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HomeMy WebLinkAboutPlanning Commission - 06/20/1973 - Special SUMMARY: PLANNING COMMISSION SPECIAL MEETING FOR MAJOR CENTER AREA • Held June 20, 1973. Eden Prairie Village Hall'and Bursch's Restaurant. 4 p.m. -- 9 p.m. Members present: Norma Schee, Wayne Brown, Don Sorensen, Don Teslow, Dick Lynch. Staff present: Robert Heinrich, Village Manager. Richard Putnam, Village Planners The meeting was held in a very informal manner with the Planning Commission members asking questions and discussing various elements of the M.G.A. Plan and their impact on the community planning to date. Questions Don Sorensen raised. some basic questions relating generally to the M.C.A. 1. Is there demand for this much commercial/industrial property within the southwest part of the-Metropolitan Area-in the.-years- to come? 2. Is there a great risk to the Village_in developing such a center if the market does not materialize or there is a.recession? 3. Is it wise to overload the Ring Route traffic system intentionally without the. assurance that mass transit will be provided? 4. With the new State Law relating to assessment_ of over-four-story • residential buildings from 40 to 25%,`will this adversely affect the tax return to the Village ? . 5. Can the Village afford a Ring Route at $10 million at this point, or can the land owners ? 6. What do the people in Eden Prairie-really want, or suburban residents for that matter, related to provision of shopping/employment services? 7. It was suggested that in the assessment policy, the u.se of a median or average land use category where there are more than one type proposed would be more useful in reassessing the property at a later date rather than using the highest use. 8. A more careful definition of the term "intense urban development" should be devised since it may mean different things to different people. Perhaps this would occur during the ordinance stage of the M.C.A. process. These were general questions that were discussed with the group that I believe were satisfactorily answered by Commission Members of Staff during the meeting. There were specific concerns that Don Sorensen had that should be discussed with the entire Commission as to deletions or changes in the report: • 1. To delete from the highwaycommercial category permitted use of auto sales and service which would effectively eliminate that Page 2 �• development from the M.C.A. since that-would be the only category appropriate. It was noted by Mr. Sorensen that there are ways of providing highway commercial uses such as auto lots that would be totally enclosed without the auto used car and new car lots on the exterior which would be acceptable to him. 2. That the deletion from the Bryant Lake area of high density housing be accomplished and only medium density housing be allowed in the area. 3. Under the High Intensity Sector Procedures,- the length of time between the submission and the date at which the Planning Commission would flake action as 60-90 days may not be realistic as being too' short. 4. -Under the-same section-, -the revisioia of the-words�In-the -• - - -Staff evaluation from determination to evaluation would be = appropriate. 5. In the Land Use Section', under M..C.A. Land Use. Characteristics in housing, the question was raised about wording ,and intent of the. • second paragraph from the bottom where it states: "Careful con- sideration to the mix of"income and unit types for each project proposed withixi the M.C..A. shall be a determinant for its-approval." Mr. Sorensen felt that consideration of income and unit type'mix for each project should not be used as a determinant, but rather . a consideration, for its approval, but only in selected projects. Other specific wording questions were brought up, and it was indicated- that- this is a preliminary report and would be greatly refined-prior to a final draft and the- final printing. We would hope to take care of the grainmarical and -wordy nature of-the report. It was-suggested that-all Commission Members spend as much time as possible on evaluating the Task Force Report in com- parison with their ideas for development of the community and the downtown area. Mr. Heinrich suggested that at the next Commission meeting that a- recommendation would be in order on the Task Force Report to the Council so that they may take action on July 10, 1973, on the P.U.D. prior to the special public hearing on July 11, 1973, for the Ring Route. The meeting adjourned at approximately 9:30 p.m. • Submitted by: Dick Putnam, Village Planner.