Planning Commission - 02/01/1972 AGENDA
EDEN PRAIRIE PLANNING COMMISSION
Tuesday, February 1 , 1972 7:30 P.M., Village Hall
INVOCATION - PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ROLL CALL
COMMISSIONS MEMBERS - Mary LaGrow, Chairman; Herb Fosnocht, Chairman Pro Tem;
Wayne Brown, Secretary; Ralph Nesbitt, Council Representative; Norma Schee;
Mike Flavin; Mike Manning; Pat Casey.
COMMISSIONS STAFF - George Hite, Village Manager; Dick Putnam, Planning Assistant.
I. MINUTES OF JANUARY 18, 1972
II. RESOLUTION IN MEMORIAL TO COMMISSIONS MEMBER VERNON D. EMERSON
III. PETITIONS, REQUESTS AND COMMUNICATIONS
A. Washington Plaza Subdivision. Washington Avenue.
IV. RECOMMENDATIONS AND REPORTS
A. Red Rock Sector Plan. Lands near Mitchell Road and Red Rock Lake.
Comprehensive Guide Pan Revisions.
iB. Shelter Development Corp. Old Farm PUD. Mitchell. Road. Presentation
and Review of Proposed Concept a�1 n Revisions.
C. Hi 's Construction Co. , Inc. Mitchell and Scenic Heights Roads PUD.
Presentation and Review of Proposed Concept Plan Revisions.
D. Rocket Development Corp. Mitchell Road PUD. Presentation and Review
of Proposed Concept Plan Revisions.
E. New Horizon Homes, Inc. Flying Cloud Drive and Parkway PUD.
Presentation and Review of Concept Pan Revisions.
F. Forest Hills Sector Plan. Lands near Baker Road. Presentation of
Preliminary Sector Plan Studies.
G. Housing Task Force. Progress Report.
H. Church Planning. Report on conversation with Bill Deutschmann.
Urban Life Center. Columbia, Maryland.
MINUTES
EDEN PRAIRIE PLANNING COMMISSION
Tuesday, February 1, 1972 7:30 P. M. , Village Hall
Members present were. Chairman LaGrow, Nesbitt, Schee, Fosnoch,
Brown, Casey, Manning, Flavin. Also present were George Hite,
Village Manager, Dick Putnam - Planning Assistant_
Z. MINUTES OF TANUARY 18, 1972
The minutes were approved following the correction of some typographical
errors.
II. RESOLUTION IN MEMORIAL TO COMMISSION MEMBER VERNON D.
EMERSON. The m-ezft-bers of the Commission unanimously requested that
the staff prepare a resolution for the family of Vern Emerson expressing
the Commission's regret and sorrow upon learning of his death and the
Commission's high regard and appreciation for his contributions to his
Village as a member of the Village's Planning Commission.
III. PETITIONS, REQUESTS AND COMMUNICATIONS
A. Washington Plaza Subdivision. Washington Avenue. Mr. Peter A.
Tapered presented the proposed division of approximately 10 acres of
land situated on the east side of Washington Avenue just worth of Valley
View Road. One of the proposed tracts would be 3 acres in area and
would gee as the site for an existing building on the property. The
second lot would be 7 acres. The Manager noted that the plat was
divided approximately in half by the municipal boundary and that it
would be likely that in the future the Commission might receive further
division requests for the larger parcel. Mr. Nesbitt moved that the
Commission recommend to the Council that the final plat of Washington
Plaza Subdivision be approved. Mr. Casey seconded. All voted aye.
Motion carried.
IV. RECOMMENDATIONS AND REPORTS
A. Red Rock Sector Plan. Lands near Mitchell Road and Red Rock Lake.
Comprehensive Guide Plan Revisions. The Planning Assistant presented
some suggested revisions to the Red Rock Sector Plan previously
considered by the Commission. The revisions included some relocations
of the Sector's collector road system and a redefinition of the Village
Center. The revised collector road system was intended to make better
utilization of the existing Mitchell Road alignment and to provide a new
route to supplement the existing Scenic Heights Road access west to
County Road 4 where the Highway 212 interchange would be located.
The Village Center change involved including within its services the
personal and convenience goods services formally suggested to be
located near the intersection of Scenic Heights and Mitchell Road.
The Planner noted that the automobile services were still not considered
to be an appropriate use within the Village Center and had been retained
at their previously proposed location at Scenic Heights and Mitchell.
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February 1, 1972
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The Planning Assistant also presented some drawings indicating the
relationship of the Red Rock Sector or Village Plan to similar sector
plans which had been or where in the process of being developed in the
Preserve, South Highway 169, Edenvale, Forest Hills and Bryant Lake
areas. He noted that each of these sectors or Villages was closely
associated with the Interstate 494-Highway 212 Major Center area.
A number of the property owners in the Red Rock area were present and
asked questions and made comment about the proposed sector plan.
Most of these comments related to the locations of proposed collector
road systems.
The Commission continued its consideration of the plan until its meeting
on February 15th. The planner indicated that additional material would
be made available at that time.
B. Shelter Development Corp. Old Farm PUD. Mitchell Road. Pre-
sentation and Review of Proposed Concept Plan Revisions. Mr. Harvey
Colman, representing Shelter Development Corporation, was present and
once again reviewed their proposal. He noted that it appeared that his
proposal would conform to the land use and roadway systems contained
within the proposed Red Rock Sector Plan. No action taken.
C. Hipp's Construction Co. , Inc. Mitchell Road and Scenic Heights
Road PUD. Presentation and Review of Proposed Concept Plan Revisions.
Mr. Paul flare,representing Hipp's Construction Corporation, reviewed
the relationship of their development plan and the revised Red Rock
Sector Plan. He noted that the north-south collector had been previeuely
designated to run through their property but was now moved back to its
Mitchell Road alignment. He said he did not anticipate that this would
have a substantial effect on their design proposal. He also presented
some preliminary sketches of the types of townhouse units they proposed
to construct within their project. No.action taken.
D. Rocket Development Corp. Mitchell Road PUD. Presentation and
Review of Proposed Concept Plan Revisions. Mr. Doug Johnson and Mr.
Bill Dolan, representing Rocket Development Corp. , presented a detailed
presentation of revisions they had made to their original proposal. The
revisions were primarily represented by a rearrangement of the road
systems and the building locations. Mr. Dolan indicated that the purpose
of the revision was to provide a better relationship between the existing
site topography and the proposed site development. Mr. Johnson said
he felt that the proposal as revised conformed to the proposed Red Rock
Sector Plan. No action taken.
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E. New Horizon Homes, Inc. Flying,Cloud Drive and Parkway PUD.
Presentation and Review of Concept Plan Revisions. Mr. Hagemeister
and Mr. Berger presented a substantially revised version of their
quadrominium and single family home project proposal. They indicated
that they felt the new proposal could be accomplished with considerably
less site alteration and would provide a more interesting and varied
housing development. The revised prop4:sal contained, 200 quadrominium
dwelling units and 49 single family dwelling units. The proposed over-
all development density was 4.35 dwelling units per acre.
The Commission questioned Mr. Berger about the appropriateness of the
proposed quadrominium and single family mix. Mr. Berger expressed
his confidence in the concept of including both types of housing styles
within the same development project.
Mr. Berger provided each member of the Commission with a marketing
brochure prepared for a similar project south of the Minnesota River.
The Commission inquired about the proposed market costs of the
quadrominium and single family units and what specifically the buyer
would receive for the purchase price.
The Commission continued its consideration of the proposal.
F. Forest Hills Sector Plan. Lands Near Baker Road. Presentation of
Preliminary Sector Plan Studies. The Planning Assistant reviewed some
preliminary material that he had prepared in the process of developing
a Sector or Village Plan for the Forest Hills area. The drawings indicated
the types and locations of existing and proposed land uses within the
area between Edenvale and Interstate 494 and north of the general
location of Valley View Road. The preliminary report material disclosed
that there were approximately 861 acres in that area of which approximatell
304 were either utilized or essentially committed to residential sub-
divisions. Another 31 acres were used for industrial purposes and
about 26 acres for school and park purposes. Most of the remaining
500# acres were along the east and west sides of Baker Road near Nine
Mile Creek.
Additional planning studies indicated the extent and location of tree
and marsh areas and the locations of major topographical features.
Another drawing indentified the forces having major impact on the
development options on the remaining 500 acres.
The Planning Assistant indicated that additional material would be
40 presented at a later date.
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G. Housing Task Force. Progress Report. Mrs. Sonja Anderson
Co-Chairman of the Eden Prairie Housing Task Force, reported on the
activities of her committee. She urged the Commission members to
attend as many meetings of the Task Force as they possibly could.
She announced that the Task Force members would be making bus
tour of many of the new housing developments in the southern part of
the Metropolitan area on Saturday, February 12th. She invited the
Commission members to join them for this trip.
H. Church Planning._Report on Conversation with Bill Deutschmann.
Urban Life Center. Columbia, Maryland. The Manager reported on a
conversation that he and the Planning Assistant had had with Bill
Deutschmann on the new town of Columbia, Maryland and specifically
on the development of church facilities. He noted that the Planning
Assistant had made extensive notes on the conversation and that copies
of the notes would be prepared for the Commission's consideration.
Meeting adjourned 10:30 p.m.
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Wayne Brown, Secretary