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12-13-71 PC Minutes � MINUTES OF THE GOLDEN VALLEY PLANNING COMMISSION December 13, 1971 A regular meeting of the Golden Valley Planning Commission was held at 7:�0 P.M. on Tuesday, December 13, 1971 at the Civic Center, 7800 Golden Valley Road, Golden Valley, Minnesota. Chairman Lundsgaard presided and the following members were present: Vice Chairman Franzen, Commissioners Anderson, Christiansen, Edstrom, Moran, Sampson, Swanson, and Van Horn. Also present was Village Consultant Otto Schmid, Larry Geisler from Midwest Planning and Research, Inc. , and Recording Secretary Jon Westlake. Members absent: none. 1 . APPROVAL OF MINUTES: MOVED by Franzen, seconded by Anderson, carried unanimously, to approve the minutes, as amended, of the November 22, 1971 meeting. (i.e. , Page 2, Item 3 add the word "proposed" so that the sentence reads "sketch plan on proposed land use". ) 2. DISCt1SSI0N ON RESOLUTION ON I-394 Mr. Otto Schmid, Village Consultant, read a report on a discussion on I-394 from the Minn, Chapter of Social Action Committee, which is a group of planners who respond to specific problems. It was the feeling of this Comnittee that a traffic corridor of some type should be constructed along Highway 12, and this physical improvement could be accomplished through good design. The Planning Corrnnnission asked questions about the Committee and its report, after which Mr. Schmid explained that this report was from a group of planners who were looking at I-394 from different parts of the community. They were not swayed by emotion, but facts. Warren Lundsgaard, Chairman of the Planning Corr�nission, asked Larry Geisler of Midwest Planning and Research to review his report, dated December 10, 1971 , with the Planning Commission. His report is as follows: "On Tuesday, November 30, 1971 , representatives f rom Midwest Planning and Research, Inc. attended a meeting at the Village of Golden Valley where the Golden Valley Citizens Steering Committee on I-394 gave a report on their activities in the past months. The Committee presented to the Village Planning Commission and Council a suggested resolution for their consideration and adoption. As a result of that meeting, Midwest Planning and Research, Inc. was requested to critique the suggested resolution and to review the document for any technical language change which will aid in clarification. 9 Planning Canmission Deceinber 13, 1972 page 2 The suggested resolution is broken into two parts; Part A containing a recommend- ation suggesting a change of planning respvnsibi]ity for the I-394 corridor, and Part B, a list of planning criteria to be considered in the transportation planning effort through Golden Valley. What is suggested in A requires a statutory change in the authorization of the Highway Department planning efforts in the Metropolitan Area. The Nighway Department, at this time, cannot legaily relinquish that authority to another agency or group (such changes in authorization would require action of the State legislature). FUrther, the question also rises as to whether the Metropolitan Council has the current capacity, work authority or budget allocation to assume more than an advisory role to the I-394 planning process at this point in time. It is therefore not conceivable that such a major re-organizational change could occur during the course of the current planning efforts; I-394 study, the on-going transit study, and ather on-going studies being conducted by related agencies. The inability to change the organizational structure of the planning process, however, does not preclude the opportunity of improving the cUrrent� working structure, aoth in terms of visibility to the residents of Golden Valley as well as providing a measure of responsiveness to the canmunity inputs. With this objective in mind, it is suggested that Part A of the resolution be substituted with the following staterr�nt: That the Council of the Village of Golden Valley urges the Transportation Planning Program (TPP) to appoint a Project Management Board to work in conjunction with standing organizations involved with trans- portation systems planning for west Minneapolis and western suburbs. The Board should include representation from the Metropolitan Council , the Minneso�a Highway Department, the Metropolitan Transit Commission, and the essential community components of the Citizens Advisory Canmittee for I-394. Tk�e Metropolitan Coancil representative should direct the activities of the Board and should be responsible for coordinating commanity input to the TPP." After Mr. Geisler finished discussing his report with the Planning Conmission it was decided the resolution would not go to the Transportation Planning Program (TPP) , because of the following reasons: 1. The Uillage of Golden Valley is in a position of a lobbyist at this time, and therefore, the resoiution shouid go to the Highway Department. 2. The Nighway Department being the only member of TPP with adequate funds and power to solve transportation problems, it would be the logical group to lobby. 3. The TPP has not been particularly effective in total transportation planning up to this point. 4. The TPP is primarily a staff operating group, and they should not be making policy decisions. Mr. Curtis N. Green, representative from the Citizens Committee on I-394, was present, and Dr. David Brown, alternate, was also present to discuss their Committee's proposed resolution along with a reviemv of said resolution by Midwest Planning and Research, Inc. The following is the proposed resolution, as amended: �� P1anning Canmission December 13, 1971 page 3 BE IT RESOLVED: "That the Council of the Village of Golden Valley recor�nends and urges the Minnes ota Highway Departrr�nt to permit the Metro Council to state basic trans- portation policies for planning and direction of the intermodal transportation systems for serving west Minneapolis and the suburbs to the west. Further, the Metropolitan Council should appoint a Project Management Board to work in con- junction with standing organizations involved with transportation systems planning for the areas noted above including the Minnesota Highway Department, the Metro Transit Commission, and the Citizens Advisory Comnittee for I-394, The Board should include representation of the essential community components of the Citizens Advisory Canmittee on I-394. The Metro Council should accelerate the study of the transportation systems plan for inclusion in the Phase II study of the Consultant to the Highway Department. Function of said Board should be to: 1. Redirect and expand the scope of the study of the Western transportation system (I-394) to include greater consideration of all feasible and antic- ipated transportation modes. 2. Develop comprehensive objectives including modal splits for the �estern Transportation Corridors. (Modai splits: ratio of public to total ridership). 3. Implement in all planning of the Transportation Systems the Criteria for Planning of New Transportation System Components - Combined Auto and Transit, as outlined below: 1. Preserve and enhance the life style of our canmunity and successfully deal with humanistic values. It should reflect the aspirations and capabilities of our people. 2. Provide for ease of vehicular movement onto and from the major arteries with safety and minimum disruption of comnunity traffic patterns. 3. Assist in the re-kindling of Village unity by providing vlsual , pedestrian, and transportation ties that permit free movement between neighborhoods without hazards of high speed devices or routes. 4. Abate noise, visual and biological effects of transportation vehicles. 5. Provide for absolute minimum disruption of our residential , comnercial , and industrial areas and strive to maintain the functional workability of the School Districts, the parks system, and other comnunity fiacilities. 6: Provide for multi-modal transportation system components within existing rights-of-way. 7. A1leviate any concept that our Village should suffer consequences for the convenience of others. The transportation systems should provide an improvement which is both a physical and socialogica1 asset to the Village of Golden Ualley. 8. Provide simultaneous considerations and proposals. for utilizing all existing routes for dispersion and minimize dependency on any single route. 9. Upgrade North-South multi-mode transportation systems to relieve the major East-West routes. 10. Coordinate all appropriate data and planning vrith planners preparing the Qvera7l comprehensive plan for the Village. 11 Planning Commission December 13, 1971 page 4 11. Decrease dependency on automobile for trips to the Central Business District by providing improved access, service, quality, and market- ability of public transportation. 12. Provide mass and rapid transit designs utilizing exclusive right of way for devices not limited to busses based on mid-point adequacy of trans- portation facilities projected through 1995. A system to maintain status quo at time of its installation should not be built. 13. Design transportation systems based on policy determinations of desired modal splits in the various corridors, with an effort to acheive 50� reliance on transit to handle peak hour overloads." It was moved by Christiansen, seconded by Swanson, carried unanimously, to recorr�nend that the Village Council adopt the resolution as amended. The Chairman of the Planning Commission then thanked Mr. Green and Dr. Brown from the Citizens Committee on I-394 for the work they had done. 3. SUBURBAN DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR PROGRAM Larry Geisler informed the Pianning Corrmission that Ailen Anderson, State Nousing Coordinator of the State Planning Agency, could not attend this Planning Commission meeting. Mr. Geisler stated he would see if Mr. Anderson could be available for the second meeting in January to talk to the Planning Commission. 4. MIOWEST PLANNI�IG AND RESEARCH, INC. Mr. Geisler reviewed with the Planning Corrmission the sketch plan on proposed land use. It was decided to use the areas, as they are now divided into the six voting districts, for dividing the sketch plan into more specific areas for discussion. The first area of discussion was Precinct #6�which is West of Winnetka Avenue to the Village limits and North of Higfiway 55 to Medicine Lake Road. The Planning Comnission noted Duluth Street should be extended to the east service drive of County Road 18. Commissioners Moran and Sampson informed the Commission they would talk to General Mills Inc. about their future plans for the parcel the Research Center is located on and report their findings to the Planning Commission, Mr. Geisler further discussed other areas on the sketch plan East to Highway 100. Although some minor changes were made, the Planning Comnission will further study these neighborhoods at the January 10, 1972 Planning Corrr�nnission meeting. 5. ADMINISTRATIVE (a) Report fran P1 anni ng Cor►xni ssi on merr�ers of thei r meeti ngs wi th other Golden Valley Commissions Commissioners Glen Christiansen and Mary Anderson met with the Park and Recreation �omnittee on Tuesday, December 7, 1971 to discuss with them the Community Facilities Plan along with the planning program that the Planning Commission is under contract with to Midwest Planning and Research, Inc. on the Master Plan. Mary Anderson �.2 P1 anni ng Corrrnnni ssi on December 13, 1971 page 5 distributed to the Commission an outline of what the Park and Recreation Committee was concerned about in the Community Facilities Plan. Because of the limited funds in this area, Mr. Geisler asked the Commission if he should meet with the Park and Recreation Canmittee to explain why the Community Facilities Plan is not in detail and also, where we are with our planning program and what the Master Plan will be when it is completed. Mary Anderson and Glen Christiansen felt that, because of the concern the Park and Recreation Committee had, this was an excellent idea. Corranissioners John Sampson and Ronald Edstran met with the Environrr�ntal Committee on Thursday, December 9, 1971 to inform the Canmittee of the Golden Valley Master Plan and to explain currently what we have accomplished to date on the planning program. Included in the discussion was the possibility of a trail system for Golden Ualley, major thoroughfares, and proposed land use for the open areas in the Village. (b) December 27, 1971 Planning Comnission meeting Because of the holiday, the Planning Commission was in agreement to hold the next regularly scheduled meeting on January 10, 1972. There being no further business to come before the meeting, it was on motion, duly seconded, adjourned at 12:20 A.M. Chairm an Lundsgaar Secretary Lowe Swanson NO PLANNING CONBNISSION MEETING DECEMBER 27, 1971