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MINUTES OF THE GOLDEN VALLEY
PLANNING COMMISSION
December 10, 1979
A regular meeting of the Planning Commission was held at 8:00 p.m. on Monday,
December 1Q, 1979 at the Civic Center, 7800 Golden Valley Road, Golden Valley,
Minnesota.
Chairperson fastes called the meeting to order at 8:00 p.m. Those present were:
Commissioners Eastes, Edstrom, Forster, Herje, Hughes, Levy, Polachek, Seh) in,
Specktor and Thompson. Also present were Mike Mi11er, Planning Coordinator and
Martin Farrell , Assistant City Planner.
Members absent: Commissioner DeSautels.
I . APPROVAL OF MINUTES
It was moved by Thompson, seconded by Polaehek and carried unanimously to approve
the Minutes of the November 2�, 1979 Planning Commission Meeting.
II . SET DATE FOR INFORMAt PUBLIC HEARING - REZONING
It was moved by Specktor, seconded by Levy and carried unanimously to set the
date of January 14, 1979 for the Informal Public Hearing on the rezoning of
land for the followingc
APPLICANT: John Paulson � Woody Ginkel
LOCATION: 1370 Douglas Drive
REQUEST: Change Zoning from M-1 to M-2
It was moved by Sehlin, seconded by Thompson and carried unanimously to cancel
the December 24, 1g79 Planning Commission meeting due to the holidays.
III . APPROVAL OF FINAL DRAFT REPORT ON OPEN SPACE RECOMMENDATIONS TO CITY COUNCIL
After a brief discussion, some additional changes and/or corrections, it was
moved by Herje, seconded by Sehlin and carried unanimously to forward to the
City Council the Final Report on the Open Space Recommendations.
The Final Report will be submitted to Chairperson Eastes for review before it
goes to the Council .
(V. DISCUSSION OF THE ROLE OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND HRA
Mary Anderson, Councitrr�mber and Jeff Sweet , City Manager, gave an update on
three redevelopment areas in Golden Valley, along with a possible forecast of
what role the Planning Commission will play in each:
1 . North Wirth Parkway
No change in land-use is expected, however, there may be a need for
a zoning classification for the MN � S Railway in this particular area.
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2. Valley Square
The City has negotiated a contract with Urban Research Corp-
oration to do real estate research on the best type of market
use for the Golden Valley Shopping Centers (T.H. 55 at Winnetka) .
The Council will be referring this report to the Planning
Commission for comments and recommendations.
Calvary Square will be submitted to the Ptanning Commission
as a P'.:U.D.
3• Housing - Low to Moderate (Section 8)
The Council will welcome from the Planning Commission any specific
recommendations and/or direction on low-cost housing sites,
programs or proposed new rehabilitation or redevelopment areas.
Various proposals from developers may be submitted to the
Planning Commission for comments, recommendations, etc.
V. SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS � DiSCUSSION ON PUBLIC FACILITIES COMPONENT OF
COMPRfHENSIVE PLAN
The following submitted reports, recommended changes, deletions and/or
additions on their respective sub-committee charr�es:
Transportation - Ron Edstrom
Sewers - Sue Eastes, Virginia Levy
Community Facilities - Herb Potachek
UI . TAX EXEMPT FINANCING
This item was tabled until the January 14, 1�80 Planning Commission
meeting.
David Thompson will represent the Planning Commission at the City Council
meeting of December 17, 1979.
Meeting adjourned at 11 :00 p.m.
Sue Eastes, Chairperson Jacquie DeGroy, Recording Secretary
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