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10-10-94 PC Minutes61 MINUTES OF THE GOLDEN VALLEY PLANNING COMMISSION 1 1 October 10, 1994 A regular meeting of the Planning Commission was held at the Golden Valley City Hall, Council Chambers, 7800 Golden Valley Road, Golden Valley, Minnesota. The meeting was called to order by Chair McAleese at 7:02 PM. Those present were Commissioners Groger, Kapsner, Lewis, McAleese, Pentel and Prazak; absent was Johnson. Also present were Mark Grimes, Director of Planning and Development; Elizabeth Knoblauch, City Planner and Mary Dold, Secretary. I. Approval of Minutes -September 26, 1994 MOVED by Groger,. seconded by Lewis and motion carried unanimously to approve the September 26, 1994 minutes with the follows corrections: ° Page Four, (New Paragraph Two): Commissioner Pentel asked the applicant if he had been paying taxes on the proposed property and Mr. Ryan stated yes. ° Page Four, Paragraph Four, changed as follows: Paul McEnroe, ... spoke on behalf of 42 neighboring residents who oppose the rezoning and gave the Chair a statement with their signatures. Mr. McEnroe ... ° Page Six, Paragraph Two changed as follows: Mr. Ryan asked ... land could be viable zoned residential though currently vacant. ° Page Six, (New Paragraph Four): Commissioner Groger recommended to replace the original reason No. 5, from the staff memo, by instead stating that because there is no access from I-394 to this area, any kind of use would now need to use the neighboring streets to access the proposed lot. The consensus of the Commission was to agree with Commission Groger that this neighborhood did not need more intense traffic on its residential streets, but no formal vote was taken on the recommendation and the motion stood with original reason No. 5 deleted and replaced by No. 6. II. Informal Public Hearing - Preliminary Design Plan, P.U.D. No. 67 Applicant: Westwood Lake Limited Partnership Address: 8401,9421, and 8441 Wayzata Boulevard,' Golden Valley, MN Request: To create a P.U.D. for the purpose of legalizing certain non- conforming aspects of the existing office center which includes more than one building on the lot. 1 Mark Grimes, Director of Planning and Development, gave a summary of the request for a P.U.D-. He commented that the creation of the P:U.D. would place each building on its own lot. He summarized the history of the property and how it related to various nonconformities including the buildings on the lot, setbacks and parking. Minutes of the Golden Valley Planning Commission October 10, 1994 Page Two Staff did receive a couple phone calls from concerned residents along .Wisconsin (to the east of the proposed site) asking if new construction would occur on the Wisconsin side of the parcel. The applicant has commented that at this time no construction is planned. Mr. Grimes added that with the creation of the P.U.D., an amendment application would have to be processed for any new construction. The representative for Westwood Lake Limited Partnership, Attorney John Bowden spoke briefly about the piece of land that juts into the property. He requested that as part of Condition No. 3, that if the applicant is unable to attain this piece of property, the City will allow the removal of the parking spaces. The Commission decided not to add this request as part of Condition No. 3 but would rather have the Council address this issue, if the applicant cannot attain the piece of land in a timely manner. Chair McAleese opened the informal public hearing; seeing and hearing no one Chair McAleese closed the informal public hearing. Commissioner Lewis asked staff who would be responsible for easement and other agreements if the property were sold. Staff commented that the agreements, which have document numbers, would be referenced in the P.U.D. and the new owners would be required to uphold these agreements. .Beth Knoblauch commented that these agreements are usually reviewed by the City Attorney. Chair McAleese commented that he would recommend approval with the conditions. MOVED by Prazak, seconded by Pentel and motion carried unanimously to recommend to the City Council approval for the Preliminary Design Plan, P.U.D. No. 67 for the purpose of legalizing certain nonconforming aspects of the existing office center which includes more than one building on the lot along with the recom- mended conditions. III. Review of Attendance Chair McAleese briefly .went over the attendance with the Commission. IV. Brainstorming (This item was discussed after items V and VI.) The Commission brainstormed on the updating of the Comprehensive Plan and had decided to form a subcommittee to review the housing element but will also con- tinue the brainstorming process. V. Re orts on Meetin s of the Housin and Redevelo meet Authorit Cit ounce and Board o Zoning ppea s Commissioner Pentel gave a brief update on the HRA meetings she had attended. No other reports were given. 6J Minutes of the Golden Valley Planning Commission October 10, 1994 Page Three VI. Other Business Chair McAleese, at the request of the HRA Director, asked the Commission if one member would be intere sted in serving as the representative from the Planning Commission to the HRA Task Force. After some discussion about the potential conflict of interest, Commissioner Pentel was appointed to be the represen- tative. VII. Adjournment Chair McAleese adjourned the meeting at 10 PM. Jean Lewis, Secretary 1 1