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CITY OF HASTINGS MINUTES OF HASTINGS PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING HELD MONDAY, FEBRUARY Z3, 1970 The meeting convened at 7:30 P.M. Those present: Mr. Walt Peterson, Mr. Orvin Moen, Mr. Leonard Bauer, Mr. Skip Soleim, Mr. Don Fluegel Also present: City Engineer John Davidson, Mr. Baem, Mr. Kilborn, Mr. Don Hess representing Midwest Planners. The first item on the agenda was a film shown by Mr. Don Hess in regard to mobile home parks and the type of persons living in these parks and what can be done in a true mobile horrepark concept. Mr. Hess also stated that the tendency is to get away from the glossy aluminum finish on the mobile homes and are going to stamped wood grained finishes and rough siding on mobile homes, similar to the Pem-tom development. He stated that the mobile home park would eliminate the necessity for large urban renewal projects in that these mobile homes could be removed from the site after they have outlived their usefulness. Also there is Mot of land that could be used as an interim basis as a mobile home park until a higher land use would be made of the property at a later date. He also asked if we would be interested in him showing this film at a public hearing. He stated the film xvould be made available to the Planning Commission or City Council at their leisure. He also mentioned that the recreational open space areas would be maintained by the park owner or the residents and that there would be very little maintenance and upkeep as far as the City forces were concerned. The streets would be privately owned, maintained and operated. He proposed a reasonable approach to the tax situation and would work with the finance committee in regard to the taxable approach. He also furnished the Planning Commission with a copy of regulations, specifically for this mobile home park, stating that there could be built-in to the protective covenance or regulations, which would be a contract signed by the leasee of any of the parcels in the park to control the number of school aged children residing within the park. The City could also select reasonable point of return of investment for a number of school children per unit in point 8 per unit student ratio, the City would break even. There was a question as to whether the City had any jurisdiction in this area, if they could enforce the number of school aged children per unit within a development. Mr. Hess stated they would review our Mobile Home Park Regulations as proposed and make any comments that they felt would be constructive criticism in the way of review. He did explain that they planned on exceeding any minimum requirements that were set up in the Zoning Ordinance. Mr. Hess stated that he did want approval of a concept plan before he proceeded any further with detailed design. The Planning Commission unanimously agreed that they would have to have two to three weeks to study the proposed concept plan before they could give him that consent.