NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING This is to notify the public that the meeting of the Pope County Planning Advisory Commission (PAC) will take place on Thursday, May 28th, 2026 beginning at or about 6:00 pm or shortly thereafter in the Pope County Courthouse, 3rd Floor Board Room, to consider the following agenda items: • Review meeting minutes from April 23rd, 2026 PAC meeting• Old Business• New Businesso Conditional Use hearing on the application by Kayla & Joshua Geister (CUP-26-006, Parcel#07-0075-002), if granted would allow applicants to locate a non-farm residence in an Agriculture Protection (A-2) zoning district per section 7.3.K the Pope County Land Use Controls Ordinance. Parcel is described as being located in: Part of the Southeast Quarter (SE¼) of the Northeast Quarter (NE¼), Section 12, Township 125 (White Bear Lake), Range 39, Pope County, Minnesota.o Public Hearing: A public hearing will be held to receive comments regarding the application to establish a non-farm residence.o Conditional Use hearing on the application by Zachary Gust on behalf of Kaiya Blanshan (CUP-26-005, Parcel#03-0003-003), if granted would allow applicant to conduct shoreland alterations in a Shoreland-Recreational Development (S-RD) zoning district per section 4.6.10 the Pope County Land Use Controls Ordinance. Parcel is described as being located in: Part of Government Lot 2, Section 1, Township 126 (Reno), Range 38, Pope County, Minnesota.o Public Hearing: A public hearing will be held to receive comments regarding the application to conduct shoreland alterations.o Preliminary Plat Review hearing of Les Kalina Fifth Addition by Les Kalina (SUB-26-013, Parcel#03-0009-002 and 03-0003-000) for a sixteen (16) lot subdivision on property described as 16.64 acres in a Shoreland-Recreational Development (S-RD) zoning district per section 10.25 of the Pope County Land Use Controls Ordinance. Parcel is described as being located in: Part of Government Lot 1, Section 2, and part of Government Lot 2, Section 1, Township 126 (Reno), Range 38, Pope County, Minnesota.o Public Hearing: A public hearing will be held to receive comments regarding the preliminary plat.Public participation by interested parties and citizens will include an opportunity to:1) submit written concerns and comment prior to the scheduled meeting. All such communications will be shared with the Planning Advisory Commission prior to or during the meeting;2) submit concerns and comments via Pope County’s Public Comment web map, go to https://www.popecountymn.gov, at the top of the page hover over Government, then under Board of Adjustment/Planning Advisory Commission, select Submit a Public Comment or type in the following link to access the Public Comment web map: (https://popecounty.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=22a203912a864a77b4cdabe672e35e3f) 3) review the staff prepared report via Pope County website;4) observe and/or participate by providing verbal comments in the Public Hearing portion of the Planning Advisory Commission meeting.Notices of Decision will be posted online, shortly after decision making, at the following Pope County webpage: https://www.popecountymn.gov/land-resource-management/boa-pac-notices-of-decision/ FOR LEGAL PUBLICATIONJessica Hill, Deputy Land & Resource Director / Zoning AdministratorPope County Land & Resource ManagementMay 11
