01-12-15 - Joint PC-CC Joint Meeting of the
Golden Valley City Council and Planning Commission
January 12, 2015
A joint meeting of the City Council and Planning Commission was held at the Golden
Valley City Hall, Council Conference Room, 7800 Golden Valley Road, Golden Valley,
Minnesota, on Monday, January 12, 2015. Council Member Snope called the meeting to
order at 7 pm.
Those present were Council Members Andy Snope, Larry Fonnest, Steve Schmidgall,
Joanie Clausen; Planning Cammissioners Ron Blum, John Kluchka, Rich Baker, Chuck
Segelbaum, David Cera, Andy Johnson; Physical Development Director Marc Nevinski,
Planning Manager Jason Zimmerman, Associate Planner/Grant Writer Emily Goellner;
Jeff Miller and Rita Trapp, HKGi
1. Subdivision Moratorium Study's Findings for Potential Zoning/Subdivision
Changes
Jeff Miller from HKGi reviewed the meeting agenda, the timeline for the subdivision
study, and summarized the top concerns as expressed by the City Council, Planning
Commission, and residents.
Miller broke the concerns down into four categories:
(a) Issues for which action is already being taken
Construction Management Agreement
(b) Issues for which no new action is being recommended
Stormwater drainage and flooding concerns
Houses too tall, too close together
Driveway locations
Traffic
Private covenants
Wildlife impacts
(c) Issues for which potential strategies could be developed
Tree preservation
Minimum lot area
Irregular lot shape
House to lot relationship
PUDs
(d) Issues that are outside of the scope of the study
House character
Quality of construction
Neighborhood character
Lot boundary changes
Sustainability
Minutes of the Joint City Council/Planning Commission
January 12, 2015
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Cera suggested looking at tear-down issues. Chuck Segelbaum suggested revisiting
notification distances.
The 10 members of the group discussed the issues under (c) and registered their level
of support for making changes to each within the City Code.
Leve1 of Support for
Chan es
tssue 1 2 3 4 5
Tree reservation 1 2 1 5 1
Minimum lot size 4 1 1 1 3
Irre ular lot sha e 2 0 0 4 4
House ta lot relationshi 2 3 2 1 2
PUDs 1 2 1 4 2
It was clarified that under "House to lot relationship" there was support for modifying the
way in which the rear yard setback is applied but not for reducing the amount of
impervious surface allowed.
Segelbaum asked that the consultants look at if the conditions for approval or denial of
subdivisions could be modified. Council Member Clausen asked that issues around
drainage be looked at further.
2. Adjournment
Council Member Snope adjourned the meeting at 9:04 pm.
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arles D. Se aum, Secretary J s n Zim er an, Planning Manager