06-19-97 CC Special Meeting Minutes unsigned Special Meeting
of the
City Council
June 19, 1997
Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, a special meeting of the City Council of the City of
Golden Valley, Hennepin County, Minnesota was held at 7800 Golden Valley Road in said
City on June 19, 1997 at 7:00 p.m.
The following members were present: Anderson, Johnson, LeSuer, Micks and Russell.
Also present were: Jeanne Andre, Assistant to the City Manager; Fred Salsbury, Director
of Public Works; Allen Barnard, City Attorney; and Judy Nally, Administrative Secretary.
Continued Council Discussion - Preliminary Design Plan Approval - PUD #74 - Hidden
Lakes Development
Mayor Anderson introduced the agenda item and reviewed the order of the agenda. Allen
Barnard reviewed and explained the proposed motion for Council consideration and
answered questions regarding the process. Mark Grimes, Director of Planning and
Development, answered questions from the Council regarding the site.
MOVED by Micks, seconded by Johnson and motion carried to amend the action
previously taken on June 2, 1997 regarding the preliminary design plan for PUD #74,
Hidden Lakes Development, by hereby approving the preliminary design plan for PUD #74,
subject to the following conditions and considerations:
1. The Council supports the Hidden Lakes Development in general in that it appears to
meet the requirements of the City's residential zoning district.
2. Affordable housing is not appropriate in this development.
3. The engineering considerations set out in the memo from Assistant City Engineer
Jeff Oliver dated February 13, 1997 are incorporated as conditions of this approval.
4. The considerations raised in the memo from City Director of Inspections Mark
Kuhnly, dated May 23, 1997, are incorporated as conditions of this approval.
5. The considerations raised in the March 5, 1997 letter from Hennepin County
Department of Public Works covering the access road are incorporated as
conditions of this approval.
6. The Declarations, Covenants and related documents must be revised to the
satisfaction and approval of the City Attorney as a condition of this approval.
7. Canoes are the only watercraft that will be permitted on Twin Lake.
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June 19, 1997
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Continued Council Discussion - Preliminary Design Plan Approval - PUD #74 - Hidden
Lakes Development - Continued
8. The Council supports some sort of public access on any or all of the lakes adjacent
to or incorporated in the PUD.
9. The developer has agreed to remove the peninsula portion of the Hidden Lakes
project from the initial state of development. The peninsula area will be designated
as a future phase of the PUD and in the interim be platted as a single residential lot
related to the existing house. Final approval an construction of the peninsula phase
will not be sought by the developer, as he has agreed, until the following have been
completed:
a. All environmental and other information related to development on the
peninsula has been assembled and provided to the City.
b. All due diligence and all care has been taken to address the issues regarding
development on the peninsula including environmental issues.
c. All major grading and infrastructure on Phase I has been successfully
completed and the developer has successfully complied with all related
conditions of approval and requirements of environmental sensitivity on
Phase I.
d. Home building has been successfully completed on at least five lakeshore
lots on Phase I. For purposes of this subparagraph "home building" is
defined as completion of all planned site improvements, building construction
and issuance of a Certificate of Occupancy for the structure.
e. Ten of the townhomes have been issued Certificates of Occupancy.
Both the developer and the City acknowledge that great care needs to be taken
determining the ultimate development pattern on the peninsula as it is an
environmentally sensitive portion of the site and it must be protected during
construction and in its ongoing maintenance and development.
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June 19, 1997
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Continued Council Discussion - Preliminary Desiqn Plan A�proval - PUD #74 - Hidden
Lakes Develo�ment - Continued
The developer shall provide additional information to the City to inform its decisions
regarding the peninsula and to work with the City to satisfy any reasonable
conditions of approval related to the peninsula. Ultimate development plans for the
peninsula will be shaped by City decisions about park dedication, which may include
a trail on a portion of the peninsula, as well as the relative weight that the City
chooses to place on specific environmental features, characteristics, or objectives.
For instance, if the City decides to protect the portion of the peninsula that is close
to the elevation that would meet the definition of a bluff, as though it were a bluff, the
developer agrees to cooperate. However, it is understood that in agreeing to
provide additional information and honor requests for greater protection and
sensitivity to chosen features, the developer has not relinquished any development
rights to the land on the peninsula.
When plans are submitted to gain approval of Phase II of the Hidden Lakes PUD
(the peninsula) the developer agrees that the City may use the following criteria to
determine the adequacy of those plans:
a. All the lots to be created shall exceed the minimum lot size and the average
lot size shall be twice the minimum lot size established by the DNR in
shoreland impact areas.
b. The 50 foot setback requirement, per section 11.65 (Shoreland Management)
of the Golden Valley Zoning Ordinance, for the private roadway serving the
future peninsula lots will be maintained except where it is acknowledged that
it is impractical and unfeasible to do so at the bridge and the roadway
immediately past the bridge that currently exists.
c. Hidden Lakes shall retain the services of a qualified geohydrologist to verify
the location and number of springs and seeps and all of these features shall
be protected by inclusion within the designated "no impact zone".
d. The City Engineer shall determine whether the lots to be created have
adequate buildable area after all the necessary land has been provided to
accommodate storm water improvements, environmental easements,
restrictions on woodland clearing and all other perFormance standards
contained in the Jeff Oliver memo dated February 13, 1997.
Upon a roll call vote, the vote was as follows:
ANDERSON - YES JOHNSON - YES LESUER - NO MICKS - YES RUSSELL - YES
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June 19, 1997
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Continued Council Discussion - Preliminary Design Plan Aparoval - PUD #74 - Hidden
Lakes Development - Continued
Allen Barnard reviewed the process for the next stage in the develpment process.
Ad�ournment
MOVED by Russell, seconded by LeSuer and motion carried unanimoulsy to adjorn the
meeting at 7:22 p.m.
Mary E. Anderson, Mayor
ATTEST:
Judy Nally, Administrative Secretary