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08-10-87 PC Minutes281 MINUTES OF THE GOLDEN VALLEY PLANNING COMMISSION August 10, 1987 A regular meeting of the Planning Commission was held in the City Council Chambers of the Civic Center, 7800 Golden Valley Road, Golden Valiey, Minnesota. Chairman Prazak called the meeting to order at 7:04 P.M. Those present were Commissioners McAleese, Leppik, McCracken-Hunt and Prazak. Commissioners Kapsner and Lewis were not present. Commissioner Russell was not present at the beginning of the meeting. Also present were Mark Grimes, Director of Planning and Development, Alda Wilkinson, City Planner, and Gloria Anderson, Secretary. I. APPROVAL OF MINUTES -JULY 27, 1987 It was moved by Commissioner Leppik, seconded by Commissioner McCracken-Hunt and carried unanimously to approve the minutes of the July 27, 1987 meeting. II. SET DATE FOR INFORMAL PUBLIC HEARING - REVISED PRELIMINARY PLAT APPLICANT: Stanley Kugler LOCATION: 4240 Glenwood Avenue REQUEST: Approval of .the Revised Preliminary Plat of Gruskin Gardens Second Addition Which Will Create Two Additional Residential Lots Chairman Prazak introduced this agenda item. City Planner Alda Wilkinson reviewed the request fora change in the preliminary plat of Gruskin Gardens Second Addition and suggested an informal public hearing date of August 24, 1987. It was moved by Commissioner McCracken-Hunt, seconded by Commissioner McAleese and carried unanimously to set an informal public hearing date of August 24, 1987 for consideration of the revised preliminary plat of Gruskin Gardens Second Addition. III. INFORMAL PUBLIC HEARING - PRELIMINARY PLAT OF GUERRE APPLICANT: ITS-1987-XI Limited Partnership. LOCATION: 1200 Mendelssohn Avenue North REQUEST: Approval of the Preliminary Plat of Guerre to Allow Division of Five-Acre Site of Existing Office Warehouse Building to Create an Additional Building Site Chairman Prazak introduced this item and asked City Planner Wilkinson for a brief review of the staff report. She explained that the owners of the present five-acre site would divide off approximately 1 1/2 acres fora new office warehouse building on the eastern portion of the property which. is presently undeveloped. She stated the primary concern of staff was the existing building 282 Minutes of the Golden Valley Planning Commission August 10, 1987 Page 2 and the number of nonconformities in terms of setbacks of parking from the property line and after conferring with the City Engineer and Director of Zoning, some compromises were made for upgrading this site. City Planner Wilkinson also indicated that it was the feeling of staff that this is an opportunity to improve the property but it would not be economically feasible to require all the existing blacktopped parking to be removed and everything brought into conformance. She stated that the applicant would have to apply to the Board of Zoning Appeals to legalize some of the nonconformities on the site. Commissioner Russell arrived during the staff review. Commissioner Leppik questioned the parking spaces shown on the site plan. City Planner Wilkinson stated that the site plan showed the number of parking spaces that could be constructed to meet the City requirements but that they would not all be constructed at this time, only in the future if they were needed. There are no parking problems now. Mr. Michael Beatty, a partner with ITS-1987-XI Limited Partnership, was present. He stated his partnership would retain ownership of the existing building and that he has a buyer for the newly created lot. He indicated that his company and the previous owner of the property had been making a joint effort to improve the site. Chairman Prazak opened the informal public hearing. Hearing and seeing no one, the informal public hearing was closed. After a short discussion by the Planning Commissioners it was moved by Commis- sioner Leppik, seconded by Commissioner McCracken-Hunt and carried unanimously. to recommend City Council approval of the Preliminary Plat of Guerre subject to the following conditions: 1. Board of Zoning Appeals (BZA) granting of waivers for all nonconforming setbacks of parking area prior to City Council approval of the Preliminary Plat. 2. Installation of curb separation of landscaping from paved parking and drive areas except where waivers are granted by the BZA. 3. Construction of parking required by the Zoning Code unless a waiver is granted by the BZA. 4. Provision of a drainage plan which meets the approval of the City Engineer prior to City Council approval of the Preliminary Plat. 5. Documentation of any required State or Federal approval for any impact on the wetland area in the southeastern portion of the site prior to approval of the Final Plat. 6. Provision of a financial guarantee for curb installation and landscaping. improvements on the existing building site prior to approval of the Final Plat. 1 1 1 Minutes of the Golden Valley Planning Commission August 10, 1987 Page 3 IV. S~f-B--~B~BIVISION REGULATIONS The Planning Commission reviewed the proposed Subdivision Regulations .and made changes to the draft. It was agreed that the draft of the proposed Subdivision Regulations will be referred to the City Attorney for review and then referred back to the Planning Commission for action on a recommendation to the City Council. V. REPORT ON AUGUST 4, 1987 CITY COUNCIL MEETING Commissioner McCracken-Hunt stated she did not attend the August 4, 1987 City Council meeting as there were no Planning Commission items on the agenda. VI. INTERIM STATUS REPORT ON CIVIC CENTER TASK FORCE Commissioner McCracken-Hunt, who represents the Planning Commission on the Civic Center Task Force, gave. an update on the progress of the Task Force. VII. YEAR 2010 PLANNING PROGRAM Planning Commissioners discussed the third of ten priority Year 2010 planning items and provided staff with ideas for the Year 2010 narrative. VIII. DULUTH/DOUGLAS LAND USE STUDY The Planning Commission decided to give the Duluth/Douglas Land Use Study priority on the next Planning Commission meeting agenda and to postpone continuation of the Year 2010 Planning Program to allow time for discussion of the Duluth/Douglas Study... IX. WORK PROGRAM FOR NORTH WIRTH AREA The Planning Commission reviewed the proposed work program for preparation of land use recommendations for an expanded North Wirth Redevelopment Project Area. Planning and Development Director Mark Grimes suggested that the Planning Commission set work session times separate from regular Planning Commission meeting times for subcommittee work orr the North Wirth Land Use Study. The Planning Commission scheduled the first subcommittee meeting for Thursday, August 20, 1987, from 7:00 A.M. to 8:30 A.M. The subcommittee will be comprised of all Planning Commissioners who choose to participate and attend the meetings. The meeting was adjourned at 9:00 P.M. Cr ®e7~