Planning Commission - 02/02/1971 AGENDA
EDEN PRAIRIE PLANNING COMMISSION
Tuesday, February 2, 1971 7:30 P.M. , Village Hall
INVOCATION
-PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ROLL CALL
I. ORGANIZATION
A. Selection of Chairman, Chairman Pro Tem and Secretary
B. Establishment of 1971 Meeting Dates and Times.
II. PETITIONS, REQUESTS AND COMMUNICATIONS
A. A.W. Garrison & O.P. Jones. PUD-71-1 . Southwest Quadrant
of County Road 18 and Crosstown Interchange. Presentation by Project
Planner.
B. O.S. McCormick. Property Division. 10131 Eden Prairie Road.
Plat 56980 Parcel 1530
III. RECOMMENDATIONS AND REPORTS
A. Advertising Sign Ordinance. Review of Final Draft. Procedure
For Commission Recommendation on "Advertising Sign Zones" .
B. Proposed 1971 Utility System Construction Program . Status Report
C. ."Ring Route " Design Study Proposal. Status Report.
D. Meeting with Minnetonka. February 18th.
MINUTES
EDEN PRAIRIE PLANNING COMMISSION
Tuesday, February 2 , 1971 7:45 P.M. , Village Hall
Members present were Geiger, Fosnocht, Schee, Emerson, Nesbitt,
Meyer, LaGrow, and Raguet. - Also present was Village Manager
George C. Hite.
I. ORGANIZATION
A. Selection of Chairman, Chairman Pro Tem and Secretary. The following
officers were unanimously selected. Chairman, Mary LaGrow; Chairman
Pro Tem, Homer Raguet; and, Secretary, Norma Schee.
B. Establishment of 1971 Meeting Dates and Times. The Commission
established the first and third Tuesdays of each month as their regular
meeting dates. Meetings would be held at the Village Hall and would
commence at 7:30 P.M. This first meeting of the month would be a
regular agenda meeting and the second meeting would be used for general
planning purposes.
TI. MINUTES OF JANUARY 5 AND 19, 1971
. These minutes were approved without correction.
III. PETITIONS REQUESTS AND COMMUNICATIONS
A. Tess B. Cohen. PUD 71-1. SoutheastQuadrant-of T.H. 5 and Count
Road 4. Mr. Don Ripple), planner, appeared on behalf of the applicant,
Jess B. Cohen, to present their proposed planned unit concept plan for
the property situated between County Road 4 and Fuller Road and south of
Trunk Highway 5. Mr. Ripple reviewed the content of their application
report dated February 16, 1971. The proposal provided for the expansion
of the Stewart Infra-Red and Fuller Pharmaceutical industrial properties,
and the establishment of commercial-office properties along County Road
4 and in the southeast quadrant of the County Road 4 and Trunk Highway 5
intersection. He listed a restaurant and office building as possible uses
of the portion of the proposed commercial area represented by Mr. Cohen.
Mr. Crane, representing American Oil Company, advised that they owned
a three to four acre tract at the intersection of the two roads and that they
proposed to build a gas station on that property. Mr. Crane said that the
American Oil Company had secured driveway permits from the State and
County Highway Departments in 1964 and that these permits were still valid.
The Commission accepted the proposal for consideration and asked that a
staff report be prepared for consideration at the Commission's March 2
meeting.
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February 2, 1971
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B. O. S. McCormick. Property Division. 10131 Eden Prairie Road.
Plat 56980 Parcel 1530. Mrs. McCormick's request was presented by
the Village Manager who noted that the purpose of the proposed division
was to divide Mrs. McCormick's hillside property into two tracts. The
smaller of which to be used for the site of Mrs. McCormick's home. The
larger tract is to be sold. He presented a map indicating the property
configurations in the area. He said that the irregular platting pattern
was established many years ago and would be difficult to change at this
time because of homes having been constructed in reliance on that pattern.
Mrs. McCormick's smaller tract had an area of approximately 1.4 acres and
its limits were established on the basis of a fence surrounding her home.
He recommended that the division be approved subject to a restriction
being placed on the remaining and larger parcel preventing further divisions
until such time as the Village had approved an overall platting plan for
the property.
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Following some discussion relative to the ownership of the adjacent tracts
and the reason for the irregular property division line, Mr. Emerson moved
that the Commission recommend to the Council that it approve the property
division submitted by Mrs. McCormick. Mr. Geiger seconded. All voted
aye, motion carried.
IV. RECOMMENDATIONS AND REPORTS
A. Advertising Sign Ordinance. The Commission reviewed its final re-
commendation draft noting particularly those provisions that had been
amended at the time of final Commission action on the matter. The
Manager advised that the Council had requested that the Commission
prepare a recommendation as to where the advertising signs zones
should be established: He indicated that a staff recommendation on
this subject would be presented at the Commission's next meeting.
He also noted that the Council had tentatively established March 9th
as a hearing date on the proposed advertising sign ordinance.
B. Proposed 1971 Utility System Construction Program. The proposed
1971 sanitary sewer and water works systems development program was
reviewed by the Manager. He advised that the Village Council would
consider the program at its meeting on February 9th.
• C. "Ring Route" Design Study Proposal. The Manager reviewed the
content of the proposed land use planning and roadway design study
for the area adjacent to the Guide Plan "Ring Route." He said that the
proposal was now under consideration by both the Council and the
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principal property owners in the area and that if approved by the owners
and the Council by mid February the study could be completed by the
middle or end of May. He noted that the proposed study procedure
involved a great deal of participation by the Planning Commission.
D. Meetina with Minnetonka. It was reported that a meeting between
the Eden Prairie and Minnetonka Councils, Planning Commissions and
Park Commissions had been tentatively scheduled for February 18. The
purpose of the meeting would be to consider preliminary proposals for
the Crosstown highway extension, joint park development in the Rowland
Road area and the possible joint development of a municipal golf course
in northwest Eden Prairie. The tentative agenda also provided time for
discussion of housing policies. The Manager advised that a conflict
had developed with the February 18th date and that a new date had not
been established. The Commission agreed that this meeting would
constitute its second or planning meeting for February.
Meeting adjourned at 9:35 P.M.