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MfNUTES OF THE GOLDEN VALLEY
PLANNING COMMISSION
August 27, 1979
A regular meeting of the Golden Valley Planning Commission was held at 7:30 PM
on Monday, August 27, 1979 at the Civic Center, 7800 Go}den Va11ey Road, Golden
Valley, Minnesota.
Chair Eastes presided and the following members were present: Commissioners
DeSautels, Edstrom, Forster, Herje, Polachek and Thompson. Also present were
Jon Westlake, Mike Miller and Jeff Christensen of the City Staff.
Members absent: Commissioners Hughes, Levy, Sehlin and Specktor.
l . APPROVAL OF MINUTES: The approval of the minutes was deferred to the end
of the Planning Commission meeting at which time it was moved by Thompson,
seconded by Forster, carried unanimously, to approve the minutes of the August
13, 1979 Planning Commission meeting as mailed.
2. PLANNED UN17 DEVELOPMENT #25 - Informational Hearing
Applicant: Westview Development Company
Location: 628 Mendelssohn Avenue North
Request: Remodet School for Office and Construct an Office/Industrial
Park east of the School .
Present for the request were James Benson, one of four partners of the project,
and C1ark Rambo, architect. Mr. Benson explained they felt the best way to develop
this project was a plan to utilize the fifteen acres. The school will be re-
modeled for an office complex. The rear of the site will have two structures
with the same facade as the remodeled school building. The south structure
will have office-warehouse use and the north structure will have office-warehouse
and light manufacturing. Mr. Benson then reviewed the landscaping, parking,
traffic flow and drainage. The hours of operation of the complex will basically
be 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM.
Mr. Greg Dexter was present representing his father's apartment complex located
at 9140-9240 Golden Valley Road. He was concerned about the truck traffic ad-
jacent to the apartment complex, drainage, and noise from the south warehouse
building.
The Commission, in discussing the request, reviewed the type of uses proposed
for the comptex. The Commission was particularly interested in the use adjacent
to the apartment complex which is located south of the site. The landscape plan
was reviewed, noting the proponent can meet the parking requirements and stay
within the prescribed landscaping requirements of the current code. The pro-
ponent intends to do additional landscaping by providing islands in the parking
lot, and leaving the area landscaped from the school structure to the service
road. The drainage plan was reviewed noting the proponent is providing a pond-
ing area in the northeast corner of the site. The internal pa'r.king area and
traffic flow was also studied.
It was moved by Edstrom, seconded by DeSautels, carried unanimously to �recom-
mend approval of P.U.D. #25 subject to the following conditions:
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1) The following uses are allowed in the complex:
a) . The school buiTding (west structure) to be used for an office
building and storage as noted on the approved ptan.
b) . The south structure to house those used in Section 6.O1 of the
current Light Industrial Zoning Code.
c) . The north structure to house those uses in Section 6.01 of the
current Light Industrial Zoning Code in addition to the following
uses:
- Light Manufactuirng
- Bakeries (Wholesale)
- Machine Shop
- Research Laboratories and Pilot Plant Operations incidental
thereto.
2) Special precautions shall be taken during and after construction to
protect against erosion, silting, excessive grading, or any other
conditions detrimental to the area. Grading and excavation for foot-
ings and other construction needs shall be done in a manner so as to
avoid dirt storage,disturbing of trees, or other activites beyond the
prescribed construction }imits.
3) Interior sidewalks and concrete curb and gutter sha11 be installed as
shown on the approved plan. Sidewalks and curb inlets shall be de-
signed to accomodate the handicapped.
4) Landscaping, as per the approved plans, shall be completed within 210
days following the comp)etion and occupancy of the buildings.
5) Landscaping, as per the approved plans, shall indicate the trees to
be preserved on the site.
6) Any vegetation that is removed for additional parking witt be re-
placed to create the orginial aesthetic appearance on the west and
north sides of the site.
7) All utilites shall be underground.
8) The architect or engineer in charge of the project shall inspect the
site during construction. When the project is completed, the architect
or engineer shall indicate in writing to the Building Department of
the City of Golden Valley that the project has been constructed in
conformity to the approved plans.
9) Lots 1 and 2, Block 1 , Westview Business Center shall remain as one
ownership. If separate ownership of Lots 1 and 2 or further subdivision
of the parcels is desired, it would require approval of the City
Council
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10) Landscaping shall be properly maintained and replaced if damaged or
harmed by winter kill , drought, or other causes.
11) Easements for utilites shall be provided if requested by the City.
12) Trash, garbage, westes, and other refuse shall be stored and disposed
of in the manner as indicated on the approved plans.
13) No exterior storage other than whafi is on the approved plan shall be
permitted.
14) No identification, rental , advertising, or other signs shall be
permitted except those specificalty permitted by the Building Depart-
ment of the City of Golden Valley.
15) Al1 structures and grounds shall be properly and well maintained at
all times.
16) Interior concrete curbs shall be constructed within the property
lines and City right-of-way to separate driving and parking surfaces
from landscaped areas. Interior curbs shall not be less than six
(6) inches in height.
17) The entire site other than that devoted to the structure or land-
scaped areas shall be surfaced with concrete or bituminous surfacing
to control dust and provide adequate drainage, and the areas that
have the heavy truck movement shall be designed to meet the require-
ments of a minimum nine (9) ton axle load.
18) All outdoor illumination shalt be proved with lenses, reflectors ,
or shades, which will concentrate the light upon the premises so as
to prevent glare or direct rays of light therefrom being visible
upon adjacent property or streets.
19) All mechanical services shall be screened and utitities shall be
underground.
20) There shall be no loudspeakers utilized nor other noise generated that
may create a nuisance on adjacent or nearby property.
21) Consideration should be given to a texture wall surface on the
structure that would absorb sound adjacent to the apartment complex
and/or utilize the landscaped area to reduce the noise to the south
of the new structure(specifically not to use a noise abatement wall) .
22) Storage of trucks and trailers not permitted on the site.
23) Credit given for the ponding area (cash in lieu of land dedication
ordinance) .
The Commission also questioned if the drainage of water from this site to
the north woutd be a problem.
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3• GENERAL
a) Field Trip
The Commission was reminded of the field trip to be hetd at 6:30 PM, September
4th and 6th to review certain areas of open space as described in the "Open
Space in Golden Va11ey Report".
b) Comprehensive Plan - Housing Element
Land Use - It was moved by 7hompson, seconded by Forster, carried unanimously
to adopt the City of Gotden Valley Land Use Chapter of the Comprehensive Plan.
Environmental Resources - A motion was made by Forster, seconded by Polachek,
carriend unanimously to adopt the proposed Environmental Resources Chapter
of the Comprehensive Plan.
Housing - Commissioner Herje moved to adopt the Housing Element of the Comprehensive
Plan. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Edstrom and carried unanimousty.
The Commission asked that a letter be sent to the City Council explaining �he
steps in the Comprehensive Ptan review process, namely to submit the Housing
Element to the Metropolitan Council Staff for preliminary review and comment
if there are no objections by the City Council .
There being no further business to come before the meeting, it was on motion,
duly seconded, adjourned at 10:30 PM.
Sue Eastes, Chair Jon Westlake, Recording Secretary