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7. Summary of Recent CC actions TKDA ® | 444 Cedar Street Suite 1500 | Saint Paul, MN 55101 651.292.4400 • tkda.com An employee -owned company promoting affirmative action and equal opportunity. Memorandum To: Scandia Planning Commission Reference: Recent City Council Actions Copies To: Brenda Eklund, Clerk Ken Cammilleri, City Administrator Project No.: 18109.000 From: Evan Monson, Planner Routing: Date: July 2, 2021 SUBJECT: Summary of recent actions by the City Council relating to the Planning Commission MEETING DATE: July 6, 2021 BACKGROUND In early 2020, members expressed a desire to get a summary on actions taken by the City Council on items reviewed by the Planning Commission. Planning and Zoning requests (such as variances, code amendments, etc.) start with review and recommendations made by the Planning Commiss ion, and then are approved or denied by the City Council. RECENT ITEMS Variances Three variance requests were reviewed by the Council at their June 15th meeting:  Variance request by Austin Adams for a new septic system within required setbacks o This request was approved by the City Council o The Planning Commission recommended approval of the request at the June 1st Planning Commission meeting  Variance request by Dan Potter to construct stairs and an addition onto an existing deck within the lake and east side setbacks o This request was denied by the City Council o The Planning Commission recommended approval of the request at the June 1st Planning Commission meeting  Variance request by Forrest Melcher to construct a detached accessory structure exceeding zoning requirements o The City Council approved the request for the location, but did not grant the request for the proposed size/footprint of the structure o The Planning Commission recommended the approval of the location, but not the size requested at the June 1st Planning Commission meeting