12-08-80 PC Minutes ���
Minutes of the Golden Valley
Planning Commission
December 8, 1980
A regular meeting of the Planning Commission was held at 7:30 p.m. on
December 8, 1980, in the Council Chambers of the Civic Center, 7800 Golden
Valley Road, Golden VaYley, Minnesota. Chairperson Eastes cailed the meeting
to order at 7:30 p.m.
Those present were Commissioners: Eastes , Edstrom, Forster, Hughes, Moede,
Potachek, and Thompson.
Commissioners Sehlin and Speektor were absent.
Also present was Martin Farrell , Assistant City Planner, and Dixie Peterson,
Secretary.
t. Approval of Minutes - November 24, 1980.
It was moved by Forster, seconded by Polachek and carried unanimously to
approve the minutes o� the November 24, 1980 Planning Commission meeting.
II . Set Date for Informal Public Hearing.
APPLICANT: C�uraae Center
LOCATION: 4000 Golden Valley Road
REQUEST: Rezone from "I-1 Institutional" to "'I-3 Institutionat"
Martin Farrell presented a brief explanation of the rezorring request , and
suggested December 22, 1g80, be set as the lnformal Public Hearing Date.
Jim Beaton, Associate Executive Director of Courage Center, was present to
represent the proponent, and briefly addressed the Planning Commission.
It was moved by Thompson, seconded by Polachek, and carried unanimously to
set the Informal Public Hearing date for December 22, 1980.
III . Informal Pubtic Hearing - Rezoning.
APPLICANT: Vantage Companies
LOCATION: 700 Xenia Avenue South
REQUEST: Rezone from "Light Industrial" to "Fndustrial"
Martin Farrell presented the staff report and recommended approval of the
rezoning request.
Tom Loftus, General Manager of Vantage Companies, was present to represent
the proponent, and briefly addressed the Ptanning Commission.
Mr. Clarence Green, owner of 5740 Laurel Avenue, addressed the Planning
Commission, and questioned the need for rezoning to Industrial , and stated
his concerns for the residentiat homes in the area.
It was moved by Edstrom, seconded by Forster, and carried to recommend
approval of the rezoning from "Light Industrial" to "Industrial". Commissioners
Thompson and Moede voted No.
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December 8, 1980
IV. Planning Commission Items
Chairperson Eastes advised the Planning Commission that Mary Anderson and
John Mitchelt have been appointed to a subcommittee to serve as a liason
to the Planning Commission and the Cify Couneil and would like to meet with
the Planning Commission members on January 21 , 1981 , at 4:30 p.m. Dave
Thompson tentatively plans to attend this meeting, along with Chairperson
Eastes.
The Ptanning Commission discussed the idea of changing the meeting day from
Monday to Tuesday evenings for the Planning Commission meetings. It was
agreed to leave the meeting day as Monday, since that appeared to be the
best time for the members, and would not necessitate a meeting change for
the Board of Zoning Appeals.
V. Work Session - Density
Chairperson Eastes initiated the discussion by questioning the members if
they fielt that there was a need to look at density as something other than
units per acre. The members discussed various measures of density.
After some discussion, the Commission decided that density is a relative
factor and must be viewed on an individuaJ project basis. When discussing
units per acre, the following factors have to be analyzed: type of housing
development (single family, townhouse, apartment, etc.) number of bedrooms
in the units being considered , design of structure(s) and parking situation,
and the expected number of residents.
Commissioner Moede questioned the status of the Housing Policy and requested
Staff to check on this.
Meeting adjourned at 8:45 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
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