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06-24-91 PC Minutesc`~ ~? ' 3 ~' MINUTES OE THE GOLDEN VALLEY ` PLANNING COMMISSION June 24, 1991 A regular meeting of the Planning Commiss-ion was held at the Golden Valley City Hall, Council Chamber,. 7800 Golden Valley-Road,...Golden Valley, Minnesota. The meeting was called to order by Secretary Lewis at 7:05p.m. Those present were: Groger, Johnson, Kapsner, Lewis, McAleese, and McCracken- Hunt; absent was Prazak. Also present were Mark Grimes, Director of Planning and Development; Beth Knoblauch, City Planner and Mary Dold, Secretary. I. Approval of Minutes - June 10, 1991 MOVED by Kapsner, seconded Johnson and motion carried unanimously to approve the June 10, 1991 as submitted. II. Informal Public Hearing - Amendment to Calvary Lutheran Church PUD 46 Applicant: Calvary Lutheran Church of Golden Valley Address: 7520 Golden Valley Road Request: Amendment No. 3 to P.U.D. No. 46 to allow for an addi- tion to the present building. Chair McAleese introduced the agenda item and asked Mark Grimes, Director of Planning and Development, for a brief summary of the request. Mr. Grimes com- mented briefly on the first and second amendment requests and now the 3rd amend- ment request for an addition onto the northwest corner of the church. The one issue of concern is the loss of parking (20 spaces) caused by the pro- posed construction. There are 550 parking spaces available both on the church property and on the United Properties parking area across the street. The PUD Permit allows the use of the United Properties parking with a cross-parking agreement. The loss of the 20 spaces will not be a dramatic change. The church handles traffic on Sunday mornings quite well. The off-site parking agreement is included in the original PUD and will continue. Staff's recommendation is to amend the PUD to allow the church addition by making the attached plans part of the PUD Permit. Chair McAleese asked Mr. Grimes if the City had a copy of the cross-parking agreement. Mr. Grimes said that it was not in the file but the PUD Permit men- tions the agreement. He would request from David Thatcher of Calvary Lutheran Church for a copy of this agreement. Steve Michael, the Building Committee Representative gave a brief summary of the request. The basic reason for the building is to service the existing ministry needs, with more nursery, greeting area, unite staff offices in one location, and create more adult meeting rooms for bible studies. The Commission had no questions for Mr. Michael. r^, Minutes of the Golden Valley Planning Commission June 24, 1991 Page Two Mark Hayes, architect on the project, reviewed the plans. He talked about the parking area and the layout of the proposed addition. Commissioner Lewis asked where the elevators were located. Mr. Hayes showed her on the plans. Commissioner McCracken-Hunt asked if the elevators serviced all floors and Mr. Hayes stated yes. No other questions were asked. Clyde McCarty, Plymouth, commented that the parking was adequate and that Calvary Lutheran owned the United Properties land at one time. Calvary's lawyers have reviewed the parking agreement. Commissioner Kapsner asked how long will the present and proposed new addition serve the needs of Calvary. Steve Michael commented that he would hope for at least the next 10 years. Chair McAleese opened the Informal Public Hearing. Seeing and hearing no one Chair McAleese closed the Informal Public Hearing. Chair McAleese commented that he doesn't see parking as a problem and if and when a problem occurs would deal with it at that time. Commissioner McCracken-Hunt said it was good to make arrangements with office buildings to use their parking areas so there isn't a sea of asphalt for parking lots. Commissioner Kapsner stated that he would be more concerned with the removing of green area on the church site than 20 parking spaces and favors the proposed addition. MOVED by Lewis, seconded by Johnson and motion carried unanimously to recommend to the City Council for the proposed request of an amendment to Calvary Lutheran Church PUD No. 46 for an addition to the church and the PUD Permit to include the revised site plans. III. Re orts on Meetin s of the. Housin and Redevelo meet Authorit Cit Counci an Board o oning ppea s No reports were given. IV. Other Business Mark Grimes gave a brief summary to the Planning Commission regarding the past meetings with tenants and residents that would be involved in the Winnetka Avenue project. Both tenants and residents gave negative responses to this pro- ject. Mark Grimes and Beth Knoblauch talked about BZA organization. The State law requires that a Planning Commissioner be represented when a decision is being made at BZA meeting. If one is not present the decision must be delayed. Currently, the BZA is organized so if the Planning Commission representative is absent, an alternate who is not a Planning Commission member goes in the Planning Commission member's place. The City Attorney and staff are recommend- ing this be changed to agree with State law. The recommendation is that the ~`~ Minutes of the Golden Valley Planning Commission June 24, 1991 Page Three Planning Commission appoint one member (the Vice-Chair) to the BZA but any Planning Commissioner can be an alternate if the Vice-Chair is unable to attend. A hearing on this amendment to the zoning code will go before the City Council on this matter. Mark Grimes talked about the Minnesota City Participation Program (MCPP) which Golden Valley is offering through Marquette Bank-Golden Valley. It is for 1st time home buyers with an income limit of $35,000. Mark Grimes talked about scheduling a work session with City Attorney, Allen Barnard for the night of 7/22/91 to review legal issues and rewrites of the zoning code. V. Adjournment Chair McAleese adjourned the meeting at 8:05p.m. Lewis, S re ary 1 1