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MINUTES OF THE GOLDEN VALLEY
PLANNING OQVMISSION
May 22, 1989
A regular meeting of the Planning Commission was held in the meeting room of the
Golden Valley Fire Station #3, 3700 Golden Valley Road, Golden Valley,
Minnesota. The meeting was called to order by Chair Prazak at 7:05 p.m.
Those present were Commissioners Kapsner, Leppik, Lewis, McAleese, Prazak,
McCracken-Hunt. Also present was Beth Knoblauch, City Planner, and Don Taylor,
Finance Director. Commissioner Russell was absent
I. APPROVAL OF MINUTES - May 8, 1989
Commissioner McAleese requested his statement on page 5 be revised to read,
"After reading the zoning code, he feels that the language of the code requires
the Planning Commission to look at other things."
It was moved by Commissioner Kapsner, seconded by Commissioner McCracken-Hunt
and unanimously voted to approve the minutes of the regular May 8, 1989,
Planning Commission Meeting as corrected.
II. PRESENTATION OF CITY CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN -DON TAYLOR, FINANCE
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Chair Prazak introduced this item and asked Mr. Taylor, Finance Director, for an
overview of the C.I.P. Mr. Taylor stated that the C.I.P. was prepared in about
the same format as in previous years except they tried to describe changes in
the programs from last year, as the Commission had requested. They did not,
however, get into why it was changed. Mr. Taylor opened it up to questions
so that they could touch on the things of most interest to the Commissioners.
Chair Prazak stated that they would take it one section at a time.
Vehicles & Equipment
Commissioner McAleese stated that the Police Department had five different pla-
ces in the C.I.P. where they had budgeted for a given year for replacement of
squad cars. He felt these could be consolidated on one sheet.
Mr. Taylor stated that they would combine vehicle purchases whenever possible •
in the future.
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PARKS
Commissioner McCracken-Hunt asked about the lighting upgrade for the parks.
She stated there are still some small parks that do not have any lighting,
and asked if Park & Rec was considering putting lights in the parks that pre-
sently have none.
Discussion was then held on the lighting of the City parks. The Commissioners
were very pleased with Brookview but asked about the bridge and the deck from
the park. Mr. Taylor will check on these for the Commission.
Commissioner Leppik asked about the Trail Improvements and where the trails
were going to be built. She would like more information on the plan for the
Eward/Valley d'Orr trail project.
Discussion was held on the Trail Improvements. The Commissioners felt they
would like to know the policy on paving trails versus using crushed rock.
SIDEWALKS
Commissioner McAleese stated he and Commissioner Russell had served on the
sidewalk committee. The sidewalk committee only set priorities for sidewalk
development. He stated that sidewalks tend to get developed where the roads
are being improved.
Mr. Taylor and the Commission further discussed sidewalk development in Golden
Valley.
In summarizing the discussion on the Capital Improvement Plan, Mr Taylor stated
that he would do the following:
- CombiDe Vehicle purchases whenever possible.
- Follow-Up on Park & Recreation (trail & lighting)
- Check on the bridge & deck from Brookview
- Trail Paving Policy
Chair Prazak asked if there could be a summary of each section listing the pre-
vious year along with the current year.
Mr. Taylor stated they would do a summary of the previous year along with the
current year at the front of each section.
The Commissioners thanked Mr. Taylor for sharing with the Planning Commission.
Commissioner McAleese stated .the C.I.P. has been improving each year.
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III . DISCUSSION OF FOLLOW-UP MaVIO FR(1V1 JOINT PLANNING OCiVMI SS I ON /CITY OOUNC I L
MEETING
City Planner Knoblauch stated that items 2, 3, & 4 were the work tasks for the
Planning Commission. With these tasks and other work assigned to the Planning
Commission, we will have to put the Comprehensive Plan aside for a while. She
felt, also, that the Planning Commission should look at the Zoning Code which
has conflicting information throughout.
Commissioner McAleese stated he felt working on the Zoning Code was very impor-
tant because if we don't get it fixed we'll just continue to put out fires..
City Planner Knoblauch stated that we needed a firmer platform. The Zoning Code
has a good basis, but it needs to be cleaned up.
Commissioner Lewis asked what the Council wants us to do on Duluth & Douglas
(Item #1).
Discussion was held on Item #1.
City Planner Knoblauch stated she was under the impression that the Planning
Commission should wait until the final decision has been reached on this item
before proceeding.
Commissioner Kapsner stated he feels the Council does not want to dictate to us
what to do with that site. They wanted us to decide the best use and we decided
a shopping center was not the best use for that site.
City Planner Knoblauch stated they have had several preliminary minor sub-
division contacts in the last couple of weeks.
Commissioner McAleese asked if the City could declare a moratorium on
subdivisions.
City Planner Knoblauch stated that the City could declare a moratorium, but they
would have to have a specific time period and a plan outlined as to what they
are going to do. The City Council prefers to avoid moratoriums.
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Further discussion was held on minor subdivisions.
City Planner Knoblauch stated she would have a zoning proposal for minor sub-
divisions for the Planning Commission to examine in 1`ate June.
Commissioner Leppik asked that the City Council let the Planning Commission know
when they can again consider the land use on Duluth & Douglas.
City Planner Knoblauch will check with Director Grimes and make sure she is
correct in the understanding that we need to wait. If so, she will ask the City
Council to let the Planning Commission know when to proceed.
IV. REPORTS OF APA NATIONAL OONFERENCE HIGEII,IGHTS
In view of the hour and the weather, City Planner Knoblauch suggested postponing
this item to a later date.
OTHIIZ BUSINESS
The Commissioners looked at the memo that Director Grimes drafted to present to
the City Council regarding the Planning Commission's decision to turn down the
request for the shopping center on Duluth & Douglas.
Discussion was held on the memo. The Planning Commi"ssion unanimously agreed"to
forward the memo to the City Council.
V. REPORTS ON CITY COUNCIL AND BZA MEETINGS
Chair Prazak presented the outcome of the Council's consideration of a Con-
ditional Use Permit for the "proposed SuperAmerica station at Duluth & Douglas
The meeting was adjourned at 9:15 p.m.
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