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MINUTES OF THE GOLDEN VALLEY
PLANNING COMMISSION
July 27, 1992
A regular meeting of the Planning Commission was held at the Golden Valley City
Hall, Council Chamber, 7800 Golden Valley Road, Golden VaT1ey, Minnesota. The
meeting was called to order by Chair McAleese at 7:00 PM.
Those present were Commissioners Groger, J ohnson, Kapsner, Lewis, McAleese,
Pentel and Prazak. Also present were Mark Grimes, Director of Planning and
Development; Beth Knoblauch, .City Planner and Mary Dold, Administrative
Secretary.
I. Approval of Minutes - May 21, 1992
MOVED by Lewis, seconded by Groger, and motion carried unanimously to approve
the May 21, 1992 minutes as submitted.
II. Informal Public Hearing - Variance and Minor Subdivision
Applicant: Golden Valley Housing and Redevelopment Authority
Address: North Wirth Redevelopment Area
Request: Variance from the Minor Subdivision Chapter of City Code, in
Conjunction with an Application for a Minor Subdivision.
Beth Knoblauch gave a brief summary of her reports regarding the variance from
the Minor Subdivision concurrent with a Minor Subdivision application. She
reviewed the three requirements governing whether the minor subdivision process
may be used rather than going through a full subdivision process. She also
reviewed the eight items to consider in approving or denying an application for
a Minor Subdivision. Based on additional information uncovered after the staff
report was written, she indicated minor changes in two of the eight items: the
proposed utility easements will diverge slightly from standard practice, and
there is a very small title issue that is still being addressed.
Commissioner Pentel asked staff about the environmental problems on the site.
Ms. Knoblauch commented that the oil and solvent problems were not found during
routine environmental studies and became apparent during the Dahlberg Drive road
construction. The area has been cleaned up and is being monitored except for
Lot 1 which sti1T has contaminated soil.
Commissioner Kapsner asked how Outlot A would be connected to the rest of the
Lot 1 and what would the site be used for. Beth Knoblauch commented that there
would be a road over the railroad tracks and the rear portion of the lot could
contain an accessory building, parking or even a second principal building if
constructed as part of a PUD.
Chair McAleese opened the informal public hearing. Seeing and hearing no one he
closed the informal public hearing.
Commissioner Johnson commented that it made good sense to do the variance from
the minor subdivision now instead of waiting.
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MOVED by Pentel, seconded by Johnson and motion carried unanimously to recommend
to the City Council approval of a Variance from Sec. 12.50, Subd. 1.A. of the
City Code, thereby allowing the inclusion of unplatted land in an application
for a Minor Subdivision and to approve the proposed Minor Subdivision known as
North Wirth Parkway 4th Addition.
III. Informal Public Hearing - Rezoning
Applicant: Golden Valley Housing and Redevelopment Authority
Address: North Wirth Redevelopment Area
Request: (1)Rezoning of Lot 2, Block 1 from a Mixture of Light
Industrial, Industrial and Railroad Zoning Districts to all
Light Industrial; and (2) Rezoning of Lot 3, Block 1 from a
Mixture of Light Industrial and Railroad Zoning Districts to
all I-4 Institutional
Beth Knoblauch gave a brief summary of the rezoning request by reviewing a site
sketch of the area using various colors to represent the different districts.
Beth then explained by noting the different colored areas how the designation of
districts would change. In response to questions from the Commissioners, she
indicated that other redevelopment lots in the area, which also encompass
multiple zoning districts, will not be proposed for rezoning until more is
known about what type of use the lots might be put to.
Chair McAleese opened the informal public hearing. Seeing and hearing no one he
closed the informal public hearing.
MOVED by Lewis, seconded by Groger and motion carried unanimously to recommend
to the City Council approval of the rezoning of Lot 2, Block 1 of the proposed
North Wirth Parkway 4th Addition from a mixture of Light Industrial, Industrial
and Railroad zoning districts to all Light Industrial and to rezoning Lot 3,
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Block 1 of the proposed North Wi-rth Parkway 4th Addition from a mixture of Light
Industrial and Railroad zoning districts to all I-4 Institutional.
IV. Informal Public Hearing - Preliminary Planned Unit Development No. 61
Applicant: Dahlberg, Inc.
Address: North Side of Dahlberg Drive
Request: To build a 2-Phase Office/Warehouse with the 1st Phase
(28,000 sq.ft.) beginning in the Fall of 1992
Mark Grimes, Director of Planning and Development gave a summary of his report
to the Planning Commission. Mr. Grimes briefly talked about the ponding area
and its purpose; the parking area on the site which he found to be adequate and
that the setbacks do not all meet the standard requirement but that a P.U.D.
request gives this flexibility.
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Tom Gerster, KK Architects, reviewed with the Commission and staff a master plan
of the area showing where the present Dahlberg building and parking area is
located and the proposed new site, parking and ponding area. He also commented
on what the building would look like and the materials that would be used.
Chair McAleese asked about the truck traffic that would be coming and going on
the site. Mr. Gerster thought there would be one or two trucks a day that would
unload and then leave. He said he could have a more precise answer to this
question at the City Council hearing.
Chair McAleese opened the informal public hearing. Seeing and hearing no one he
closed the informal public hearing.
Commissioner Prazak commented he was glad to see the tie-in of the area that
Dahlberg is committing to and feels this is a very attractive proposal.
Chair McAleese also commented that the proposal is attractive and waiving the
required setbacks in this case seems reasonable because of the location of the
site.
Commissioner Lewis feels that this is a good use for the site.
MOVED by Kapsner, seconded by Pentel and motion carried unanimously to recommend
to the City Council approval of the P.U.D. Preliminary Design Plan for the
construction of up to 50,000 sq.ft. of a office/warehouse building.
V. Acknowledgement of Oasis Mental Health Program Annual Report
The Planning Commission acknowledged the Oasis Mental Health Program Annual
Report.
VI.
orts on Meetin s of the Housing and Redevel
unci an Boar o oning ppea s
Commissioner Pentel commented on the June 2nd HRA meeting and Commissioner
Johnson briefly commented on the BZA meeting of July 14th.
VII. Other Business
No other business was presented.
VIII. Adjournment
Chair McAleese adjourned the meeting at 8:35PM.
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