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01-23-89 PC Minutes MINUTES OF THE GOLDEN VALLEY PLANNING COMMISSION January 23, 1989 A regular meeting of the Planning Commission was held in the Council Chambers of the Civic Center, 7800 Golden Valley Road, Golden Valley, Minnesota. The meeting was called to order by Chair Prazak at 7:00 P.M. Those present were Commissioners Kapsner, Leppik, Lewis, McAleese, McCracken- Hunt, Prazak, and Russell. Also present were Mark Grimes, Director of Planning and Development, and Beth Knoblauch, City Planner. I. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - JANUARY 9, 1989 It was moved by Commissioner McAle~se, seconded by Commissioner Leppik, .and carried unanimously to approve the ,minutes of the January 9, .1989 Planning Commission meeting as amended. ~~ II. SESSION WITH MAYOR ANDERSON' Mayor Anderson said she chaired a subcommittee of the Association of Metropo t- itan Municipalities Housing and Redevelopment Committee which was was looking at group home legislation and reviewed some of the pending legislation. Mayor Anderson went on to ask if Commissioners Lewis and McAleese, who are up for reappointment this year, would be willing to serve again. They indicated they would be. Mayor Anderson reviewed the Council's reasons for denying the change in land use on the northeast corner of Duluth and Douglas and asked the Planning Commission to further study this area up to Medicine Lake Road to the north and Brunswick Avenue to the east to determine the best use f or this area. A brief discussion on updating the Comprehensive Land Use Plan fo llowed. III. INFORMAL PUBLIC HEARING - AMENDMENT TO COMPREHENSIVE PLAN APPLICANT: F1uiDyne Engineering Corporation LOCATION: 5828 Olson Memorial Highway REQUEST: Change the Land Use Designation on the Comprehensive Land Use Plan Map from Business and Professional Uses to Industrial Uses IV. INFORMAL PUBLIC HEARING - REZONING APPLICANT: F1uiDyne Engineering Corporation LOCATION: 5828 Olson Memorial Highway REQUEST: Rezone the property at the Northeast corner of Zane Avenue and Olson Memorial Highway from the Open Development Zoning District to the Industrial Zoning District Minutes of the Golden Valley Planning Commission January 23. 1989 Page 2 Chair Prazak introduced this agenda item and asked. for a review of the staff report. City. Planner Beth Knoblauch reviewed this request. She described the parcel as a long narrow strip of land with an unusual topography which makes it useless for a lot of things. She noted that F1uiDyne, across the street, has a lack of parking for its employees, that they are parking on the street. F1uiDyne currently own this parcel and would like to have it rezoned to allow for a parking lot. Planner Knoblauch said it was staff's recommendation to rezone this property. City Planner Knoblauch also stated this would require a amendment to the compre- hensive plan. The comprehensive plan lists the long range use as business and professional which would not be economical because of the topography. She said she felt the use as a parking lot would be appropriate. Commissioners. asked if staff had received any reaction from the neighborhood and if they had been contacted. Planner Knoblauch said .the surrounding property owners had been notified but she had not received any calls regarding the proposed rezoning. Commissioner Kapsner asked if the property was presently used for parking and staff said it was not. Commissioner Leppik asked if there would be any landscaping between the parking lot and the houses. Director Grimes stated that they would probably keep as much of the natural vegetation that is there on the site and that there would be requirements for sodding, etc. along the boulevard. Commissioner McAleese said he felt Zane Avenue was quite wide and felt that parking along. there was not a problem. Staff commented that it is not legal for someone to use the street to provide for their off-street parking and that F1uiDyne would be solving this problem by creating new parking facilities on this empty lot. Commissioner McAleese questioned whether there was another way to allow for this parking other than rezoning and staff said there was not. Mr. Doug Frame was present to represent the proponent. He agreed that the lot would be unusable for almost any other purpose than a parking lot. Mr. Frame also noted that Zane Avenue was a wide street but had a lot of truck traffic which presented a problem when people parked along the street. He said that with the addition of this new parking area, they would exceed the City code for parking requirements. Mr. Frame said they prefer to put as little landscaping on the back hill as necessary. He said they would have to remove some. trees to allow for grading on the hill to avoid erosion. Consensus of the Commission was that this was a unique lot and the best use of this parcel would be a parking lot. L `~ n_/ Minutes of the Golden Valley Planning Commission January 23, 1989 Page 3 Commissioner McAleese stated he was uncomfortable changing the comprehensive plan in order to put in a parking lot but agreed this would be the only way it could be done. It was moved by Commissioner Leppik, seconded by Commissioner McCracken-Hunt and motion carried unanimously to recommend City Council approval of the request to change the comprehensive plan from open development to industrial.. It was moved by Commissioner Leppik, seconded by Commissioner McAleese and motion carried unanimously to recommend City Council approval of the change in the zoning from the Open .Development Zoning District to the Industrial Zoning District on .the condition that approval by the BZA for the necessary waivers is obtained. V. INFORMAL HEARING ON AMENDMENT TO INTERIM ORDINANCE (MORATORIUM Chair Prazak introduced this item which provides extension of the I-394 Development Moratorium until April 28, 1989, and Director Grimes reviewed the need for the extension. It was moved by Commissioner McAleese, .seconded by Commissioner Kapsner and motion carried unanimously to recommend extension of the Interim Ordinance (Moratorium) continuing development restrictions in the proposed Zoning Overlay District. VI. REPORTS ON CITY COUNCIL AND BZA MEETINGS Commissioner Leppik attended the January 17, 1989 City Council meeting and provided a report, and Commissioner McAleese reported on the January 10, 1989 BZA meeting. VII. UPDATE OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN It was moved by Commissioner McAleese, seconded by Commissioner McCracken-Hunt and motion carried unanimously to set aside the second Planning Commission meeting in February, February 27, 1989, as a working session and that staff take no other business to be conducted at that meeting. Commissioner McAleese requested staff to tell the Commission what the proper schedule would be and what issues they see that ought to be addressed and their priorities. The meeting was adjourned at 8:45 P.M. i 1 1