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01-22-90 PC Agenda � � � - �01�3F1�. ��;LcY P�.A��I�IG C�1I��I�N - ` '�����r fle����g �f �h� . ��e`��ing C�nmission � Brook�iew C��nity C�nter - Sur��s Room �3200 tiayzata 8ouievard . P.la��*uary �2, 1990 �� AGENDA I. PLANNING C�+IISSiONI��F� BOARD MEET��lG A7 7:AOP.Ms II. PLANNING GOMMISSION MIEETING AT 6:15P.M. III. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - D�CEMBER 11, 1989 ' IV. INFORMAL PUBLIC HERRING � CONSIDERATION OF �►N AMENDM�NT TO P,U.D�56, L LL Y N� � APPLICANT: City of G�e�eh Valley ADDRESS: 7600 Go1d�� Valley Road � REQUEST: Amendment to the boundaries �'�'t Pl�nned Unat D�d�lopment ` (P.U.D.) 56 V. INFORMAL PUBLIC HEARING - PRELIMINARY DESIGN PLAN FOR P.U.D. 58 N LD APPLICANT: McDonald's ADDRESS: 720 Winnetka A��. No. REQUEST: Demolition of existing facility and the const+uction of a new McDona�d's N�th �n #mpraved si�te de�ign � YI. MEMQRAtt�! fROM COMMISSItfN�R MCALEESE RE6ARDiNG �iQU�ING TASK ftlRCE � , Y�1II. REPORTS �RI+! ME�TINGS Of '�HE HOUSING AND RE�1��EL�NT A11TtlORYTY, CiTY ... !�OUNCIl., �ND $�D �1F= ��IING �PP�f�S YIII. QTt�IER 811SI�lESS � IX. AD30URNN�NT , MINUTES OF GOLDEN UALLEY � PLANNING COMMISSION December 11, 1989 A regular meeting of the Planning Commission was held in the conference room of the City Manager's Office at 7711 Country C1ub Drive, 6olden Valley, Minnesota. The Meeting was called to order by Vice-Chair McAleese at 7:lOP.M. Those present were Commissioners Leppik, McCracken-Hunt, Russell , Kapsner, Lewis and McAleese. Also present were Mark Grimes, Director of Planning and Development, Beth Knoblauch, City Planner and Mary K. Dold, Secretary. I. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - November 27, 1989. It was moved by Commissioner Lewis, seconded by Commissioner Leppik and carried unanimously to approve the minutes of the regular November 27, 1989, Planning Commission Meeting. • II. I-394 CONSTRUCTION UPDATE. Mark Grimes, Director of Planning and Development, presented a handout to the commissioners (News update sent out by MnDOT) which was enclosed in the agenda packet. Mr. Grimes also presented an I-394 construction map, from MnDOT, which showed the corridor rerouting of I-394 onto frontage roads while the main road is under construction. The commissioners reviewed where bridges would be built over I-394 and where the frontage `roads would lie once the construction was compTeted. Mr. Grimes will ask a representative from MnDOT to attend a Planning Commission meeting to talk about the greenery which will be planted along the corridor. III. REPORTS ON MEETINGS OF THE HOUSING AND REDEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, CITY COUNCIL, ND BO RD F ZONING PPEALS. No reports were presented. IV. OTHER BUSINESS. No other business was presented. � The meeting was adjourned at 8:OOP.M. MEMORANDUM • DATE : January 18, 1990 T0: Golden Valley Planning Commission FROM: Mark W. Grimes, Director of Planning and Development SUBJECT: AMENDMENT TO THE GOLDEN VALLEY CIVIC CENTER P.U.D. #56 - CITY OF GOLDEN VALLEY, PROPONENT In the Spring of 1989, the City of Golden Valley approved the Golden Valley Civic Center P.U.D. #56. The purpose of the P.U.D. was to establish one legal description for all City owned property on the block and to allow the placement of new buildings and landscaping on the block. As part of the P.U.D., the City recorded the attached Golden Valley Center P.U.D. #56 plat. The City is now proposing the sale of a portion of P.U.D. #56 to McDonald's Corporation to allow for the construction of a larger restaurant on Winnetka. I have indicated on the attached plat of P.U.D. #56 the change that has to be made to the P.U.D. to reflect the new boundary after the property is sold to McDonald's. Essentially, the change is that the City gets the rear 40 ft. of • the two Tots now owned by McDonald's. The west 210 ft. of the Mi1Ter Sales Building lot that is owned by the City is eliminated from the P.U.D. because it will be part of the new McDonald's P.U.D. This proposed change to P.U.D. #56 is consistent with the Civic Center Master Plan. The Master Plan indicates the proposed McDonald's site as a redevelopment area and shows the pedestrian corridor between the library and the City Hall . At the Planning Commission hearing I will have a copy of the new landscape plan for the Civic Center Block that was approved by the City Council this month. This new plan will be submitted as part of the amended P.U.D. for the Civic Center. Recommendation The staff recommends approval of the Preliminary Design Plan for an amendment to P.U.D. #56 in order to facilitate the sale of property to McDonald's Corporation and provide for property on which a pedestrian walkway will be built. MWG:mkd Attachments: 1. Golden Valley Civic Center P.U.D. #56 • 2. 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Grimes, Director of Planning and Develapment SUBJECT: INFORMAL PUBLIC HEARING - PRELIMINARY DESIGN PLAN FOR P.U.D. �58 MCDONALD'S ON WINNETKA - MCDQNALD'S CORPORATION, PROPONENT Over the past year, the City staff has been working with McDonald's Corporation to develop a plan to improve their store on Winnetka Avenue. With the approval of the City Council , a purchase agreement was made with McDonald's which gives them enough property to tear down their existing store and build a new and larger store. In order to accommodate the new store, the City has agreed to sell a portion of the Miller Sales Building property (owned by the City) to McDonald's. The remainder of the new McDonald's site will be made up of the existing McDonald's site and their remote parking lot south of the library. As part of the sale, McDonald's has agreed to sell a 17 ft. strip of property along" � Winnetka in front of their existing store and remote parking lot for a widened Winnetka Avenue. In addition, they have agreed to sell the City 40 ft. off the back of their two properties in order to provide a walkway area through the middle of the Civic Center Block. The City will retain 17 ft. off the front and 40 ft. off the rear of the Miller Sales property for the same roadway pur- poses. (See attached Preliminary Drawing by McDonald's.) The role of the Planning Commission in reviewing the Preliminary Design Plan for McDonald's is to determine whether the "application constitutes an appropriate land use under the general principles and standards adhered to in the City and if necessary, its report shall include recommended changes in the land use planned by the applicant so as to conform the application or recommend approval subject to certain con- ditions or modifications." (Section 11.55, Subd. 6(D) of the Zoning Code.) McDonald's is allowed to apply for a P.U.D. for this new store because it is located in a redevelopment area (Valley Square). Normally, a single use like McDonald's would be required to meet all the standards established in the Commercial Section of the Zoning Code. Because this is a Redevelopment District, tfie strict adherence to the requirements of the Commercial Zoning District would restrict the overall goal of upgrading the site, the Civic Center • B1ock and improving Winnetka Avenue. Preliminary Design PTan - PUD #58 � January 18, 1990 Page 2 Description of McDonald's Property As shown on the survey done for McDonald's in September 1989 by Egan Field & Nowak, the site of the proposed McDonald's includes parts of the existing McDonald's properties and the City owned Miller Sales Building. As part of the P.U.D. the site will be replatted into one lot for the building. The size of the lot is approximately 70,000 sq.ft. or 1.6 acres. (Their current site for the McDonald's building is about 34,000 sq.ft. or .78 acre. The remote parking area north of the Miller Sales Building is about 25,000 sq.ft. or .57 acre.) The proposed new building will be about 5,000 sq.ft. in area (about twice the size of the existing building) and be on the east side of the site. The parking area will be in front of the store and have one-way access in at the south entrance. The north driveway will provide a one-way exit from the site. The drive-thru window will be on the east side of the building, and these customers will use the same entrance and exit. McDonald's proposes a total of 89 parking spaces compared to the 93 spaces they now have at both lots (54 on-site and 39 on remote lot). Consistenc with Valle S uare Redevelo ment Plan Com rehensive Plan Civic • enter an an omng o e The Comprehensive Plan for the City identified this area as a study area defers to the Valley Square Redevelopment Plan for guidance. The proposed McDonald's building appears to be consistent with the Valley Square Redevelopment Plan that was last revised on August 2, 1982, In that Plan, it was assuming that both the Post Office and McDonald's could remain on Winnetka Avenue. The Plan called for the City acquisition of the Miller Sales Building which was done. It then suggested that a new Post Office be built on the Miller Sales property and the McDonald's remote parking lot property. McDonald's could then acquire the old Post Office site for its overflow parking lot. Over the past couple years it has become evident that both uses are not com- patible along Winnetka Avenue. The Past Office has informed the City that a new Post Office site would have to be at least two acres in area. The combined properties along Winnetka (Post Office, two McDonald's properties and the Miller Sales buildings) are a little over two acres after the necessary right-of-way is taken for a widened Winnetka Avenue. Also, the Post Office is not prepared to move at this time and are looking at several options including remaining on Winnetka. The Civic Center Task Force in 1987 and 1988 recommended that the Post Office be moved off the block and that McDonald's be allowed to stay and expand. Their recommendation was that the commercial use of McDonald's was more desirable than the Post Offi ce wi th i ts truck traffi c. One of the goal s of the Ci vi c Center • Task Force was to alleviate traffic on Winnetka Avenue. Preliminary Design Plan - PUD #58 � January 18, 1990 Page 3 At ' the Centennial Town Meeting held in November, 1986, the traffic congestion on Winnetka Avenue near the Post Office and McDonald's was identified as the number one problem in Golden Valley. In order to alleviate this problem, it was recommended by the Civic Center Task Force and staff that both McDonald's and the Post Office eannot remain next to each o�her in the long term. The Civic Center Plan adopted by the Council calls for the eventual purchase of the Post Office site for additional green area along Winnetka Avenue. The pro- posed McOonald's building is consistent with the overall Civic Center Plan pre- sented to the City Council by the Civic Center Task Force and landscape plan for the Civic Center (see attached). Both plans ca1T for an interior central walk- way from the library on the north to the City Hall at the south end of the block. The property that is being sold to McDonald's retains land to make up part of the 65-70 ft. wide landscaped walkway. This walkway will be landscaped up to the proposed east property line of the new McDonald's. The existing zoning on the site is commercial . The proposed McDonald`s is con- sistent with the Commercial Zoning District. Site Details • There are several development details that should be reviewed as part of the Preliminary Design Plan. These include: 1. Drainage - The drainage plan for the site has been reviewed by the City Engineer. As shown on the preliminary drawing, all drainage will go over the surface of the lot (street drainage) to the northwest corner of the property where it will get in the gutter line of Winnetka Avenue. From that point it wi11 drain into the storm sewer system and into Bassett Creek. The City Engineer has found the drainage system acceptable. There will have to be some cutting and filling of the lot in order to get the drainage system to work. It appears that these new grades will blend in with the adjoining properties including the walk- way east of the site. 2. Traffic Circulation - One of the goals of the City is to improve traffic circulation on Winnetka Avenue. This proposal reduces the number of driveways in the area from four to two. This is a significant improvement. With the one-way in, one-way out driveways, circulation should work much better than the existing McDonald's where the two drive-ways are less than 100 ft. apart. The interior traffic circulation should work well because of the separation of the drive-thru and in-store customer traffic. The • McDonald's corporate people believe that this plan will work; I have to defer to their working knowledge of drive-thru. , ' . � Preliminary Design Plan - PUD 58 January 18, 1990 Page 4 • At this oin ' p t I would l�ke to discuss the County s plans for Winnetka Avenue. They have now put the improvement of Winnetka Avenue through the Valley Square Area on the 1991 Capital Improvement Program. This means that during 1991, the street will be widened in order to provide two thru lanes in each direction and either a median or turn lane in the middle. This requires 17 ft. of additional right-of-way on both sides of Winnetka. The new McDonald's site provides for this addi- tional right-of-way. The City will have to provide the remainder of the right-of-way along Winnetka before construction begins in 1991. In front of McDonald's, the County has proposed a center turn lane to allow left turns into McDonald's. (I will have the Winnetka Plan at the meeting for your review. ) 3. Parking - The site indicates 89 parking spaces. Under the guidelines of the Commercial Zoning District, the Code would require around 140 spaces. McDonald's believes that 140 spaces far exceeds their needs due to the high volume of drive-thru customers. They estimate that 50� of the customers at their Winnetka store are drive-thru. Their exper- ience in restaurants indicates that the 89 spaces will more than ade- quately handle the peak load for customers and employees. 4. Utilities - Utility services are already available to the site. 5. Landscaping - McDonald's has not yet provided a landscape plan for the . site. As indicated before, the rear of their property along the central pedestrian corridor will be landscaped by the City. Since the curb for McDonald's is proposed to be within only five ft. of the central corridor, I am recommending that sod be placed in this five ft. strip by McDonald's. The central pedestrian corridor wi11 be heavily landscaped by the City. Along the north and south property lines, adjacent to the Post Office and Library, a landscape plan should be presented before the General Plan is submitted. This area should include deciduous trees. Along Winnetka Avenue minimal landscaping should be dorre until Winnetka Avenue is completed. It is anticipated that the City will have a streetscape plan along Winnetka that will affect McDonald's. McDonald's will be working with the same landscape architect as hired by the City to do the Civic Center Block (Damon Farber). This will provide a coordinated look to �andscaping in the area. 6. Setbacks - On the north and south side, the site plan provides for a ten ft. green area. The "normal" setback to parking lot would be 15 ft. Along the east property line, tfiere is a five ft. setback from property line to curb. The "normal" setback is 15 ft. The "normal° setback for building along the east property line is 30 ft. The pro- posed building is about 23 ft. Along Winnetka Avenu� the "normal° setback is 35 ft. After Winnetka is improved, the parking lot will be • ten feet from the Winnetka right-of-way. Currently, McDonald's parking lot is about 15 ft. from Winnetka Avenue. . � Preliminary Design Plan - PUD #58 � January 18, 1990 Page 5 7. Details of McDonald's Building - The attached plans show the details of the building on the east portion of the site. There will be plaza areas on the north and south sides of the bui ldi ng. The garbage con- tainers will be enclosed at the southeast corner of the building. Representatives from McDonald's will be at the meeting to describe the building and site. Recomnendation The staff recommends that the Planning Commission recommend approval of the Preliminary Design Plan for P.U.D. #58. The McDonald's plans are consistent with the Va11ey Square Plan and Civic Center Plans. In addition, the proposed plan is an appropriate land use for the area and is consistent with general principals and standards for development. MWG:mkd Attachments: 1. Site Location Map � 2. Egan, Field & Nowak Survey of property - Sept. 1989 3. Preliminary Drawing and Plans for Building presented by McDonald's 4. Portion of Landscape Plan for Civic Center - Damon Farber & Associates � r � �� J� • ,� ,� f� � � �� .• - � . i%�i'� _�� - „,.......,..�. _. ; I�' - - ���m-�� ��s��c� �!3 -- - �� ,�, � r... , , � � �� ,.� .� �� � �,� � � . ���, e�� +ii �r� ► '_ � - , �,. 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A�et p� � �f � � � '� � � S�� i �,.. 1� " � �' '�`! ,� � � ','��� � ; � � ,� ,s '�--r,; r` � ' �{fN• t-Z-i7 � � �i13.� 1•2•If. � - -'---��� � •" � p.�. �•2'y' . •. x'��� 0' 0•!!:N'� ---?L2�4Gfia � To: Golden Valley Planning Commission • From: Kevin McAleese Date : January 12 , 1990 Subject : Ideas from the Planning Commissioners regarding action agenda and eventual products of the Golden Valley Housing Task Force. The Housing Task Force has begun to meet, chaired by Council Member Dave Thompson. As you may recall , the City Council charged the task force with: A. Establishing housing goals/priorities in consultation with the City Council . B. Evaluating information and studies on housing previously gathered or adopted by the City Council or its Boards or Commissions . C. Seeking additional information in the following areas : l . Inventory of housing stock in the City; 2 . Local demographic information and regional demographic and housing trends; • 3. Survey housing options available in surrounding communities; 4. List of criteria for evaluating future housing sites . D. Developing housing policies and programs to achieve the City Council ' s housing goals as discussed in A above. During the first task force meeting, it became apparent to me that the Council ' s charge does not establish a clear-cut action agenda for the task force. Absent more specific direction from the Council, the task force is essentially free to identify the tasks to be performed, the order of performance, and the outputs . I would like your ideas regarding the task force ' s agenda and outputs . How do you think we should proceed? What products do you expect from our work? Even if you don't have opinions regarding the action agenda, please share with me your thoughts regarding the mission of the task force. Are there specific trends you believe we • should be investigating? Anything else? I ' d like to get your input at the next Planning Commission meeting. � • �,�,�> ' '.f.i • MEMORANDUM DATE: January 17, 1990 T0: Joint Meeting of Planning and Park Commissions FROM: Joan Russell RE: BEAUTIFICATION AS A 2010 GOAL The Town Meeting explored ideas and input from Commission Members and the public as to how you would like Golden Valley to look in the year 2010. One of the priority goals was in the area of beautification. Making Golden Valley a more attractive place in which to live and work was very important to everyone. Although we consistently vocalize the importance of the physical appearance of our planning projects, as yet we have done very little to involve the entire staff in a joint effort toward beautification. We have an opportunity to involve ourselves in the process by attend- • ing a Community Seminar offered jointly by the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, The Minnesota Extension Service and the Minnesota State Horticultural Society and its Minnesota Green Program. The goal is to help communities make public areas more beautiful in 1990 and beyond. I would like to see representation from Planning, Park and Recreation, Park Maintenance, Staff and the City Council attend this seminar. We can develop resources to design and maintain garden areas throughout the City of Golden Valley. We just need to get going. attachment • � • Community Gardening Seminars Planting Communities in 1990 This series of half-day seminars will be offered jointly by the Minnesota Land- scape Arboretum, the Minnesota Ex- tension Service,and the Minnesota State Horticultural Society and its Minne- sota Green pmgram.The goal is to help communities make public areas more beautiful in 1990 and beyond. Work- shops on related land topics and com- munity organizing will include: de- signing high visibility,low-maintenance landscapes; starting a community gar- den program; and working with vol- unteers and coalitions. In addition to workshops, a panel of community ex- perts will discuss the benefits of their successful community greening efforts and answer questions. • Dates and Locations February 3 Waseca February 16 Chanhassen ZVlarch 3 Alexandria March 30 Chisholm The $15 cost includes lunch. For reg- istration information contact MSHS at (612)624-7752. 1st Annual Minnesota Community Gardening Conference This day-long conference will include basic horticulture and composting in- � formation, and topics of special im- � portance to mmmuruty gardening such s as:improving poor soil,preventing theft , and vandalism, and leadership train- ; ing for garden site coordinators. ' The conference will be held on Feb- 3 ruary 17 in the Twin Cities in con- junction with the Planting Communi- � ties in 1990 seminar scheduled for February 16 at the St. Paul Technical � Institute. Combined registration is possible by calling Rick Bonlender at i MSHS(612)624-7752. � � January 1990 17