Planning Commission - 08/01/1967 VILLAGE OF EDEN PRAIRIE
PLANNING AND ZONING
AGENDA
Tuesday 1, August 1967
ITEM PURPOSE
8-1-67 MINUTES 1. 7-5-67 Approval
2. 7-18-67 Approval
8-2-67 RE-OPEN HEARING ON M-2, SOUTH OF PIONEER Report from Don Brauer
TRAIL AND M-2 EAST OF RILEY LAKE ROAD
NORTH OF PIONEER TRAIL ENCLUDING
ALEX DORENKEMPER'S REQUEST
8-3-67 ALEX DORENXEMPER Filing of Preliminary Plat
8-4-67 REQUESTS FROM PERSONS NOT ON AGENDA
8-5-67 SET DATE FOR 2ND MEETING IN AUGUST.
8-6-67 MACHINE PRODUCTS CO Request for variance
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PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION 1 August, 1967
The meeting was called to order at 8:00 P.M. by Vice-Chairman Nesbitt.
PRESENT WERE:
Ralph Nesbitt, Vice-Chairman James C. Brown, Clerk
David Dale Quentin K. Wood, APW
Henry Hauser Don Brauer, Planner
Odmor Skjelbostad Pete Perret, Planner
Arthur Miller and Cecil Cruse came in shortly after the meeting had started.
ITEM 8-1-67 MINUTES OF 7-5-67
Motion was mdde by Henry Hauser, seconded by Odmor Skjelbostad to approve the
minutes as published.
The motion carried.
MINUTES 7-18-67
Motion was made by Henry Hauser, seconded by David Dale to approve the
minutes as published.
The motion carried.
ITEM 8-2-67 HEARING ON THE M-2 PROPERTY SOUTH OF PIONEER TRAIL - M-2
PROPERTY EAST OF RILEY LAKE ROAD IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF THE VILLAGE
The report from the Planner, Brauer & Associates, had been previously
distributed to the members, was gone over with Mr. Don Brauer, He
recommended in his report that the area south of Pioneer Trail be rezoned;
the area north of Pioneer Trail be left as it is pending final approval of
Highway 169.
Motion was made by David Dale, seconded by Cecil Cruse to recommend to the
Council, rezoning the area south of Pioneer Trail from M-2 to R1 and the
area north of Pioneer Trail and west of Riley Lake Road from M-2 to Rl.
The motion carried.
On the piece of M-2 property southeast of Highway 169 across from Flying
Cloud Field, Mr. Brauer recommended in his report that this be rezoned to
a SI category. As this had not been published, he felt that there was nothing
they could do at this time that would improve it any; to leave it as it is
pending the completion of the comprehensive plan.
Motion was made by Arthur Miller, seconded by Cecil Cruse to recommend to the
Council that this piece of property be left as it is pending a comprehensive
plan.
The motion carried;,
The M-2 property located east of Eden Prairie Road, north of West 78th Street,
east of the Chicago Northwestern Railroad tracks and south of Valley View Road.
Representatives and owners of two of the properties, the property owned by
Minneapolis Floral Company and the property owned by Mr. Loren Ferch, were in the
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audience and made statements against the proposed rezoning.
Brauer's report stated that the property should be rezoned to a residential
category except for the corner at Highways 4 and 5 which should go to a
commercial category. There was some question as to whether the request had
been initiated by the residents in the area and the residential developer.
It was stated by the members of the Board that the request had come from the
Planning and Zoning Commission and there had been no pressure or no action
by any of the individuals in the residential developed area in this quadrangle.
The owners of the Minneapolis Floral property stated that they would like to
see a complete study done on the area; that no further building permits be
issued until the area was completely worked over with the possibility of
buffer zones and so on. The Minneapolis Floral presently owns the M-2 property
along the railroad track and also some RA property going north to Valley
View Road.
They stated at the present time, they had no immediate plans for use of the
property but felt it would be developed sometime in the future.
The motion was made by Cecil Cruse, seconded by David Dale to continue the
hearing on this property until we have a comprehensive plan.
The motion carried.
Motion was then made by Cecil Cruse, seconded by David Dale to recommend to
the Council that no building permits be issued on the M-2 property until we
have a comprehensive plan.
Upon a roll call vote, Cecil Cruse voted yes, Odmor Skjelbostad voted yes,
Arthur Miller voted yes, Ralph Nesbitt voted no, Henry Hauser voted yes,
and David Dale voted yes.
The motion carried.
The representatives from the Minneapolis Floral wanted to be put on record that
they opposed this action as applying only to the M-2 property. They felt it
should apply to all of the property in the area.
ITEM 8-3-67 ALEX DORENKEMPER SKETCH PLAT
Mr. Quentin Wood presented a report on the sketch plat. He felt that it should
be approved, that there would still be some changes made when they got down to
the basic engineering studies and final approval of the preliminary plat.
Motion was made by Arthur Miller, seconded by Odmor Skjelbostad to approve the
sketch plat.
The motion carried.
ITEM 8-4-67 REQUESTS FROM PERSONS NOT ON THE AGENDA
Mr. Roy Johnson who lives on Flying Cloud Drive appeared before the Board to
request permission to move his home which is being taken by the Highway Depart-
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ment to a lot on Eden Road.
Mr. Quentin Wood who is Acting Building Inspector had inspected the home. He
stated that the home had been built under Eden Prairie's Building Code; that
in his inspection, it met all of the criteria for any building in the Village
and would not be a detriment to the area where it is going to be moved as it
is compatible with the homes in the area and better than some of the homes
along Eden Road.
He presented a report in writing to the Board to this effect; stating that
the home was in excellent condition.
Mr. Roy Johnson stated that in moving the home, he would make a slight alter-
ation in it which would increase the living space in the home and in fact
improve its general over all appearance and total value.
Motion was made by David Dale, seconded by Odmor Skjelbostad to recommend
approval to the Council to allow Mr. Johnson to move his home to Tract "C"
R.L.S. 687 on Eden Road.
The motion carried.
ITEM 8-6-67 MACHINE PRODUCTS COMPANY
Mr. Spencer Holle appeared before the Board to request certain changes in
. the original plan on the building he is building for Machine Products. He
is asking that they consider holding in abeyance the requirement to complete
to SI standards the north wall of the structure as he will have' completed
an addition to the building approximately 69 feet in width prior to August
1, 1968. He plans on starting this addition some time this fall.
He also asked that they consider a change on the south wall of the building
from the curtain wall construction used to face the cement block building to
a wire mesh and stucco construction.
These items were discussed and it was decided to handle them as two separate
items. It was generally felt that with the imminent construction of an add-
ition, they should not be required to face the building with the material
required in the SI zoning on the north wall.
The motion was made by Odmor Skjelbostad, seconded by Henry Hauser to recommend
granting permission to withhold completion of the north wall of .the building
until the addition is completed or August 1, 1968 which ever is sooner.
Upon a roll call vote, Cecil Cruse voted yes, Odmor Skjelbostad voted yes,
Arthur Miller voted yes, Ralph Nesbitt voted yes, Henry Hauser voted yes,
and David Dale voted no.
The motion carried.
The south wall of the building was discussed. One of the reasons Mr. Holle
asked for the change was that the material which would be used would have a
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tendency to become unsightly in a period of time from the traffic using
this side of the building; throwing up snow, rocks, etc. He stated that
the stucco was repairable and also would present a good appearance. He
was questioned if he would be willing to put marble chips into the stucco
to give it an additional aesthetic quality. He stated that this could very
easily be done.
Motion-was then made by Henry Hauser, seconded by Arthur Miller to recommend
granting the change to use a wire mesh stucco coat with marble chips on the
south side as this will blend in with the building to the north and south
and also meet our SI zoning.
The motion carried.
ITEM 8-5-67 DATE FOR THE SECOND MEETING IN AUGUST
Motion was made by Henry Hauser, seconded by Arthur Miller to change the
second meeting in August to August 29, 1967.
0 The meeting adjourned at 11:30 P.M.
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® James C. Brown, Clerk
TILLAGE of EDEN PRAIRIE -
0950 Eden Prairie Road *_
Eden Prairie, Minn. 55343 t
941-2262
DATE: August 1, 1967
TO: Village of Eden Prairie - Planning and Zoning Commission
FROM: Quentin K. Wood, Administrator of Public Works
Gentlemen:
Having inspected the home owned by Roy Johnson and located at
7631, Flying Cloud Drive, I find it meets all present village
building codes, and is in excellent condition.
I, therefore, recommend approval of a permit to move the home
to tract "C"'. R.L.S. 687 on Eden Road in Eden Prairie.
• Very truly yours,
VILLAGE OF EDEN PRAIRIE
Quentin K. Wood,
Acting Building Inspector
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