9/14/2022 - Planning Commision - Regular - Minutes CITY OF SPRING PARK
PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES
SEPTEMBER 14, 2022 — 6:00 PM
SPRING PARK SPRING PARK CITY HALL
On Lake Minnetonka
1. CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order at 6:00p.m.
Planning Chair Hoffman and Commissioners Avalos, Mason, and Terryll were present. Commissioner
Homan was absent.
Staff Present: City Administrator Anderson, City Planner Brixius
Guest Speaker:Josh Leddy, Back Channel Brewing
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
a. Planning Commission Minutes from August 10, 2022
Commissioner Mason motioned, being seconded by Commissioner Tenyll, to approve the minutes as presented.
On vote being taken, the motion was unanimously approved.
3. BACK-CHANNEL BREWING (BCB)
a. Permanent Food Truck: City Planner Brixius provided a recap of a request from Back
Channel Brewery to allow for a Permanent Food Truck on the site for availability during the
winter months and when an alternate food truck is not available. He stated that the request
meets all the code requirements except for Section 3. Sec. 13-34. Duration and listed out
the concerns and questions that need to be addressed prior to recommendation to move
forward. Applicant,Josh Leddy, Back Channel Brewing, reviewed each concern and
provided detail and resolutions for each one. Discussion was had. City Planner Brixius
recommended that we move forward and present to Council Chair Hoffman's
recommendation to amend the language in the mobile food truck licensing code.
Chair Hoffman made a motion to revise the second sentence in Section 3. Sec. 13-34. Duration. removing "....45
additional days per calendaryear... "and replacing it with 351 days and quanting the language surrounding "...sole
discretion..."along with deleting the last sentence in the second paragraph. Commissioner Tenryll amended the motion to
include defining the parameters surrounding the uses. Commissioner Mason seconded the motion. On vote being taken, the
motion was unanimously approved.
4. MISCELLANEOUS
a. Hoop House Definition:
City Administrator Anderson brought forward a situation of threatened litigation surrounding
the hoop house definition in the current city code. City Planner Brixius reviewed the definitions
provided in the Planning Commission packet and approved them to be added to code.
b. Merchandising:
Chair Hoffman provided information surrounding his findings on the process and requirements
of ordering City merchandise. There are minimum orders required with the marketing
companies and the process would have to be managed by City staff. Discussion was had.
Commissioner Terryl brought forward an idea to obtain the sales model and financial
information from Minnetonka Beach to determine if we can learn anything from their process.
Chair Hoffman will contact Minnetonka Beach and see what he can find out.
AD-OURNMENT
At 6.55, CommissionerAvalos motioned, being seconded by Commissioner Terryl, to adjourn the meeting
On vote being taken, the motion was unanimously approved.