Planning Commission - 05/16/1967 VILLAGE OF EDEN PRAIRIE
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
A G E N D A
Tuesday, 16 May, 1967
ITEM PURPOSE
5-10-67 Minutes 5-2-67 Approval
5-11-67 Public Hearing
1. Bury & Carlson & Peters
from RA to M-2.
2. M-2 along Highway #5.
. 5-4-67 Herbert Alves - LeRoy Balfanz Con't from 5-2-67
5-12-67 Report on Foto Mark Building Inspector
5-13-67 Planning
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION 16 May, 1967
The meeting was called to order at 8:18 p.m. by Chairman Miller.
PRESENT WERE:
ARthur W. Miller, Chairman Ralph Nesbitt
Cecil C. Cruse Henry Hauser
Odmor Skjelbostad James C. Brown, Clerk
Homer Raguet Quentin K. Wood, APW
ITEM 5-10-67 MINUTES OF MAY 7, 1967
Minutes of May 7, 1967 were approved as published.
ITEM 5-11-67 PUBLIC HEARINGS
1. Bury & Carlson & Peters from RA to M-2.
Mr. Bury appeared representing Bury and Carlson. There was discussion on the
area involved. Information on this hearing is covered in Hearing File #30.
Motion was then made by David Dale, seconded by Homer Raguet to continue the
Hearing until we receive the planners report.
The motion carried.
A second motion was then made by David Dale, seconded by Henry Hauser to
continue the request for the Special Use Permit for a black top plant pending
a planners report.
The motion carried.
Member Cecil Cruse asked Mr. Quentin Wood if a stock pile would be part of the
black top plant. Mr. Wood felt that it would and he stated that the village
should have some limitation set on the size of stock piles that could be located
with the black top plants.
2. The M-2 along Highway 5 continued until the meeting of June 20th due to an
incorrect publication.
ITEM 5-4-67 MR. LEROY BALFANZ AND HERBERT ALVES REQUEST FOR GRAVEL MINING
PERMIT
Mr. Balfanz as owner of the property and Mr. Alves as the contractor requested
permission to obtain a gravel mining license from the village to remove a hill
on Mr. Balfanz's property so that he could make better use of the property in
his present operation as a raiser and trainer of horses.
The hill in its present condition was not good for pasture land and it caused
drainage problems in his main barn areas. His proposal wasGto remove a portion
of the hill by skining the black dirt and clay, hauling the gravel out and
placing the black dirt and clay on top of the hill, fertilizing and reseeding
to pasture grasses.
It was generally felt it would take about one year to accomplish this operation.
They thought it would improve the land to its present use and to any future uses.
It would cover approximately 6 1/2 acres.
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Mr. Wood had asked for some additional information from the people including
a contoured map showing the two foot contoured intervals with a base line on
it. Apparently the information had not been sent`to Mr. Wood in time for the
meeting as he did not have it.
Motion was made by Ralph Nesbitt, seconded by Homer Raguet to recommend
approval for a mining permit for Mr. Balfanz and Mr. Alves with the require-
ment that they bring to the Village Council a map showing a two foot contour
interval before and after as per the Engineer's requirements and also the
map to show a base line and place a limit on the activity of December 31, 1968.
Upon a roll call vote, David Dale voted no, Henry Hauser voted no, Ralph
Nesbitt voted yes, Homer Raguet voted yes, Odmor Skjelbostad voted yes, Cecil
Cruse voted no, and Arthur Miller voted yes.
The motion carried.
ITEM 5-A-67 BROOKSIDE BUILDERS ON THE WHEATON THOMAS PROPERTY
Mr. Donald Coulter appeared representing the Brookside Builders on the
preliminary sketch map. Mr. Wood had studied the map and felt that the
preliminary sketch was a good sketch. Mr. Coulter explained that while it
was industrial property the reasoning behind the small lots was that so an
individual could buy 1, 2, 3, lots or a lot and 1/2 and the descriptive in-
formation required to convey the legal would be much simpler by saying, lot 2
of the north half of lot 3 than to have to go into the meets and bounds situa-
tion each time a piece of property was sold.
Motion was made by Homer Raguet, seconded by Odmor Skjelbostad to approve the
preliminary sketch plat based on the Engineer's recommendations.
The motion carried.
ITEM 5-B-67 THE MINNESOTA SOCIETY FOR CRIPPLED CHILDREN
A very interesting film was shown by the Minnesota Society for Crippled
Children to the members of the Planning and Zoning CoAmission. Those people
in attendance were spectators and also our Engineer and Building Inspector
who were at the meeting.
The film dealt with the fact that most public buildings were built to exclude
the physically handicapped in one way or another by the type or size of door
openings, steps, curbs, the facilities which are available such as the drinking
fountains, wash and rest room facilities, telephones, aisles and hallways.
A very minute expenditure in a large building at the time that it is constructed
could make the building fully useable to an individual who is confined to a
wheel chair, required to use crutches or a cardiac person who requires a
minimum exertion type walk way.
The members were impressed by what could be done in the construction of a
public building to make it more readily accessable to all the public.
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'i Literature was left with the Building Inspector and Engineer so that they
could present it to the builders who would be contacting them for building
information and permits.
ITEM 5-12-67 REPORT ON FOTO MARK BY MR. BREN
Mr. Bren had a letter from Mr. Bill Bury from Foto Mark stating that they
intended to complete the blacktopping of the parking lot, the sodding of
the exposed ground areas and the planting of shrubs and trees by the lst of
July. They have an expansion program which they feel will start this fall
on the east side of the building and they felt that they would like to ask
that they not be required to complete the SI finishing on the present east
side of the building where the expansion is going to go. They will do some
work on the north side of the building. Mr. Bury's letter was not quite
clear as to what they would be doing. It was felt that even through they
were planning on expanding they should have completed the wall to the extent
that it was not a bare black wall even if it was a matter of only surfacing
and painting the blocks for a temporary action.
Mr. Henry Hauser made a motion to have Foto Mark complete the SI requirements
on their building and to start this not later than July. There was some
question as to exactly what they were to complete.
It was agreed on that Mr. Henry Hauser would withdraw his motion and Mr. Richard
Bren would check the entire area and come in at the meeting of June 6 with a
listing of the items that Foto Mark is in violation of the SI ordinances.
ITEM 5-14-67 STEWART INFRA RED
The Stewart Infra Red people appeared before the Board with the initial stage
construction plans for their building along Highway 5 in the Eden Prairie
Industrial Development. They are requesting a variance from the Board for the
west side of the building. This would be the expansion side. The east and
north side could be finished at this stage of construction with a faced brick.
The south side will be their loading area and would be their open side. They
are asking that the west side that they be allowed to use a special architectural
treatment of construction blocks that would then be painted. They feel that in
the initial planning stages for this building when they appeared before the
Board approximately a year and one half ago that their business has grown so
that they felt that at the time they appeared before the Board that they would
have open space in the building. They have now added an additional segment on
to the building in a year and one half and they feel that they will be adding
additional segments on to the building within a reasonable period of time.
In discussing the matter with them, it was felt that a time limit should be
placed on the operation so that if they have not started an expansion program
within a specific period of time and it appeared at that point that they would
not be expanding they would then be required to complete the building to the
SI specifications.
They generally felt if the time element was reasonable that this would be an
agreeable situation.
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A motion was made by Henry Hauser, seconded by Ralph Nesbitt to recommend
granting a variance on the west wall to Stewart Infra Red, the variance to
allow them to use a special architectual treated cement block construction
as shown on the plans presented to the Planning and Zoning Commission at the
meeting of May 16, 1967. This variance is to continue until January 1, 1970
at which time they are either to have expanded the building or to construct
the present surface to SI or appear before the Board for additional time
element on the variance.
Mr. David Dale in the discussion felt we should hold to the SI requirements
right down the line.
Upon the roll call vote, Cecil Cruse voted yes, Odmor Skjelbostad voted yes,
Henry Hauser voted yes, Ralph Nesbitt voted yes, Homer Raguet voted yes,
David Dale voted nay, and Arthur Miller voted yes.
The 'notion carried.
ITEM 5-15-67 ROSEMONT ENGINEERING
Mr. Bren appeared with the additional plans for the expansion of the Rosemont
Engineering Company's plant and offices in Eden Prairie. The addition would
more than double the present building which they now have and the plans show
a continuation of the basic design treatment of the outside walls and basic
construction.
• A motion was made by Ralph Nesbitt, seconded by Homer Raguet to recommend
approval for the addition to the Rosemont Engineering Plant.
The motion carried.
ITEM 5-16-67 REQUEST FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR THE SKY KIST DRIVE IN
It was explained that the party had called in to the hall to obtain a permit
to operate the Sky Kist Drive In. This is a building located next to the
Chicago Avenue Florist Greenhouses and the Schmidt Market along Highway 169
east of Flying Cloud Airport. It had been operated for several years as
a Drive In and has been closed for the past two seasons.
Motion was made by Cecil Cruse, seconded by Henry Hauser to grant a
Special Use Permit.
ITEM 5-17-67 CHICAGO MILWAUKEE NORTHWESTERN RAILROAD
Mr. Virgil Steinhoff, the Industrial Development Agent for the railroad
appeared before the Board to present the proposal to have the Highway Depart-
ment move a segment of 169 to allow for a special type of industrial park in
the western part of the Village. This land is presently zoned M-2 and if the
highway were moved to allow a strip of approximately a thousand feet between
the highway and the road instead of paralleling the highway with no zone in
between...,:--.It would be a very desirable industrial location for persons who
would use both the highway for the exposure and access and the movement of
their materiel.
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Mr. Steinhoff made it very clear that he represented only the railroad and
he did not own anything other:: than their present right-of-way and were not
in the development business as far as buying property and developing
industrial parks. They were interested in the development of industrial
parks to the extent that they would show prospective builders and users
industrial sites along the land served by the Chicago Northwestern Railroad.
so that the railroad company would benefit in the long run from the hauling
of freight to and from the plants.
He also felt that as a citizen of Eden Prairie this would be good for Eden
Prairie and he was in favor of anything that would enhance the tax base and
the liveability of the community.
The Board realized as Mr. Quentin Wood stated that the Highway Department had
generally turned down this request. Mr. Steinhoff had talked to them. They
felt that their plans were too far along to make any change at this point.
The Board generally felt that this was a good idea and that we should ask for
an opinion from the Highway Department.
Mr. Odmor Skjelbostad moved, seconded by Mr. Ralph Nesbitt that we ask for an
opinion from the Highway Department on this segment of Highway 169.
The motion carried.
• The motion to adjourn at 12:15 by Ralph Nesbitt, seconded by Henry .Hauser.
The motion carried.
James C. Brown, Clerk