07-12-10 PC Minutes
Regular Meeting of the
Golden Valley Planning Commission
July 12, 2010
A regular meeting of the Planning Commission was held at the Golden Valley City Hall,
Council Chambers, 7800 Golden Valley Road, Golden Valley, Minnesota, on Monday,
June 12, 2010. Chair Keysser called the meeting to order at 7 pm.
Those present were Planning Commissioners Cera, Eck, Keysser, Kluchka, McCarty,
Schmidgall and Waldhauser. Also present was City Planner Joe Hogeboom and
Administrative Assistant Lisa Wittman.
1. Approval of Minutes
June 28, 2010 Regular Planning Commission Meeting
Eck noted several typographical errors.
McCarty referred to the fifth paragraph on page three and stated that he would like a
comment added about requiring a site plan for the installation of a fence.
MOVED by Eck, seconded by McCarty and motion carried unanimously to approve the
June 28, 2010 minutes with the above noted corrections.
2. Informal Public Hearing - Subdivision (Lot Consolidation) - 700 Meadow Lane -
SU07 -09
Applicant: North Wirth Associates, LLP, Applicant
Address: 700 Meadow Lane
Purpose: To allow for the removal of an existing property line between two lots so the
building can utilize one address.
Hogeboom stated that the applicant is proposing to consolidate two of its parcels, currently
in a Planned Unit Development (PUD). He explained that originally there were two
separate buildings on each parcel but through some recent construction the buildings were
connected so it is now essentially one building on two parcels so the applicant would like
to combine the parcels. Also, the applicant would like to have one address and in order to
do that the parcels need to be combined into one lot. He added that since this property is a
PUD the applicant is also required to go through the Minor PUD Amendment process
which only requires City Council approval.
Cera asked if the Subdivision and Minor PUD Amendment are for the same issue.
Hogeboom said yes.
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July 12, 2010
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McCarty asked if the property will have an Olson Memorial Highway address or a Meadow
Lane address. Hogeboom said they would like to have a Meadow Lane address.
Lynnette Rothstein, 700 Meadow Lane North, Employee of Mortenson and Property
Manager for North Wirth Associates, stated they are looking to change their address to
700 Meadow Lane North because that is the headquarter address for Mortenson
Construction and they have over 80% of the building as a whole.
Keysser asked if the connection between the two buildings is a skyway. Rothstein
explained that the connection is an on-grade link with a tunnel underneath.
Keysser opened the public hearing. Seeing and hearing no one wishing to comment,
Keysser closed the public hearing.
Schmidgall said he has been in the construction industry for 30 years and has done many
projects with M.A. Mortenson. He holds the firm in very high regard and is inclined to
support this proposal.
MOVED by Eck, seconded by Schmidgall and motion carried unanimously to recommend
approval of a subdivision (Lot Consolidation) request to allow for the removal of an existing
property line between two lots so the building can utilize one address.
--Short Recess--
4. Reports on Meetings of the Housing and Redevelopment Authority, City Council,
Board of Zoning Appeals and other Meetings
Hogeboom gave an update on the upcoming Walgreens proposal. He stated that
Walgreens Conditional Use Permit and Subdivision (Lot Consolidation) applications will be
coming to the Planning Commission in August. Kluchka said he wants design standards
and sustainability/re-usability requirements in place before Walgreens goes through the
approval process.
Waldhauser discussed a special Council/Manager meeting she attended regarding
preliminary concepts for redesigning the Wirth Park/Beach area.
5. Other Business
Kluchka said he would like hearing notices that are sent to residents to provide more
information regarding issues the Planning Commission has been working on in the past
couple of years.
Waldhauser asked about the progress of the commercial landscape requirements that the
Planning Commission worked on a couple of years ago. She added that she would like the
City's landscaping regulations to include the planting of trees on commercial properties.
Hogeboom said he would talk with Environmental Coordinator AI Lundstrom and provide
an update to the Planning Commission.
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July 12, 2010
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6. Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned at 7:30 pm.
ester Eck, Secretary