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Planning Commission - 10/12/2020APPROVED MINUTES EDEN PRAIRIE PLANNING COMMISSION MONDAY, OCTOBER 12 , 20 20 7:00 PM —CITY CENTER Council Chambers 8080 M itche ll Road COMMISSION MEMBERS: John Kirk, Ann Higgins, Andrew Pieper, Ed Farr, Michael DeSanctis, Rachel Markos, Carole Mette, Lisa Toomey, William Gooding CITY STAFF: Julie Klima , City Planner; Matt Bourne, Manager of Parks and Natural Resources; Rod Rue, City Engineer I. CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER Chair Pieper called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. II. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE – ROLL CALL Commission member DeSanctis was absent. III. APPROVAL OF AGENDA MOTION: Kirk moved, seconded by Higgins to approve the agenda. MOTION CARRIED 8 -0. IV. MINUTES MOTION: Higgins moved, seconded by Gooding to approve the minutes of September 28, 2020 with the correction in Item VI A to change the word “gymnastics” to “gymnasiums.” MOTION CARRIED 8 -0. V. PUBLIC HEARINGS VI. PLANNERS’ REPORT A. TILLER CORPORATION PLANT 912 (2019 -24) Request for:  Zoning District Change from Public to Industrial on 4.49 acres  Zoning District Change from Rural to Industrial on 1.09 acres  Site Plan Review on 13.21 acres  Preliminary Plat for approval on 13.21 acres PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES October 12, 2020 Page 2 Mike Caron, owner of Tiller Corporation, presented a PowerPoint and detailed the application. He introduced Christina Morrison, Land Use and Permitting Coordinator, and Kirsten Pauly engineer and geologist. Caron gave the background for this family-owned corporation and its three ope rating divisions, Barton & Gravel Company, Commercial Asphalt Company, and Barton Enterprises. He explained Tiller Corporation was a supply only company. He gave an overview of the history of Plant 912, which had been home to Asphalt Plant and Construction Aggregates since 1960. The main focus of the application was to improve storm water management, with plant and equipment updates also being updated, along with increased safety features . He had approached City staff in 2018. He displayed the existing facility and pointed out Industrial Boulevard and Indian Chief Road and the five different parcels , not all of which had access to existing roads. He displayed and explained the existing plant layout. The proposed plant layout would move the scale office next to the silos which stored the asphalt. The AC tanks would be to the left, and the MCC (motor control center) would be combined into one location. The mixer would be next to the MCC, with the recycle bins and coal feed bins next to the mixer. All five parcels would be combined into one. The cul-de -sac would become a City right-of -way. He explained the proposed traffic circulation. He explained the locations of the two storm water ponds to be built. The rezoning: currently, parcel A was zoned public, and parcel B was zoned rural. The proposed zoning would make both parcels A and B zoned General Industrial. He showed a complementary example of Tiller Corporation’s asphalt plant in Blaine which had a similar look to what was being proposed. Mette thanked the applicant for his presentation. She stated her concern was dust and dirt from relocating the stockpiles and asked what dust control measures would be taken. Caron replied the stockpile was a “verb,” not a noun, because stockpiles were constantly being rearranged, and the corporation was used to doing that. An air quality permit was required for the plant as well as for the stockpiles and recycling operations. There would a lways be a water truck on site to keep particulates watered. Not all the roads were paved; paving would also help, and the roads would be frequently swept. Toomey stated she lived nearby and asked about noise. Caron replied most noise from the drier would be kept inside the site. He did not expect many changes to noise levels. Any change in noise would be expected to be a decrease due to improved efficiencies with the new equipment. He showed on the site plan where stockpiles were held. He explained the tree replacement plan included screening at that site, which would also help with noise. Pieper asked if the truck route would be kept the same, and Caron replied it would be substantially changed, as PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES October 12, 2020 Page 3 the routing was quite random currently, and the corporation wished for more consistency to improve safety and efficiency. Klima presented the staff report. Two parcels of land, one zoned public and the other zoned rural, were coming before the commission to be rezoned General Industrial, consistent with the Comprehensive Plan. The five parcels would be combined into one lot and an outlot (the wetland area with a conservation easement). The site plan approval request met the performance standards. This site has been in operation from the 1960s without any site plan approval in place. Staff recommended approval. Farr asked if the cul-de -sac would be made a more symmetrical, conventional design from its current, offset, design and if staff approved of the nonconforming frontage. Klima replied there were no additional nonconformities created with the application; rather, conformity was improved. Rue replied there were title issues with these parcels, so the design would actually clean up the cul-de -sac. Offset cul-de -sacs were not unusual in Eden Prairie. There might have been some changes between the preliminary and final plat that made Farr see a nonconformity where there was not one in the actual application. MOTION: Markos moved, seconded by Kirk to close the public hearing. MOTION CARRIED 8-0 . Kirk stated it sounded like the zoning and replatting were more housekeeping issues in order to bring all of the land into a single zoned parcel and consistent requirements. Klima agreed. Kirk added his understanding was the site plan was a requirement whereas this property’s use predated it, and the intent was to make the site consistent with City ordinances and allow the City input as to where the equipment and buildings were located. Klima agreed and added the site’s operation pre -dated the City’s first ordinances. City Code requires a site plan process for the construction of structures on a site that does not have an approved site plan. Mette commended the addition of the cul-de -sac along with the streamlining of the parcels. Kirk also commended the plant to update equipment and the owner’s investment in Eden Prairie. MOTION: Farr moved, seconded by Toomey to recommend approval of the Zoning District Change from Public to Industrial on 4.49 acres , the Zoning District Change from Rural to Industrial on 1.09 acres , the Site Plan Review on 13.21 acres, and the Preliminary Plat for approval on 13.21 acres based on plans stamp-dated October 7, 2020 and the staff report dated October 12, 2020. MOTION CARRIED 8-0 . VII. MEMBERS’ REPORTS PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES October 12, 2020 Page 4 VIII. ADJOURNMENT MOTION: Kirk moved, seconded by Markos to adjourn. MOTION CARRIED 8 -0. The meeting was adjourned at 7:33 p.m.