06-23-80 PC Agenda GOLDEN VALLEY PLANNING COMMISSION
� June 23, 1980
7:30 p.m. •
(Civic Center, 7800 Golden Valley Road)
A G E N D A
I . Approval of the Minutes - June 9, 1g80
II . Report on the HRA Meeting - June 10, 1980 - Dave Thompson
- Bill Forster
I11 . Report on the City Council Meeting - June 16, 1980 - Herb Polachek
IV. Set Date for Informal Public Hearing - Rezoning
APPLICANT: Bob Martinson
LOCATION: Just west of the White House on T.H. 55
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REQUEST: Rezone from "Commercial" to Terminal
• Warehouse" Zoning District
V. Informal Public Hearin� - Rezoning
APPLICANT: L. N. Lundstrom
LOCATION: 1725 North Lilac Drive
REQUEST: Rezone from "M-1 (Multiple Dwelling)" to
"Business and Professional Office Space"
VI . Distribution of "Business and Professional iDffice Zoning District" -
Amendment to the Zoning Ordinance - First Draft.
VII . Response to the T.H. 12 Subcommittee.
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� Minutes of the Golden Valley
Planning Commission
. June 9, 1980
A regular meeting of the Planning Commission was held at 7:30 p.m. on June g,
1980, in the Council Chambers at the Civic Center, 7800 Golden Valley Road,
Golden Vatley, Minnesota.
Vicechairperson Forster called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m.
Those present were Commissioners : Forster, Hughes, Levy, Polachek, and
Thompson. Also present was Martin Farrell , Assistant City Planner, and
Dixie Peterson, Secretary.
Commissioners Eastes, Edstrom, Sehlin and Specktor were absent.
I . Approval of •the Minutes - May 19, 1980
It was moved by Thompson, seconded by Hughes and carried unanimously to approve
the May 19, 1980 Planning Commission Minutes.
II . Report on the City Council Meeting - May 19, 1980 - Sue Eastes
� June 2, 1980 - David Thompson
The report on the May 19, 1980 City Council Meeting was deferred. David
Thompson gave a brief report o� the June 2, 1980 rt�eting.
III . Set Date for Informal Public Hearing - June 23, 1980 �
APPLICANT: L. N. Lundstrom
LOCATION: 1725 N. Lilac Drive
(Copacabana Apartments)
REQUEST: Change Zoning from M-1 (Multiple Dwelling)
to "Business and Professional"
Martin Farrell presented the Staff report and gave a brief review of the March
24 Planning Commission meeting at whicfi time the proponent was requested to
provide a Traffic Analysis Study of the area. The proponent has provided this
study and staff feels there is ample time to prepare a report for the June 23
meeting.
It was moved by Polachek and seconded by Thompson and carried unanimously to
set the Informal Public Hearing date for June 23, 1980.
IV. Informal Public Hearin - Rezoning
� APPLICANT: Bury � Carlson, Inc.
LOCATION: 6008 Wayzata Blvd.
REQUEST: Change Zoning from "Open Development" to "Industrial"
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Martin Farrell presented the staff report and recomme�ded approval of the
request as presented.
Jim Bury, the proponent, entertained questions from the ,Planning Commission.
It was moved by Thompson, seconded by Levy, and carried unanimously to approve
the rezoning from "Open Development" to "Industrial", subject to the landscaping
suggestions of the City Forester and the requirements of the City Ordinance.
V. Informat Public Hearing - Rezoning
APPLICANT: Hennepin County
LOCATION: 930o Naper Street
REQUEST: Change Zoning from "Residential" to "Institutional (I-4)"
Martin Farrell presented the staff report, covering the uses allowed under
"institutional (I-4)" zoning, and gave a brief review of the March 17 Planning
Commission meeting at which time Hennepin County had approached the Planning
Commission to have their entire 10-1/2 acre site rezoned. Hennepin County withdrew
their rezoning request prior to going before the City Council , and have changed
their petition request to rezone just over 3 acres of the site. They are also
• in the process of finding a new location for the pistol range. It was staff's
recommendation to approve the zoning change as presented.
The following were present to represent Hennepin County: Earl Johnson, Property
Management; Mr. Ackmann, Hennepin County Administrator, Mr. Resnick, Chair.man,
Capital Budget Task Force Committee; Captain Vodegal , Commander, Sheriff's
Radio Station; Mr. Lanstrom, Project Architect, Department of Property Management;
and Mr. Weiser, Principal Administrative Staff person.
Mr. Johnson addressed the Commission and gave a brief history of the' Radio Tower.
In response to Commissioner Hughes request for specifics regarding the pistol
range relocation, Mr. Ackmann replied that the County is in full sympathy with
the neighbors, that it will take some time, and that they are committed to
finding a new location.
Mr. Ray Farmer, 1915 Hillsboro, and Mr. Dale Campbell , 1904 Independence,
questioned uses allowed under "Institutional (I-4)" zoning, and whether or not
the County could then build a detention center on the site.
Darlene Egoff, 1720 Independence, stated as long as the work is continued to be
done insi�le she has no complaints about the rezoning.
Mr. Farmer questioned if Wheeler Street would become a through street and said
• he would like to see the property along Earl Street and Wheeler 'cleaned up, and
that he objected to the area being used by motorcyclists. He said if the
property were cleaned up and the firing range moved he would have no objections
to the rezoning.
Mr. Johnson reptied that a budget request has been prepared to fence the northern
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portion of the site, and they will see that the cleaning up is taken care of.
Being no further discussion, it was moved by Thompson, seconded by Polachek,
and carried unanimously to approve Hennepin County's request for rezoning.
Commissioner Thompson and Forster are to represent the Planning Commission
at the June 10 HRA Meeting in the Gold Room at 6:30 p.m.
Commissioner Polachek volunteered to represent the Planning Commission at the
June 16 City Council Meeting.
Martin Farretl reminded the Commissioners of the meeting on June 10 at
7 p.m. in the Public Safety Building on Valley Square in which the consultant's
reports would be presented.
Meeting adjourned at 8:15 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
William Forster, ViceChairperson Dixie Peterson, Recording Secretary
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June 18, 19.80
T0; Golden Valley Planning Commission
FROM: Martin Farrell , Assistant City Planner
SUBJECT: Set date for informal public hearing - Rezoning
Robert Martinson, the proponent, is requesting a zoning change
from "Cortur�ercial" to the newly adopted "Terminal Warehouse" zoning
district. The subject property is tocated on T.H. 55 directly west
of the White House.
It is Mr. Martinson's intention to build a 50,000 square foot office/
warehouse structure on the approximately 3 acre size parcel of land.
I suggest that t,he Planning Commission set the date for the informal
public hearing for July 14, 1g80.
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June 16, 1980
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T0: Golden Valley Planning Commission
FROM: Martin Farrell , Assistant City Planner
SUBJECT: Petition to Rezone - 1725 N. Litac Drive
BACKGROUND � ANALYSIS:
The request arises on the part of L. N. Lundstrom, owner of the subject property.
The petition is for the rezoning of approximately 2.94 acres of land currently
zoned "M-1 (Multipte Dwelling)" to a "Business and Professional Office" zoning
district. The address of the subject property is 1725 North Lilac Drive. It
is situated just west of T.H. 100 and north of St. Croix Avenue. The Copacabana
Apartments are the present use of the subject property and provide thirty one
rental apartment units.
Mr. Lundstrom originally appeared, with the identical request, before the Planning
Commission on March 24, 1980. (See attached minutes) . At that time, the Planning
Commission deferred action until a traffic analysis had been done on the site.
Traffic flow has been a serious problem in this particular area. Staff was and
still is concerned about the impact that a rezoning of this type will have on the
existent traffic problem. Mr. Lundstrom hired Westwood Planning � Engineering
• Company and they have prepared a Traffic Analysis for the area. (Please see
attached report.)
The subject property is located 'south of the Spring Gate Shopping Center which
is zoned Commercial . The area to the south of the subject property is zoned
Residential and directly west of the property i.s the Covenant Manor Site. Presently,
one hundred and two elderly housing units are under construction on the 3.5 acre
Covenant Manor Site. Completion of that project is scheduled for Fall , 1980.
From a strict land use standpoint, the rezoning request is not completely incon-
sistent with the surrounding uses. The site provides a sort of transit-ional
zone between a commercial area and a residential neighborhood. A multiple
dwelling use is also consistent with the surrounding land uses.
One of the problems pointed out by the Metropolitan Council , with Golden Valley's
housing stock is the lack of moderate income multiple dweiling units. Based on
1977 NSP estimates, there are 7,477 housing units in Golden Valley. This includes
6,194 single family units, 1 ,058 multi-family housing units and 225 duplex and
townhouse units. This implies that approximately 17i of the dwelling units in
Golden Valley are multiple family. The lack of. multiple dwelling units would
make it extremely difficult for the Golden Valley residents currently residing
in the Copacabana Apartments to relocate back into rental units within the City
of Golden Valley.
The Comprehensive Plan calls for a high density use on this site and the requested
zoning, "Business and Professional Office", does not comply with that designation.
The current use conforms with the Comprehensive Plan. -
• The major concern in this particular area of Golden Valley has been traffic
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June 16, 1980
� Petition to Rezone - 1725 N. Lilac Drive
generation and access. T.H. 100 is accessible for both� north and south travel
at Duluth Street and there is accessibility for southbound traffic at Lindsay
Street. Both of these access points have been problem intersections that have
plagued both the City's Engineering Department and the Minnesota Department
of Transportation. Another area of concern is the westbound traffic on St.
Croix. This area is primarily residential and there already exists a traffic
congastion prablem at the intersection of St. Croix and Douglas.
In the Traffic Analysis that the proponent has provided, it concludes �that the
"conversion of Copacabana Apartments to office use woutd cause a slight increase
in site-generated traffic volumes, but would cause no adverse traffic impacts on
nearby streets."
This statement is debatable. There presently exists a traffic and access problem
in the area. The report also states that peak hour trip generation from the
site would be doubled if the building were converted to office use. The problem
will be complicated by the completion of the Covenant Manor, 102 unit elderly
high-rise. Therefore, any increase in traffic generated in this area should be
discouraged.
According to the site plan provided by Mr. Lundstrom, his proposal provides for
23,960 sq. ft. of office space. Our ordinance would require 160 parking spaces.
• . The site plan presented to Staff would provide for only 150 parking spaces. This
being the case, a variance would be required by the Board of Zoning Appeals.
Another point that the Planning Commission might take into consideration is the
fact that staff is rewriting the Business and Professional Office Section of
the ordinance. Hopefully, thTs section of the ordinance will be rewritten,
reviewed and adopted by the City Council by the end of the summer.
RECOMMENDATION
Given the aforementioned considerations, l feel that the request to rezone
the subject property from "Multiple Owelling" to "B.usiness and Professional
Office" should not be given favorable consideration. The residential character
of that neighborhood has already experienced a good dea.l of cf�ange. The affects
of those changes are not entirety felt as of yet. Therefore, I recommend that
the Planning Commission deny the request fior rezoning tfie property from "Multiple
Dwelling" to "Business and Professional Office."
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� March 24, 1980
Darlene Egolf, 1720 Independence, expressed concer� about Wheeler Street.
Bonnie Hayne, 2000 Gettysburg, stated she would like to see only the
property around the existing building rezoned.
Chris Spotted Eagle, 1817 Hillsboro, expressed concern about additional
vehicular traffic and he objected to the rezoning. �, ,
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Commissioner Thompson questioned the county's future relocation ptans
�egarding this property. Commissioner Hughes emphasized that a rezoning�G�y�
deals specifically with land use and not the function of the building. "��
• Commissioner Edstrom felt that allowing the rezoning for the 10.5 acre
site would d.�tract from the City's control of the property.
Commissioner Sehlin moved to defer action on the rezoning until the
Planning Commission hears from a representative from the firing range
and the City obtains more information about future use of the entire site.
_ The motion died due to a lack of a second.
It was then moved by Edstrom, seconded by Hughes, and carried unanimously,
• - to recortunend denial of the rezoning request.
With regard to the firing range, Commissioner Hughes suggested that the
neighbors offended by the use go to the City Council with their problem.
It was then moved by Thompson, seconded by Sehlin and carried to recommend
to the City Council that it request Hennepin County to remove the firing
range from the residential neighborhood. '
Commissioner Hughes voted against the motion.
IV. INFORMAL PUBLIC HEARING - REZONING
APPLICANT: L. N. Lundstrom
LOCATION: 1725 N. Lilac Drive
(Copacabana Apts.)
REQUEST: Change Zoning from M-1 (Multiple Dwelling)
to Business and Professional Office.
Martin Farrell briefed the Planning Commission as to the current use
of the property, which is zoned M-1 (Multiple Dwelling) and the proposed
use of $he property by L. N. Lundstrom as a Business and Professional
Office use. Staff felt that traffic generation and flow is a definite
problem in this particular area .of Golden Valley. The proposed rezoning
• would definitely increase the traffic generated and therefore, requested P
the Planning Commission defer any action on this request until the
proponent provide a traffic study.
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Minutes of the Golden Valley Ptanning Commission ,
March 24, 1980
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L. N. Lundstrom, the proponent, addressed the Planning Commission and
stated that in his opinion, the rezoning would be 4onsistent with the .
surrounding land use. He would like to convert thc existing 31 unit,
multiple dwelling structure into an office complex. He feels the property
is not presently used to its full potential .
Olaf Aho, 5631 St. Croix Avenue, expressed concern about the current
amount of traffic on St. Croix and opposed the rezoning.
Lorraine Aho, 5631 St. Croix Avenue, would like to see the property
better landscaped and the garbage cleaned up around the building.
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` Mary Gibson, 5615 St. Croix Avenue, complained about the current heavy
traffic on St. Croix.
Commissioner Sehlin expressed concern about the number and type of
tenant that the proponent intends to rent to.
� Commissioner Edstrom stated that he felt there had not been enough information
� provided regarding the future land use of the subject property. He
f suggested that the Staff provide the Planning Commission with more
� information regarding the type of structure that could be built on the
� property if it were to be rezoned.
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� It was then moved by Hughes, seconded by Polachek and carried unanimousty
� to defer action on this rezoning request until after the proponent has
� submitted a traffic study ta the Planning Commission.
V. SET DATE FOR INFORMAL PUBLIC HEARING - P.U.D. 28
APPLICANT: lJill �am S. Peterson Architects
LOCATION: 5000 Olson Memorial Highway
REQUEST: Request for General Plan Approvat for P.U.D. 28 -
Pondwood Office Park
Mike Miller stated that the proponent would like to bypass Concept
Approval and directly request General Plan Approval . He suggested
April 28, 1g80 as the date for the Informal Public Hearing.
It was then moved by Thompson, seconded by Hughes, and carried unanimously,
to set the date of April 28, 1980 for the Informal Public Hearing.
VI . PRELIMINARY PLAT REVIEW
; APPLICANT: Gittleman Corporation
LOCATION: Gittleman/Neslund Property _
• REQUEST: Approval of Preliminary Plat
Mike Miller summarized the Staff report and informed the Planning Commission
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MEMORANDUM °
To: L.N. Lundstrom
- From: James A. Benshoof �4 D
Uice President
Subj : Traffic Analysis of Proposed Conversion of .Copacabana
Apartment Building to Office Use
Date : May 12 , 1960
INTRODUCTION '
As per your request , Westurood Planning & Engineering Company has
analyzed the potential traffic impacts that would occur if the
Copacabana Apartment Building is converted to office use . The
purpose of this memorandum is to document the analysis and findings .
The analysis was conducted through the following four-step process :
• 3dentification of issues
• Forecast of traffic volumes
• Analysis of issues
� • Conclusions
IDENTIFICATION OF ISSUES -
Concern has been expressed about possible traffic problems that
may result from the proposed conversion of the Copacabana Apart-
ments to office use . Four particular issues are :
• Traffic impacts on St . Croix Avenue between Xenia Avenue and
Lilac Drive . Five single family homes are on the south side
� of St . Croix Avenue between Xenia Avenue and Lilac Drive .
These homes are directly affected by traffic to/from the
Copacabana site since the. only existing access point for the
site is on St . Croix Avenue just east of Xenia Avenue .
• Traffic impacts on St . �roix Avenue between Xenia Avenue and
Douglas Drive . A concern is that traffic to/from the Copa-
cabana site will use St . Croix Avenue as a "short-cut" to
Douglas Orive and thus cause negative impacts for adjacent
homes and for the tot lot on the north side of St . Croix
Avenue just east of Bassett Creek .
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�1ay 12, 1980
Page 2
� Traffic impacts on Xenia Avenue between St. Croix Avenue
and Gald�n Ualley Road. This issue involves the potential
- for increased traffic on Xenia Avenue and the resultant
impacts on adjacent homes .
� Traffic impacts et the intersection of Lilac Drive and
Duluth Street . The basic question on this point is whether
' the proposed conversion to office use would aggravate exis-
ting traffic problems experienced at this intersection.
A major reason for these traffic concerns is that the site ' s sole
existing access point is on St . Croix Avenue , just east of Xenia
Avenue . This access location increases the potential for traffic
impacts on nearby residential properties . In response to this
situation , an alternative has been developed that would involve
creating a second access point for the site - between the north-
east corner of the site and the Spring Gate Shopping Center . This
access point would be aligned with a circulation aisle in the shop-
ping center parking lot , which in turn connects with Lilac Drive .
Since this access point would be located diagonally opposite the
• access point at St . Croix Avenue , through trips would not be a
problem as with the former access connection between the site and
the shopping center .
Volume forecasts are deve'loped for two situations:
• Existing , single access point at St . Croix Avenue
• Two access points - one at St . Croix and one at Spring Gate
Shopping Center
TRAFFIC UOLUP1ES - SINGLE ACCESS POINT
For the proposed office use , it is expected that the critical hour
in terms of the above potential impacts would be the p.m. peak
hour (about 4 :00 to 5 :00 p .m. ) . To document existing volumes ,
traffic count data for the intersection of Duluth Street and Lilac
Drive were obtained from HenRepin County, and a traffic survey was
conducted during the p.m. peak hour (4 : 00 to 5 : 00 p.m. ) on Thurs-
day, May 1, 1980, to measure volumes on St . Croix Avenue , Lilac
Drive and Xenia Avenue . Changes to these volumes that urould be
expected to occur if the Copacabana Apartment Building is converted
to an office use were determined through the following three-step
process;
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May 12 , 1980
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�) Determine the total vehicle trips during the p.m. peak hour
that would be generated by the Copacabana site if" it had office
use . Traffic studies at other office buildings have shown that
the average p.m. peak hour trip generation rate is 2 .2 vehicle
trip ends 1 per 1 ,000 square feet GFA. 2 Applyi�g this rate to
° the projected 23,000 square feet of office space results in a
projected p.m. peak hour trip generation of 51 vehicle trip
ends .
2) Subtract from the trip generation in step 1 ) , the number of
trips generated during the p.m. peak hour by the existing
" apartments . The typical p.m. peak hour trip generation rate
for an apartment unit is 0.7 vehicle trip ends . 2 Applying
this rate to the 31 units results in 22 vehicle trip ends .
The resultant increase in p.m. peak hour trips that would occur
if the aprtments are converted to office is 51-22 or 29 vehicle
_ trip ends .
3 ) Allocate the 29 additional vehicle trip ends among the affected
_ routes . A survey ruas co�ducted during the p.m. peak hour on
• Thursday , May 1 , 1980, to record the routes that traffic pre-
sently uses in traveling to and from the Copacabana site . The
results , which would be expected to remain the same if the site
is converted to office use , are that 56 percent of the traffic
is oriented to/from the north on Lilac Drive , 6 percent to/from
the south on Lilac Drive, 25 percent to/from the south on Xenia
. Avenue , and 13 percent to/from the west on St . Croix Avenue .
Applying these percentages , conversion of the site to office
use would cause volumes during the p.m. peak hour to increase
as follows : 18 vehicles on St . Croix Avenue between Xenia Ave-
nue and Lilac Orive , four vehicles on St. Croix Avenue between
Douglas Drive and Xenia Avenue , and seven vehicles on Xenia
Avenue south of St . Croix Avenue, and 16 vehicles on Lilac
Drive north of St . Croix Avenue .
, The resultant existing traffic volumes and �olumes expected after
conversion of the site to office use are shown on the following
page .
1 A trip end is either an origin or destination. One trip end is
generated each time a vehicle leaves or enters e site .
2 "Tri ' Generation " Institute of Trans ortation En ineers , 1979 .
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Ptay 12, 1980
Page 4
Peak Hour Volumes With Single Access Point
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to office use .-
An important point is that all volume increases are expected to
be automobile or pick-up truck type traffic . No increase in heavy
truck traffic is expected due to the proposed conversion to office
use . Also, it should be pointed out that these volumes represent
weekday p.m. peak hour conditions . On weekends , a critical period
for traffic impacts on residential streets , volumes on the affected
streets would decline because the office use would generate less
traffic than the existing apartments .
TRAFFIC VOLUMES - Tt,10 ACCESS POINTS
The major effect of the access point to the shopping center would
be to attract trips oriented to Duluth St .that otherwise would
use St . Croix Avenue . Regular users , e .g. employees , likely would
use this access point much more than St . Croix Avenue for such
trips. � Most visitors would continue to use the St. Croix access
point . '
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May 12 , 1980
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Accounting for this effect , forecasted traffic volumes for this
situation are shown below.
Peak Hour Uolumes With Two Access Points
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(71) Projected p.m. peak hour volume after conversion of the site
to office use .
• ANALYSIS OF ISSUES
Utilizing the above sets of traffic volumes , each of the traffic
issues has been addressed as follows :
Issue Comments
Traffic impacts on ldith one access point , the p.m. peak hour
St . Croix Ave. bet- traffic volume urould increase from the ex-
. ween Xenia Ave . and isting 85 vehicles to 103 vehicles , an in-
Lilac Dr . crease of one vehicle every three minutes .
This change would have little , if any , ef-
fect on the homes along this portion of St .
Croix Ave . With a second access point , no
increase would be experienced.
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Traffi� impacts on• St . The traffic survey showed that very few trips
Croix Ave . between generated by the Copacabana site travel to/
Xenia Ave . and Doug- from the west on St . Croix Ave . l,lith one ac-
� las Dr. cess point , the p.m. peak hour volume would
• L .N. Lundstrom
May 12 , 1980
Page 6
Analysis of Issues (cont . )
. Issue " Comments
be expected to increase from the existing
71 vehicles to 75 vehicles . This change
Would have little , if any , impact . Again ,
no increase would occur if a second access
� point is provided .
Traffic impacts on The p.m. peak hour volume would be expected
Xenia Ave . between to increase , for both access conditions ,
St . Croix Ave . and from the existing 28 vehicles to 35 vehicles ,
Golden Valley Rd. a� increase of one vehicle every eight min-
utes . This change likely would not be no-
ticeable to most residents and would have no
negative impacts .
Traffic impacts at A traffic count by Hennepin County indicates
the intersection of that this intersection presently accommodates
Lilac Dr . and Duluth 1 ,889 vehicles during the p.m. peak hour(4 : 00
• St . to 5 : 00) . The proposed development would in-
crease this volume by 16 vehicles , less than
one percent . Thus , the proposed development
would not significantly affect existing prob-
lems experienced at this intersection . The
City and County are developing an improve-
ment plan to resolve current problems on Du-
luth St . near Lilac Dr .
CONCLUSIONS
Based on the preceding analysis of issues , it is concluded that
the proposed conversion of the, Copacabana Apartments to office use
would cause a slight increase in site-generated traffic volumes ,
but would cause no adverse traffic impacts on nearby streets .
Serious consideration should be given to providing a second access
point to the Spring Gate Shopping Center in order to avoid any
increase in traffic volumes on St . Croix Avenue .
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June 18, 1980
T0: Golden Valley Planning Commission
FROM: Martin Farrell , Assistant City Planner
SUBJECT: "Business � Professional Office" Arr�endment to the Zoning
Ordinance.
Mike Miller will distribute first draft copies of the revised
"Business and Professional Office" section of the zoning ordinance.
This section of the ordinance will be reviewed and discussed further
at the July 14, 1980 Planning Commission Meeting.
Further revision of the Zoning Ordinance can be anticipated at the
future maetings.
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June 18, 1980 >
T0: Gotden Valley Planning Commission
FROM: Martin Farrell , Assistant City Planner
SUBJECT: Response to the T.H. 12 Subcommittee
The T.H. 12 Subcommittee requests that the P)anning Commission
submit a written recommendation to them regarding the Minnesota
Department of Trahsportation's T.H. 12 Proposal . This report
should discuss and answer the following three questions:
l . What advantages do you see occurring in Gotden Valley,
if the current Mn/DOT proposal is adopted?
2. What disadvantages do you see occurring in Golden Valley,
if the current Mn/DOT proposat is adopted?
• 3• If you had the option of designing the highway--what plan
would you propose? How would it differ from the current
plan?
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City of Golden Valley
June 12, 1980
Dear Planning Commission and T.H. 12 Commission Members:
The City Council has appointed Councilmembers Stockman and tlitchell to a sub-
committee to draft comments on MnDOT's proposed layouts for I-394. On June
17 at 7:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers the full City Council will be meeting
with you, the Planning .Commission and T.H. 12 Commission, to review your
comments relative to the MnDOT proposai .
As a sub-committee, we have identified 3 major issues which we feel the Council
should address in its comments to MnDOT. We feel that it would be helpful to
us and the full Council if we could hear from you, your comments concerning
these issues. Therefore, when we meet on June 17, we would like each of you
to be prepared to comment on the following three issues:
1 . What advantages do you see occurring to Golden Valley if the current MnDOT
proposal is adopted?
2. What disadvantages do you see �occurring to Golden Valley if the currenf
MnDOT proposal is adopted?
3.
We look forward to seeing you on the 17th.
Sincerely, '
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Ray Stockman
Councilmember
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John N. M i tcF�el 1
Councilmembe�'
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Civic Center,7800 Golden Valley Rd.,Golden Valley Minnesota,55427, (612) 545-3781 _�. .