
in our community and our area but as far as the development of the
city, I know nothing about that. I'm in it occasionally. On TH 5 only
when I have to be but I don't have to be anymore. I feel that's a
problem and has to be addressed at some point. The construction that
is taking place out here south and west, I think that's remarkable...
Maybe there's nothing we can do to speed up construction or to police
the areas as they go along and maybe this is just something that
nothing can be done about. If I were talking to builders or owners, I
would want to know how long they might think it would take them to get
into a site and get out of it. Clean up and move on to something else.
Dave, I'm sure you know what I'm talking about. Over on Lake.—and
then Red Cedar Cove also.
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Headla : That particular subject did come up here.
I David Prillaman: I live at Red Cedar Cove and I was talking about some
of the stuff that I've seen and I know there is going to be more taking
place.
II Conrad: In terms of time, we meet twice a month and everytime we meet
it probably takes a day or a night of preparation of going through
materials and we have an attendance requirement of 75% which means you
I have to be at the meetings 3 out of 4 times simply because of
continuity but two, we need a quorum. We have a lot of folks with a
lot of money, and developers primarily coming in to talk to us and to
represent the community we need to have a quorum. Therefore, the
I attendance requirement. How do you feel, do you feel you can meet that
type of requirement?
I David Prillaman: I wouldn't have any problem. I don't spend too much
time on vacation...I don't have anything else to do. I don't have
anything to interfere with it. I'm not sitting here making an
I application because I want to be on the Planning Commission. I'm
sitting here making an application because I feel I might be of some
help. I could care less about titles. I haven't impressed anybody, I
never wanted to impress, I never had anybody I wanted to impress. ..
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Conrad: What questions do you have of us on the Planning Commission?
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IFDavid Prillaman: None in particular. I've attended a few of the
meetings. Where you've had the open meetings and I don't remember who
was on then. I do have this question having to do with what kind of
II follow-ups do you have in respect that I've just been talking about
such as cleaning up building sites and cleaning up those objectional
sites. Is that part of what you fellas do?
I Conrad: Not really. I think it's the city staff. We may bring those
items up. We may be concerned with a developer in the beginning and
lay out some requirements for timing. Generally however, because we're
I volunteers in the community, we kind of keep our ears open for certain
types of concerns. If folks are abusing things that would be directed
to city staff to follow up on. If we see things that should be
II orchestrated in terms of an ordinance, it's our job to raise those
issues and make them part of the ordinance.
David Prillaman: Actually, the most of your activity has to do with
I dealing people who come before you with proposals or for overall
planning?
I Conrad : We focus on land use and we do that a couple of ways. We work
on what's called the Comprehensive Plan which kind of forecasts where
we're going for 10 years and we ask for community involvement.
Typically nobody likes to plan but those of us who are here and
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changed the zoning ordinance, we look at that and see what it should
be. See if it's consistent with the Comprehensive Plan. We review
subdivisions and we hold public hearings. I don't think that
summarizes all that we do. We also make recommendations to those
particular ordinances that we've gone through. A whole bunch of
ordinances as it relates to community development in the last couple of
years . '
David Prillaman: At this time, do you have developers making
presentations where there's no sewer and water available? What is your
philosophy as far as the land use where a septic tank is a requirement
and what lot sizes are you talking about? What percolation tests do we
make and what borings do we make and things of that nature?
Conrad: Good questions. I can't summarize that in a little bit of
time. Basically what we've done, the Planning Commission played a
pretty heavy role in that. We've updated all our drainage standards,
our septic system standards in Chanhassen so if a development goes in
on an unsewered area, I think we now have some controls on the quality
of the septic drainage systems. I think we're confident. We've
reviewed that a whole bunch of times. How we want that rural area, the
unsewered area to be developed and we continue to do that. There's
just continual pressure on that particular aspect of Chanhassen. A lot
of developers want to get in and it' s a matter of how an intensive use
we want to use for that land.
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4'` David Prillaman: What are the prospects, apparently there aren't any,
the prospects for being able to eliminate septic systems as such.
Conrad: I'll talk for myself, we basically reviewed—allowing new
development going in simply as residential type of development. Not
real intense, as intensified as within the downtown area but we're
pretty confident that we've got the controls and technology that will
allow that type of septic system without a great deal of harm to the
environment.
David Prillaman: There's an area that I want to call it Crimson Bay on
the east side of Minnewashta, the old Worm's property that abuts on
TH 5. Is that going to be served with septic systems?
Barbara Dacy: Yes, that subdivision was processed before we changed 1
our ordinance to a 1 unit per 10 acre requirement in the rural area.
That ' s the rule that we have on the lot sizes now in the rural area .
David Prillaman: What are the lot sizes over there?
Barbara Dacy: Those were 1 per 2 1/2 acres. I think the smallest
there was 2 1/2 and I think one of them got as large as 5.
David Prillaman: That's just a matter of curiosity because 13-14 years
f ago we finally got sewer around most of Minnewashta and got the lake
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cleaned up pretty well. You can't stand in the way of progress but you
have to try and preserve what is being done is not harmful sometime
' down the road .
Noziska: Dave, you've been in the past been on any of those
commissions in the city?
David Prillaman: No.
Conrad: What do your neighbors say about Chanhassen? What do they
complain about?
David Prillaman: My neighbors are still getting settled into Red Cedar
Cove and they have enough complaints about trying to adjust to some of
the things. Actually I don't hear any complaints. Let's say it that
way. Everybody has a little something that they'd like to have better.
I think Minnewashta Parkway needs some attention but on the other hand
I don't want a speedway because I'm walking all the time. That's the
only thing and there may be something underway as far as that goes. I
' think those of us who think that things can be the way they were 25
years ago have got their heads in the sand and you might as well get
them out because that's not going to happen. The important thing is to
make progress that everybody can live with. I think that would be
generally the way I feel about it and I think most of my neighbors
feel .
GREGORY GMITERKO
Conrad : To begin with, if you could just give us a brief summary of
your background, work experience, time in the community, that kind of
stuff. The same stuff you put on your application but give us a quick
narrative of that.
Gregory Gmiterko : I just moved to Chanhassen 6 months ago. I work for
a Public Accountant in Golden Valley for the last 9 years.
Conrad: Why don't you tell us why you're interested in the Planning
Commission. Why the Planning Commission? Why not Park and Rec? What
motivated you to join this happy group up here?
Gregory Gmiterko: I've always been interested in planning things for
the future and stuff like that. I'm concerned about how Chanhassen
grows and I want to be a part. . .
Conrad: Do you have a philosophy on growth. You haven't lived here
' that long but either here or other communities, is there a specific
philosophy you could share with us that you are going to apply to the
Chanhassen level?
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Gregory Gmiterko: In a way I'd kind of like to keep it in the small
town. I want it to grow but not grow as much as all of the other
subdivisions. Where you still be a part of the city but you also have
some atmosphere to it. Small town atmosphere.
Conrad: What things do you see that were good about Chanhassen's
growth within the few months or bad in our growth? Anything that irks
you, irritates you about how we' re growing that you' ve seen?
Gregory Gmiterko: Not really. I like all the new properties. I'm one
of the new owners . . .
Conrad: What do you think about our downtown.
Gregory Gmiterko: It's different. I didn't expect it. See I didn't
see the way it was planned so when I saw the way the streets ended up
turning out, I was kind of surprised they ended up going that way. '
Conrad: A little bit about timing. We meet twice a month which means
there's two nights a month out of your life and there's probably the
night before or a couple nights before where you have to review a
packet of information so there's a time commitment on the Planning
Commission that we really have to hold you to. You're required 75%
attendance at Planning Commission meetings and for very good reasons.
Do you see that you have the time to commit? Do you have that type of
time to commit?
Gregory Gmiterko : That should be no problem at all .
Conrad: What questions do you have us about the Planning Commission?
Gregory Gmiterko : Not any that I can think of.
Emmings: Are there are particular issues in your neighborhood or in the
city that have provoked your interest in being on this commission?
Gregory Gmiterko: In the development that I'm in now, I'm kind of
disappointed in the way it' s turning out .
Emmings : Where are you?
Gregory Gmiterko: I 'm in Brook Hill over south of TH 5.
Emmings: And is part of your interest in coming on the Commission
seeing that something that's going on there that you don't like doesn't
happen in the future?
Gregory Gmiterko: Partly yes . ,
Emmings : What is it that 's called your attention?
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Gregory Gmiterko: Originally our building was in there first and then
now, a mortgage company owned the land and they sold out to another
' builder now so I wasn't too happy with the building that was going in.
Emmings: For what reason?
II Gregory Gmiterko: I assumed that all the houses were going to be built
by that one builder... I was told about the lot, that the City of
Chanhassen was very particular about moving into that development as
' far as building and I was surprised about how they changed builders .
Headla : You lived in Golden Valley for 9 years?
' Gregory Gmiterko: I lived in Hopkins .
Headla : Then you came here just by chance?
Gergory Gmiterko: My grandparents are from western Minnesota and I was
traveling through Chanhassen 4 or 5 times a year for the last 30 years
' and I always liked what I saw.
Conrad : What do your neighbors say about Chanhassen?
' Gregory Gmiterko: I haven't really talked to them that much. A lot of
the lots around us, nobody lives in them so I don't know the neighbors
that well. Wi a-t--they sa d; they all really li=ke it out there. It's
irnice and quiet out there and everybody is really happy.
ROBERT J. PETERSON
IIConrad : Do you have a philosophy of growth for Chanhassen?
I Robert Peterson: No. I guess I would like to see some controls on it.
As I've mentioned, I'm in the construction business and I see
developments and developments and developments, go on and on and on,
I surely Chanhassen, in my travels throughout the cities and I bid work
all through the metropolitan area, Chanhassen is probably, which I'm
sure you know, developing the most of any of them. I guess I would
like to know that there's a future for me in Chanhassen just as a
I resident. That this thing just doesn't get out of hand and start
choking people and things like that. I think the interest of the
people is probably what my concern would be mostly. What's good for
' the city. What's good for the people. That's probably the approach I
would take and if that's the wrong approach, then so be it. It's on
the table tonight. It would be for the people. I've seen special
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interest in construction just go array. I don't want that. Does that
answer a little bit?
Conrad : What do you see good that ' s happened out here?
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CRobert Peterson: I live on 5 of the prettiest acres you've got here.
I hate to choke in around but that's why I bought 5 acres. If I wasn't
doing that, I guess I would have bought a lot. I think if it's
controlled, it's just going to be super down the road. I don't know
what the consensus of the total populous is. Does it want to be
another Medina? Does it want to be an Eden Prairie or does it want to
be a Chanhassen? I personally think Chanhassen, at least on the south
and west parts of the metropolitan area, is probably the prettiest. I
don't want to see that just eaten up with bricks and concrete
skyscrapers. Again, I like to be a representative of the people's
person. Development has been my livlihood all my life and now I live
here and with some control it' s going to be built.
Conrad: To talk a little bit about the time commitment, we meet twice
a month every month. Typically we have agendas that take us many
nights until midnight. 7:30 to midnight. It's not fun the next day.
We're trying to structure ourselves away from that but even when we get
committed to structuring ourselves away from that, we get alot of
development pressures and developments trying to fit in and fit on the
agenda that we tend to keep the meetings a little late. For every
meeting there's at least a day of preparation or an evening of
materials that the staff is provided. We have an attendance record
requirement that says you've got to be here 75% of the time. We need
that consistency. We need a forum is really what we need. We can't
Ir disappoint people who come here for public hearings or developers who
are trying to put some money into Chanhassen. How do you see yourself
fulfilling that commitment? Is that a problem with travel? '
Robert Peterson: I work 2 miles from here and I live within a 1 1/4
from here. My evenings are not consumed by a lot of television and
things like that.
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Conrad : What questions do you have of us?
Robert Peterson: I'll flatter you by telling you that I had applied
for a variance on my own home that I thought... I was fairly
impressed. I needed a variance to build there and I worked in Eden
Prairie for so long. I had a problem and it worked really good. Barb
handled it for me.
Headla : Every once in a while we go until midnight, is that going to
be a problem for you? Getting up from the sack the next day?
Robert Peterson: I don't punch a clock. I go to bed early at night
though.
Headla : You don' t really see that as a problem?
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Emmings: Is there any particular issue, either in your neighborhood or
in the community that caused you to be interested in being on the
Commission? Do you have any built in biases or anything that we maybe
ought to know about?
Robert Peterson: No. Before I accept things, I have to believe in
I them. If it's something that's come up, I see we're talking about
building a community center. Things like that. If I believe in these
things I'll be behind them 100%. If I don't, I would surely join the
I majority but I will voice my opinion. If that's wrong, I don't know.
I don' t think it is .
Emmings : Has your company does work with this city?
IRobert Peterson: Directly with the City, no. We do a lot of these
driveways but again, I'm not an owner in the company, I'm worker. All
I I do is bid. I put prices together and that's the extent of my job. I
don' t develop any land. I don't own any land. I don't believe there's
any conflict at all .
IHeadla: With your background, we talk quite a bit about developments
and roads and stuff, do have a problem expressing an opinion about the
way we' re going or what should be done there?
IRobert Peterson: I can be pretty open. Is that what you're asking?
I'd be very open. I guess again, I should emphasize a little bit to
1 4.- you that if it isn't the Planning Commission, somewhere in this village
I would like to help to do something. Like I say, I've got 30 years
underneath my belt and I'll probably put another 15 years. I think I
can be of some value to somebody and I want to .
IConrad: What do your neighbors say about Chanhassen?
I Robert Peterson: Tim Erhart's one of my neighbors. My wife is out
picking up another neighbor tonight by the way, an old farmer who
probably started with the town, got lost on his way to Chanhassen. My
I wife got a call at 8 : 30 and this lady wanted us to go pick up here
husband in Hutchinson. He got lost going to Chan. So she's out there
doing it now.
IEmmings moved, Erhart seconded to adjourn the meeting. All voted in
favor and the motion carried. The meeting was adjourned.
ISubmitted by Barbara Dacy
City Planner
IPrepared by Nann Opheim
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CHANHASSEN PLANNING COMMISSION
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REGULAR MEETING
DECEMBER 16, 1987 ,
Chairman Conrad called the meeting to order .
MEMBERS PRESENT: Howard Noziska, David Headla, Ladd Conrad, Steven
Emmings, Tim Erhart
MEMBERS ABSENT: Robert Siegel and James Wildermuth '
STAFF PRESENT: Barbara Dacy and Jo Ann Olsen
APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Noziska moved, Conrad seconded to approve the
Minutes of the Planning Commission Meeting dated November 18, 1987.
All voted in favor except Headla and Emmings who abstained .
COMMISSIONER INTERVIEWS:
NANCY MANCINO
Conrad: Basically if you could summarize for us real quickly, what
you put down on that application form. Your background. What you
do and anything that you feel is relevant for us to hear . '
Nancy Mancino: I'm originally from Ohio. I went to a small
college there and moved to Minneapolis in 1970. Taught in the
Bloomington school districts for 6 years as an elementary school
teacher. Have taught grades 1 through 6 . At that particular time,
due to decreasing enrollment, they were letting teachers go so I took
some time off. I took a sabbatical or a leave of absence for a year
and got into the advertising community which was a big switch. My
husband and I started a prop and special effects company in the late
1970's which I have taken over and have been heading. We do props and
special effects for Golden Plump Chicken, Perkins, Dairy Queen, all
sorts of national accounts. That's what I've been doing for the last
10 years.
Conrad: Second, why are
y you interested in the Planning Commission
versus something else that you would donate your time to in the City?
Nancy Mancino: I'm interested in getting involved in Chanhassen, the
community. No other committee suggested itself to me. I have been
before the Planning Commission a couple of times and it seemed like a
good way to learn more about my community and to get involved and to
help direct it.
Conrad: The Planning Commission plans. That's what we're here to do.
We try to figure out how growth occurs. Where it occurs. What should
occur at different locations. What do you think about Chanhassen?
What' s your philosophy on Chanhassen ' s growth?
Nancy Mancino : First of all , I think the reason why there are so many
applications for the Planning Commission is that it's at a critical
time. Everybody just feels that. As you go down TH 5 and as we see
the neighborhoods going up around, everyone who has been here for the
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last 3 or 4 years is saying wow, look what's happening. Not so
Imuch do I like what's happening as what it looks like is happening.
All the things that are going to be coming up in the next 5 to 10
years. Not only traffic but where housing will be. Where the
Icommercial areas will be and it's starting to just really show itself
physically. What I have seen so far, I have liked. I have liked
seeing where the commercial is. Where it's targeted growth is. And
seeing what's happening to some of the neighborhoods. Other than that,
1 I do not have an indepth as to what's really happening over near Chaska
but I have seen what I have liked and I have just felt a big growing
surge going on.
IConrad: To give you just a little bit of a description of the time
commitments. We meet twice a month which means there are two
Inights a month that you've got to be here. We require people to be
here 75% of the time simply because we need a quorum and we have a lot
of folks that are putting money into Chanhassen and we owe them the
opportunity to meet with us on time. Besides those two nights there
Iare special nights and for every night we're here, there's probably a
night you'll spend reviewing and reading the data the planning staff
has created for us. Does that seem like too much time commitment to
Ithis job? It seems kind of nifty but how are you at time?
Nancy Mancino: I sat down this afternoon with Dan and I did read the
time commitment and that was one of the bigger questions I asked
' myself. Was I going to be a 100% committeed and I mean 100%. We
decided I would be 100% committed to the timing and to the involvement.
Whether it be looking at locations , whatever it takes to be able to do
II site planning .
Conrad: Last question before we turn it over to any particular
Icommissioners, what questions do you have about us or the planning
staff? Anything that is of interest or you don't know about the
Planning Commission?
INancy Mancino: Because I've never been on one that was the question I
had. When you get applications for zoning ordinance changes, special
use, do you actually go to the certain areas and how much comparitory
Iwork is there in deciding on the application? For each member? I guess
it would be different for each one of you.
IConrad: I guess I would hesitate with your question a little bit.
When we get into the zoning issues , what zone goes here and where and
whatever, a whole lot of work is put in. Once the zone is there,
the zoning maps , we kind of adhere to that but to figure out where
Izones are and where the downtown is and jump into the downtown...,
I've spent years trying to figure out what the best place is for
different things. The Planning staff spends a whole bunch of their
Itime. Basically, if we do our job right, we're directing the planning
staff to do a lot of the legwork for us. They make the recommendations.
We do give give them some guidelines but they really do drive a whole
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bunch of what goes on here. Their job is to kind of review and make
sure that it's our philosophy. In terms of site review and in terms '
of the time, we get into specifics at these kinds of meetings... Are
you interested in how we address a particular issue? How much time we
spend going out and looking at a site? '
Noziska: I think how much time we spend really depends on what your
familiar with in the area. If someething is coming up in your backyard
you probably won't spend a lot of time. If it's coming up at
the other edge of town, you'll probably drive over and look at it.
Conrad: There used to be a time when we had a lot of lobbying on the
planning staff. I don't see that a whole lot anymore but probably
before, Howie, you've been around when there was a whole bunch of
lobbying from individuals and residents got real interested in issues
and you just got a whole lot of comments. You don't see that much
anymore .
Nancy Mancino : They would call up with questions or . . .? '
Conrad: Questions and if there was an issue, they would get their
whole group, whoever it would be.
Nancy Mancino: This isn't really a question. I know that one of the
questions I was wondering about for the Planning Commission or City
Council, was there and were they at arms length with people that you
have known. . .with special interest due to whatever?
Conrad: I think we're probably, everybody probably, if somebody has a
special interest, we're not real prone to putting them on. I think to
serve the community the best you have to be pretty open minded.
However, I have special , everybody here has special interests.
Noziska: I don't think anybody is totally lackluster or you're going
to get accepted. Obviously if you've got a particular interest, then
it's better that that doesn't have an opportunity to drown us. Why did
you ask that? Do you think there's a special interest we need to know
about?
Nancy Mancino : No . . .
Erhart: You live south of TH 5 right?
Nancy Mancino : Between TH 5 and TH 7.
Emmings: I don't really have any questions. I've been asking everybody '
if there is any particular issue that called their attention, that's
provoked their interest in the Planning Commission? Any current issue
or any issue in the your neighborhood? 1
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Nancy Mancino: Not really. I have a visual interest in Chanhassen
Ibecause that's what I do. I love Paisley Park. If we could get more
buildings like that. I like the visual beauty of it. It's different.
It creates some energy that no other development in Chanhassen has
IIcreated. It sells more than any any other structure around. So that's
a part of my overall interest.
Noziska: Have you ever participated before in a community related
Iactivity such as Park and Rec or any studies or commissions and how
much time would ...
INancy Mancino: Because I've decided to take some time off from
working.
IINoziska : You have. How come?
Nancy Mancino: Because I've been doing it for 20 years and I've
decided to take a few months and just spend my time doing some things
Ithat I really want to get involved in. I'm taking some courses and...
Conrad: What do your neighbors say about what's happening in the City?
IAnything? Anything good or bad?
Nancy Mancino: Since we don't have any neighbors, there is one other
I house on our driveway and one of the things is, we're kind of isolated
and of course in the neighborhood next door they are older and half
didn't want the sewer or half of them wanted the sewer and half of them
didn't and yet they got the sewer. A lot of people out where I am,
Itheir houses were built in the 50's and there's just not much change
around there.
IGRANT JOHNSON
1 *A PORTION OF THIS INTERVIEW WAS NOT TAPED.
Grant Johnson: ...A portion of trees were being cleared for homes and
Ithat they would personally benefit from having access to their land.
She told me, she said you know you've got to realize that the value of
our home is not the home but it's in land . Their lot, they have
IIpotential for three individual lots. I said I realize that but she
said I've been here for 30 years and it's always been like this and...
That's what we hate to see go. But she did say that she realized it.
For medical reasons they have been able to obtain a loan and make
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Headla : If you were on the commission , what would you have done?
IGrant Johnson: Probably the same thing. I don't know if anyone
stopped to talk to the Carlton's. I think the developer was going to
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contact her but I don't know if they would have talked. But it's hard
sometimes for them to understand. Intially they didn't want to accept
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the outlot.
Headla : Did we accept the plan?
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Grant Johnson: Yes, in so many ways, yes .
Noziska : What was the the Improved 494 Steering Committee about?
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Grant Johnson: That is an organization made up of private businesses
or people within the are that work along 494 and who want to make an
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effort, an attempt to instill changes changes within the companyies
that work along there to try and improve the traffic levels on 494
knowing that there won't be a phyysical improvement to 494 at the very
earliest within 10 years. Knowing that the highway is gecurrently over
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capacity and in need of improvement but nothing will be done.
Noziska : Where did you have . . .
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Grant Johnson: It's an ongoing thing. We had 2 or 3 meetings. The
purpose really eventually is to get our group studying the impacts of
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various changes and the purpose is to get employers to, going around
to all the employers there, to convince to work on staggered times. . . .
Noziska : Where ' s your office again?
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Grant Johnson: I office out of Eden Prairie. The committee is not
really organized in any single location. It's all volunteer and it was I
approached by the gentleman who heads it, Larry Mockrel, Mockrel's
approach by an organization or a government body setting 494 and what
the alternatives are. One of the alternatives would be, initially is
to restrict development and that's the way the city often will respond
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when you have problems like that. So as a developer, as he is, the
interest and push is to try and convince businesses to ease the load
that exists on there right now so the won't have to respond and react.
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Everyone on the committee is a volunteer .
Noziska: What interest group are you in or are you still in?
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Grant Johnson: Oub club name is Cosmopolitan. It meets every Thursday
during the winter months .
Noziska : Do you enjoy it? I
Grant Johnson: Very much, yes. I've been on the executive committee
for the past three years in a row and they ask, I think they were
refer . . . if I would take the office next year . . .
Conrad: Thank you for coming. We appreciate you coming in. Don't wait
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by the phone and get nervous. It's going to take a while.
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MICHAEL KLINGELHUTZ
1 Conrad: If you could summarize your background for us. Some of the
stuff you put on the application form. Whatever you think is relevant
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to tell us . Work experience. Education . Whatever you'd like.
▪ Michael Klingelhutz: I've spent just about all my life in Chanhassen.
I grew up here and went to Chaska High School. Farming with my dad and
Idecided to go to college out of High School and went to the University
of Minnesota Duluth for 2 years and during that time I didn't know what
I was majoring in. I said I was majoring in whatever I got the best
1 grades in and I kind of emphasized biology and was leaning toward
forestry but the job situation was such that there was no hope for
forestry so in one of my classes I had some soil science and I was
really interested in that. I pursued that. I went to the University
Iof Minnesota and got a major from that at the University of
Minnesota in Soil Science. After graduating from there I took a job
out in Princeton working for Control Data trying to develop some
1 agriculture—.whatever their problem was and then get a computer
printout of it. I played with computers but that wasn't working out
very well. It was kind of poorly set up from the start and my
' perception of Control Data after I worked there a little while was that
it was top heavy with managers.—They were probably real good at what
they were supposed to be doing but there were times in the field when
they weren't doing very well so I quit up there. I got so disgusted
Ithat I quit. While I was up there and we were trying to get people
started in farming, Control Data was trying to get them started in
farming , I kind of got the itch to do it myself so I came back and took
Iover my dad's farm and starting milking cows. For the last 3 1/2 years
I've been milking cows. They're gone now. I participated in that herd
program. Looking back at it now, I don't think I would have
participated in the program because it was hard. It was a change of
IIlifestyle. It has been very hard. Right now I'm still in farming
raising beef and I pursued a couple of on-site sewage treatment plants
this spring.
IConrad: Why apply for the Planning Commission? What's your interest
on that compared to applying to Park and Rec or something else?
1 Michael Klingelhutz: The reason I applied is, I was in the barber shop
and the person who was cutting my hair who had been to the Council
meeting.—and where the water quality and the all the lakes in
IChanhassen and I realized that agriculture was a factor in water
quality but I also have a pretty good understanding of hydrology
and agricultural out in the urban land and I thought maybe I could
Icontribute. Right after that there was advertisements in
the Bullentin. I have some free time now so I decided to apply. I
have an interest in the community too .
IIConrad: Conrad: Do you have a particular phuilosohphy of growth for
Chanhassen? We're growing a whole bunch recently and any direction you
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see for the growth? Any changes that you would like to see
accomplished in the next 10 years? '
Michael Klingelhutz: I'm not opposed to the growth that is taking
place but they are emphasizing a lot of things that I wouldn't do.
This park plan. A decent trail system. I think Chanhassen has, with
all it's lakes, a great water resource that a lot of other communities
don't have and trying to protect that and trying to improve it. Really
I don't have any bones to pick with the way things are going. I don't
want to see it stop but at the same time I don't want to see it
completely overrun in the next 3 years.
Conrad: In terms of time, the Commission, we meet twice a month. It
takes two nights out of the month of your life every month. You have
to prepare probably the night before for a couple hours and maybe on
the weekends go out and review some sites. We also require 75%
attendance to make sure we have a quorum. The attendance record is
important. Do you see that as a problem? Is that committment too
great?
Michael Klingelhutz: No, right now I have two little children at home
so my wife and I are home a lot and I have free time now. I
Conrad: In terms of questions you have. Problems. Anything
that you don't know that you would like to direct to us about the
Commission , city, things you can think of?
Michael Klingelhutz: Not particularly. I was wondering, has the
recreation center been before you guys yet or will it come before you? I
Barbara Dacy: For site plan review but the issue is going to be as
part of the referendum. That's why the Task Force was created and Dave
was on that.
BRIAN BATZLI I
Conrad : If you would want to just give us a brief rundown on your
background. Whatever you think we should know about you. Whatever you
think is important, why don ' t you start that way.
Brian Batzli : I grew up in the community. I grew up in Tonka Bay and
I went to school at the U of M. Got an electrical engineering degree.
Then went on to William Mitchell where I got my law degree and in the
meantime got married, settled down in Chanhassen and have one daughter
who just turned one and another one on the way and I kind of ended up '
here tonight.
Conrad: Tell us why you're interested in the Planning Commission.
There are a lot of places to devote your time. Any particular reason
why here versus something else?
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Brian Batzli : I guess to be honest, I first applied for the Park and
IRecreation Commission and talked to Mayor Hamilton and he kind of said,
thanks for coming by and I think with your background you should
consider the Planning Commission as well. I thought about it and it
Iseemed to make some sense. I think more than anything else my reason
for being here tonight was to get more involved with the community and
kind of become more of a part of Chanhassen. I'm very familiar with
the area and I guess I want to put something back into the area. Now
II 'm living in Chanhassen .
Conrad: You've been here for a while and seen us grow in that time.
▪ Probably traveled TH 5 a time or two. Really what we do is we plan for
I growth. That's what we are supposed to be doing. Where things go.
How many people and where to put them. Do you have any philosophies
Ion growth for Chanhassen? Anything that will guide us in the next 10
years.
Brian Batzli : I think like it or not the community is going to grow.
1 I think there are some people who have lived here for a long time that
▪ kind of see it as a passing of an era. When I grew up here, if you
drove through Chanhassen down TH 101, there were cornfields on either
Iside and they are now houses. I think a lot of it depends on an
individual's perspective on whether they want to see Chanhassen become
the next Edina or the next St. Louis Park. You can have square blocks,
which is kind of a passee thing for city planning, or you can do a lot
IIof cul-de-sacs and other things which break the monotony but I can tell
you from driving through Edina you don't live in an area you can't find
any body or any thing. I guess my philosophy is, I don't like to see
Irigid city blocks and I like to see a more structured growth to the
community than what I'm seeing in some other areas. I just don't see
it so much in Chanhassen and especially I saw it in my particular
Ineighborhood, got involved in kind of a plea with the Council to not
hook up, we were kind of on a deadend in Fox Hollow and they put a road
through a planned park there on the west end. I guess things like that
make a lot of sense. Although our neighborhood was kind of outraged at
Ithe time, it seemed to make sense that in case of an emergency, you
need a second entrance into the neighborhood. Things like that.
Interestingly enough, when the big rain hit, the only entrance to the
IIneighborhood was flooded out and no one could get in or out for several
hours and I think the Planning Commission's duties are at some times
really kind of work with the community. I don't know that it was
really explained to the neighborhood as well as it might have been and
Ithe expectations might not have been set but I think something like
that actually hit home. I think that the Planning Commission and the
Council and the people that work for the city really have done a good
Ijob in things like that. I think there has been a good compromise so
far as far as doing a good job of planning the community. I know
there's been some criticism of the new downtown and I don't really know
IIall the if's, and's or where's about that but for what I read on the
new little Chanhassen newspaper but I think part of the planning is to
get as much community feedback as possible before the fact because once
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it happens , it' s very expensive to change it.
Conrad: In terms of time commitment, we meet twice a month which takes
two nights out of your life. It probably takes another night each of
those particular times preparing for the meeting and maybe some weekend
time to go out and review a site. We require 75% attendance here which
is real important because we've got folks coming in here. We hold
public hearings and if we don't have a quorum the people are
disappointed. What kind of constraints do you have for time and does
that kind of standard bother you at all?
Brian Batzli: No, the standard doesn't bother me. Where there would
be a constraint would be where more than likely a work or some family
type constraint obviously but I'm an associate at a fairly large law
firm so not knowing whether a partner comes at the last minute and
gives me something for a client that has to be done the next day. I
guess to be honest with that , there may come a time when I simply don't
have a choice that I can't attend for some reason like that or some
other family emergency or family matter. I don't have a problem with
2, 3, 4, the kind of ti.meframes that you're talking about.
Interestingly enough, that was going to be one of my questions when I
had a chance and I'll hold that question for now but there is kind of a
discrepancy between the By-laws and what I was told .
Conrad: We'll move right into that. Just throw out any questions that
you have for us . '
Brian Batzli : I guess I was curious because I asked when the meetings
were and I was told the first and third Wednesday of the month and the
By-laws say the second and fourth week of the month and I was just kind
of curious when they actually were.
Dacy: We switched for 1988 so the By-laws have to be amended the first
meeting in January.
Brian Batzli : If I might suggest another amendment, the 4.2, stick to
the subject at hand. I think that didn't really fit into the tone of
the rest of the By-laws. Stick just seemed like a wrong word. I
guess my other question was really directed toward how many matters
normally come before the board each month? I'm just kind of curious.
I've now and then scanned the public notices to see who's asking for a
variance request and such but that didn't really give me a good feel
for how many people normally are applying for variances and things like
that. What is a normal meeting usually entail?
Conrad: We had a lot of meetings that go to 11:30-12:00 which gets
real depressing when you start thinking about how the next day starts
out and that's really a function of how quickly the community is
developing. Not necessarily variances but we have a lot of
subdivisions coming in and people are wanting to build. We have growth
and we've got to talk to them. When they get in and they have to do
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certain things at certain times so typically, like tonight we're just
III doing one thing, we're interviewing people. There are some nights
I during the wintertime when maybe subdivisions and that type of stuff is
not as prevalent. We do more planning. We get into more comprehensive
Iplan, zoning issues and things that we can help direct staff on.
There's not a standard. I think maybe anywhere between 4 and 8 issues
we attack ranging from zoning changes to variances to subdivisions to,
it's just all over and I don't know that there's a typical evening.
IErhart: You lived in Chanhassen 1 3/4 years and you lived where before
just prior to that?
IBrian Batzli : I lived in Wayzata .
1 Erhart: Why did you move to Chanhassen?
Brian Batzli : We were renting an apartment in Wayzata, my wife and I
for the two years after we were first married and we started looking
Iaround for homes and wanted to build. We looked, really to be honest,
in Plymouth and Eden Prairie and Chanhassen and the reason that we
chose Chanhassen was to get in the Minnetonka school district. We
Ithought it was a growing community that was in the western suburbs
which is where we wanted to be and we thought a house in such a
community, a house bought in that area would be wise investment. So we
had the school district we wanted. It was in an area we wanted and we
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thought it was a good place to settle down and raise kids and have a
house that was worth something .
▪ Erhart: Other than fixing TH 5, what do you think the single thing we
▪ could do to Chanhassen?
IBrian Batzli : I guess the thing that I see, and it's always kind of
puzzled me and maybe I just don't know enough about urban planning but
for instance, an Edina type community doesn't really have a downtown
and that's always bothered me. I really don't think of anyplace in
IEdina. They've got like a shopping mall here and a little bit there
and a little bit there and the one thing that I really like about
Chanhassen is the little stretch of downtown. There's kind of a
Idowntown. It's got some historic background to it. It's an area where
they've got the main conveniences on each side of the street. Almost
like an Excelsior. Kind of a rustic downtown but it's still a viable
downtown and I don' t know if you can really call it a downtown because
Iyou think of Minneapolis downtown when you say that but I like that
concept. The one thing that I would do would really be to work at
Ipreserving that feeling and I guess I've seen some little community
shops, like the E-Z Stop stores springing up in various places in
Chanhassen and I think that's good to a degree but I guess I would
always focus on there being a central place where people feel like
Ithat's the center of the town and a center where people can identify
and feel like this is Chanhassen . And improve TH 5.
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Conrad: If you were on the Planning Commission and your neighborhood
was Fox Hollow and planning staff says you've got to have a second
access to that area, your neighbors, as we all know, just simply do not
want one, would you feel comfortable talking with them?
Brian Batzli : I do. I think the problem with what's there now is it '
was kind of an assurance that this is going to be a second entrance and
it's going to be used for emergency vehicles and no traffic is going to
use it but what in actuality is happening, because I live right on Fox
Hollow Drive and I'm 3 houses from where the park is going to be, the
school buses all use it. Everybody uses it. It is a thoroughfare, the
way it's set up right now. Whether that means putting up speed bumps
and stop signs or whatever, to discourage traffic so it is what it
should be rather than a thoroughfare .
Conrad: I 've never seen a car on that road . 1
Brian Batzli : The school buses go on it every morning. Everybody goes
on it.
RICHARD GAVERT '
Conrad: We'd like you to tell us a little bit about yourself. Your
background. Your work. Whatever you think is important for us to
know. Maybe it's the same stuff you put on your application form but
whatever you think.
Richard Gavert: I'll be 46 years old the first of next year. I own
Rails n Roads n Rudders here in town next to Animal Fair. I was a
policeman in Chicago for 6 years , 8 1/2 months during which time I
received two honorable mentions. I was cited for public service the
Westside Civic Organization. I worked with Western Transportation
Company. Actually that' s it.
Conrad: Why the Planning Commission? A lot of things you could put '
your time towards. Any particular reason why the Planning Commission
and why not the Park and Rec and not City Council?
Richard Gavert: I think it would be more of a challenge. '
Conrad : For what particular reason?
Richard Gavert: Simply the interest .
Conrad: The thing that we do here in the Planning Commission is
control growth or direct growth. Instruments being zoning,
comprehensive plan, review of subdivisions which requires some
philosophies. We send signals to staff to come up with that stuff. Do
you have a philosophy of growth for Chanhassen for the next 10 years?
Anything you'd like to see.
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Richard Gavert: I'd like to see it grow more and we could use better
Ipublic transportation stretched out over longer periods of time.
Especially evening like the Eden Prairie Center and so forth being open
at night. Just in general , more growth.
Conrad: In terms of time commitment, we meet twice a month which means
that for each of those times we have a night's worth of studying
issues. Going through documents staff gives us. Maybe a weekend
Ioccasionally going out to a site or reviewing a site. We require 75%
attendance for our meetings. That is critical that we have a quorum to
review whatever is coming in front of us so the question is, with that
Ikind of commitment, do you have the time to spare or see any problems
in making the 75% requirement?
Richard Gavert : Never see any problems.
IConrad: We'll open it up if you have any questions about anything you
need to know. What you don't understand about the Planning Commission?
IWhat we do? Any questions you may have?
Richard Gavert : I 'm here to answer your questions .
IHeadla: I see when you were in Chicago you were cited by a Civic
Organization for services . What kind of services?
IRichard Gavert: Just general civic, mine was for example they lost a
boy who was mentally retarded and located him and returned him home.
Basic things like that. ...I hear a lot of people talking about the
Imain street, how they don' t like it. Essentially the people feel that
the lanes are too narrow. If a car would stall in the wintertime, they
would clog up the street. A lot of people don't like the idea of the
Itrees that are being used. They would rather see strictly maples, the
sign of the City. That's about the way I feel. I think they should
use, we've got a mapleleaf on our flag, we should use all sugar maples
down the main drag of town .
IEmmings: I've got kind of a personal question, if it's too personal
you don't have to answer, just tell me it's too personal but you seem
Ito have a pretty successful carreer going as a police officer in
Chicago and I wondered why you left that behind .
Richard Gavert : At the time I began to change my mind about being on
Ithe job, a fellow that I worked with got shot down. His partner was
shot 5 or 6 times and he survived. That started to break the camel's
back. Then a fella that was a member of the Gay Men and Boy's
IIOrganization went after my oldest son. At that time I decided I'd
better get out before something happened to me so I just threw my star
down and quit .
IErhart: You've lived here 12 years. Have you owned this business 12
years?
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Richard Gavert : No, it' s been a year ago last August .
Erhart: What did you do prior to that? You were a police officer in
Chicago.
Richard Gavert: I quit the police department in Chicago in 1975. '
Moved out to Utah and then moved up here.
Erhart : What did you do here in the 11 years prior to owning your own '
business?
Richard Gavert: Initially I started here, to move in here I worked for
Flame Industries over in the Jonathan Industrial area. Then I went to
work for Instant Webb. Then I went on to the Railroad .
Erhart: What were you doing at Instant Webb? '
Richard Gavert: I was working shipping and receiving. Part of it was
supplying the paper that the presses needed each night and bale up what
was going out in the morning .
Erhart: And at Flame?
Richard Gavert : I was in inspection.
Erhart: What 's Rails n Roads? ,
Richard Gavert: It's a hobby shop. The rails are for the trains, the
roads are for cars and the rudders are for planes and boats . '
Erhart : Was it a hobby that you had?
Richard Gavert: No one will ever believe how we got into this one. We
went out in January of 1986 and bought a new Chevy pick-up truck.
Nobody was in sight. I was driving through town and spotted a for rent
sign and said if we're going to debt we might as well go into something
we want to do so we cancelled the truck and went and rented it .
Erhart : Is the business successful? Satisfied?
Richard Gavert: We're kicking along. The street being torn up didn't
help matters .
Erhart: What do you think that you can do on the Planning Commission?
You say you want to increase the growth. What do you think you can do
on the Planning Commission?
Richard Gavert: I feel we should have more industries in town to take
the tax burden off of everybody. I more or less feel you should have a
limit as to how many houses and that go up over a period of time. Sort
of a growth planning stages. X number of homes this year and so forth
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on out so it's not putting an excessive load on the water and sewers
Iand so forth.
Erhart: Have you lived at that address for the 12 years you've been
' here?
Richard Gavert: Yes .
IConrad: What have you heard from your neighbors on the recreation
center?
IRichard Gavert : Not too thrilled about that either .
Conrad: Any reason?
IRichard Gavert: Most of them seem to feel, as well as I do, that it's
too much money to lay out at this time. Maybe 3 to 4 years down the
road when the City is on it's feet, so to speak would be the
Iappropriate time to do it. Going back to the first question, I'm also
the president of the. . .
ANNETTE ELLSON
Conrad: Could you review your background. Whatever you think is
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relevant for us to know. Where you work or business or education.
Annette Ellson: I'm a resident of Chanhassen. Maybe I'll explain when
Imy husband and I first bought a house. Before that we were renting in
Eden Prairie for three years. From Bloomington, I grew up there and
went to undergraduate in Wisconsin. Originally in home economics and
Ibusiness. Worked for Litton Microwave for almost 6 years before they
decided to move on to Memphis. I'm just finishing up my MBA program at
the College of St. Thomas. I've been taking classes out of the Chaska
IBranch. I've been going pretty much full time there and working
internships right now working at First Trust. I've also been at
internships at ad agency. I worked for Hewlett Packard so I've got a
varied background as far as that's concerned. The reason I'm more
Iinterested in planning than anything else is because planning is the
area that I would like to gain more experience that I'd like to go
toward in my career so any type of experience in the planning
Ibackground I know that I would enjoy. I'm aiming for market planning
right now. I'd like to venture into corporate planning. I think
planning is really exciting. I always liked looking into the future.
I like reading the futuristic stuff. You can call me a futurist or
Iwhatever , I always love reading things of that nature and I think
planning is the answer to almost everything. I think if people plan
for things in advance, you can head off other problems and things like
Ithat so I was more interested in the area from that standpoint. I
can't think of anything individual about me that is unique or anything
like that.
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Conrad: That's okay. I think you've answered the second questions.
In terms of Chanhassen's growth, you haven't been here that long, maybe
a little over a year, we are a planning body. That's what we're trying
to do. We try to figure out how we should grow. Do you have a
philosophy of growth that you'd like to see implemented in Chanhassen
over the next 10 years?
Annette Ellson: I can't really say. It's been on my mind lately.
Where would I like to I'd like to do is I'd like to look at how other
cities do that. What are the pros and cons if you were to go more
industry oriented or if you were to go with thus and such. In other
words, I think I'd like to look at all the good and bad points to each
thing before I sort of decided I'd like us just be all suburbia and I
wouldn't like to see any business in here or anything like that. I
don't really know all the pros and cons to that and what it entails as
far as revenues and taxes and things like that so I think I would hold
where I'd really love to see them go pending getting more research on
it or seeing what, patterning after maybe some other cities, what's the
good when they decided to do this and what was the bad when they
decided to do this and look at other things. I see some cities are
planning for no growth like in Florida and stuff like that because they
don't think roads can support anything and stuff like that. I've been
reading about why they decided that and it makes a lot of sense for
that area... I'm a good researcher and I'd be willing to do all that.
Conrad: In terms of time, we meet twice a month and many times until '
midnight. Typically each of those meetings takes a day of preparation
or an evening. Maybe if we have special meetings, maybe if we go out
to sites and review it so there's a time commitment. We require a 75%
attendance record here. We just need that. It's really critical.
Does that present any problems?
Annette Ellson: No, actually this is one of the reasons I haven't '
gotten involved in anything up until now is because I've been going
through the night program at school which has been anywhere from 3, 4
or 2 nights a week plus outside studying and things like that and I
kept telling myself, you know I really would love to do my share in all
these other kinds of things for the community but I knew that I wasn't
able to give the community what was deserving. Not to say that I have
umpteen hours of free time now that I'm done with school but I know
that I've had all these nights of never watching an evening show and
things like that and I know what a commitment is like going to school ,
both inschool hours and out of school hours and a lot longer driving
than coming here and things like that so I think now is a good time for
me because I've already done the commitment of balancing a career ,
balancing home and balancing outside activity. It would be harder for
me to sit back and fall in love with one episode of the evening shows
or whatever and then try to go back into that sort of commitment. I
think it'd be easier for me now to make the transition into another
commitment because I'm used to that already. I had to go to school
those nights a week then the outside time in doing the homework or
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research or going to the library or whatever so I think I'm ready for
Iit because I've done that.
Conrad : What questions do you have of us?
IAnnette Elison: When I originally called I wanted to get a lot of
information because I don't know, I have an idea in general on what
kind of stuff the Planning Commission does and I started asking some
Isecretary and I said I really want an answer to these questions and she
said, well so and so not's here but I'll send you the things. I wanted
to know if you have steps in planning. Do you have a procedure that
Iyou do? It sounds like you've already got like a plan, a comprehensive
plan. Maybe you update it every year or whatever and change it as
things arise but do you have like a set of step by step procedure that
Iyou do the planning. Like first you do the situational and analysis?
Where are we now? Where we would like to be? Are you 10 years out?
Are you 5 years out? Are you 3 years out planning? That's the kind of
thing I was interested in knowing.
IConrad: I think you almost answered my question. We have a
comprehensive plan and we have a zoning plan. Those are the two key
Itools that we use to plan out 10 years in advance. We're right now
trying to come up with the the year 2000 plan. What are we going to
look like? How many people? What does it mean for sewers? What
does it mean for transportation so we update that. How often do we
Iupdate that?
Dacy: The original plan was adopted in 1982 so we roughly go on a 5
Iyear cycle.
Conrad : It's kind of a sense of philosphy for us. It's a piece of
Ipaper that gives us a philosophy. Gives the Planning Commission
together a philosphy and then also it gets the endorsement or the
direction by City Council so that somehow we have a strategy for
moving. Then to support that we take a look at zoning which becomes a
Imore precise tool. What can go where? The Comprehensive Plan they've
got big general areas and how it's going to happen. The zoning kind of
gets into specifics as to what goes where, in terms of the numbers and
Idensities and that kind of stuff. Actually that's what a lot of us
have been trying to do is to structure so we've got those in place.
Then the individual things that come to you are much easier. When the
ISubdivisions come in or major developments or commercial centers, it's
a whole lot easier to tell them why you want them or why you don't want
them.
IAnnette Elison: That's what I was hoping. I've been involved in just
small little things. Certainly not planning a city by any means, where
there hasn't really been a structure and it's very frustrating. I
don't think I'd want to work without one to tell you the truth because
Iof that exact thing. People don't have the organization that they
wanted and that sounded like a good idea and you go off on that tangent
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and that sounds like a good idea and they go off on that tangent
rather than seeing here's the long range goal and how is this going to
meet that long range goal. Another question I had, somebody mentioned
that most of the Commission, maybe each one of you is elected or
nominated after umpteen tries and usually people aren't taken the first
time. Is that true? Is that a requirement that you have to show
initiative 5 years in a row.
Conrad: It took me three times. Howie, it took you a couple times.
and I think the rest of you got on, it took you two times?
Emmings: I came and interviewed one time and then the people
that were here re-upped . Yes, I was here two times.
Noziska: We have 3 out of 20 so we've got three spots and 20
applicants. Simple mathematics tells you that . . .
Annette Ellson: I thought it was three openings but some of them were
people that some on the committee wanted to come back so it's not
really three it' s like one .
Conrad: There are two openings that are totally vacant. The third
opening has a current commission member reapplying for it but there's
at least two people. The pitch that I always give is it took me
three times. I kept coming back. . .
Annette Ellson: I had another question, on the training in, I was told
thats not a prerequisite that you know all the ordinances or the zones
or whatever but I'd hate to sit down and meet with people without some
sort of background. Is there like any resources that you can learn the
stuff before, do you know what I mean?
Conrad: You just have to sort of jump into it. I think if you read
the Comprehensive Plan but I think you wouldn't mind that. I think it
would certainly help you to understand where we're going and if you
read our zoning rules and a few other miscellaneous documents. There
are planning manuals that are quite simple too. Some things that I've
read that help you to give you some philosophies and concepts .
Dacy: We do prepare a packet for each of the new members. A whole '
stack of stuff .
Annette Ellson: I've had the training in the doing stragetic plans and
things like that but first of all you need to know your product and
know what you want it to be and I can't say I know the zoning and the
ordinances all that well but like I said, I'm a good researcher. I
would be more than willing to take time away from the Commission to do
research at other cities and things like that because I think we can
learn not only from your own mistakes or your own ideas but what's
happening in other places. I think that's something that I'd like to
do if I was on this. Is just see what other people are doing.
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Headla: The planning for the meeting, reading the comprehensive packet
1 is where it comes out. I think that's probably 85% of the
information. YOu may want to go to other places but I think the staff
does a real good job in that and if you study that.
IAnnette Ellson: That was another question I had. Who prepares all
that stuff? Is it you ladies? I was reading that you can't ask
questions or you can't comment or whatever on and that was something I
' didn't understand in here or maybe it was just that they don't want
your preferences, comments or something like that during the meeting?
You 're only suppposed to ask a question? Can you elaborate on that?
1 Dacy: I think that's referring, in the By-laws there's a process of
how the public hearing should proceed and I think that may refer to the
public when after the public hearing is closed and the discussion is
Ijust contained between the commission members. That's the only thing
I can think of. You can answer as far as the process. It's pretty
free wheeling.
IConrad: I let people talk and that's one of the reasons we have a
forum like this.
Annette Ellson: What I was wondering, it sounded like you couldn't
say, well, I'm seeing it this way or between yourselves. Do you give
your opinion only during the vote, and why and then you debate it so
IIeach side gets a little.
Conrad: There's an interplay up here so we understand other people's
Iopinions.
Annette Ellson: That's what I thought. That's what I couldn't do when
• I was reading this. I was thinking that ' s the whole idea behind . . .
II Headla: I think that's just during the public hearing because you
want the public to get in as much input and then after they close the
Ipublic hearing then there ' s questions up here .
Noziska : We follow Robert ' s Rules .
IEmmings: It ' s our own revision of Robert ' s Rules .
Annette Ellson: The other questions, actually I pose this for each one
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of you. I had a few people's phone numbers and I thought, well I won't
call you guys at home and ask you a question but I 'd like to know what
you like best and least about being on this commission. Maybe it 's
1 the same for most of you or maybe it ' s not the same.
Headla: I like the interchange up here. I think a lot of things come
1 through to the table. A lot of things get discussed but we have one
fellow who seems to worm his way all the way through this and he can
put it in a motion and I 'm still surpsied by that.
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Noziska: I think it gives you quite a perspective on what's going on
and most generally before it happens so I think that's one of the most
interesting things about the commission. What else can I say. We're
the first to review any revisiion to the Comprehensive Plan. The
County Engineer , perhaps TH 5, what may or may not be happening in some
road development here and there and may ask for your opinion or you may
already have your opinion figured out but you can at least show concern
about what happens so I think that's probaby one of the most
interesting things. It's fairly challenging. It consumes your time. 1
Emmings: I adopt what they said and as far as what I don't like about
it, it isn't too hard to think of other ways you would just as - soon
spend your time but it's interesting enough and you wind up confronting
some of your own basic values by having to make decisions on issues. I
thought I'd be very ...when I came here and I found out I've changed my
thinking on that almost 180 degrees since I've been here. It's sort
of interesting is the first thing I can think of.
Erhart: I like the long term planning aspect of it. Secondly, I think
that being on the Planning Commission inolves you so you know what's
going on in the city and you can comment on particular subject that
really perks your interest . You have immediate access to go get
something, do something about it
Conrad : I think the most frustrating thing is when we make a good
decision and the City Council doesn't believe us. Because I've been
around a very long time, that frustrates more people. That we can go
through issues fairly well. I think we digest and very seldom do you
come up with wrong decisions but many times the City Council doesn't
agree and that's where we have a concern. You wonder why you spend
that much time when our opinions aren't in sync with theirs.
Noziska: The direction from the Planning Commission is part of the 1
picture and we can be more philosophical, theoretical and hypothetical
about what they end up with. As a result planning may be straight but
it may not be in sync with the political situation.
Annette Ellson: Does that happen often? Are you at odds an awful lot
of the time?
Noziska: From time to time and sometimes it's better and sometimes
it's worst depending upon the issue and the personalities of the
Planning Commission versus those of the City Council. It varies from
time to time. And that's not a big problem if you keep the perspective
that that's the way the system works. We're supposed to air issues and
give our recommendation and they make the decision. You may care or
not care.
Annette Ellson : That ' s checks and balances .
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Headla: Did you ever think of the Parks and Recreation Committee?
IThey do a tremendous amount of planning there.
Annette Ellson: Can't say that I have. I just saw the word planning
and I kind of zoned in on that. I don't doubt that they have their
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share of things like that but no, I hadn ' t.
Headla: Erhart : Are you from this area originally?
IAnnette Ellsson: I grew up in Bloomginton so not this far west.
IErhart: for First Bank Systems and worked for prior to that?
Annette Ellson: Right. I worked for Litton for 5 1/2 years and
started my MBA asnd I've been working for First Trust, which is part of
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the First Bank System, while I was completely this. I was just sort of
part time there finishing my MBA.
IKEVIN ELLSWORTH
' Kevin Ellsworth: Right out of High School is a good place to start. I
worked in a pizza restaurant during High School .
Conrad : Which one?
IKevin Ellsworth: Bernatellie's over on the east side of St. Paul where
my folks live and then I started school at the University of Minnesota
Ifor Civil Engineering for 2 years. Didn't particularly like the
Unersity. It was too large. Too informal. So I went to UMD in Duluth
for a degree in Acconting. Then I took a job here in the cities at
IMaaco Hearing Instruments and Cost Accounting Manufacturing. I left
there after 2 years and went to Katun Corporation where I was a cost
accountant there and international accounting manager. Right now I'm
the informational services manager for their math department. I
Ibasically work with ...to try and developer systems ...
Conrad : And that was for which company?
Kevin Ellsworth: Katun Corporation. We distribute photocopy parts.
It's a nitch in the market but it seems to be doing very well. We're
1 the worlds largest independent supplier.
Conrad: Next question would be, why the Planning Commission? There
are a lot of things to do with your time.
IKevin Ellsworth : My wife Patty and I found some land and plan to build
in the spring of 1989. We plan to spend many years there. That is
Igoing to be what you might call our dream home. That's why we're still
waiting to build it there. She's still in school and when she gets out
we can afford to build a home. So we plan to make a long term
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commitment to Chanhassen and we thought it was prudent to get involved
in some of the activities that would dictate what the future of the
city would be.
Conrad: In terms of that, this brings us to the next question. We do
planning, that's our job, is to try and figure out what Chanhassen
looks like in 10 to 20 years. How we grow. What we encourage. What
we discourage. Any philosophies that you would like to have in the in
the next 10 years? The next 2 years on on the Planning Commission? ,
Kevin Ellsworth: The interaction I have have had with the
Planning Commission was the TH 212 program and that opened up a lot of
eyes to try and make the entry into the City would certainly be one of
the foremost things. ...I like what I've seen from the downtown
development. My opinion of Chanhassen before I saw it was, there it
was. It wasn't the most beautiful city in the metropolitan area but
it's really shaping up now and to continue with that I think is really
important . To bring more some retail businesses out here.
Conrad: In terms of time commitment. We meet twice a month and each
time we meet there's some preparation in, like an evening prepration.
There are times when you have to go out to a site and take a look at
it. If you want to relate to what the neighbors are talking about, you
should go out there. We require 75% attendance at our Planning
Commission meetings. The question we've been asking everybody is can
you meet that requirement? It's that important to us. To be assured
that that kind of obgliation.
Kevin Ellsworth: I'm sure that's important. My interest would lie
with the Planning Commission. My work is important to me ...My
hobbies are important too but each one of those areas I enjoy . That
would not be a problem for me. '
Conrad : Would you enjoy working with all of us?
Kevin Ellsworth: Well, I 'd like to get to know you a little better . '
Conrad : Any questions you have for us?
Kevin Ellsworth: The two that came to mind. The one is when I just '
read through the ordinance and so on, what kind of liability does the
Planning Commission have? If you make a bad judgment and the Council
goes with it and the developer loses a lot of money or something .
Conrad: We're not liable. What do we have, inurance on us or are we
totally out of the process? '
Dacy: You're out of the process because the Council makes the
decision.
Conrad : The insurance is carried on the Council .
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Kevin Ellsworth: Then the Minnesota Statute that they mentioned in the
Iordinance, does that just kind of reiterate what's in the ordinance? It
says the Planning Commission was established according to Minnesota
Statutes such and such. That just says that was to establish a
planning commission?
IIDacy: That's the enabling legislation from the State to authorize
cities to create planning commissions.
1 Kevin Ellsowrth: If you have an ordinance, that answers all the
questions I have.
1 Headla: Since you didn't mention here, I assume you didn't serve on
any commission in Minnetonka?
IKevin Ellsworth: No .
Headla: How come you want to serve on one in Chan but you didn't apply
1 for one in Minnetonka?
Kevin Ellsworth: Chanhassen will be the first place I would own a
Ihouse in. I lived with my parents most of my life in St. Paul. My
father in-law-lives in Minnetonka, that's where my wife and I stay now
so we would be there for 2 years at the most.
1 Conrad : You were involved in the TH 212 corridor , what were your
concerns about that?
1 Kevin Ellsowrth: The immediate concern was when we saw the southern
route going right through our proposed backyard so we came down to see
exactly what was happening there .
IConrad : How did you deal with that or where are you on that issue?
Kevin Ellsworth: We brought ours to court. It's kind of selfish in
1 that sense but after listening to both sides arguing, we paid a $10.00
fee. To me it was obvious, even without the personal bias that the
northern route was the preferred route. It had been agreed to before
1 also I think was important. . .
JAMES WEHRLE
IJames Wehrle: About 160 homes I think, specifically in the the Near
Mountain and the other 100 homes adjacent to us in Fox Hollow, we're
Iprobably the two groups at the moment and may or may not have a merger
but we're a lot of folks in the new developments, such as myself, are
not familiar with Chanhassen. We've been trying to look into a lot of
Ithe various aspects of what's going on here and I guess I've never
been anywhere for any period of time and didn't get involved and
I'm just curious to get involved and planning seemed to be something I
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would have a particular degree of background in. I taught at the
Unversity level a number of different courses but I taught a course in
urban ecology which was basically city planning as it relates to
econoglical and environmental studies. The other things I taught
wouldn't relate here so that doesn't matter. I doubt that too many of
you are real familiar with the particular part of town that I
represent. I thought it may be of some interest to you and if I may
just give you a copy of our monthly newsapaper of Near Mountain that
you may keep and pass around amongst yourselves and throw away once
your done with it but we started having meetings in the basement of the
Fire house and we got a lot of active people in the neighborhood that
are interested into looking into becoming active civicly involved
members of this community and finding out what's going on. I just had
a neighborhood association meeting at my house until half an hour ago
and a lot of topics of discussion had to do with parks going in near
us. Plans for traffic patterns through the area. Plans for
recreational facilities that we read about in the village. There's a
whole lot of interest amongst the community and I guess I was kind of
mandated by the folks in our development. Somebody here ought to get
involved in this and we saw it in the newsapaper that the openings were
available and we talked amongst ourselves who was interested in what and
this seemed to be something I'm certainly interested in and thought I'd
throw my hat in the ring.
Conrad: You took us through the first three questions up there.
Time commitment. You seem like a busy person. We meet twice a month
which means anywhere between 7:30 and midnight. My intent is getting
out of here before 10: 30 but most of the time midnight comes to pass.
It also means another night of preparing for that meeting and may take
some time actually going out to sites on the weekend or whatever and
taking a look at it. How does that fit with your schedule?
James Wehrle: I am virtually my own boss. I negotiate with unions. '
I 've got 37 unions , mostly in Minnesota and Wisconsin that I deal with
and negotiate their contracts and handle their contract adminstration ,
board hearings and things like that. It's all in the day time. If I
have a meeting in Milwaukee I catch the 8 : 00 flight out and catch the
4:30 flight back and I'm always home for dinner.
Conrad: We require 75% attendance simply to make sure we've got '
quorum's here. We've got folks coming in , public hearings, developers
and we just have to have ...so if you're comfortable with that kind of
requirement that you can make. Any questions? ,
James Wehrle: Yes, a number. Where does the particular book as a
mandate for this Planning Commission? Is it all encompassing every
aspect of planning the future of Chanhassen or does it have a
particular focus as to the things that you study or make
recommendations on? '
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Conrad: We set the focus along with the planning staff or with the
Idirection from the City Council. I think the biggest job we have
is developing the comprehensive plan which encompasses everything in
planning our community growth. We're updating that right now. We've
Ibeen doing that for the last year so if that's a guideline, that means
we get involved in everything. If we get the planning documents in
line, the zoning in line, then the individual things that come to us,
holding the public hearings on any new development, taking a look at
Isubdivisions, reviewing various requests or permit requests, we get
into the specifics but the key job is taking a look at Chanhassen and
planning for the 10 year growth cycle which we're doing right now.
IJames Wehrle: Does this body function as a zoning commission too as
well or is there a separate body?
IConrad: We make the zoning recommendations but again, in Chanhassen
the City Council takes the final action in terms of zoning .
IJames Wehrle: You said the meetings are every other Wednesday. Is
that twice a month or is it actually every other Wednesday?
IConrad : Well , it ' s the first and third Wednesday.
James Wehrle: You said typically the meetings start at?
IConrad : 7: 30 or 7 : 35.
Headla: I wonder if we should mention that they attend a council
Imeeting about twice a year too.
Conrad: We try to cycle people through the Council meetings. One
Iproblem is communication between City Council and Planning Commission
which is not unique. It's common for almost any group where you're
talking about common people interfacing. So it helps us relate to
what they're doing. We take turns going to City Council and just
Ihearing what their positions are on our issues so that's a little bit
more of a time commitment.
IJames Wehrle: I guess I've participated in so many committees similar to
what your doing that I feel pretty comfortable and I 'm sure it covers
such a wide garnet that there are any number of things that you might
deal with at any given time. Is ther anything else about me?
Erhart : You moved here a year and a half ago from where?
IJames Wehrle: We moved here from Louisville, Kentucky. I was in
Louisville for just 10 months before I came here. Before that I spent
the vast bulk of my life in Cinncinnati , Ohio.
IErhart: You were involved with, you described here for only a short
time . . . Are there other things that you considered?
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James Wehrle: No. My wife saw in our neighborhood newsapaper, I'm
the president elect or whatever of our homeowners association and I've
spend a lot of time with Little League sports or whatever , but that can
be shuffled around but that's about the extent of it.
Erhart: Is there anything that you are familiar with the Planning
Conmmission? Have you been here in the last year or so when for people
that you represent thre?
James Erhrle: No. I work for Beverly Enterprises which is a Fortune
500 company which is the world's largest owner and operator of nursing
homes . To my knowledge, we own no nursing homes anywhere around here.
Erhart: No, I was speaking of the homeowners association. Was there
any issue there that ' s . . .
James Wehrle: No, just an interest in becoming civically active.
I guess the first thing we did was we got Jim Chaffee to come out and
talk with about the neighborhood watch and a lot of the people in the
community appartently came down to some City Council meetings to talk
about their tax assessments and they started saying they didn't
understand Minnesota taxes because in all honestly most of the people
in our development are from out of state, or the bulk of them. It's a
difficult thing to understand. I guess through the normal process
of people moving in and starting to say things having to do with what
can we do about getting a 10 mph or 20 mph speed limit set in our
development with the little kids? What can we do by way of, does
anybody know if there's going to be a recreational center built in
Chanhassen and what can we do about the water sprinkling shortages or
whatever and pretty soon people got together and joined together in
informal groups and now we just formalized a larger group of several
hundred people who have just kind of common interests that were
basically new to the community. It's a growing community and why don't
some of us get involved.
Erhart: Other than TH 5 improvement, what's the single issue that you
think or the single thing that Chanhassen can do to further . . .
James Wehrle: I guess that's such an individualized question. Every
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different person has their own unique interest and everybody has a
different ox to bore and I can see that within the few hundred people
that I deal with in our community that they've all got a wide variety
of interest and some people's main complaint might be transportation.
As far as accessibility of getting through Eden Prairie or whatever it
takes to get onto TH 5. We did go out of our way in our last
newsletter to put the TH 5 flyers in there that the Chamber put out.
We got all our people to send them in. Other people's concern revolve
more around what are we getting for all the high taxes that we' re
putting out in Chanhassen. We're paying more taxes than let's say
Minnetonka and Minnetonka has it's own police. Minnetonka has a nice
rec center. Minnetonka has this, that and the other social services
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and that's an issue with a lot of people. Other people just I think
Imoved out here for the quality of life that's already here and don't
have any burning issues. I'm not aware of any burning issues to be
frank and honest about it that would percipitate some kind of super
Ihard political activity to try and crusade on anything. I think in
general there's a need perhaps for some better communication within
this community to bring the community together because I think this new
paper that's out now, I guess the Villager, has done alot to make us,
Ias new homeowners in the Chanhassen area, aware of what is going on and
isn't going on down here. Some of the topics of discussion about what
Jim Chaffee talking about the perhaps getting our own police versus
Ithe County police or new issues that are up for grabs. Improvements to
the fire department. I think baically the folks that I talk to are
like myself. Relatively young homeowners with kids and are just
interested in primarily the quality of life and it's nice that we that
Iwe've got the new development going on here in the city and it would be
nice to have some sort of little city center that was more defineable
as. This is Chanhassen, we can relate to something other than the
IDinner Theater. When you tell people in Minneapolis where you live and
you say Chanhassen, they say , Oh, the Dinner Theater. I don't know
that there's a particular burning issue anywhere. It's a nice place
Inow and I guess the only question is what can we do to make it nicer.
I think there are any number of things. I can't think of anything
specific.
IHeadla: Over the last 10 years, what's the longest time you've been in
a location?
IJames Wehrle : 7 1/2 almost 8 years I guess .
Headla: The reason I ask that, when I looked through here, it looked
like you hadn't spent very much time in any one place and I was
Iwondering what' s your time commitment to this community?
James Wehrle: I've only moved twice in my life. In 1985 I moved to
ILouisvill , Kentucky and I was with a company at the time by the name
of Thomas Industries which is the biggest thing they do is they are the
world's largest manufacturer of lighting. Maybe those kinds of lights,
Imaybe street lights, maybe lamps on your table and I went down there
because that was their national headquarters and I was there 10 months
when the opportunity for the particular job I have now came up. I
didn't look for it. I was approached by somebody and it was one of
Ithese offers you couldn't refuse so that was the second move I've ever
made. I now have the responsibility for an area that involves five
states. When I took the current job I have, I was looking for a career
Ipotential in that position. Something I wouldn't be moving from. My
oldest son is 13 and my daughter is 10 and my youngest son is 6 and I
don't want to frankly ever have to move them out of school again until
they're graduated from high school and ready for college. So I don't
Ianticipate a move.
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Headla: Okay, I think I heard something that you were going to be
moving on.
James Wehrle: I've only really lived one other place and that's
Cincinnati , Ohio. I lived 10 months between here and there.
Noziska: Jim, you were the executive director of the business
associations?
James Wehrle: I usually don't mention this because it's something
totally unheard of but I'm one of the thousand people in the country
that has a, you've heard of a certified public accountant, I'm a
certified association executive, CAE. I was the executive director of
the Mechanical Contractor's Association. We associated General
Contractors and the American Subcontractor's Association. I
represented a few hundred construction firms in Cincinnati , Ohio. I
handled everything from their pension funds to their health funds to
their training apprenticeship centers, their political activity and
handled all their meetings and handled all their money. I guess I get
to share in the responsibility for the 300 million dollars as Chairman
of the Board... I guess it was a natural lead-in to this homeowners
association here.
Noziska : You did that for 7 1/2 years?
James Wehrle: I did that for 5 1/2 years , from 1980 to the middle of ,
1985. Before that I was with the Cincinnati Board of Education in the
labor relations. Started out there actually as a teacher for a short
period of time. As I was doing my masters and doctoral studies during
the early 80's, I attended two different law schools for select
programs. I'm not a practicing attorney. I'm not licensed before the
bar in any particular areas of expertise. I'm a human oriented person.
I like interpersonal skills in dealing with people and I like a
challenge and I like resolving problems amicably. I'm proud to say
that in the darn near 20 years of labor, I've only had two strikes that
I had to deal with and those were things outside of my control. One of
them had to do with the Atomic Energy Commission shuting down a nuclear
power plant and a year and a half ago when I first took this job I
walked into a strike in Waterloo, Iowa by the United Auto Workers.
I've got everybody from the Steelworkers to the Teachers Unions to the
Nursing Home groups. If they'll pay dues, they'll try to organize
them. Mostly around here it's the United Food and Commercial Workers
and everybody in Minnesota is familiar with Austin, Minnesota and
Service Employees, an international union, that's the union that took
over when the nurses were on strike here a few years ago.
Noziska: You have 37 unions, how many people does that encompass?
James Wehrle : Probably an average of well over 100 people in each of
those 37 bargaining units so maybe 4,000. 4,000 people everyday, I can
assure you that a handful of them file a greivance and I'm proud to say
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of 100 arbitrations that were filed for in the year and a half I've
Ibeen on this job, only one has ever finally gone to arbitration because
we weren't able to resolve an answer and I won. ...Is there an effort
toward any sort of proportional representation throughout the
Icommunity? Is that a conscientiously applied thought?
Conrad: We talked about that a little bit. I think yes. I think it's
Iimportant but we can't really totally do it. It's really tough. I
Il think we have to take the best person available. That's what we talked
about a little bit here. The best person that's really representing
Chanhassen. However, we like to get a variety of opinions. Not any
Ikind of intent on our part to make this into hybrid things. The best
thing anyone can do is to get a variety of opinions.
IJames Wehrle: The point I want to emphasize is, obviously I make my
living in trying to reach fair compromise. I try to be persausive but
nevertheless I try to bring peace between all sides. In employee
IIrelations it's crucial to me. I feel the same way about the community
1 involvement. There may be individuals within any given part of this
community that have particular axes to grind and try to get on a board
perhaps with a burning issue that they're trying to promote or an
Iacross the board interest in the total community. I have really no
alterior motives whatsoever in wanting to participate other than a
desire to participate as a participator and civic minded. I guess the
last thing that I or our newly informed homeowners association wanted
Ito do, being well aware of the fact that we are the newcomers to the
community, just to come along and do anything other than to peacefully
blend into the community and just participate. I don't want to
anything that's in any way, shape or form adversary or confrontational
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on a particular crusade. I just think if I'm going to live here, I'm
going to do my bit to contribute and say my piece and participate in
Ithe democratic process. I don't know if I'm reading anything into what
you were going after there but I've got no real cause. I'm not here
representing anything that the few hundred people in our development
want to see accomplished or anything. I just want to contribute
Iwhatever I can. I feel some of the experience I've got is probably not
applicable undoubtedly. I remember spending almost a year on a light
rail transit study for over a three state area. I'm sure we'll get
Iinto some lot less high faluted sophisicated then than that here. The
study all came to nothing anyway. Probably the same direction
Minneapolis' study is heading but nevertheless, I have an awful lot of
Iknowledge about planning in one repsect or another and I definitely
understand politics. I know that this may not be a politcal body
directly, as you just eluded to certain politcal body of your Council,
so be it. That's life in America.
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SHERWIN TARADASH
IConrad: Why don't you give us a quick synopsis of your background.
Whether that's work or education. Whatever you think we should know
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that may persuade us that you're the right folk up here. Anything that
you think is relevant and it could be just a recap of what you put on 1
your application.
Sherwin Taradash: In 1981 I moved my family here along with the
company. The company's chief role was to do turn key design for hotels
and restaurants throughout the midwest. 1981 through 1983 were fairly
decent years but they were starting to wane because of interest rates
and that kind of development ceased to become important. During the
same period of time I also acted as a marketing function for a group of
individuals looking to market and develop hotel projects within the
midwest area. Having to sit on this side of that table in quite a few
municipalities as well as before City Council. Understanding both
sides of the tables' attitudes towards planning a development. That
occurred from 1981 through roughly 1983 and then I became a marketing
consultant for a developer in the this community and went into the city
of Minneapolis, city of St. Paul, St. Cloud, Willmar, to help them get
some type of identity in those communities to develop commercial and
residential projects. Again, being obviously on this side of the table
and not on your side of the table. That basically ended in early 1985
where I activated my real estate license. My wife had been a broker in
Iowa. When we moved here in 1981 she became active with Edina Realty.
I activated my license in 1985. Became an active realtor selling
residential properties. In 1981-1982, my wife had the opportunity to
come out to Chanhassen to Colonial Grove on Lotus Lake. She, using her
terminology, babysat one of Herb Bloomberg's homes on Sandy Hook Road.
One that had been vacant for a considerable length of time. Turned
around and sold that home to some folks and had to turn around and
resale that home again. The point of making that statement is, we
liked what we saw of the area in Colonial Grove and we only said that
perhaps when it came our turn to build a home, that's where we would
want to do it. So in 1986, actually early 1986, we made a decision to
develop a home in Colonial Grove. Knowing Herb, to a degree, we got
involved with some of the development that was necessary to spearhead
the rest of that thing. We did a parade home on Sandy Hook Road for
our own home. That spearheaded the balance of the development in that
last phase, if you will. Got involved in that. Got involved in some
other activities in the community as far as residential was concerned.
It's our feeling that this is a community we chose to live in. We
weren't born here like maybe some of you were. We chose to live here.
We choose to want to stay here. I'm also kind of done doing marketing
and developing and those kinds of things and I'm involved in other
areas which are not in development at all. I'm an active realtor. I'm
at most times employed and able to sale land as well as residential.
I'm not in commercial real estate at all. I got involved in a property
with Trammell Crow in Eden Prairie and became the catalyst to get that
job taken care of. It was the only major piece of land that I was
involved in. Skipping around a little bit, just to kind of give you an
overview here. We're committed to the area. I've done enough on this
side of the table to know, I think I know, what's necessary to help a
committee, planning committee, to gain what it needs for it's
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comprehensive plan as well as it's immediate plan where you are looking
Iat a growth period here. I think I could be of some very good help
here. I think I have the background to do that. I also, as well as my
wife, both hold securities licenses as well as insurance licenses so we
Ihave a broad spectrum of where we' re at . Kind of a scattered overview.
Conrad: You kind of covered the second question, why the Planning
Commission. There are a lot of things to donate your time to. Another
Icommittee would be the Park and Rec. The Planning Commission, any
particular reason you chose that?
ISherwin Taradash: Basically, again, taking from my background and the
truly love of land and the good use of land. That's something I know,
or I think I know. Some other things are something I don't know and am
Inot that comfortable with. I am comfortable with this and it's a need
for me to fulfill. Something basically we talked about. Give back
something that I've got which is experience, is all I've got, for this
role .
IConrad : What we try to do here is plan which means plan land uses and
associated with that becomes highways and all sorts of other nifty
Istuff. Right now we're working on a Comprehensive Plan which is a
planning tool. That plan takes us up to the year 2000. What kind of
philosophy of growth would you try to work into that comprehensive
Iplan if you were out here right now? What type of philosophies would
you like to insure were incorporated into Chanhassen for the next 10
years?
ISherwin Taradash: I'd like to see a balanced program between
commercial and residential that made sense. Not on the short term, but
the long term. In talking the comprehensive plan, if I were sitting on
Ithat side of the table, my concerns would be that it number one is
orderly, good growth for the community. That whatever the land was
dedicated by zoning for the use of, whether it be commercial or
residential, I would want to know that that had some really great
Iconsideration rather than just being placed before a committee and
because it was hot then had to be passed through the committee. I
would rather have the long range plan on paper and follow it then to
Icome back in and start rifling in with some hotbed items. I guess I
don't know if I'm answering it specifically but I think just trying to
take the good orderly growth that a community needs in both areas of
commercial and residential on the long range program.
IConrad: In terms of time, we meet twice a month, every other week
which many times occurs from 7:30 past 10:30 until 12:00. It requires
Ia day of preparation usually for each meeting and we require 75%
attendance which is real critical. Usually are meetings are quite
packed and we don't want to postpone. Does that present any problems
iin terms of your time availability?
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Sherwin Taradash: My profession doesn't take me out of the community.
I don't have to travel so that's no problem. As far as my own time, it
is my own time. I would dedicate that time.
Conrad: What questions did you have of us about the Planning
Commission?
Sherwin Taradash: Yes, I did have a couple. Where are you with the
comprehensive plan? For how many years have you been working on the
comprehensive plan?
Conrad: We're revising it right now. We put it in, the one that I'm
familiar with, several years ago, 5 years ago at least and we're now
updating the comprehensive plan. We worked this last year on it.
There are still some sections that we're working on right now. How
many sections do we have left by the way?
Dacy: We have the transportation and implementation chapter left and
there are some holes that we have to go back and fill in some of the
other ones.
Conrad: So we're updating it. We're updating it to guide Chanhassen
through the year 2000. Over the next couple months we'll be doing
that. Then this will go to City Council for their input and the
process will have some public hearings and will probably have this many
people as you see in attendance tonight. That's a cynical comment but
most people don't think in terms of participating in the planning
process. They would love to participate when it affects themselves
downstream but anyway, the comprehensive plan is . . . '
Emmings: Are there are particular issues that you are aware of in the
community or in your neighborhood that provoked or prompted your
interest in being on the Planning Commission?
Sherwin Taradash: No particular issue. Most of the issues I think are
laid to rest .
Conrad: What I like in this process is finding out what the community
is thinking and it's a good chance to find out what your neighbors are
talking about. What do they like about Chanhassen? What do they
dislike?
Sherwin Taradash: I think the only thing that's disliked, and it has '
nothing to do with Chanhassen and I think this is something we will
hear until there is legislation that changes the property tax issue. I
think it's merely a tax situation. I think that's the only negative
comments we have in our neighborhood is taxes. Property taxes. I
think the neighborhood itself, Colonial Grove, is unique as other
neighborhoods in this community are unique. We have some people that
have lived in the community, our neighborhood community, for 25 years
but we also have a great many folks in there now, I'm trying to
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remember, I think there were 20 new people in our neighborhood, who are
Iactive in taking interest in the City of Chanhassen. One in particular
is my next door neighbor who is a superb individual. Where he gets his
energy I'll never know. This guy's a pilot and he's working in public
Isafety, fire fighting and he's a volunteer fire person. Very happy.
He wants to be active. Some of the other neighbors would like to be
active, they just have to find the way to do things. The older
residents, I don't mean that necessarily by age but by virtue of being
Iin the community, some as you know or may not know that are active
locally in chambers and some are complacent and I think we've got no
different neighborhood than any other neighborhood. You've got some
Ithat are complacent, some are vocal, some that are aggressive in
seeking to participate. The principle issue again is one of property
things. There tends not to be seemingly a major issue in our community
relative to change. The consensus is, what a marvelous thing that is
Ihappening to our downtown. I think we all have to agree that is
something that has been long overdue.
IConrad: What do you think about that building that's cockeyed in main
street?
ISherwin Taradash: I'm not an architect but I'll tell you, I think
that's an absolute disaster but disasters can also turn in to be
something, if you approach it properly and take a character's thoughts
Iof making it his monument, and I don't know if that's the case or not,
but I'm sure that with some marvelous landscaping, good landscaping,
you could easily turn that into... Forget moving it off of that
foundation and just look at some really heavy duty landscpaing. That's
Iwhat it's going to take. Right now you've got to live with it and look
the other way and again, I think that could be turned around. So
someone made an error in judgment.
Conrad : Thanks for your time.
IBarbara Dacy prepared a summary of the Commission's discussion on the
Planning Commission candidates .
IThe Commission interviewed a total of 16 candidates. M. Ryan Byrd
did not appear at the interviews and the Commission decided not to
include his name as part of the consideration. Jim Wildermuth was
Iunable to attend tonight's meeting because of his leg injury. Mr.
Wildermuth however did convey his intention to reapply for
reappointment to the Planning Commission and to staff.
IThe Commission identified seven finalist from the 16 applicants.
The Commission established a scoring mechanism and each commissioner
identified the two top candidates from the field of the seven finalist.
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The Commission unanimously recommended to reappoint Jim Wildermuth
based on his service to the Commission for the past year and a half.
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The scoring for the remaining two openings were tabulated and Annette
Ellson and Brian Batzli were the top candidates.
The Commission established the ranking system in order to convey
to the Council the Commission's preference for the candidates to be
chosen to fill the vacant positions. However, the Commission also
directed staff to provide the Council with the list of the names that
were considered the finalists. The Commission felt that Ms. Ellson and
Mr. Batzli had positive attitudes about the community, were
enthusiastic to serve for the three year term and would be good
decision makers.
Submitted By Barbara Dacy
City Planner
Prepared by Nann Opheim
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IAPPLICATION FOR CHANHASSEN COMMISSION .
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APPLICATION FOR CHANHASSEN COMMISSION '
Position desired: P.2anning Comm,i44,ion Alternate
Name: David C. Pn,i..?.2aman 3-2-1919
Date of Birth (Optional)
Address: 7064 Red Cedars Cove
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appointed to the above Commission.
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' DEC Q 1987 Signature
CITY OF CHANHASSEM
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C1tyof C�nCinnati
OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
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BE IT PROCLAIMED:
WHEREAS, J. James Wehrle has been "Captain of Industry" in
Greater Cincinnati for many years, and has given
unselfishly of himself toward the well-being of our
City; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Wehrle has donated extensively of his time and
expertise to serve on five different "Blue Ribbon
Task Forces" by appointment of various Mayors and
City Managers of Cincinnati, in projects ranging
from Finance to Equal Employment Opportunity to
Toxic Substance Control; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Wehrle has achieved numerous other civic
accomplishments of inestimable value to the entire
Tri-State Area, for which he has twice been awarded
the "Key To The City of Cincinnati" as well as many
other commendations in Ohio and elsewhere; and
WHEREAS, Our City well remembers when Mr. Wehrle represented
us throughout the world as Head Coach of the U.S.
State Department's "All-American Soccer Team" for
which he was subsequently placed in the Cincinnati
Sports Hall of Fame; and
WHEREAS, It is now Cincinnati's great misfortune, and
another city's considerable gain, to discover that
the pursuit of Mr. Wehrle's career will soon be
taking this "Favorite Son" far away from us.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, CHARLIE LUKEN, Mayor of the City of Cincinnati, do
hereby proclaim September 4, 1985, as
J.JAMES WEHRLE DAY
in Cincinnati, in recognition and appreciation of his outstanding
professional achievements and civic contributions, and to send him off
with the very best wishes of our entire community.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have
" r hereunto set my hand and
+•� caused this seal of the City
sue+ �J a w��✓� J' of Cincinati to be affixed
this 3rd day of September in
sjc ,', V;t the year Ni elteen Hundred and
L,r 5 4sr��" Eighty. �
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�` arlie Luken Mayor
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IAPPLICATION FOR CHANHASSEN COMMISSION
Position desired: Rebut efflord„,Luz.
Alternate:
Name: .7717).A., oikt.-. . Date
of Birth (Optional)/0-/7.6:
IAddress: (p _l am ���' I
Home Phone: g 3 �� fro Business Phone: .
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IHow Long Have You Lived in Chanhassen? / ••c.-..A
Highest Level of Education Attained, plus degrees, if any: AT. S. / U 44141
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Current employment: (Give
position,
If employment is relatively recentdiscussepreviouslemploymentlas well) :
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I Activities and affiliations (Include elective offices and honors or
recognitions received, if any) :
I
IReasons for seeking this position and special qualifications:
Ij /4;,,l, eam "...Ate Gt A•4-. 4.+40.-► ft, 74 favee ae r3 • L
Q , MGn I..CJ / Q 3) '��
In filing this application, I understand that
Iinterest and participation will be involved, andcam p e paredf my ai che
commitment in the event I am appointed to the above Commission. make such a a
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CITY OF CHANMASz)tN
DATE: NOVEMBER 25, 1987 1
APPLICATION FOR CHANHASSEN COMMISSION '
Position desired: PLANNING COMMISSION Alternate:
Name: SHERWIN L. TARADASH '7
Date of Birth (Optional) 11-34-3/
Address: 61 SANDY HOOK ROAD CHANHASSEN '
Home Phone: 934-7017 Business Phone: 927-1128 541-1551
How Long Have You Lived in Chanhassen? OVER 1 yEAR
Highest Level of Education Attained, plus degrees , if any: B.S. DEGREE
IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION THE CITIDAL 1959.
Current employment: (Give position, employer and brief discussion of duti
If employment is relatively recent, discuss previous employment as well) :
REALTOR-REPRESENTATIVE EDINA REALTY, INC. AS AN INDEPENDENT CONTRACTOR _ INVOLVED TN
MARKETING AND SALES OF EXISTING AND NEW CONTRUCTION. ALSO, HAVE BEEN ACTIVE T ,ES
OF LAND FOR RESIDENITAL. DEVELOPMENT , ASSOCTATE FIANCIAL ADVISOR - REPRESENTING ,
UNITED ASSET MANAGEMENT.
Activities and affiliations (Include elective offices and honors or '
recognitions received, if any) : MEMBER OF MINNEAPOLIS BOARD OF REALTORS, ACTIVE
MEMBER OF EDUCATION PLANNING COMMITTEE, ADDITIONALLY LICENSED IN SECURITIES AND INSURANCE. IL
Reasons for seeking this position and special qualifications:
PLEASE SEE OTHER SIDE -
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In filing this application, I understand that a commitment of my, time , enerc
interest and participation will be involved, and am prepared to make such
commitment in the event I am appointed to the ie e Commission. I
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AS A RESIDENT OF CHANHASSEN, MY WIFE SHIRLEY AND I HAVE ACTIVELY PROMOTED
THE COMMUNITY. SPECIFICALLY BEING INSTRUMENTAL IN SPEARHEADING THE COMPLETION
OF COLONIAL GROVE AT LOTUS LAKE. WE SUCCESSFULLY SOLD AND HAD CONSTRUCTED 4
HOMES IN THE PAST 1 1/2 YEARS.
' IN ADDITION, I HAVE A BACKGROUND IN THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. HAVING HAD,
IN THE PAST, A COMPANY WHICH PROVIDED TURN-KEY DESIGN 'TO HOTELS AND
RESTAURANTS THROUGHOUT THE MIDWEST, AND AS A MARKETING CONSULTANT TO
DEVELOPERS SEEKING COMMERCIAL AND/OR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN MINNESOTA
AND SURROUNDING STATES.
THE EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE I POSSESS WILL BE A BENEFIT TO OUR COMMUNITY.
IT IS IMPORTANT FOR ME AS A 'RESIDENT OF THIS COMMUNITY TO GIVE MY TIME
AND EFFORT TO HELP OTHER LEADERS TO ACHIEVE EXCELLENT GROWTH FOR THE CITY
OF CHANHASSEN.
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DATE: //`3"_(7 '
APPLICATION FOR CHANHASSEN COMMISSION t
Position desired: 0,94,2://915s9/,240,404
C70/1447/55/Alternate:
Name: .6, 6_.(agL ( '/T� o Date of Birth (Optional)
Address: �1'1Z� /1/4..D.2).44/ cjj,Lr
Home Phone: g3 �(5)9�
Business Phone:
How Long Have You Lived in Chanhassen? Z /n;07/5
Highest Level of Education Attained, plus degrees , if any:
c:72/.6
Current employment: (Give position, employer and brief discussion of dud"
If employment is relatively recent, discuss previous employment as well) :
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Activities�ndaff iations (Include electivorr s and hono
recognitions received, if any) : rs or
Reasons for seeking this position and special qualifications:
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In filing this application, I understand that a commitment of my time, ene
interest and participation will be involved, and am prepared to
commitment in the event I am appointed to the above Commission. make such
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IAPPLICATION FOR CHANHASSEN COMMISSION
Position esired: 44.p,(16, aw4i.,s-,s;c, ,.1 7-.9
.1 Alternate:
I Name: _��&&.-- r- v1 /27Z-74S 04) / 3/��3
Date of Birth (0 tidna
Address: 0 -.,e�t�T�?,cJ�-� 40/./.4
I Home Phone:: 1,s-4�9Z
Business Phone: 937_/1O03.3
1 How Long Have You Lived in Chanhassen' /
1 Highest Level of Education Attained, plus degrees, if any:
/"//�jelii.1 SC//b c,/ /?/UJ /C'c// S r.70 G/S
!Current employment: position, employer iu1 discussion
of' If employment is relatively recentdiscussprevosemploY men as well) :
/ /]u.t v- 14/2,% /T (2/4(t)/e/9172t) — 0.h1ic STi�/fTd/G _ /l/c;-c'
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Activities and affiliations I liations (Inclu elective office and hon rs or
recognitions received, if any) : . �J
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IReasons for seeking this position and special qualifications :
GUC'U/J 2z6-
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In filing thiis application, I understand that a commitment of my time, energ
interest and participation will be involved
commitment in the event I and am prepared c.d t• make such a
am appointed to .ove C..••• pion.
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DEC 0 -J. 1987
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;JtC 0 19871
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DATE: ii /g- -- e-7
APPLICATION FOR CHANHASSEN COMMISSION
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Positio desired: P`tno, Ont4,),(0- sd 6 Alternate:Name• YYY - I
• a'"�l Wa_imc:./4^‘ Date of Birth (Optional) Va
Address: -1L3‘ k4c.,:fL ���-
Home Phone: L{ '1 4 - ( 3 1-7 Business Phone: 9 _ e
How Long Have You Lived in Chanhassen? J.5-jr"
Highest Level of Education Attained
0 u.s-.:,,..,-(2--
plus degrees, if any: A - I
Current employment:
If employment is relatively precenti,�discuss eprevious lemployment ias we 11))l :
t 'rN(\ e (.,._ \_,c1,2.,,,,a (xs OA\ R-0 ,A)o-c, u\-01_ l..x.+; G -7---ojlorN re..01-A
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recognitions received, if any) : _ \
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U.Dc\kC -( L\ Ct-Pck CO?��C1 k_S Cn G\(-, ��(1 i._-2 t'_' l v`)l 1 J\
St-�. C_%r�SV,, '1 � V �— !
Reasons for seeking this position and special qualifications : 1_4„ x`
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(�1 ::_'41.,C — �..> , (+, 1j '. . % ..k i_ c 1\s`-
r ' gal ` - ` �_ �` ��•
In sling this Lapplication, I u' orstand that a commitment of my time, ene
interest and participation will be involved, and am prepared to make such 4
Commitment in the event I am appointed to the above
Commission.
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IDATE : December 1,. 1987 .
IAPPLICATION FOR CHANHASSEN COMMISSION
IPosition desired: Planning' -- Alternate :
2/11142
Name: Joseph V. E_des kuty • Date of Birth (Optional)
Address• 406 Cimarron Circle Chanhassen ' • _
IHome Phone: 934-6311 Business Phone : 941-401)0
How Long Have You Lived in Chanhassen? 11 years.
IHighest Level of Education Attained, plus degrees , if any:
' Three years-._college, St. Cloud State University and University of Minnesota.
Current employment: (Give position, employer and brief discussion of dL
If employment is relatively recent, discuss previous employment as well)
I1/87 to Present - President, Edge Commercial Real Estate, Inc. , operate a full
1 • service commercial Real Estate brokerage business.
(See
6/77 to 1/87 - Sr. Vice President, Garron Commercial Real Estate, Responsible attached
I brochure)
for all company production, site selection, developments, real estate syndications,
acquisitions, property management and client representations. Supervised 12 brokers.
Activities and affiliations (Include elective offices and honors or
Irecognitions received, if any) : Member - Advisory Board for the Vantage
Companies; BOMA, RESSI, NAIOP, NACORE, and the Greater Minneapolis Area Board
of Realtors.
IIReasons for seeking this position and special qualifications : Am
. interested in becoming more involved in the growth of Chanhassen. Special qualifi-
IIcations include real estate development, corporate site selection, ,zoning, re-zoning,
and conditional use permits for commercial land located in Hopkins, Minnetonka,
Iand Mendota Heights.
In tiling this application , I understand that a commitment of my time ,
interest and participation will be involved , and am prepared to make su
Icommitment in the event I am appointed to the above Commission.
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CITY OF CHANHASSEN I/ Signature
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Garron Corporation
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Our Business
Garron Corporation is a commercial
and industrial real estate company offering 1
a full range of services including leasing,
brokerage,property management,site selec- ,
tion,design,financing,development,
construction and investment services. -- -f-
Who We Serve t -
Our clients include tenants,property ..,.. ``
The Office and Industrial buyers,build-to-suit clients,private and .
institutional investors,property developers, a '` -y
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Property Professionals. builders and owners. V -
Our Background , _. _ �
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Garron Corporation was formed in 1974
to handle leasing,brokerage,property =-- '-- =r_
management,and development activities for e 1
the Edina Interchange Center,recognized as ,z-,., ,,kNI{'‘.14,111,A14 P '1,-,:400,-?- 5'''
one of the finest planned office and indus- m`s,'.
trial parks in the upper midwest.
Since that time,Garron has expanded
its field of expertise to include site selection,
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design,financing,construction and invest- Our Approach
ment services.We have enjoyed excellent Our broad range of expertise gives us a
growth since 1974,especially in the last three unique"service synergism"to handle all
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years.How?Simply by satisfying the needs your real estate needs.
of our clients. For example,our leasing background
and our ability to stay on top of the market
Our Philosophy helps us increase and maintain occupancy
for the buildings we manage. '
At Garron,we are committed to giving
customers personal service and to producing And because we have represented both
results.It is a commitment we have fulfilled tenants and landlords,buyers and sellers,we
from our beginning and the reason for our bring an objective perspective to each situ ,
growth.Delivering results is the reason for ation.It means we can offer you the benefits
our repeat business,and why half of our new of our broad experience in solving your
customers each year are referrals from problems. I
satisfied customers. Finally,we provide a level of personal
Because your success and ours go hand attention that is unparalleled in our field.
in hand,as you grow,we grow.We work at Just ask our clients.
developing and protecting long term They will tell you we took the time to I
relationships. get to know them and to carefully analyze
their situation before we started making
Our People recommendations.
They will also tell you we followed the
At Garron,service to our client is of project every step of the way ..and made
prime importance,so we place special sure they were satisfied.
emphasis on the quality of people we have. Our commitment to service is what sets I
What makes Garron unique is our team us apart from the others and why you will
approach to serving clients.When you hire be pleased with the results when you—Call
Garron,you hire a company,not an individ- Garron..."The Office and Industrial
ual.That is especially important when it Property Professionals:
- I comes to selling property and leasing space. �r,
1 Working as a team,we share information, ® IREMI
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help each other,and work together to satisfy _ �: `Jil-
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your needs. ���'�'/ A REALTOR' RESSI®
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The building of a new facility,with its with mutually agreed terms,with or without
enormous risk and myriad of details,can be an option to purchase.
cause for great concern to any business owner. Four:We can form a partnership to
Foss have ever built their own home,let build and own the facility,limiting your
alone a large business facility. financial exposure.This is to your advantage
Garron can take the worry and concern when the total building is larger than you
I out of the project by assuming Total need,because the risk of leasing the balance
Responsibility for you.It's our business. of the space is absorbed by us.
We have the experience.We have been
Ithrough the development process,in one Our Resources or another;involving literally millions We can put together the entire develop-
of square feet of office and industrial space. inert process through our own staff as well
In the process,we have developed a proven
I track record and an impressive list of satis-
fied as an extensive network that includes real
clients. estate brokers,architects,planning consul-
We can find the site,handle zoning tants,mortgage bankers, lending institutions,
questions,design the building,coordinate
subcontractors,and general contractors.
municipal approvals,arrange financing, We will put together the best team of
professionals in the industry to meet your
negotiate construction contracts,supervise specific needs,and then coordinate the
construction,build your special space
requirements...and even help you move. activities of that team from start to finish. Total Responsibility
IThe Development Process
Development and We start with you.We take the time to
listen to you and identify your specific needs
Construction relating to location,employees,size of facility,
expansion,financial abilities,physical work-
ing environment and special requirements.
I We then study the marketplace to find
the land site most appropriate for your use.
Once we find it,we investigate such things as
f zoning,utilities,soil,levied and pending
"' , , --,4 4*°- _. #,a_ special assessments,title,potential neighbor-
-s" `° xi: hood objections,access and traffic.
' ` With your input,a preliminary plan is
4_ i discussed with the local planning depart-
ment and planning commission.Once all
�� = municipal approvals are obtained,Wc pro-
_ ceed with final plans,construction bids,and
_.� �"_ contract negotiations.Throughout this
period,financing-arrangements are also
,r"'i reviewed and negotiated.
When the construction contract is
awarded,ssc begin supervision and follow it
__ through to your occupancy date,and beyond,
to make sure that everything is right.
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We have handled all the above and
more,for clients we invite you to talk to.
Optional Working Relationships They will tell you to—Call Garron "The
Office and Industrial Property Professionals:'
I There are four basic ways we can struc-
ture our business relationship.
One We can be your advisor on a fee
basis through our Development Services
I Contract.You maintain ownership of the
property from start to finish.
Two We can build and own the facility
during the highest risk period,up until the
I day you take occupancy,and then turn
ownership over to you. II—
Three:We can build and own the facility,
with you as an anchor tenant under a lease .
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DATE: e .en?be r 1 / )q1,87
APPLICATION FOR CHANHASSEN COMMISSION
I
Position desired: Plan lirlc �rwolissCoo 4- ou ll Alternate:
h - 4�rauJ. 12�3t/9U '
Name: r'u/1 o r1 S4 n
Date of Birth (Optional)______
Address: 27 Al a; k Ref. r1
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Home Phone: L/71/ 25'gq Business Phone: g2 — 52q6
How Long Have You Lived in Chanhassen? I
Highest Level of Education Attained, plus degrees , if any: Cpl/ec
( J _
• Ili i 'ScT�t )Gl A s "] C-ie.�Le- 1n y
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Current employment: (Give position, employer and brief discussion of duti
If employment is relatively recent, discuss previous employment as well) :
l 1tGf✓1 . R!r)-C-Y er- VV)e)s _Ior/Yle I U t)ettl /
lka1 , - u 1
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Activities and affiliations (Include elective offices and honors or e� ,�-
recognitions received, if any) : MF,,�Lir -,-F4 y/v) fs 4PM a3� Reul1ci3
r /-t/lar ,_Qr t�
m4, 'r719E' a ♦ . " G, Zlir
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Reasons for seeking this position and special qualifications:T s m4- f���5_
al t —l^ =-^ n SO r�i0 nn
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In filing this application, I understand that a commitment of my time, ene
interest and participation will be involved, and am r�
commitment in the event I am appointed to the above Commissi C �mssi to make such
on.
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DATE: 13, 3 08 -7
APPLICATION FOR CHANHASSEN COMMISSION
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Position desired: pitimi;, � „m;s5;c,� wt I WO Alternate: /' `
d' I�i �l��tr_ (.GAs/iH�S��r G•-� KGIi7/ /
Name: iG�tc, ( Jc'.j�l�S k�r',J•< (/2L. Date of Birth (Optional)
Address: *;,(9( Gri°cf Pled,,; 13(ef
Home Phone: ' l I
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How Long Have You Lived in Chanhassen? I
Highest Level of Education Attained, plus degrees , if any: as , u „owl
ill-) i' ,1=•rr- i ti SC.>.' S f tiefr-2ce I1. C' -y10, 9/4i . 11et t4'7
Current employment: (Give position, employer and brief discussion of dui
If employment is relatively recent, discuss previous employment as well) :Sae i
F -„tlio 1r<Y ;„_ 4Cj61C:..(/- -( , ur t•K,20 sa cyd_r i D • or1 kJ r,j/t4,1
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Activities and affiliations (Include elective offices and honors or 1 tc,recognitions received, if any) : 7-(I J . • " 11 ti
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.m CL n�Nf`l�Y'1, e'Lt:i„1 ,1te -(Zt• � i 4 `I j
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Reasons for seeking this rfiLre
g position and special qualifications:
u.�'�il (c C, ti� P icy: 'c: C i ` n j I ( A
CiiG+1 ReCSC to (" T►tt�K.ir (c•.w 'Clt,,,, rv.;•r., ( S';.. .,--k.
Cr1'l Tv),_in ie;.11,
In filing this application, I understand that a commitment of my time, ene
interest and participation will be involved
o and am e Commiss to make such
commitment in the event I am appointed inted to the above Commissi on.
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IIAPPLICATION FOR CHANHASSEN COMMISSION
Position desired: 72/4„„, ,A, ,,,,,,, 4 An M . Alternate:
IIName: j!V,61in) il. 4/1!/41=.Q'1' Date of Birth (uptiional)
I Address: 7 7 A/ FQo v77CZ. -'2V.4 /G 1 C I/.9.vy.4csAr,+/ H•LA). SS-3/7
Home Phone: ,3 t/- 724 g Business
Phone: 93 V. 36 ZS
IHow Long Have You Lived in Chanhassen? a yes
Highest Level of Education Attained, plus degrees , if any: ,41/�/i(, S 6/4OD4„
Current employment: (Give
position,
IIf employment is relatively recent discuss epreviiouslemploymentlas well):
DcvAl(, 'RA/LS iv . l?dRvas :41 'Td1)Dcoes
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I Activities and affiliations (Include elective offices and honors or
recognitions received, if any) : 1r 1
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Reasons for seeking this position and special qualifications: __2_2(.22:1
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In filing this s application, I understand that a commitment of my time , energ
interest and participation will be involved, and am prepared to make such a
Icommitment in the event I am appointed to the above Commission.
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ICITY OF CHANHASSEN
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DATE: .o 44/ /98c
APPLICATION FOR CHAD ,
CHANHASSEN COMMISSION
Position desired: ` A�h4
og/��xfD/(/ Alternate:
Name: /''/• RV/M/BV,0 Date of Birth (Optional) 2
Address: 690 /EPA/ 6 Z th eitiagO eat/ kILL 7553/'
Home Phone: 474- g6q7 Business Phone: 9.57-1,o0 KZD6,7 I
How Long Have You Lived in Chanhassen? JjJrMi% ireQ/if �,( ,(EMAV
Highest Level of Education Attained, plus degrees, if any:
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IAPPLICATION FOR CHANHASSEN COMMISSION
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PLANNING COMMISSION ATTENDANCE RECORD
J J F F M M M A A M M M J J J J J A A S S O O N N D
A A E E A A A P P A A A U U U U U U U E E C C 0 0 E
N N B B R R R R R Y Y Y N N N L L G G P P T T V V C
14 28 11 25 4 11 25 8 22 6 13 27 3 17 24 8 22 12 26 9 23 14 28 4 18 9
L. Conrad X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X A X X X X X X X X 96%
H. Noziska A A X X X X A X A X A A A A X X X A A A A X X X 50%
T. Erhart A X X A X X X A X X X A X A A X X A A X X A X X 63%
S. Emmings X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X A X 96%
R. Siegel X X X X A X X X X A X X A X X X A X X X X X X A 79%
J. Wildermuth X X X A A A A > X X X X X A X X A X X A X X X X C I 6 7%
D. Headla X X X X X X X X X X X A X X X X X X X X X X A X 92%
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January 4, 19B7
City of Chanhassen Planning Commission
' C/0 Barbara Dacy
690 Coulter Drive P. O. 147
Chanhassen, MN 55317
Gentlemen:
' I would like to thank you for the opportunity to interview for
the Planning Commissioner position and reiterate my strong
interest in this volunteer post.
' In the short time we spoke, I gained an understanding of the
requirements and responsibilities involved in this position. Your
frankness in answering all my questions gave me an impression of
' a group that works successfully well together. I 'd like to be
part of this group.
As a part-time student the past 2 1/2 years, I know what its
' like to balance work, a family, and an outside committment. Now
that I have completed graduate school, I feel it is time to apply
what I 've learned not only to my employer but to my community as
well. The planning position especially interests me because of the
long-reaching effects that can be made.
I want to be a part of the City of Chanhassen in the year 2000
and beyond not just by living here, but by being a part of those
who helped us get there. Please consider me an enthusiastic
applicant.
' Yours truly,
Annette K. Etl.: un
6800 Yuma Drive
Chanhassen, MN 55317
CITY Of CHANHASSEN
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Mayor Tom Hamilton
City of Chanhassen i2 F• F 7
P.O. Box 147
Chanhassen, MN 55317
Re: Planning Commission Appointment 1
Dear Tom:
With this notice I am hereby withdrawing myself from consideration for re-appointment to 1
the Chanhassen Planning Commission. My personal and professional commitments the
past year and a half have changed considerably since I sought out this appointment.
Today,I find that I am increasingly unable to devote the time necessary to be an effective
commission member.
In fact,I would have tendered my resignation eight months ago when time constraints
made serving on the commission more of a sacrifice than I could afford. However,I did
feel a certain obligation to finish out the term and allow the appointment of a "fresh" body
for a full term.
I have enjoyed my 2-1/2 years on the Commission and feel they have been challenging and
rewarding. The years ahead will be no less challenging. I sincerely hope the community
(its citizens and its leaders)respond to the changes ahead with an open attitude on
reasonable planning and growth that considers all of Chanhassen.
Certainly the number and quality of applicants for the open seats on the Planning
Commission at this time is an indication of increased interest. Should my own situation
change in the future,I would certainly consider again donating my time and experience to
this community.
Best regards,
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Robert Siegel
Planning Commissioner
cc: Ladd Conrad
Barbara Dacy '
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