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04-26-04 PC Minutes e e Regular Me"eting of the Golden Valley Planning Commission April 26, 2004 A regularmeeting of the Planning Commission was held at the Golden Valley City Hall Council Chambers, 7800 Golden Valley Road, Golden Valley, Minnesota, on Monday April 26, 2004. Chair Pehtel called the meeting to order at 7 pm. Those present were Chair Pentel, Commissioners Eck, Keysser, Rasmussen, Schmidgall and Waldhauser. Also present were Assistant to the City Manager, Jeanne Andre and Administrative Assistant, Lisa Wittman. I. Approval of Minutes April 12, 2004 Planning Commission Meeting MOVED by Rasmussen, seconded by Eck and motion carried unanimously to approve the minutes from April 12, 2004 as submitted. II. Informal Public Hearing - General land Use Plan Map Amendment and Rezoning Applicant: City of Golden Valley Address: 4950 Olson Memorial Highway Purpose: To change the General Land Use Plan Map designation from Commercial to High Density Residential and the Zoning Map from Commercial to Multiple Family Residential (M-4) in order to allow Sunrise Development, Inc. to construct an 80-unit assisted living facility. Andre explained that Grimes was not able to attend this meeting so he asked her to represent him since she has been involved with Sunrise project as the Assistant HRA Director and some of the land is owned by the HRA. She explained that the City Attorney asked that this General Land Use Plan Map amendment and rezoning designation change take place following the approval of the preliminary PUD plans because the City likes to know there is a general acceptance of the PUD before a zoning map and General Land Use Plan Map change is made. She stated that both the General Land Use Plan Map designation and the Zoning designation are Commercial. She showed a site plan and explained how the lots are going being subdivided by Sunrise Development and the Edina Realty building and stated that staff is recommending that the underling zoning be changed to Multiple Family (M-4) and that the General Land Use Plan Map designation be changed to High Density Residential so it is the most compatible with the use on the site. Pentel referred to the small piece of land between the Sunrise lot and the Edina Realty building and asked if it would be attached to one of the properties. Andre referred to the site map and explained that there is going to be some land exchanged between the HRA, Minutes of the Golden Valley Planning Commission April 26, 2004 Page 2 Sunrise and Infinity (Edina Realty building) and that the piece of property Pentel referred to is going to be used for parking. Pentel asked about having two lots zoned differently within one PUD. Andre said that is fairly common especially when there are different types of uses in one PUD. Pentel said she is pleased to see the General Land Use Plan Map being changed now because the Planning Commission is going to be doing an inventory of all of the PUDs in the City to make sure the General Land Use Plan Map and zoning designation match the use on the property. e Schmidgall stated that he visited the site and was curious as to why Sunrise is proposing to build the parking lot on the back part of the lot and the building on the front part when the back part of the lot seems more desirable. Andre said that there is the issue of accessibility and visibility from Highway 55. Pentel added that the way Sunrise is proposing to build their building is a better way to utilize the site and that putting the building toward the front of the lot allows for more green space along Highway 55. Rasmussen added that there are garden areas proposed for the back of the site as well. Andre explained that this was a contaminated site and that a lot of the contaminated soil is located toward the back of the lot so capping it with a parking lot is desirous. Waldhauser said she thought placing the building closer to the road might help buffer the noise from the baseball fields at Schaper Park. Andre said that the applicant has said Schaper Park is an asset and that is part of the reason they are putting sidewalks around the whole site. Pentel opened the public hearing for the General Land Use Plan Map amendment. e Seeing and hearing no one she closed the public hearing. Pentel opened the public hearing for the rezoning designation. Seeing and hearing no one she closed the public hearing. MOVED by Eck, seconded by Keysser and motion carried unanimously to approve changing the General Land Use Plan Map designation from Commercial to High Density Residential Map for Lot 1, Block 1 of Sunrise of Golden Valley, PUD No. 97 in order to allow Sunrise Development, Inc. to construct an aD-unit assisted living facility. MOVED by Eck, seconded by Keysser and motion carried unanimously to approve changing the Zoning Map designation from Commercial to Multiple Family Residential (M-4) for Lot 1, Block 1 of Sunrise of Golden Valley, PUD No. 97 in order to allow Sunrise Development, Inc. to construct an aD-unit assisted living facility. -- Short Recess -- IV. Reports on Meetings of the Housing and Redevelopment Authority, City Council, Board of Zoning Appeals and other Meetings e e Minutes of the Golden Valley Planning Commission April 26, 2004 Page 3 Pentel stated that she attended the April 20, 2004 City Council meeting and that Applebee's request for a Conditional Use Permit was discussed. She explained that the request was tabled until their May 4, 2004 meeting because there was an agreement that hadn't yet been signed by all the parties involved. V. Other Business Pentel asked that the list of representatives to HRA meetings and Council meetings be updated to add the new Commissioners. VI. Adjournment The meeting was adjourned at 7:30 pm.