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Minutes of the Golden Valley
Planning Commission
August 11 , 1980
A regular meeting of the Planning Commission was held at 7:30 p.m. on August ll ,
1980 in the Council Chambers at the Civic Center, 7800 Golden Va11ey Road,
Gotden Valley, Minnesota.
Chairperson Eastes calied the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m.
Those present were Commissioners: Eastes, Edstrom, Forster, Hughes , Polachek and
Thompson.
Commissioners Sehlin and Specktor were absent.
Also present was G1enn Christiansen, Chairman of the BZA; Martin Farrell ,
Assistant City Planner, and Dixie Peterson, Secretary.
I . Approval of the Minutes - Juty 28, 1980.
It was moved by Thompson, seconded by Forster, and carried unanimously to approve
the July 28, 1980 Planning Commission Minutes.
II . . Report on August 4, 1980 City Council Meeting.
Martin Farrell gave a brief report of the August 4, City Council Meeting.
At this time a tist of Plenning Commission representatives to the upcoming City
Councit and HRA meetings for the rest of the year was reviewed.
III . Set Date for Informal Public Hearing - PUD 29.
APPLICANT: United Properties
LOCATIONc Rhode Istand between Gotden Valley Road � Rhode Island
REQUEST: General Plan Approval for PUD 29
Mr. Boyd Stofer, the proponent, was present. It was moved by Hughes , seconded by
Polachek, and carried unanimousTy to set the [nformal Public Hearing date for
August 25, ]980• It was moved by Thompson, and seconded by Edstrom, to amend the
motion to request that the proponent prov'►de a tra�fic study related to the proposed
driveup bank facility, and information regarding additional parki.ng requirements.
The motion was carried unanimously,
IV. Rezoning Recommendation Regarding the Vacate.d Fire Station Property located
on the corner of Lindsay and tE1e T.H, l00 Frontage. Road,
On July 23, 1979, the Planning Commission made a number of recommendations to the
City Council regarding the vacated Golden Valley Fire Station No. 2. The City
Council has asked the Planning Commission to review these recommendations , and to
advise if they have deviated from the original recommendations.
It was generally agreed that the Planning Commission has not deviated from their
original recomrnendations. It �ras moved by Edstrom, and seconded by Hughes, and
carried, to renew his motion of July 23, 1979, to recommend that the structure be
removed 6ecause of the age, condition, and residential atmosphere around the
property. It was moved by Edstrom, seconded by Thompson, and carried, to renew
his other motion to recommend that the property be rezoned from ''Institutional (I-4)"
to "Residential".
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At this time Chairperson Eastes asked that item number VI be moved ahead of
item number V on the agenda, due to the controversial nature of item number
V, and that it may be time consuming.
U. Request for Waiver of the T.H. 12 Moratorium.
APPLICANT: William G. Nagle
LOCATION: 1114 Wisconsin Avenue
REQUEST: Waiver of the T.H. 12 Moratorium.
Martin �arrell gave a brief report. The proponent, William G. Nagte, addressed
the Planning Commission. ft was moved by Forster, seconded by Edstrom, and
carried, to approve the waiver of the T.H. 12 moratorium.
VI . General Plan Approval for Calvary Square Apartments.
APPLICANT: Calvary Community Services, lnc.
LOCATION: Northeast Quadrant of the Intersection of
Rhode Island Avenue and Golden Valley Road.
REQUEST: General Plan Approval for P.U.D. 26
Martin Farrell presented the Staff report. Clyde McCarty, President of Calvary
Community Services, and Jay Johnson, Milter, Hansen, Westerbeck, Bell Architects ,
Inc. , represented the proponent, and entertained questions.
Mr. Everett Frandsen, 855 Pennsylvania Avenue North, addressed the Planning Com-
mission. Mr. Frandsen commented on the amount of time, energy, and research
the Planning Commission puts into projects referred to them by the Council .
He expressed concern that the sun may be blocked during a part of the day over
his property, and also expressed concern about the parking problem.
It was moved by Thompson, seconded by Hughes,. and carried unanimously� to deny
the General Plan Approval for P.U.D. 26, faecause it i:s too. large a project for
a small parcel of tand, th.e. density �� too great, and t6.ere is an extreme �hortage
of parking.
Commissioner Edstrom requested that staff provide the overall dens+ty of Dover
Hill and similar projects. He also recommended that any additional overflow
parking spaces provided by Calvary Lutheran Church to the proposed devetopment
be made under a contract basis rather tt�an a ver6al agreement.
VII . Work Session
The Planning Commission reviewed the revised draft of the Business � Professional
Office Zoning District.
It was moved by Forster, seconded by Thomp�on, and carried, to approve the
revised draft of the Business � Professional Office Zoning District subject to
the revision o:f 10.70, C. , Financial lnstitutions with the addition of ''not
including drivethrough facilities.'`
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Commissioner Thompson commented that the Va11ey Square area should be a special
zoning district as a redevelopment area in itself. Martin Farrell responded
that he has been doing researcC� on redevelopment of downtown areas by other
communities and at this time his report is stilt on the staff ]evel , but this
is something that should be presented to the Ptanning Commission.
Commissioner Edstrom questioned if there was a moratorium in the Va11ey Square
Area and suggested a more specific tool is needed to guide develop�rs.
The meeting was adjourned at 9�30 p.m.
Respectfulty submitted,
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Sue Eastes, Chairperson avi ompson, ecre ar