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REGULAR MEETING OF
THE GOLDEN VALLEY PLANNING COMMISSION
December 14,1967
A regular meeting of the Golden Valley Planning Commission was
held on Thursday, December 14,1g67, at 7 :30 p.m. at the Golden
Valley Civic Center, 7800 Golden Valley Road, Golden Valley,
Minnesota. President Senstad presided and the following members
were present : Swedberg, Bro�nln, Christiansen, Daly, Swanson,
Pennock, Franzen, Johnston, Hoover, Loughland, Bruch, Silverman.
Absent : Velz, Jensen, Raugland, Anderson, Carlson. Also present :
George Loughland, Otto Schmid, Phyllis Jordahl.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
MOVED by Brown, seconded by Franzen, unanimously carried to
approve the minutes of November 16,1967.
ZONING
A. Midwest Federal Lots 3-15 MurriMac Industrial Park
The proponent requested that this item be held over until a
later date.
B. Henry Reiss T H 55 at Boone Avenue (Northeast Corner)
Committee member Johnston read the following report :
"Background was given by the Planner as to existing land uses �
this immediate area. It was pointed out that the area across
Boone Avenue was rezoned by Council to a Commercial category
as part of the Golden Valley Industrial Park. The property
immedi�.tely abutting this area is presently zoned open and is
being used for greenhouse purposes as well as some limited
residential uses but primarily the area is undeveloped. It was
also brought to the attention of the committee that some type of
grade separation is planned for Boone Avenue at T H 55 but the
Highway Department has no definite plans for this and it will be
sometime before they do.
Mr. Lance Norderhus representing Standard Oil Co was present
along with Mr. Henry Reiss, Sr. and Henry Reiss, Jr. , the pro-
ponents. Mr. Norderhus explained that his company is planning
to lease this property for a service station to replace a
station recently closed in Golden Valley . He also explained that
they would be using approximately 235 feet of the 540 foot par-
cel for the serviee station. The remainder of the parcel would
be surplus at this time, with the idea that some other compatable
use would eventually go in.
The Committee, in discussing the proposal, noted the following:
The Planning Commission in July,1966 recommended that this area
be developed with single family hornes or multiple dwellings . The
Committee, however, would point out that now the overall picture
has changed due to the fact that the area west of Boone has been
rezoned to a Commercial-Industrial category. It would seem
therefore, that the possibilities of the area between Boone Ave
and Bassett 's Creek developing with residences is less likely.
The Committee daes nat rule out the possibility of Multiple
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development for a portion of this area at a future date. It
was noted that Lot 9 af Golden Valley Acres is presently
zoned for Multiple Development . The Committee also believes
that a continuation of the Commercial development from Boone
Avenue east to the Winnetka Avenue area seems logical.
The Committee therefore recommends that the request for
Commercial zoning be approved. This motioncarried unanimously. "
MOVED by Franzen, seconded by Swedberg, to approve the Committee
report and recommend approval of the Commercial Zoning. The
Commission cast a 5-5 vote with President Senstad voting to
break the tie vote, therePor the motion carried with 6 yea, 5 nay.
C. Frederick Busch 831 Boone Avenue North
Commitee member Hoover read the following report :
"The Village Council at its October 17 ,1967 meeting requested
that the Planning Commission take a look at this particular
parcel to see if it should be rezoned back to its original
category, which was Open Develo�ment . Mr Frederick Busch was
present to explain his position regardin� this rezoning. Mr.
Busch stated that he was not aware that his property was rezoned
and indeed he did not want his property zoned to an Industrial
category. He stated that his property was not part of this
Industrial Park and he wishes to remain on this property as a
homeowner.
The Committee recommends that this parcel remain in its present
Industrial category as it was established by the Village Council
for it was believed that the proposed action would be incon-
sistent with past zoning recommendations of the Planning
Commission. The Committee further believes that sueh an action
would constitute spot zoning. "
MOVED by Pennock, secanded by Brown, unanimously carried to
aecept the committee report .
D. Sehaper Manufacturing Co (Thunderbird Plastics)650 Ottawa N
Comrnittee member Hoover read the following report :
"Mr John Taylor, representing Schaper Manufacturing, was present
to explain the request . It was explained to the Committee that
this area had been through several rezonings and presently the
parcel in question is zoned Industrial except for a small strip
of land approximately 20 x 750 feet abutting Ottawa Ave N to the
Minneapolis & St Louis Railroad tracks . The reason this stip
was left unzoned was due to a realignment of Ottawa Avenue back
in 1958•
The Committee noted tha� not only is a portion of this parcel
not zoned to its proper category but also part of parcel number
6065 is not zoned and should �e zoned commercial. The Committee '
recognizes the error and recommends that , if necessary, the
areas in question be zoned to their appropriate categories . "
M�VED by Swanson, seconded by Franzen, unanimously carried, to
approve the committee report and recommend the rezonings .
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PLAT
A. Broggers Addition
"The Committee, in reviewing this proposed plat, noted that all
of the proposed lots contained more than the required frontage
and all other requirements were fulfilled. The Committee
unanimausly recommends that this plat be accepted. "
MOVED by Christiansen, seconded by Bruch, unanimously carried
to recommend the plat be accepted.
LONG RANGE/ORDINANCE
A. Propased Addition to the Zonin� Code - Foster Homes _ ___
It was noted that member Daly was not present, theref'ore no
report from the special study group was given. The Commit�ee
will withhold any recommendation until such time as the special
study group reports .
B. Outlot l, Lamplighter Estates - De Annexation
Committee Chairman Brown read the following report :
"Mr. Aichard Neslund was present to explain to the committee the
request f'or de-annexation and the petition that was signed by the
property owners in the area. The petition was sent to 7 property
owners who abutted the area in question. Unfortunately, a capy
of the peti�ion was not available for the committee to examine.
The Commiteee noted that Mr. Neslund agreed to submit a petition,
which would state that if this Outlot 1 were de-annexed, all
homes constructed would meet the requirements of the Golden
Valley Building Code . Further the petition would state that
the size of the lots would conform to Golden Valley standards and
that the size of the homes would be at least 1600 square feet on
the first floor, or if a two story home, a minimum of 900 square
feet on each floor. The committee unanimously recommends approval
of the petition. "
The petitioner presented the Com�ission with a eopy af the
petition. The Commission found the petition to be in order.
MOVED by Bruch, seconded by Franzen, to recommend approval of the
de-annexation. The motion carried with 10 yea, 1 n�.y.
C. Performance Standards
It was decided that this Committee, whose term is expiring next
month, would not take action on this matter. It was believed
that it would be in the best interest of all concerned that the
new committee, if appointed,would study this matter in total.
It �ras also noted that Dr. Harold Paulus, Professor of Environ-
mental Health at the U of M is willing to take to the Planning
Commission on this sub,ject at a future date.
D. Street Name Change
As the appropriate amended pe1�ions and the proponents were
not present, action on this item was delayed.
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GENERAL
RE-ORGANIZATION
The Long Range Committee reviewed the Planner' s recommendations
concerning the reorganization of the Village Planning Commission.
The Long Range Committee believes that this is a workable pro-
gram and wishes to go on record in favour of such a plan.
They would further suggest that the Villa�e Council postpone
any new appointments to the Commission until they act on this
proposal in order that the plan be implemented. The Committee
believed that this would be an opportune time to accomplish
such action due to the natural attrition in membership which
occurs on the Commission. It was further suggested that an
individual memb�r of the Commission limit his service to two
consecutive three year terms .
MOVED, seconded and unanimously carried to accept the committee
report and recommend to the Council that the Planning Commission
be reduced to nine members and that a Commission member limit
his service to two three year terms .
A more detailed report is being prepared by the Planning
Commission President which will be sent to a11 Planning
Commission members and Council members before the Council meeting
of January 2nd.
NOMINATING COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS
Joe Brown, representing the nominating committee submitted the
following recommendations for next years chairman and vice
chairman of the Planning Commission.
Chairman - Paul Senstad
Vice Chairman - Glenn Christiansen
The meeting ad�ourned at 10 : �0 p.m.
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